League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Fresno, Merced, Madera Counties, CA June 3, 2014 Election
	United States Representative; District 16 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 (323/323)

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. Jim Costa 25,586 votes 44.3% Party: Democratic Occupation: Farmer/Representative kschaefer12345@gmail.com Priorities: Bringing common sense reforms to our regulatory system that will help to build a stronger economy and will help to fix our broken water system Fighting to finish the job and pass immigration reform Protecting agriculture jobs and working to encourage diversification of our Valley economy Johnny Tacherra 12,542 votes 21.7% Party: Republican Occupation: Farmer johnny@johnnyforcongress.com Steve Crass 8,877 votes 15.4% Party: Republican Occupation: Attorney steve@crassforcongress.com Mel Levey 4,565 votes 7.9% Party: Republican Occupation: Military Officer mel@mellevey.com Priorities: Ending girdlock in Washington, D.C. Prioritizing Job Creation Improving Water Supply Reliability for the Central Valley Joanna Garcia-Botelho 3,827 votes 6.6% Party: Republican Occupation: Farmer/Businesswoman botelhoforcongress@gmail.com Job Melton 2,370 votes 4.1% Party: Democratic 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 5 questions on Economy and Jobs, Health Care, Energy Policy, National Security, and Immigration Reform. Official Information U.S. House of Representatives Official Web site Your District About Your District with a Map - (From Govtrack.us) About Redistricting - from LWV California Education Fund. New district lines were drawn in 2011 based on 2010 census data. Campaign Finance Data VotersEdge.org Campaign contributions and other information about candidates for District 16 - from our new Smart Voter / VotersEdge pilot project Opensecrets.org Campaign Contribution Analysis for District 16 candidates - Click on blue tabs to see detail. (From the Center for Responsive Politics) Nonpartisan Information Project Vote-Smart About the Candidates - Find Biography, Campaign Finances, Issue Positions (NPAT), Special Interest Groups, and Voting Record where available. Open Congress Key Votes in Congress - Enter your zip to see your representatives. Click on the person's name to see how your Congressional Representative voted on many key issues. 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, 11/7/00, 3/7/00, 11/3/98, 6/2/98   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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