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Santa Clara County, CA June 5, 2012 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Kansen Chu

Candidate for
Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 4

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I am honored to have the endorsements from the following community leaders:

Elected Officials:

  • Congressmember Zoe Lofgren
  • Congressmember Mike Honda

  • California State Senator Ellen Corbett
  • California State Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr.
  • California State Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski
  • Former California State Assemblymember Sally Lieber
  • Former California State Assemblymember Jim Cunneen

  • Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith
  • Santa Clara County Board President George Shirakawa
  • Santa Clara County Board Vice President Ken Yeager
  • Santa Clara County Supervisor David Cortese
  • Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss
  • Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone

  • San Jose City Councilmember Ash Kalra
  • San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo
  • San Jose City Councilmember Xavier Campos
  • San Jose City Councilmember Donald Rocha
  • San Jose City Councilmember Nancy Pyle
  • Former San Jose Mayor Norman Mineta
  • Former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery
  • Former San Jose City Councilmember Forrest Williams
  • Former San Jose City Councilmember Claude Fletcher

  • Jose Esteves, Mayor, City of Milpitas
  • Richard Santos, Board Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District
  • Don Gage, Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Director and Former Santa Clara County Supervisor
  • Mark Green, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) President and Union City Mayor
  • R. Michael Kasperzak, Jr., Mountain View Mayor and League of California Cities President
  • Jamie Matthews, Mayor, City of Santa Clara
  • Jamie McLeod, Council Member, City of Santa Clara
  • Lisa Gillmore, Council Member, City of Santa Clara
  • Kevin Moore, Council Member, City of Santa Clara
  • David Whittum, Vice Mayor, City of Sunnyvale
  • Cat Tucker, Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Gilroy
  • Bill Harrison, Council Member, City of Fremont
  • Steve Cho, Former Fremont City Council Member
  • John Dutra, Fremont Council Member and Former California State Assemblymember
  • Scott Haggerty, Supervisor, Alameda County
  • Wilma Chan, Supervisor, Alameda County

Education Leaders:
  • Khoa Nguyen, Board President, Berryessa Union School District
  • Linda Chen, Board Vice President, Berryessa Union School District
  • David Neighbors, Board Clerk, Berryessa Union School District
  • David Cohen, Board Member, Berryessa Union School District
  • Richard Claspill, Board Member, Berryessa Union School District

  • Frank Biehl, Board President, East Side Union High School District
  • Lan Nguyen, Board Member, East Side Union High School District
  • Van Le, Board Member, East Side Union High School District
  • Eddie Garcia, Former Board President, East Side Union High School District
  • Patricia Martinez-Roach, Board Member, East Side Union High School District

  • Anna Song, Board Member, Santa Clara County Board of Education
  • Chris Stampolis, Board Member, West Valley-Mission Community College

Organizations:
  • San Jose Fire Fighters - IAFF Local 230
  • San Jose Police Officers Association
  • Association of Retired San Jose Police Officers and Fire Fighters
  • PORAC
  • Teamsters Local Union No. 665
  • Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
  • California School Employee Association - Berryessa Chapter 364
  • East Side Teachers Association PAC
  • Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club
  • California League of Conservation Voters
  • Santa Clara County DAWN (Democratic Activists for Women Now)
  • BAYMEC (Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee)
  • Silicon Valley Young Democrats
  • Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum

San Jose Commissioners:
  • Linda Locke, Neighborhood Commission
  • Chaitanya Vaidya, Senior Citizens Commission
  • Cora Tomalinas, First 5 Commissioner
  • Andres Quintero, Vice Chair, San Jose Airport Commission
  • Max Chen, Vice Chair, San Jose Youth Commission
  • Kasey Ong, former Chair, San Jose Youth Commission
  • Kimberly Loo, former member, San Jose Youth Commission
  • Clark Williams, San Jose Appeals Hearing Board
  • Brian Ho, Small Business Commission
  • David Parker, Appeals Hearing Board Member and Former Vice-Chair of Human Rights Commission

San Jose Business Leaders:
  • Robert Chen, CEO, RAE Systems
  • Peter Lee, CEO, APlus Flash Tech
  • Hai Dang, GD Commercial Real Estate & Berryessa Business Association Treasurer
  • Ivan Liang, Owner, Liang's Kitchen

Community Leaders:
  • Rod Diridon, Sr., Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute
  • Dale Osborn
  • Dean McCully
  • David Hernandez
  • Betty Barajas
  • Elizabeth Macias
  • Peter Kuo
  • Dr. D. V. Giri
  • JoAnn Lu-Carino
  • Ane-Pin Sun
  • Yung Chi Chung
  • Arthur Low
  • Rebecca Wei
  • Andrew Bi & Cindy Liu
  • Fu-Jane Lee
  • Jeffry S.C. Chang
  • Tom Liu & Yunfei Liu
  • Albert Wang
  • Darrell Cortez, Retired SJPD
  • Helen Chapman, San Jose Unified School District - Research Specialist
  • Sam Liu & Jean Tang
  • James Abe
  • Shaoher Pan
  • Ann Woo
  • Angela Yang
  • Jian Qin Xie
  • Merylee Shelton, San Jose Evergreen Community College District Professor
  • Lisa Bickford
  • Dean McCully
  • Bob Huber
  • Ing-Ning Lin
  • Murphy Sabatino
  • Yvonne Mei
  • Chun Ya Chen
  • David Kitahara
  • Rosylin Dean
  • Barinder S. Ahluwalia
  • Ozzie Albini
  • Linda & Bryan Talmage
  • Kim Gomez, Northwood PTA, North Valley Council PTA
  • Debbie McDonald
  • Stephanie Fong, Milpitas Parks and Recreation Commissioner
  • Johnson Tran, Independent Police Auditor's Teen Leadership Council Member and President of the IHS Vietnamese Student Association
  • Dhaval Brahmbhatt
  • Charu Vaidya
  • Pradip Banerjee
  • Alice Thipphavong
  • Donna Glenville
  • Elaine Trinh, former District 4 Youth Advisory Council Member
  • Christopher Zhou
  • Hilaria Bauer
  • Felicia Jin, former District 4 Youth Advisory Council Member
  • Steven Minh Dovan
  • Bob Dhillon
  • Ly Tong
  • Sun Tu, Co-Founder of VIVO
  • Bao Trieu, Co-Founder of VIVO
  • Colonel Dai Vo
  • General Bin
  • Rachel Diaz

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