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  Dantos, Maria L.
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameMaria L. Dantos
Address2357 Niagra Ln. Lower Macungie Township
Macungie, Pennsylvania 18062, United States
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Born 00, 1960 (64 years)
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InfoMARIA DANTOS
Lower Macungie Township
D.O.B.: 1960

EDUCATION: 1985, Syracuse, J.D.; 1982, Rutgers, B.A.

OCCUPATION: Judge, Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas

QUALIFICATIONS: Appointed by Governor, June 2007. Former First Assistant District Attorney, Lehigh County; District Attorney’s Office 17 years; Supervised Investigating Grand Jury and Homicide Task Force. Endorsed candidate by Fraternal Order of Police. First woman to receive Col. Schafer Award for Exemplary Service to Law Enforcement.

Dantos, 46, of Lower Macungie Township, is a former public defender who was hired as an assistant district attorney in 1989 and named first assistant district attorney in 2001. She successfully prosecuted numerous homicide cases that resulted in sentences of death and life in prison.

Dantos, a Republican, was nominated by Gov. Ed Rendell and confirmed by the state Senate to fill the unexpired term of former County Judge Thomas A. Wallitsch, who left the bench last year. That term expires the first Monday in January, but Dantos is running for a full 10-year term in the November election.


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