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California State Government November 7, 2006 Election
United States Senator Voter Information

6 Year Term. Salary: $165,200

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Results as of Nov 14 5:08pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25090/25090)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Dianne Feinstein 4,445,123 votes 59.5%

  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: United States Senator
Richard "Dick" Mountjoy 2,630,300 votes 35.2%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Immigration Control Consultant
Todd "Todd Chretien" Chretien Click here for more information about this candidate 124,507 votes 1.7%
  • Party: Green
  • Occupation: Writer
  • B.A. San Francisco State University, 2003
  • Author of Proposition I, College Not Combat referendum, won 59% on November 05 San Francisco ballot
  • Nader/LaDuke 2000 and Nader/Camejo 2004 California campaign worker
  • Organizer for May 1st Immigrants Rights "Great American Boycott 2006" protests
  • Co-Founder of Save Stan Tookie Williams Coalition and longtime member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
  • Married to Jessie Muldoon, Oakland public school teacher, and father of three-year-old daughter, Isabela
Priorities:
  • Bring the Troops Home Now from Iraq: Over 100,000 Iraqis and over 2300 Americans have died in this senseless war. End it now.
  • Amnesty for Immigrant Workers: Immigrants built this country in years past and they deserve full equality today.
  • Tax the Rich: To rebuild our public schools, institute single-payer health care and make UC, CSU and CC eduation free for all California students.
Michael S. Metti Click here for more information about this candidate 116,720 votes 1.5%
  • Party: Libertarian
  • Occupation: Parent/Educator/Businessman
  • Test & Balance Engineer 1980 - 1998
  • Sheet Metal Journeyman 1976
  • International Businessman
Priorities:
  • Tax Consolidation, Tax Reduction
  • Separating Education & State
  • Repeal the Patriot Act
Marsha Feinland Click here for more information about this candidate 101,021 votes 1.3%
  • Party: Peace and Freedom
  • Occupation: Retired Teacher
  • Retired after 25 years of teaching in California public schools
  • Served as elected commissioner on Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, 1994-1998
  • Received teachers' union WHO award for organizing work in the Alameda Education Association, 2002
  • Received 243,000 votes as Peace & Freedom Party candidate for U.S. Senate, 2004
Priorities:
  • Reducing militarism: Immediate withdrawal from Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, Dismantling the U.S. nuclear weapons program
  • Universal health care through a national "single payer" system without insurance company profits
  • Double the federal minimum wage and index it to the cost of living
Don J. Grundmann 65,614 votes 0.8%
  • Party: American Independent
  • Occupation: Doctor of Chiropractic
Connor Vlakancic (Write-in)
  • Party: Independent
Jeffrey Mackler (Write-in)
  • Party: Independent
Kent P. Mesplay, Ph.D. (Write-in) Click here for more information about this candidate
  • Party: Green
  • Occupation: Air Quality Inspector
  • Presidential Candidate, Green Party, 2004 Primaries
  • Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1993
  • Nader Delegate, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1996
  • Appointed Treasurer, San Diego Green Party County Council, 1996
  • Founding Member, San Diego Citizens Action, 1996
  • Page, 1984 Olympic Games, Los Angeles
Priorities:
  • Promote State Renewable Energy Independence for its security implications
  • Help reform politics: We need publicly funded campaigns and open debates
  • Improve relations with Mexico by addressing the root causes of immigration
Lea Sherman (Write-in) Click here for more information about this candidate
  • Party: Independent
  • Occupation: Garment warehouse worker
  • Socialist Workers Party
Priorities:
  • Unionize all workers--U.S. and foreign-born while fighting to legalize all immigrants now. Solidarity with the Goodyear workers on strike.
  • For the immediate, unconditional withdrawal of U. S. troops and all "coalition" troops from Afghanistan, Iraq and Korea.
  • Defend all women's right to choose abortion. No on Proposition 85.

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Videos

Statements and Interviews

  • Video Voter - Select "U.S. Senate", then candidate name to see a statement by Chretian, Feinland, Grundmann, Metti, Mountjoy. Produced by Center for Governmental Studies. (2 min. each)
  • Free AirTime Project - Select "U.S. Senate" then candidate name to see interviews of Chretian, Feinland, Grundmann, Metti, Mountjoy. Requires Adobe Flash and Windows Media Player. Produced by the California Channel. (30 min. each)
Official Information

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Campaign Finance Data

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Project Vote-Smart

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