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San Luis Obispo County, CA June 3, 2014 Election
District Attorney; County of San Luis Obispo Voter Information

4 Year Term.

A runoff may be held on 11/4/14 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes if neither receives a majority. If one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election, that candidate wins and no runoff will be held.

Results as of Jun 19 8:30am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (151/151)
41.5% Voter Turnout (62310/150302)
(164 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.29%)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Dan L. Dow Click here for more information about this candidate 30525 votes 53.83%

  • Occupation: Deputy District Attorney
  • Military Experience: 21 years of service. Currently: Major, Judge Advocate General Corps, CA Army National Guard
  • Military Deployments: Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn (Iraq), Bronze Star Medal
  • JD: Santa Clara School of Law (2005)
  • Recipient: "Prosecutor of the Year" (2006)
  • SLO Deputy DA: Felony sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, homicide: thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases prosecuted
  • Recipient: "John L. Seitz Community Service Award," SLO County Bar Association (2013)
Priorities:
  • Growing Influence of Gangs: prevent gangs from Monterey & Santa Barbara from gaining a foothold, aggressively prosecuting gang crimes
  • Hard Drugs in Schools: stop influence of hard drugs like Heroin, Methamphetamine or Cocaine from destroying young lives; no deals for dealers
  • Cyber & Economic crime: establish task force to increase our capability to investigate cyber crime and economic fraud; aggressively prosecute crimes
Tim Covello Click here for more information about this candidate 24789 votes 43.71%
  • Occupation: Assistant District Attorney
  • Chief Deputy District Attorney 2007-2013
  • Felony Team Leader, 2002-2007
  • Deputy District Attorney 1993-2007
  • Raised in Bakersfield, California
  • Graduate, University of California at Berkeley 1984
  • J.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1990
Priorities:
  • Toughen sentencing for serious and violent felonies, including gang crimes, sex crimes and white collar crimes.
  • Increase treatment and education programs for non-serious, non-violent and non-sex felonies.
  • Complete modernization of office automation and courtroom automation to increase efficiency, accountability and transparency.
Paul Phillips (Write-In) Click here for more information about this candidate 1228 votes 2.17%
  • Occupation: Lawyer
  • B.S. Business Administration, Cal Poly, 1979
  • J.D. School of Law, Pepperdine, 1982
Priorities:
  • Prioritize the prosecution of crime in order to effectively implement Assembly Bill 109, Public Safety Realignment, to efficiently use CA's resources.
  • Ensure that incarceration is coupled with evidence-based treatment and education to reduce recidivism while keeping our community safe.
  • Leadership with a fresh approach which comes from local roots and 32 years working in our SLO County criminal justice system.

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  Official Information

San Luis Obispo County
Nonpartisan Information

Know Your County - 2012 The League of Women Voters of San Luis Obispo County compiled this booklet to help you become a more informed citizen.
Events

Candidate Forums

News and Analysis

The Tribune

There are now three candidates for District Attorney. 5/20/2014

Mr. Phillips announced his intention to see the office of District Attorney as a write-in candidate. What will this mean to this important race?05/07/2014

The Tribune asked 4 questions for Covello and Dow, candidates for district attorney. Read more here: 05/03/2014

District attorney's race focuses on management style, experience, priorities Learn more: 05/03/2014

District Attorney Candidates Emphasize Leadership.This debate was sponsored by The Tribune and the League of Women Voters. 4/17/2014
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