Tony Rackauckas

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Anthony Joseph "Tony" Rackauckas, Jr. (born March 18, 1943) is the current District Attorney of Orange County, California and a former Superior Court judge. He was elected on June 2, 1998 and is serving his fourth term in office.

Military service, social work, and education

Rackauckas served in the United States Army as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division from 1962–1964. After completing his service in the army, he attended California State University, Long Beach from 1964–1968 while simultaneously serving in the United States Army Reserve. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from CSULB in 1968, Rackauckas attended Loyola Law School while simultaneously serving as a social worker in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. He graduated from Loyola in 1971, earning his Juris Doctor degree.

Early legal career

In 1972, Rackauckas left the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to become a Deputy District Attorney in the Orange County District Attorney's Office, where he served until leaving in 1988 to enter private practice. While in private practice, Rackauckas authored Proposition 115, which appeared on the June 1990 ballot.[citation needed]

Judicial career

Rackauckas left private practice in 1990 when he was appointed by California Governor George Deukmejian to be a municipal court judge. Rackauckas served as a municipal court judge until March 1993, when Governor Pete Wilson appointed him a Superior Court judge, a post in which he served until becoming District Attorney[1] of Orange County.

District Attorney elections

Rackauckas won the support of 59% of Orange County voters in the June 1998 election[2] for District Attorney against Deputy District Attorney Wally Wade and took office in January 1999. He won the support of 62% of the voters in a March 2002 rematch with Wade.[3] He was unopposed in his June 2006[4] and 2010[5] bids for a third and fourth consecutive term, winning 100% of the vote in each year.

References

  1. ↑ California State Bar Member Records
  2. ↑ Undecideds Key in Tight Race for D.A., Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2002, "Wade, who received 41% of the vote in a 1998 loss to Rackauckas..."
  3. ↑ 2002 election results
  4. ↑ 2006 election results
  5. ↑ 2010 election results

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