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Sacramento, San Joaquin County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
State Senator; District 5 Voter Information

Results as of Dec 5 1:02pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (777/777)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Michael J. "Mike" Machado 142,392 votes 48.1%

  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Farmer/Businessman/Lawmaker
  • Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
  • Graduated from Stanford University and U.C. Davis
  • Served in the United States Navy in Vietnam
  • Married for 30 years, 3 children
Priorities:
  • Work to lower community college fees and tuition
  • Continue to cut taxes for working families
Alan Nakanishi 141,013 votes 47.6%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Physician/Councilman
Carole Brow 10,208 votes 3.4%
  • Party: Libertarian
  • Occupation: Businesswoman/Grape Grower
  • Member & Eucharistic Minister - St. Joachim Church Lockeford
  • Own and operate Travel Experience, a home-based agency specializing in planning & arranging travel to Europe
  • Developed and currently manage commercial winegrape vineyard in Clements
  • Retired from State of California employment (23 yrs) to devote more time to my travel business and vineyard operations and to campaign.
  • While working for State, managed multi-million dollar state low-interest loan program to expand California's manufacturing capacity.
  • Served on the Board of Directors for the California Resource Recovery Association.
Priorities:
  • Education
  • Land use development
  • Taxes
William S. Nicolas 2,667 votes .9%
  • Party: Natural Law
  • Occupation: Insurance Securities Agent

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