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Maricopa County, AZ November 3, 1998 General

State Representative; District 17

Candidates (Vote for 2)

Robert Burns 17,625 votes 30.7%

  • Party: Republican
Jean McGrath 16,499 votes 28.7%
  • Party: Republican
Kenneth J. Thomas 11,935 votes 20.8%
  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: Manufacturing supervisor
  • Former active-duty naval officer
  • Public office experience: Municipal councilmember
  • Eagle Scout & Explorer Post Advisor
  • BS & MEd degrees from Arizona State University
  • Neighborhood activist
  • Tutoring project coordinator for business-education partnership
Priorities:
  • Safe, effective schools which respond to local citizen involvement.
  • Neighborhoods where crime and illegal drug use will not be tolerated.
  • Individual control of quality health care & regulation of powerful HMOs
Leonard A. Clark 11,332 votes 19.7%
  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: Safety Officer
  • Glendale Coordinator for Recall of Governor Fife Symington
  • Member of Commission on Diversity, Glendale Community College
  • 2 time veteran of U.S. Army Honorably Discharged
  • Persian Gulf Veteran served in Saudia Arabia, neutral zone during Desert Shield/Desert Storm Campaigns
  • Worked on Clinton/Gore Campaign / Volunteer for Meals on Wheels Program
  • All American Track/Field athlete at Glendale Community College. Letterman in Track/Field at Uof A. 1st All American male at Grand Canyon University
Priorities:
  • No Overturn of Citizen Iniatives by the Arizona Legislature
  • Health and Safety of Children and Senior Citizens
  • Anti-gang Anti-crime measures to protect the citizens of District 17 and the state of Arizona

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