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Meg Whitman
1,485,562 votes
64.4%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Former President and Chief Executive Officer, eBay
- B.A. in Economics, Princeton University
- M.B.A., Harvard Business School
Priorities:
- Create jobs
- Cut wasteful government spending
- Fix California's K-12 education system
Steve Poizner
616,202 votes
26.7%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Businessman
Lawrence "Larry" Naritelli
52,794 votes
2.3%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Accountant/Controller
Robert C. Newman, II
37,195 votes
1.7%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Psychologist/ Farmer
- Age 66 and CA resident for 66 years
- Married 49 years, 2 adult off-spring, 2 grandchildren
- Education: AA, BA (zoology/ chemistry, MA (research/theoritical psychology), PhD. (clinical psychology)
- Work ethic: farm, construction, assembly line, teaching, research, and clinical practice
- Active participation at Eagle's Nest Ministries in Santa Ana
- Interests: family integrity, water issues, research, alternative energy sources and conservation resources.
Priorities:
- Government spending must be kept in line with government income.
- Government must stay out of the way of private job creation.
- California's educational system needs a major overhaull.
Ken Miller
35,243 votes
1.5%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Family Broadcasting Executive
Bill Chambers
33,208 votes
1.4%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Railroad Switchman
- Federally Licensed Class 6 Engineer
- Real Estate Investor / Landlord
- Little League Manager
Priorities:
- Stop California's Financial Hemorhaging.
- Permanently Mofify AB32 to Reduce Environmental Restrictions to Increase Employment.
- Fix California's School System and Water Needs
Douglas R. Hughes
25,266 votes
1.0%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Retired Business Owner
David "Dave" Tully-Smith
24,189 votes
1.0%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Primary Care Physician
- MD, University of California San Francisco
- PhD, Chemistry, UCLA
- President, CEO, co-founder ChartWare Inc.
- RAND Corporation, former consultant
- Society of Sigma Xi, National Research Society
- Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians
Priorities:
- Jobs & Budget
- Schools & Higher Education
- Healthcare & Water
Steven Paul "Steve" Mozena
(Write-in)
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Business Owner
- B.A. in Journalism, University of Oregon, 1985
- Minor: Business
Priorities:
- Post All of California's Finances to the Web every day, starting with Governor's finances and the California Lottery.
- Create a fully online University system for the State of California's Colleges and Universities.
- Create "Be Your Own Boss" Weekend Workshops for Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Wannabe Business Owners. Leave workshops as business owners.
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- Proposes new laws and approves or vetoes legislation.
- Prepares and submits the annual state budget.
- Mobilizes and directs state resources during
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