Moore wins DA office
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Baton Rouge lawyer Hillar Moore III, who cut his legal teeth as an investigator in the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office, coasted to victory Saturday over fellow lawyer Dan Claitor in the race to succeed longtime District Attorney Doug Moreau.
With all 314 precincts reporting, the 53-year-old Moore had 76,890 votes to the 47-year-old Claitor’s 26,880 votes. Moore had 74 percent of the vote to Claitor’s 26 percent.
Moreau — a Republican who took office Jan. 1, 1991, and leaves Dec. 31 — backed Moore, a Democrat, over Claitor, a Republican.
Moore, a New Orleans native and longtime Baton Rouge criminal defense lawyer, spent 12 years as an investigator under former East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorneys Ossie Brown and Bryan Bush.
“I’ve been away from the District Attorney’s Office for a couple of years. I can tell you it’s a good feeling to be back home,’’ Moore told his supporters Saturday night with his three children at his side.
Claitor, a Baton Rouge native who has practiced mostly civil law since 1990, worked in the late 1980s as an assistant district attorney under then-Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr.
He touted his time in the Orleans District Attorney’s Office and his party affiliation and sounded the battle cry — “experienced as a prosecutor, conservative like our community.’’ In one campaign ad in which he touted his prosecutorial experience, he poked fun at Moore’s youth baseball coaching activities.
“The people of Baton Rouge have spoken, and instead of just a regular lawyer, they wanted a baseball coach,’’ Moore quipped Saturday night, donning a baseball cap with the letters “DA’’ on it. He also held up a baseball bat.
The race proved costly, in monetary terms, as both men tried to get their messages across to voters who understandably appeared preoccupied with Hurricane Gustav issues and other more high-profile races, namely Mayor-President and Metro Council.
Moore, who said there would be no learning curve for him because of his experience as an investigator and lawyer, promised to:
With all 314 precincts reporting, the 53-year-old Moore had 76,890 votes to the 47-year-old Claitor’s 26,880 votes. Moore had 74 percent of the vote to Claitor’s 26 percent.
Moreau — a Republican who took office Jan. 1, 1991, and leaves Dec. 31 — backed Moore, a Democrat, over Claitor, a Republican.
Moore, a New Orleans native and longtime Baton Rouge criminal defense lawyer, spent 12 years as an investigator under former East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorneys Ossie Brown and Bryan Bush.
“I’ve been away from the District Attorney’s Office for a couple of years. I can tell you it’s a good feeling to be back home,’’ Moore told his supporters Saturday night with his three children at his side.
Claitor, a Baton Rouge native who has practiced mostly civil law since 1990, worked in the late 1980s as an assistant district attorney under then-Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr.
He touted his time in the Orleans District Attorney’s Office and his party affiliation and sounded the battle cry — “experienced as a prosecutor, conservative like our community.’’ In one campaign ad in which he touted his prosecutorial experience, he poked fun at Moore’s youth baseball coaching activities.
“The people of Baton Rouge have spoken, and instead of just a regular lawyer, they wanted a baseball coach,’’ Moore quipped Saturday night, donning a baseball cap with the letters “DA’’ on it. He also held up a baseball bat.
The race proved costly, in monetary terms, as both men tried to get their messages across to voters who understandably appeared preoccupied with Hurricane Gustav issues and other more high-profile races, namely Mayor-President and Metro Council.
Moore, who said there would be no learning curve for him because of his experience as an investigator and lawyer, promised to:
- Immediately identify and prosecute violent repeat offenders, and demand high bonds for violent and repeat offenders.
- Work with all parish law enforcement agencies to reduce crime in East Baton Rouge.
- Work with schools to intervene with problem children before they commit crimes and enter the court system.
- Vigorously prosecute those who hurt children, especially Internet predators.
- Strengthen the witness and victim coordinator positions to make sure the District Attorney’s Office communicates with victims and families of crime victims.
- Work to require drug tests for all felony arrests.
- Form a strike force to put behind bars the 6 percent of criminals who commit 80 percent of all crimes.
- Aggressively investigate and prosecute public corruption.
- Use seasoned prosecutors to screen cases and properly charge defendants, thereby reducing plea bargaining.
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