Steve Cooley
Steve Cooley | |
|---|---|
Cooley in 2010 | |
| 41st District Attorney of Los Angeles County | |
| In office December 4, 2000 – December 3, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Gil Garcetti |
| Succeeded by | Jackie Lacey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Lawrence Cooley May 1, 1947 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Jana Cooley (m. 1975) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | California State University, Los Angeles USC Gould School of Law |
| Occupation | Criminal prosecutor |
| Website | www |
Stephen Lawrence Cooley (born May 1, 1947) is an American politician and prosecutor. He was the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012. Cooley was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008.
In 2010, Cooley won the Republican Party nomination for California Attorney General against John C. Eastman and Tom Harman in the June 8 primary election. During the general election campaign, Cooley said he would defend Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriages in California but was then being appealed in the federal courts. Cooley lost to the Democratic nominee, then-San Francisco District Attorney and future Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 2 general election, a close race, the results of which were not finalized until November 24, 2010.