Superior Court Judge Dolores Carr and Assistant District
Attorney Karyn Sinunu will face off on the November ballot
Gilroy – The first competitive District Attorney’s race in 16 years proved a tight one between Superior Court Judge Dolores Carr and Chief Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu.
Early returns put Carr ahead of Sinunu by just less than 9 percentage points. With 88 percent of precincts reporting, Carr had captured 42 percent of the vote while Sinunu stood at 33.5 percent.
Since neither garnered more than 50 percent of the vote, they will face each other on the November ballot.
After District Attorney George Kennedy announced his retirement last year, four candidates with a wealth of experience campaigned heavily for the top seat, including Carr, Assistant District Attorney Marc Buller, Ceputy District Attorney Jim Shore, and Sinunu, who has Kennedy’s endorsement.
In the final weeks heading into the election June 6, both Carr and Sinunu were favored to end at the top of the vote.
Carr was riding on her status as an outsider to bring fresh ideas and policy to the office. She was the only candidate who was not working in the District Attorney’s office when she threw her hat in the ring.
Sinunu ran with Kennedy’s backing early on, but promised to be more “progressive” than her predecessor.
Shore received 14.6 percent of the vote as of press time and Buller was in single digits with 9.6 percent.
