League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Contra Costa, Alameda County, CA June 3, 2014 Election
	Member of the State Assembly; District 15 Voter Information A runoff will be held on 11/4/2014 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes. The runoff will be held even if one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election.

Results as of Jul 1 4:10pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (324/324)

Runoff Election 11/4/2014 Candidates (Vote for 1) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Elizabeth Echols 21,664 votes 31.1% Party: Democratic Occupation: Presidential Jobs Advisor President Obama's former Regional Administrator of the Small Business Administration and Senior Advisor on Clean Tech and Energy Efficiency Director: U.S. Green Building Council N. CA: Passed legislation to protect environment & create jobs OpNet CEO (non-profit): Trained low-income youth to get jobs in tech industry with 80% success rate Clinton White House Official: Developed Internet policy and raised $20 million to close digital divide Former Director of Policy at Google BA, Economics and Political Science, Yale University; JD, Stanford Law School elizabeth@echolsforassembly.com Priorities: Expanding Educational Opportunity Creating Quality Jobs Protecting and Preserving Our Environment Tony Thurmond 16,963 votes 24.4% Party: Democratic Occupation: Youth Education Director Former Richmond City Councilmember and West Contra Costa School Board Member Led the campaign that reduced school suspensions by 27% Worked with our business community to raise over $300,000 to support the creation of 300 jobs for youth Social worker and lifelong youth mentor Convened an elected officials summit to explore restoring the I-80 Public Safety Corridor Partnership Former member of the California League of Cities Environmental Policy Committee tony@tonythurmond.com Priorities: Improve Public Schools & Increase Access to Higher Education Create High-Wage Jobs and Job Training Programs Increasing Public Safety Pamela Y Price 11,898 votes 17.1% Party: Democratic Occupation: Civil Rights Attorney Survivor of Juvenile and Foster Care Systems JD and Masters, UC Berkeley, School of Law Yale College Graduate Sexual Harassment Plaintiff in Legendary Case Northern California Superlawyer 2003-2013 votepamelaprice@pypesq.com Priorities: Education + I am living proof of the game-changing effect of education. Small businesses and economic opportunity are the key to our local economic growth and improving the outlook for the state. Restoring our civil and criminal justice systems to work for real people Rich Kinney 7,531 votes 10.8% Party: Republican Occupation: City Councilmember/Teacher Elected to San Pablo City Council November 2012 Appointed to League of California Cities Housing, Community & Economic Development Legislative Committee December 2013 City Delegate to Association of Bay Area Government (ABAG) Bachelors Degree in Music and Teaching Credential. Full time Substitute Teacher at Richmond High and Helms Middle School. Married to Jasmine Kinney Loh for 31 years rich@votekinney.com Priorities: I'm running for the State Assembly to help bring a balance of power and more sensibility to Sacramento. We need elected officials we can trust to legislate for the good of us all, not to pay off special interest campaign donors. Fiscal responsibility, public safety, booming California economy and world class education system are my priorities for my district and the State. Sam Kang 4,630 votes 6.7% Party: Democratic Occupation: Civil Rights Organizer Saved $1.7 billion CalGrants college financial aid program during 2011 budget cuts. Defeated Prop 23 in which Texas oil companies tried to roll back environmental protections. Led national effort to block the largest telecom merger in U.S. history. Wrote and passed state legislation on variety of issues, including more education funding, environmental protections, greater access to health care, Serves on BART Civil Rights & Environmental Justice Committee Sierra Club member and Alameda County Parks, Recreation & Historical Commission, former member samkang2014@gmail.com Priorities: Bringing down the cost of health care, especially for seniors, families and underserved communities. Increase K-12 funding, and bringing down the cost of higher education. Greater environmental protections, including ban on fracking Clarence Hunt 3,329 votes 4.8% Party: Democratic Occupation: Small Business Owner BA Political Science Business Development Consulting Women in Business Advocate Ban Fracking Advocate Job Development Coordinator info@huntforassembly.com Priorities: Create 15,000 new jobs in Assembly District 15 through small business tax credit incentives Reduce outsourcing jobs overseas by large Corporations based in California through closing tax loopholes Renovate public schools through increasing cigarette taxes and imposing an oil extraction tax on large oil companies Eugene E. Ruyle 2,426 votes 3.5% Party: Peace and Freedom Occupation: Retired Anthropology Professor Professor of Anthropology, CSU, Long Beach PhD Anthropology, Columbia University (1971) MA Anthropology, Yale University (1965) BA Anthropology, UC. Berkeley (1963) US Marine Corps, enlisted (1957-1960) cuyleruyle@mac.com Priorities: End the Wars & Tax the Rich. Power to the People Demilitarize and Democratize the University of California Protect and Restore our Mother Earth Bernt Rainer Wahl 1,132 votes 1.6% Party: No Party Preference Occupation: Scientist/Entrepreneur/Professor Math/ Physics BA/BS UC Santa Cruz MBA UC Davis Masters of Information UC Berkeley Masters Multimedia CS East Bay PhD (candidate) Eng. UC Santa Cruz Industry Fellow UC Berkeley berkeley@gmail.com Priorities: Education (all levels) University to Elementary Job Opportunities - all levels Real Environmental Action Basic candidate data supplied by the Secretary of State. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Candidates Answer Questions The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund has asked all candidates for this office to respond to 4 questions on Fiscal Choices, Water, Education, and Your Priorities. Official Information About your District Map of District 15 - PDF of district published by CalVoter Map of Calif. with Assembly Districts - Select "2011 State Assembly Districts" in pulldown then zoom in to see boundaries on top of road map. Can also find a district by street address. About Redistricting - from LWV California Education Fund. New districts were drawn in 2011 based on 2010 census data State Assembly Assembly Web site Calif. State Legislative Counsel (Leginfo) Bills Introduced - Check "Author(s)" and then type in the name of your current representative to see the bills introduced in the current Assembly session. Enter a Bill Number to see the history of a bill including voting records. Campaign Finance Data VotersEdge.org Campaign Finance Data plus summary information for Candidates in District 15 - from our new Smart Voter / VotersEdge pilot project Secretary of State Campaign Finance Data for Candidates in District 15 - look for Assembly 15 on the linked page List of Candidates Accepting/Rejecting Voluntary Campaign Spending Limits - (PDF) Candidates who have voluntarily chosen to limit their spending in campaigns for State Assembly may spend no more than $520,000 in a primary election. Established by Proposition 34. Nonpartisan Information Project Vote Smart Profiles of Candidates - Read about positions, voting records, public statements and more General Links Election Archives See the candidates, issues, and results from previous elections: 11/6/12, 6/5/12, 11/2/10, 6/8/10, 11/4/08, 6/3/08, 11/7/06, 6/6/06, 11/2/04, 3/2/04, 11/5/02, 3/5/02, 11/7/00, 3/7/00, 11/3/98, 6/2/98 Note All links open in new window This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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