Member; California State Assembly; District 20 Election Information November 5, 2002 Election

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Alameda, Santa Clara County, CA

November 5, 2002 Election

Member; California State Assembly; District 20 Voter Information

Results as of Nov 14 11:14am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (312/312)

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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John A. Dutra 52,205 votes 66.7%
(This candidate has not responded to Smart Voter)

Party: Democratic

Occupation: Member, California State Assembly

Phone: 510-440-9030; Addr: 39510 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538

Daniel L. "Dan" Dow 22,546 votes 28.8%

Party: Republican
Occupation: Technology Sales Executive
Member, Newark Unified School Dist, Strategic Plan Monitoring Committee
Life Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Member, American Legion Post 837 (Fremont/Newark)
Member, East Bay Regional Park Foundation
Member, National Wildlife Federation
Graduate, Defense Language Institute (Korean)

Priorities:

JOBS - 1 Million Californians are out of work today! We must encourage business to invest in Jobs for California! Not chase them away anymore!
EDUCATION - I will fight to bring equalized funding for every school district in California! There is great disparity in funding!
CONSUMER PRIVACY - We must protect consumers from invasions of their private financial information. Privacy is sacred!

Keith Lyon 3,572 votes 4.5%

Party: Libertarian
Occupation: Technology Marketing Manager
20 Years business experience - technical, managerial, entrepreneurial
BS Math & CS, Cal State Hayward
BA Sociology, UC Berkeley

Priorities:

Economy - Reduce the cost of living & doing business in California
Education - Local control & volunteers in schools
Tort Reform - Reduce burden of frivolous law suits

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Candidate profiles (Dutra, Dow) - 10/24/02

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