Nancy Tung

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Nancy Tung

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November 5, 2019

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Nancy Tung ran for election for San Francisco District Attorney in California. Tung lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.

Tung completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2019

See also: District Attorney election in San Francisco, California (2019)

General election

General election for San Francisco District Attorney

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chesa Boudin in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Chesa Boudin	50.8	86,712	13,162	Won (3)
		Suzy Loftus	49.2	83,872	17,364	3
		Nancy Tung	0.0	0	-46,630	3
		Leif Dautch	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Chesa Boudin	39.4	73,550	4,745	Won (3)
		Suzy Loftus	35.6	66,508	6,501	3
		Nancy Tung	25.0	46,630	9,277	3
		Leif Dautch	0.0	0	-27,031	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Chesa Boudin	35.6	68,805	0	Won (3)
		Suzy Loftus	31.1	60,007	0	3
		Nancy Tung	19.3	37,353	0	3
		Leif Dautch	14.0	27,031	0	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 193,196
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Nancy Tung completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Tung'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.

For 18 years, Nancy Tung has been a prosecutor in San Francisco and Alameda Counties, and for the Attorney General of the State of California. She has handled thousands of cases in State and Federal courts, from domestic violence to public corruption to police misconduct. Nancy has the most courtroom experience of any candidate for District Attorney. She worked as a prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office for over a decade, prosecuting domestic violence cases, protecting consumers, and upholding public integrity by prosecuting police misconduct, fraud, and embezzlement. She also mentored dozens of San Francisco prosecutors, and is a statewide leader on legal ethics and consumer protection issues. Today, Nancy leads statewide teams of attorneys in complex investigations and prosecutions, including whistleblower cases and large multi-national companies in technology, energy, and pharmaceutical sectors. Nance has lived in San Francisco for as long as she's been a public servant. As a San Francisco mother and a person deeply involved in our community, she know we can shape our criminal justice system to be fairer without sacrificing public safety. Nancy has always been a civic-minded person, and never seriously thought about running for public office until recently. 'Politics as usual' has done much to undermine people's trust in our government and to keep independent-minded candidates out of elected office. Nancy is running because we need an experienced, independent District Attorney to protect our community, rebuild relationships between the Office and law enforcement partners, and be unconditionally accountable to only the People of this City, not politicians and outside interest groups.

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?

• Prosecuting Street Crimes that Impact Everyone: San Francisco is failing to address a whole range of street level crimes, including property crimes, drug dealing, and car break ins on the mistaken theory that they are minor offenses. But ignoring these crimes means we can't step in to help the victims of these crimes or prevent them from happening again.
• Intervening Early to Stop the Cycle of Crime: San Francisco is failing to intervene early to divert people out of the criminal justice system. The District Attorney regularly fails to prosecute property and drug crimes, not only diminishing our quality of life, but also missing an opportunity for positive intervention. We must prosecute these crimes through the lens of criminal justice reform, as an entry point for intervention and rehabilitation, to stop repeat offenses, and as a barrier against falling deeper into the criminal justice system.
• Fixing the Broken District Attorney's Office: The District Attorney's Office is broken and public trust in the office has been diminished. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office has a proud history of recruiting and retaining a diverse staff. Yet in recent years, women, people of color, and other talented attorneys have left the Office. It is time for a renewed commitment to recruiting, training, and retaining professionals who reflect the diversity of San Francisco.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Our criminal justice system faces serious problems that we must confront and fix. We can see every day that what is happening on our streets and in the District Attorney's Office isn't working. My plan to fix our criminal justice system is a new vision to turn our progressive ideals into effective action.||I am committed to making our communities safer and making our criminal justice system fairer. My platform is grounded in safety, accountability, fairness, and justice. It is a roadmap to restore the public's trust. As your District Attorney, I will lead San Francisco into a new era of criminal justice reform that is effective, proactive, transparent, and represents our values.

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

After law school, Nancy Tung spent a year at a small private firm in L.A., but quickly realized public service was her true calling. In 2001, she moved to San Francisco to serve as a Deputy Attorney General and never looked back. As a prosecutor for the State of California, she protected the public in state and federal court. Her work from that time included partnering with local District Attorneys to return internationally kidnapped children to their families.

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