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Gray Davis
1,750,796 votes
80.9%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Governor of the State of California
- Lieutenant Governor of the State of California, 1995 - 99
- California State Controller, 1987 - 95
- California State Assemblymember, 43rd District, 1982-86
- Chief of Staff to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. 1975-81
- Captain, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Vietnam, 1967 - 69
- Columbia Law School Graduate, 1967
Priorities:
- Continue improving our schools by reducing class sizes, providing incentives for higher student performance.
- Ensure public safety, providing fire fighters and police the resources needed to keep our communities safe.
- Continue expanding the Healthy Families program for uninsured children.
Anselmo A. Chavez
178,983 votes
8.3%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Educator/Accountant
Priorities:
- Reform of Proposition 13.
- Appropriate funding of state programs for the poor and the elderly.
- Education.
Charles "Chuck" Pineda, Jr.
138,823 votes
6.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Case Hearing Representative
- State Executive Branch Experience - 36 years.
- Harvard Business School - Personnel Admin.
- Harvard Law School -Ctr. for Criminal Justice.
- Azusa-Pacific University.
- East Los Angeles College.
- United States Parole Commission, U.S. Justice.
Priorities:
- Public Ownership of BANKRUPTED ELECTRIC COMPANIES.
- Prevention of crime and delinquency instead of costly encarceration.
- Helping the poor,disabled,immigrants,farmworkers - PROVERBS I4;31.
Mosemarie Boyd
95,653 votes
4.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: National Political Organizer
- Currently, President & CEO of American Women Presidents, a national political organization dedicated to electing women U.S. presidents and VPs.
- Defended the interests of Californians in Washington, D.C., and in Sacramento, working for Sen. Feinstein, Cong. Sanchez, and Gov. Davis.
- Earned a BA in American Civilization from Brown Univ., an MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown Univ., and studied at Oxford.
- California native and great-great granddaughter of California Congressman John A. Barham (R-Santa Rosa, 1895-1901).
Priorities:
- As Governor, my top priority will be coordinating with the president to crush terrorism and hold terrorists responsible.
- As a bipartisan Democrat, I will protect California's economy, critical infrastructures, and democratic freedoms.
- And I will work hard to ensure all Californians have access to high-paying jobs, educational excellence, affordable housing, quality healthcare...
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