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Santa Clara County Bar Association endorses Jeff Rosen for District Attorney. A Majority Vote Current D.A. Carr unqualified.

SCCBA:The Bar Association of Silicon Valley

SCCBASAN JOSE, March 30, 2010 – The Santa Clara County Bar Association conducted a plebiscite of its members in connection with the primary election for Santa Clara County District Attorney and contested Superior Court Seats number 9, 17 and 19. To be eligible to participate in the Association’s plebiscite a candidate must be a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and must agree to abide by the Santa Clara County Bar Association’s Judicial or District Attorney Election Code of Ethics, making them subject to the oversight of the Fair Election Practices Commission. The Association’s endorsement rules require that a candidate receive at least a plurality of the “Qualified” votes cast to receive the Association’s endorsement.

The Association will endorse Jeffrey Rosen for Santa Clara County District Attorney.

The Association will endorse for Santa Clara County Superior Court Judicial Office the following: JoAnne McCracken for Judicial Office #7; Vanessa Zecher for Judicial Office #11 and Julia Allioggiamento for Judicial Office #19.

The specific results of the plebiscite ballots are as follows.

 

DISTRICT ATTORNEY
       
Jeffrey Rosen      
Qualified   209  
Not Qualified   37  
Abstain   41  
       
Dolores Carr      
Qualified   114  
Not Qualified   128  
Abstain   44  
       
JUDICIAL OFFICE #7
       
JoAnne McCracken      
Qualified   109  
Not Qualified   36  
Abstain   126  
       
Thomas Spielbauer      
Qualified   44  
Not Qualified   108  
Abstain   117  
       
JUDICIAL OFFICE #11
       
Vanessa Zecher      
Qualified   182  
Not Qualified   28  
Abstain   71  
       
Timothy Pitsker was not eligible to participate in the plebiscias as he is not a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and he did not agree to abide by the Santa Clara County Bar Association Judicial Election Code of Ethics.
       
JUDICIAL OFFICE #19
       
Julia Alloggiamento      
Qualified   123  
Not Qualified   12  
Abstain   131  
       
Robert Camors, Jr.      
Qualified   101  
Not Qualified   18  
Abstain   148  
       

Founded in 1917, the Santa Clara County Bar Association is a non‐profit, non‐regulatory professional organization working to provide training and support to member attorneys, improve and streamline local administration of justice, and serve the public by fostering improved public understanding of an access to the legal system.