Can an attorney be disciplined for making false statements in a sworn declaration of candidacy for judicial office?

In Townsend v. State Bar, 32 Cal.2d 592, 197 P.2d 326, an attorney who had been previously disciplined for making false statements in a sworn declaration of candidacy for judicial office and earlier for 'ambulance chasing' was suspended for three years for advising a client to conceal assets from creditors.

In Alkow v. State Bar, 38 Cal.2d 257, 239 P.2d 871, an attorney was suspended for three years for having made misrepresentations in connection with employment by a collection agency, failing to give financial accountings, and issuing bad checks.