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Lois Capps
92,751 votes
58.9%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: U.S. Representative
- Registered Nurse
- A teacher of early childhood development
- Master's degrees in Education and Religion
Priorities:
- Pass a Patients' Bill of Rights to rein in HMOs and keep medical decisions in the hands of doctors and patients
- Save and strengthen Social Security
- Fight any effort to privatize Social Security by opposing the investment of Social Security funds in the stock market
Beth Rogers
61,030 votes
38.8%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Small Business Owner/Farmer
- Jobs leader on California Competitiveness Council
- Appointed to State and local environmental boards
- Small business owner
- Active in community affairs
- Worked to increase number of women elected to state office
- Lived and worked in Mexico; speaks fluent Spanish
Priorities:
- Make Central Coast Housing Accessible to Working Families
- Expand Health Care Coverage and Keep Health Providers in the Central Coast
- National Security
James E. Hill
3,734 votes
2.3%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Pressure Piping Inspector
- AA degree, BS degree nearing completion
- Over 25 years in Nondestructive Testing
- Over 20 years with PG&E Inspection & Test
- Past President of nonprofit historical society
- Past Treasurer of nonprofit historical society
- Member, Advisory Committee to CAL OSHA
Priorities:
- Tax Relief and Reduction of government size and scope
- Improve Education - Return to Local Control of Schools
- End Foreign Aid
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Events
- 23rd Congressional District candidate forum,
Monday, October 21, 2002, 7:00-9:00 PM,
Faulkner Library, Santa Barbara Main Library
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