Wikipedia's first sentence called it “district attorney of san diego county”. Today it says “american attorney and former san diego county district attorney”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Dumanis has been the District Attorney since 2003, when she defeated incumbent Paul Pfingst. She ran for re-election unopposed in 2006 and 2010. She faced two challengers when she ran for a fourth term in 2014, but won re-election in the June primary by getting 55% of the vote. In 2012 Dumanis ran for Mayor of San Diego , did not advance from the primary election, and later endorsed Carl DeMaio in the general election.1Dumanis is a Republican , though the office she holds is officially nonpartisan.2She is the first openly gay or lesbian DA in the country.3She is the first Jewish woman to hold the post of District Attorney in San Diego. Sign On San Diego . "Dumains picks up two more endorsements" . 2011-11-14 .4
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Dumanis (born December 16, 1951, in Brockton, Massachusetts ) is currently the District Attorney of San Diego County . Dumanis has been the District Attorney since 2003, when she defeated incumbent Paul Pfingst. Dumanis received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst , and her Juris Doctor ( J.D. ) degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 1976 . Following graduation, she served as a Deputy District Attorney from 1978 to 1990. In 1994, she was elected to the Municipal Court where she would serve for four years. Dumanis, a Democrat , is the first openly gay or lesbian DA in the country. She is also the first Jewish woman to hold the post of District Attorney in San Diego.
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She held the office 2003 to 2017.Dumanis is a Republican , though the office she held was officially nonpartisan. She was the first openly gay or lesbian DA in the country. She was the first woman and the first Jewish District Attorney in San Diego.
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She held the office from 2003 to 2017. Dumanis is a Republican , though the office she held was officially nonpartisan. She was the first openly gay or lesbian district attorney in the country. She was the first woman and the first Jewish district attorney in San Diego.
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district attorney of san diego county
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american attorney and former san diego county district attorney
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