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judge_jayHon. Jay Karahan

Judge Jay (Ceyhun) Karahan, Presiding Judge, Harris County Criminal Court #8  Houston, Texas won reelection on November 2, 2010.

Judge Karahan is a native of Tampa, Florida. Judge Karahan moved to Texas in 1979 to study law at South Texas College of Law. In 1987, the U.S. Attorney General appointed him an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. As a federal prosecutor he served in the Major Offender Division, Bank Fraud Task Force, and as a district coordinator for child exploitation investigations and prosecutions. As both a state and federal prosecutor Judge Karahan tried to jury verdict over 100 serious felony cases. He is licensed to practice before the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Since 1988 Judge Karahan has been certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as a Criminal Law Specialist.

 

john_alpay John Alpay
John Alpay, a resident of San Clemente, won his election for  Area 3 Trustee for the Capistrano Unified School District, the ninth largest school district in California on November 2, 2010.  He previously served as a Parks & Recreation Commissioner for San Clemente, and on the Budget & Finance Committee for Talega, his 3200 unit homeowners association.  He remains as a director for the Spanish Village Foundation, a local nonprofit.  John is also involved with the San Clemente Sunrise Rotary and the Hawaiian Surf Club of San Onofre.  With his wife Rochelle, together they have three children.

 

esin_buscheEsin Busche

Esin Busche is currently a Naperville Trustee, a member of the Fair Housing Advisory Commission and a Republican Precinct committeewoman in Naperville, IL, elected in 2009.  She has been a three term membership chairman for the Naperville Republican Women and was the Naperville campaign coordinator for the presidential and governor/lieutenant governor races in 2004 and 2006. Esin has a Masters degree in Chemistry and worked for three global companies, Sherwin Williams, Litton Industries and Sigma Coatings. She currently lives in the south side of Naperville Township with her husband and son, and is employed by Dow Chemical Company.

 

mehmet_yarMehmet "MATT" Yar 

Mehmet "Matt" Yar was elected to the Bloomfield County Education Board in New Jersey in 1998, and served until 2001. He chose not to run for a second term. When another board member resigned in 2002, Yar was appointed by the local election committee to fill the vacated seat.  His second period of service on the board lasted until 2004.

 

 

 

 

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