P. David Soares (born October 26, 1969 in Brava, Cape Verde) is the Albany County, New York District Attorney. He is a Democrat. Personal life Soares was the youngest of the six children of Lucas and Lidia Soares. Law career Soares worked his way through Albany Law School as an intern for the Albany International Airport Authority, and later for the Albany County, New York District Attorney's office. He also worked with the Albany Law School AIDS law clinic for prisoners' legal services. Upon graduation, he was hired as an assistant district attorney by then-DA Sol Greenberg. Political career 2004 election On November 2, 2004, Soares was elected as Albany County District Attorney. He defeated incumbent District Attorney Paul Clyne in a Democratic primary, and in the general election he defeated Clyne (Independence Party) and Roger J. Cusick (Republican). September 2004 Democratic Primary election for district attorney David Soares, 14,909 votes, or 60.5% Paul Clyne, 9,741 votes, or 39.5% November 2004 election for district attorney David Soares (D), 75,610 votes, or 54.6% Roger J. Cusick (R), 57,202 votes, 41.3% Paul Clyne (I), 5,677 votes, or 4.1% Prior to the Democratic primary election for DA of Albany County, New York, Paul Clyne had been considered a "shoo-in" incumbent by the local political establishment. This prediction, however, failed to materialize when Soares won by a landslide. Soares' campaign received third-party support from the progressive, union-backed Working Families Party, which viewed Soares' victory as a sign of its own influence and of a mandate for reform of New York's Rockefeller drug sentencing laws (which were opposed by Soares, but supported by Clyne). Michael Slackman of The New York Times stated that the Party had "established itself as an emerging political force statewide by getting a little-known candidate elected district attorney in Albany County." Soares' victory was called one of the "most stunning upsets in New York political history." The New York Times noted the unusual nature of that upset the day that almost all incumbents won easy re-election. 2008 re-election campaign Former DA Clyne, who lost to current DA Soares by a landslide in the 2004 Democratic primaries, initially contemplated opposing his successor for re-election; but eventually he decided not to run. For a moment it looked as though Soares might run unopposed since no candidate from either major parties, Democratic or Republican, had filed to run for the office of District Attorney