Candidate for
State Senator; District 8; Democratic Party

JACKIE SPEIER
Occupation: State Senator

It has been a privilege to serve you for nearly 20 years on the Board of Supervisors, in the State Assembly and now in the State Senate. Working on your behalf, I have: 1) Established a landmark discount prescription drug program for California seniors, saving an average 25% on the top 100 drugs; 2) Chaired Senate Insurance Committee hearings leading to resignation of Insurance Commissioner Quackenbush; 3) Fought to protect your privacy; 4) Mandated proof of auto insurance for drivers, lowering insurance premiums; 5) Allowed consumers to get free state inspections identifying fraudulent auto body repairs; 6) Mandated HMO coverage for contraception; 7) Required health insurers to cover costs of cancer patients participating in clinical drug trials; 8) Fought to extend health insurance to all California children; 9) Obtained $127 million to establish "Baby Bullet" Caltrain service to cut the commute in half between San Francisco and San Jose; 10) Won state funding for the homeless shelter, Boy's and Girl's Club, the Pacifica Pier and police station.

I will be back with tough legislation to protect your privacy from marketers and identity thieves. California birth record information that was free to anyone to view on the Internet was recently removed from use after I held a hearing exposing this uncontrolled invasion of privacy. Much remains to be done. I am committed to being there to do the job.

I respectfully request your vote so that we may continue to work together on behalf of California's future.

/s/ Jackie Speier