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All Of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego Counties, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 3 Voter Information

Results as of Nov 14 11:14am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (6408/6408)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Claude Parrish 1,004,282 votes 59%

  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Member, State Board of Equalization
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Accounting
  • Chairman of the State Board of Equalization and Member of the Franchise Tax Board for the year 2001
  • Served as an L.A. County Insurance Commissioner
Priorities:
  • Helping make California a more business friendly state
  • Continuing to help taxpayers with their problems
  • Continue to make myself directly accessable to taxpayers
Mary Christian-Heising 633,200 votes 37.2%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Businesswoman/Educator/Journalist
  • Member of San Diego Democratic Central Committee
  • Member of California Democratic State Committee
  • Former Member of San Diego Housing Advisory Board
  • San Diego State University Graduate
Priorities:
  • Keep the Internet tax free
  • Simplify tax laws and regulations
  • Encourage women in small businesses
J. R. "Nobody" Graham 65,907 votes 3.8%
  • Party: Libertarian
  • Occupation: Author/Security Officer
  • LP: The only party that won't terrorize you & steal your stuff
  • LP: The only party that won't terrorize you & control your life
  • LP: The only party w/ a peaceful alternative to gov't terrorism
  • Libertarian: The Party of Principle
  • Tax-fighter, Bond-buster, Public speaker, Thinker
Priorities:
  • Object to Politix-as-Usual methods of stealing from everybody to provide subsidies to $pecial Interests.
  • Eliminate the Franchise Tax Board (FTB). *Get rid of the Dept of Money Vampires (DMV); it's an economic drain on California, w/o any real benefit.
  • Quit taking business profits to pay for stupid govt programs. *Let the free market work. *Improve the economy: get govt bureaucracies out of the way.

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