Posted on 06/09/2010 8:04:03 AM PDT by SmithL
Career prosecutors Steve Cooley and Kamala Harris won the GOP and Democratic primaries for attorney general Tuesday, paving the way for a tough November race between the moderate Republican district attorney from Los Angeles and the liberal San Francisco prosecutor.
Harris, whose campaign has been dogged by fallout from a scandal at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab, beat out a crowded field of challengers that included three state assemblymen, a former Los Angeles city attorney, and Silicon Valley executive Chris Kelly, who poured $12 million of his own money into the race.
"This campaign was about who we are and who we can be as a state," Harris said during a speech Tuesday night at the Delancey Street Foundation. "I am humbled to accept the Democratic nomination ... it is time we get tough and smart on crime.
Harris won by a wide margin over Kelly - who was virtually unknown by voters until the last month or so.
Harris and Kelly dominated the airwaves and media coverage in the crowded Democratic field. Only one of their challengers, former Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, ran television ads; while Assemblymen Ted Lieu, Pedro Nava and Alberto Torrico relied on direct mail, Internet ads and endorsements.
Cooley, meanwhile, beat back attacks on his record by his more conservative Republican opponents, state Sen. Tom Harman of Huntington Beach (Orange County), and attorney John Eastman, a former law school dean. Both men accused Cooley of opposing California's landmark "three strikes" law and attempted to paint him as a liberal prosecutor who has been soft on crime.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Kamala Harris = Obama Truth Squad
“Camp Obama announced the formation of its ‘’Truth Squad’’ effort here Sunday, headed by the likes of Reps. George Miller, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Linda Sanchez and Adam Schiff, along with San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris...”
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=23772#ixzz0qMvShoVj
Dang, I was really hoping John Eastman could have won the nomination.
Expect the numbers of gang killings and police officers getting unloaded on with ak47s to leap if Kamala wins..
Delancy Street Foundation is an organization that deals with junkies, ex-cons and other assorted felons and riff-raff.
The setting indicates perfectly where her heart lies.
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