Bonnie Dumanis
| Bonnie Dumanis | |
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| San Diego County District Attorney | |
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Assumed office 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Pfingst |
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| Born |
Bonnie Michelle Dumanis December 16, 1951 Brockton, Massachusetts United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | San Diego |
| Alma mater |
University of Massachusetts Amherst Western State University College of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Website | Official website |
Bonnie Michelle Dumanis (born December 16, 1951) is the District Attorney of San Diego County, California. She has held the office since 2003. Dumanis is a Republican, though the office she holds is officially nonpartisan. She is the first openly gay or lesbian DA in the country. She is the first woman and the first Jew to hold the post of District Attorney in San Diego.
Dumanis grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ann and Abraham "Abe" Dumanis. Her father was a truck driver as well as a professional musician; her mother worked for a government program assisting women and children. Dumanis received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Western State University College of Law (now Thomas Jefferson School of Law) in 1976, and was admitted to the bar in 1977.
Her first job was as a junior typist in San Diego County as she studied law at night. Following admission to the bar, she served as a Deputy District Attorney from 1978 to 1990.
In 1994, she was elected to the Municipal Court where she served for four years and started the first Drug Courts in San Diego. In 1998, she was elected to the San Diego Superior Court where she started a program called Domestic Violence Court to reduce recurrences by perpetrators.
In 2003 she ran for District Attorney and defeated incumbent Paul Pfingst. She ran for re-election unopposed in 2006 and 2010. She faced two challengers when she ran for a fourth term in 2014, but won re-election in the June primary by getting 55% of the vote.
In 2012 Dumanis ran for Mayor of San Diego, did not advance from the primary election, and later endorsed Carl DeMaio in the general election.
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