Candidates
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Sam Farr
83,275 votes
56.8%
- Party: Democratic
(82.2% of votes in party)
- Occupation: United States Representative
Clint Engler
21,258 votes
14.5%
- Party: Republican
(54.3% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Businessman
- B.A. Communications
- M.A. Intercultural Studies
- Post graduate work in education
Priorities:
- Taxes and Social Security
- Education, National Defense, 2nd Amendment Rights
- Abortion and Health Care Issues
Rob Roberts
11,467 votes
7.9%
- Party: Republican
(29.2% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Health Care Provider
Joe Grossman
8,104 votes
5.6%
- Party: Democratic
(8% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Retired Social Worker
- Addr: 524 Buena Vista Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062; Email: joegrossman@earthlink.net
Debra Whitmore
7,661 votes
5.2%
- Party: Democratic
(7.6% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Educator
- Graduated from Westmont College
- Finishing Masters of Education at San Jose State University
- Appointed by the Educational Testing Service as a reader of Advanced Placement essays
- Currently teach Advanced Placement Government and Politics, Advanced Placement European History, College Prep Government
Priorities:
- Providing educational access and opportunities to all high school graduates
- The inclusion of all in our Constitutional rights, liberties and protections
- Health care for all; insuring the future of Social Security and Medicare
CAROLE DOOLEY
6,495 votes
4.4%
- Party: Republican
(16.5% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Management Consultant
- BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FORT ORD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
- EXECUTIVE BOARD, CALIFORNIA WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
- BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MONTEREY OPERA ASSOCIATION
- EXECUTIVE BOARD, COLLEAGUES OF THE ARTS
- BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, FORMER BOARD MEMBER
- PAST VICE CHAIRMAN, COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Priorities:
- HEALTH CARE TAKING POWER AWAY FROM HMO'S & GOVERNMENT, GIVING PEOPLE DOCTORS THEY TRUST. PRESCRIPTIONS & TESTS THEY NEED AT AFFORDABLE RATES
- EDUCATION IMPROVED AT EVERY LEVEL INCLUDING COLLEGE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND FACULTY
- ELIMINATE GOVERNMENT WASTE, BY CUTTING BUDGETS AS THOUGH THEY WERE IN A "BUSINESS FOR PROFIT" - THEY FORGET THAT IT IS "OUR MONEY" BEING WASTED
E. Craig Coffin
2,790 votes
1.9%
- Party: Green
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Landscaping business
- B.A.Philosophy,University of Southern California
- Post Graduate in political science
- Co-Founder Green Party of Monterey County
- Select State Senate Legislative Committee for Envirommemtal Issues
- National Strawberry Commission for workers' rights
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
Priorities:
- Candidacy based on voter input
- Government based on voter input
- Voter education
Art Dunn
2,271 votes
1.5%
- Party: Democratic
(2.2% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Small Business Owner-Telecommunications Firm in Monterey
- 35 Year Resident of Monterey
- 3 Years Active Duty USMC, WWII
- Graduate of Columbia University with a Masters Degree in Public Law and Government
Priorities:
- Fair Trade Not Free Trade
- For National Sovereignty, Not One World Dictatorship
- For Investment in Education, Science and Technology to Raise Living Standards
Rick S. Garrett
1,696 votes
1.1%
- Party: Libertarian
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Businessman
- Phone: 831-461-0113; Addr: 230 Creek Drive, Aptos, CA 95003; Email: rickg@happytours.com
Larry Fenton
1,152 votes
.7%
- Party: Reform
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Journeyman Ironworker
Scott R. Hartley
662 votes
.4%
- Party: Natural Law
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Software Developer
- Founder/President of Shadowfax Software
- Educational consultant in ten countries
- President of Elkhorn Slough Docents
- MA from UCLA, Computer Aided Instruction
- MIT National Scholar
Priorities:
- Moratorium on genetic engineering until proven safe
- Campaign finance reform
- Discard WTO and create a treaty for sustainable prosperity
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