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Dianne Feinstein
5,904,899 votes
55.9%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: United States Senator
- Mayor of San Francisco, December 4, 1978 to January 8, 1988
- Member, Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco, 1970-1978
- California Women's Board of Terms and Parole, Member, 1960-66
- Bachelor of Arts in History, Stanford University, 1955
Priorities:
- Strengthening Public Safety
- Passing a Patient's Bill of Rights, as well as extending the solvency of Social Security and Medicare
- Reforming Public Education
Tom Campbell
3,865,528 votes
36.6%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Congressman
- Educator
Priorities:
- Education
- Campaign Finance
- Healthcare
Medea Susan Benjamin
323,854 votes
3.1%
- Party: Green
- Occupation: Human Rights Activist
- Founding Director of the San Francisco-based human rights organization Global Exchange
- Focusing on changing the labor and environmental practices of U.S. multinational corporations
- Instrumental in organizing protests against the World Trade Organization
- Worked for ten years as an economist and nutritionist in Latin America and Africa
- Masters degrees in Public Health and Economics
- Fluent in Spanish
Priorities:
- Living Wage - Raise the minimum wage to a "living wage" and guarantee all our people the right to a healthy, dignified standard of living
- Schools not Prisons - Reaffirm our commitment to free public education, recognize teachers as cherished professionals, and invest in schools not jails
- Electoral Reform - Public financing of political campaigns, free media access, end soft money donations and change to proportional representation
Gail Katherine Lightfoot
186,859 votes
1.8%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Registered Nurse, Public Health Nurse
- Libertarian Party of California State Central Committee Chair-1990,1995-96, LPC State CC Southern Vice Chair-1993-94, LPC State Secretary, 1989
- LPC candidate for Congress-1988,1990, 1992, 1996, LPC candidate for Secretary of State-1998
- Founding member and Chapter President of The American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- Married with three children, six grandchildren
- Extended family - husbands three children, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren
- Legal citings: Lightfoot Vs March Fong Eu-1990, Democratic Party Vs Jones-1997 granted a writ of certiorari for U.S Supreme Court for April 2000
Priorities:
- Your Rights
- Health, Education and Welfare
- The Economy
Diane Beall Templin
133,940 votes
1.2%
- Party: American Independent
- Occupation: Attorney/Businesswoman
- 11/99-7/00 BROTHER BENNO'S FOUNDATION--Manager for the Women's Shelter
- Juris Doctorate-SUNYAB-trial technique Award , ADVOCATE'S LEGAL SERVICES-providing low cost legal services to middle and lower income families
- 1985-1995 Foster parent of 68 foster children
- 1974-1979 LEGAL AID. Managing Staff Attorney-Buffalo, New York- Administrative Hearings and Court Appeals
- 1985 International Law Studies-University of Strasbourg, France, Simon Greenleaf Law
- Bachelor of Science- Major- Social Welfare, Minor Psychology at SUNYAB, Buffalo, N.Y.
Priorities:
- Sanctity of Life
- Education
- Restore Constitutional Government
Jose Luis "Joe" (Olivares) Camahort, Ph.D.
96,100 votes
.9%
- Party: Reform
- Occupation: Consulting Scientist/Engineer
- 32-year career in Aerospace/Defense
- Berkeley Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering
- Top San Beda, Mapua Grad from Manila
- Proud Grandpa of three Girls
- Hispanic - Se habla Espaņol
- Filipino-American - Marunong Managalog
Priorities:
- End Poverty While Sustaining the Environment.
- Scrap the Tax Code, Abolish the IRS, Use Transaction Tax. Keep the Govt. out of our pockets until we spend our money!
- U.S.Treasury Dept. provides free PERSONAL financial services. Keep banks, insurers, & brokers out of our pockets forever!
Brian M. Rees
58,291 votes
.5%
- Party: Natural Law
- Occupation: Family Physician
- Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army Reserve
- Commander, 349th General Hospital (HUM)
- Author, Heal Your Self Heal Your World
- American Legion
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
Priorities:
- Campaign finance reform
- Tax reform (tax cuts)
- Health Care financing reform
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