Candidates
(Vote for 1)
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Mike Thompson
112,185 votes
64.7%
- Party: Democratic
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Member of Congress
Russel J. "Jim" Chase
21,456 votes
12.4%
- Party: Republican
(42.7% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Retired Business Owner
- College: Humboldt State
- Printer, Publisher in Willits, California for 30 years.
- Founded, published newspaper in Rio Dell, California - 1960-1968.
Priorities:
- Replacing Income Tax with fair, lower rate, simpler system is Top Priority.
- Wrote Constitutional amendment to insure fiscal discipline and balanced federal budgets.
- Social Security, medicare "perpetual funding plan" to operate with minimal taxation.
Kenneth A. "Ken" Hitt
14,489 votes
8.4%
- Party: Republican
(28.8% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Businessman/Engineer
- BS-Mechanical Engineering-Cal Poly, SLO
- Married - wife, Susan - 10 years
- One son, William, age 3
- California Native / 30 year Bay Area resident
- Small business owner
Priorities:
- Reducing taxes
- Improving Education for all Americans
- Reducing the size of Government
Lawrence R. Wiesner
14,351 votes
8.2%
- Party: Republican
(28.5% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Certified Public Accountant
- BA San Francisco State
- President Beta Alpha Psi(Honorary Acctg Frat)
- President Student World Trade Association
- Treasurer Symposium on State Government
- Director JWTA of SF Chamber of Commerce
- President Lake County Passion Play
Priorities:
- Secure personal liberties and rights-including those of the unborn & aged
- Reduce the size of federal government and associated taxes
- Ensure Social Security and Medicare benefits and strong national defense
Emil P. Rossi
4,394 votes
2.5%
- Party: Libertarian
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Hardware store family business for 55 years
- Private combat infantry man, World War II
Priorities:
- Cut government by 50%, which will reduce taxes, pay off the national debt and save Social Security and Medicare.
- Protection of everyone's rights
- Campaign reform
Cheryl Kreier
4,375 votes
2.5%
- Party: Natural Law
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Children's Issues Advisor
Pamela Elizondo
2,327 votes
1.3%
- Party: Reform
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Environmental healing advocate [requested & denied]
- Psychiatric Technician state hospitals 1962-1978
- Testified at Little Hoover commission on weird deaths at state hospitals 1977
- Testimony of commission sent to Rose Kennedy & Rosalyn Carter
- Ran for state senate 1986, 1994-state assembly 1992-1998
- Ran for Mendocino county school board 1991
Priorities:
- Divert now wasted Taxpayer's money to employment & restoration of Earth
- Stop profitting from promoting misery:war, judicial & penal systems
- Profit from consumerism created by full employment
Basic candidate data supplied by the Secretary of State.
Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
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Official Information
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Nonpartisan Information
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