Calif attorney general marries pregnant girlfriend

SACRAMENTO (AP) Attorney General Bill Lockyer married an Orange County civil rights attorney Friday in a private ceremony in Northern California, according to newspaper reports.

The Orange County Register reported that Lockyer, 61 married Nadia Maria Davis, 31, in a small wedding with family and friends in attendance.

``Their plans will be to spend a lot of time together, but they'll be working out (where they live),'' said his spokesman Nathan Barankin. ``(The wedding) has been in the works for a while.''

Lockyer resides in Hayward. Davis lives in Santa Ana.

The two met during Democratic Party activities and are expecting a baby late this summer, Barankin said.

Lockyer has been married twice before and has been divorced for more than 20 years. He has a grown daughter. It is Davis' first marriage.

Davis is a former Santa Ana school board member who began raising money last summer for a possible state Assembly campaign.

Lockyer formed a committee in January to raise money to run for governor in 2006.

Asked how Lockyer would balance his new responsibilities and his political aspirations, Barankin said he planned to be the ``best attorney general he can be, and he's also committed to being the best husband and father he can be.''

The wedding occurred the same day that Lockyer announced the arrest of Scott Peterson in the highly publicized disappearance of Peterson's wife Laci, who was eight months pregnant when she was reported missing Christmas Eve. The arrest came hours before DNA analysis confirmed her death and that of her infant son.

Lockyer said Peterson was arrested because he was considered a flight risk and had recognized that he was under police surveillance.

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