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Kathryn Mickle Werdegar
3,763,889 /
72.6% Yes votes ......
1,422,314 /
27.4% No votes
- Occupation: Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
- J.D., University of California Berkeley School of Law
- Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, First District
- Associate Professor and Academic Dean, University of San Francisco School of Law
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
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Priorities:
- Fair Administration of Justice
- Equal Access to Justice for all.
- Affordable legal representation
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
3,605,251 /
67.7% Yes votes ......
1,717,099 /
32.3% No votes
- Occupation: Stanford University Law Professor
- Stanford University, 2001-present
- The White House, Domestic Policy Council, 2009-2010
- Presidential Transition, 2008-2009; Silicon Valley Task Force on Aviation Security, 2002-2003
- Law Clerk, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2000-2001
- Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Treasury (Enforcement), 1997-1999
- JD, Yale Law School, 1997; PhD, Stanford, 2000; BA, Harvard, 1993
Priorities:
- Fair and Impartial Administration of Justice
- Access to Justice
- Promoting Civic Education and Understanding of the Judiciary
Goodwin Liu
3,582,407 /
67.1% Yes votes ......
1,755,381 /
32.9% No votes
- Occupation: Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
- Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law (2003-2011)
- Associate Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law (2008-2010)
- Litigation Associate, O'Melveny & Myers (2001-2003)
- Law Clerk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2000-2001)
- Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary, U.S. Dept of Education (1999-2000)
- J.D. Yale Law School (1998); B.S. Stanford University (1991)
Priorities:
- Fair and impartial administration of justice
- Access to justice and affordable legal representation for all
- Diversity in the legal profession
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