
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
ALAMEDA - When Alameda County Superior Court Judge Tara Flanagan decided to run for an open judicial seat in 2012, it was a chance for the former athlete to exercise her love of competition.
Flanagan, who ended up winning the seat in a three-way race in the primary, had been planning to seek an appointment. But on the night before the deadline to enter the race, several members of the legal community approached h... (continued)