Candidates
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William J. "Pete" Knight
124,642 votes
66.8%
- Party: Republican
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: California State Senator, 17th District
Richard "Rick" Lott
53,123 votes
28.5%
- Party: Democratic
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Aerospace Engineer
- Husband and father
- Democratic Party Activist
- Contributing newspaper columnist
- Education: AA Degree El Camino College
- Religion: Unitarian Universalist
Priorities:
- Campaign finance reform - Take power back from corporations and PACs
- Rebuild public education - Make California's schools number one in the nation
- Roll back college tuition
John R. Gibson
5,870 votes
3.1%
- Party: Libertarian
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Software Engineer
- Marshall Space Flight Center,co-op student worker, published NASA technical paper and met Dr. Wernher von Braun.
- At NORAD, Space Computational Center,did computer system upgrading
- Head of NORAD Future Requirements Section
- Officer in US Air Force
- Aircraft testing at China Lake and Edwards Air Force Base
Priorities:
- Increase opportunities for citizens to run own lives free of lawyers,politicians,special interests and bureaucrats
- Promote the Libertarian Party,increase membership and teach personal responsibility and thinking for oneself
- Protect the Constitutional Principle of separation of church and state and the Bill of Rights (all of them)
Douglas R. Wallack
3,010 votes
1.6%
- Party: Natural Law
(100% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Senior Avionics Engineer
- Phone: 661-572-6204; Addr: 700 W Ave. I #G203, Lancaster, CA 93534; Email: dwallack@pacificnet.net
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