page_title: Matt Gonzalez
section_title: Run for District Attorney
hierarchical_section_title: Matt Gonzalez / Career / Run for District Attorney
caption_attribution_description: English: Bill FAZIO/C/08OCT99//NANCY WONG BILL FAZIO, CANDIDATE FOR SF DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DEBATES THE OTHER CANDIDATES, MATT GONZALEZ, STEVE CASTLEMAN AND TERENCE HALLINAN (AND MIKE SCHAEFER, NOT PICTURED) AT THE GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL ON MISSION &amp; 1ST ST IN SAN FRANCISCO.
context_page_description: Matthew Edward Gonzalez is an American politician, lawyer, and activist. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2001 and 2005 and was president of the Board. In 2003, Gonzalez, running as a member of the Green Party, lost a close race for mayor of San Francisco to Democrat Gavin Newsom. In the 2008 presidential election, Gonzalez ran for vice president as the running mate of candidate Ralph Nader. As of 2011, he works as the Chief Attorney at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
context_section_description: Gonzalez entered politics when he ran for San Francisco District Attorney in 1999. He campaigned to halt political corruption and marijuana prosecutions. Gonzalez lost to incumbent Terence Hallinan. In a field of five candidates, he finished third with 20,153 votes (11 percent of the total).
caption: Gonzalez (far left) at the 1999 District Attorney debate with Terence Hallinan and Bill Fazio (far right)
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