|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories |
Research categories
View all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com
|
||
|
|
He fought the law ... and he won: David Soares' election as District Attorney marks a turning tide against New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws.(q & a)(Interview)
|
On Nov. 2, 2004, voters in Albany County, New York elected David Soares their new District Attorney. A 35-year-old Cape Verdean immigrant, Soares unseated incumbent District Attorney Paul Clyne in the Democratic Party primary on Sept. 14; then, running on both the Democratic Party and Working Families Party ticket, Soares handily won the general election with 56 percent of the vote. Soares had been a prosecutor in Clyne's office for five years and earned a reputation with Albany residents by developing a Community Accountability Board as an alternative to the courts.
…
(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)
|
|
He fought the law ... and he won: David Soares' election as District Attorney...
...York elected David Soares their new District Attorney. A 35...ticket, Soares handily won the general election with 56 percent...the vote. Soares had been...reformed. Every district attorney in the state...the drug law] acts negatively... |
For more facts and information, see all results
Find more facts and information related to the article He fought the law ... and he won: David Soares' ...