David Tulcan

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David Tulcan

Nonpartisan

Superior Court of San Bernardino County

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

2

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

June 7, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Riverside, 1999

Graduate

University of California, Riverside

Law

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

Personal

Birthplace

Los Angeles, Calif.

Profession

Deputy District Attorney

Contact

Campaign website

David Tulcan is a judge of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County in California. He assumed office on January 2, 2023. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.

Tulcan won election for judge of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the general election was canceled.

Biography

Tulcan earned his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Riverside, in 1999, his master's degree from the University of California, Riverside, and his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in San Bernardino County, California (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of San Bernardino County

David Tulcan won election outright against Mario A. Martinez Jr. in the primary for Superior Court of San Bernardino County on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Tulcan (Nonpartisan)	68.0	150,460
	Submit photo	Mario A. Martinez Jr. (Nonpartisan)	32.0	70,850

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 221,310
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in San Bernardino County, California (2020)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Superior Court of San Bernardino County

Incumbent Stanford E. Reichert won election outright against David Tulcan in the primary for Superior Court of San Bernardino County on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stanford E. Reichert (Nonpartisan)	53.7	173,776
		David Tulcan (Nonpartisan)	46.3	149,688

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,464
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

David Tulcan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Tulcan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Over the past 15 years I have had the privilege of serving the People of San Bernardino County as your Deputy District Attorney. During my tenure with the office I have prosecuted a myriad of criminal cases including Gang, Kidnapping, Rapes, Robberies, Burglaries, Arson, Animal Cruelty, Three Strikes and Murders.

Before becoming a Deputy District Attorney I was a civil litigator handling a wide variety of civil actions including Environmental, Medical Malpractice, Construction Defect, Personal Injury and Insurance Coverage.

I obtained my Bachelor of Arts, with a double major in History and Political Science, from the University of California, Riverside. Thereafter, I obtained my Master of Arts in Political Theory also from UC Riverside. While there I interned for the Riverside District Attorney's Office. I obtained my Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. While there I also externed for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office.

Unlike my opponent, I currently live, work and raise my children in San Bernardino County. As a resident and someone who actually grew up here, I am invested not only in its continued success but also in the issues that matter most to all of the residents. Chief among those is Public Safety to which I have dedicated my entire professional adult life.

I am a married father of three. My wife and I are both first generation Americans and bilingual. We attend church locally and enjoy volunteering at our local animal shelter.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Protecting Public Safety and holding individuals responsible for their crimes is paramount to having a productive and functional community.
• Victims of crime must have a voice in the courtroom so that all of the cycles of violence including domestic violence against women and children can be broken.
• Ensuring equality, fairness and justice for everyone that sets foot in the courtroom is the rule not the exception.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a career prosecutor, having spent years as in the Hardcore Gang Unit and witnessing first hand the pain and suffering caused by violent crime in now the third most dangerous city in the nation and number one in California, San Bernardino, I am passionately committed to ensuring public safety by working closely with all the agencies that provide those services, especially police and fire.

Having spent almost 5 years in the Family Violence Unit I am passionate about supporting and protecting the rights of women and the most vulnerable individuals in our society our children.

As a first generation American I will passionately ensure that all of our laws are applied equally and fairly to all those individuals that live in this great nation with patience and understanding.

As a former civil litigator and child of immigrant business owners, I am also passionate about the rights of small businesses and consumers.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

When considering some of the greatest historical figures that I have come to admire, I find it near impossible not to talk about Abraham Lincoln. As young man he came from humble and poor beginnings but through hard work and unrelenting dedication to the sound principles and beliefs that make our republic great, he became an attorney and rose to the highest ranks of statesman in the land. Though tested by extraordinary historical events, he chose to maintain and hold together a great nation that was ripping itself apart, at the cost of his own life. For those of us who have not been born into privilege or wealth but who are nevertheless committed to entering public service in pursuit of those values, a better example is hard to find.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The historic event that I recall most as a child was the fall of communism in Eastern Europe heralded by the fall of the Berlin Wall in November, 1989. That event was of particular significance to me as my parents had fled to the United States from the most repressive communist dictatorships behind the Iron Curtain, that of Nicolae Ceausescu in Romania.

Throughout December of 1989, we stayed glued to the television set for any news regarding the Romanian Revolution that began almost immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall. At the time it was incredibly difficult to reach our loved ones still trapped in the country and we feared for them as the gruesome and terrifying images of revolution reached the American airwaves. Right then and there, at a very young age, my political identity was being shaped as I watched a corrupt and bitterly oppressive government attack and murder its own citizenry. I saw with my own eyes, images of people fighting and giving up their lives for rights we are so fortunate to possess here in the United States like freedom of speech, religion, due process, privacy, property and self determination.

When I witnessed the Romanian government murder its own citizens in the streets to protect the power and privilege held by its corrupt rulers, I realized that we must protect and cherish our Constitutional rights, through hard work, courage and unrelenting dedication. Those who are fortunate enough, such as myself, to be able to enter into public service have a duty to secure and maintain these rights to benefit the public. We do so by drawing upon the experiences, education, and training that shaped the people we have grown up to become. I have heard the call to action and I am resolute and committed to uphold these values.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I began my life of service working as a busboy, cook, and cashier at my mother's small fast food restaurant located in the San Bernardino Mountains. I cherish the great deal of experience I derived from that first job, including what it means to serve others, regardless of status or means, with respect and gratitude and also what it means to be a vital part of a community. Through that job, my mother taught me the value of hard work, patience, generosity and humility which I still hold dear and apply everyday as an attorney and a public servant in the San Bernardino County Office of the District Attorney.

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