Todd Spitzer

Todd Spitzer
District Attorney of Orange County
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
Preceded byTony Rackauckas
Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office
January 13, 2015 – January 1, 2016
Preceded byShawn Nelson
Succeeded byLisa Bartlett
Vice Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office
November 25, 2014 – January 13, 2015
Preceded byPatricia C. Bates
Succeeded byLisa Bartlett
Member of the
Orange County Board of Supervisors
from the 3rd district
In office
January 7, 2013 – January 7, 2019
Preceded byBill Campbell
Succeeded byDon Wagner
In office
January 6, 1997 – November 19, 2002
Preceded byDonald Saltarelli
Succeeded byBill Campbell
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 71st district
In office
December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008
Preceded byBill Campbell
Succeeded byJeff Miller
Personal details
Born
Todd Allan Spitzer[1]

(1960-11-26) November 26, 1960 (age 63)
Whittier, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJamie Morris
Children2
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MPP)
University of California, Hastings (JD)

Todd Spitzer (born November 26, 1960) is an American attorney and politician serving as the district attorney of Orange County, California. Spitzer successfully ran for Orange County district attorney in 2018 against incumbent Tony Rackauckas.[2] Spitzer had previously served as a deputy district attorney from 1990 to 1996 and, under Rackauckas, as assistant district attorney from 2008 to 2010.

Spitzer was previously an Orange County supervisor from 1997 to 2002 and again from 2012 to 2018. He was also a member of the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2006, serving three terms representing California's 71st assembly district. As an assemblyman, he co-wrote California's Megan's Law.[3] He also served as spokesman and campaign manager for the successful campaign to pass Marsy's Law in a 2008 initiative.

  1. ^ "Todd Allan Spitzer - Biography". July 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Elmahrek, Adam (July 10, 2017). "Todd Spitzer will challenge Tony Rackauckas for Orange County district attorney post". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).