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Steve Knight
9,061 votes
29.44%
- Occupation: Police Officer
Tom Lackey
6,259 votes
20.33%
- Occupation: Highway Patrol Sergeant
- Trustee for the Palmdale School District
- Bachelor Degree in Special Education
- Married 14 years, two children ages 9 & 5
- Antelope Valley Human Relations Task Force
Priorities:
- Public Safety must be Palmdale's #1 priority.
- Build Palmdale Hospital now!
- Create jobs and business friendly atmosphere.
John Mayfield
4,563 votes
14.82%
Kathleen Morgan
3,426 votes
11.13%
- Occupation: Peace Officer/Nurse
Mark D. Walters
2,203 votes
7.16%
- Occupation: Defense Industrial Engineer
Patricia K. Shaw
2,089 votes
6.79%
- Occupation: Community Volunteer
- Palmdale Library Board of Trustees
- VP Palmdale City Library Foundation
- VP Palmdale Woman's Club
Priorities:
- Equality between East and West sides of city
- Palmdale Hospital
- Controlled growth
Marta "Williamson-Cox" Kester
1,344 votes
4.37%
- Occupation: Non-Profit CEO
- CEO & President of OldTown Homeowners Group, Inc.
- Board Member to the Environmental Restoration Advisory Board to Air Force Plant 42
- Credentialed Early Childhood Educator
- Graduate of Antelope Valley College
- Write editorial column for Metropolitan Star
Priorities:
- Clean and safe water for our desert population
- Safe environments for work and play
- opportunities for an excellent education
Jeannette "Boots" Buteyn
950 votes
3.09%
- Occupation: Loan Officer
- Commissioner - Golden League Youth Football
- Committee Member - AVAC 4.0 Dinner
- President - Palmdale Republican Women Federated
- Worship Team - Palmdale Christian Fellowship
- Married 15 years with 3 Children
- Proud Mother of a United States Marine
Priorities:
- Palmdale Hospital Project
- Managed Growth to ensure enough schools, churches, parks, transportation, health care, law enforcement, etc
- Increased Law Enforcement and Prevention Programs for at-risk Youth
Craig Tappa
886 votes
2.88%
- Occupation: Trademark Prosecution Specialist
- Married ten years. Father of six-year-old triplets
- Graduate of LASD Community Academy
- PTA Board Member - Joshua Hills Elementary School
- Neighborhood Watch Block Captain
- Co-Founder of advocacy group R.E.A.C.H.
- Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Priorities:
- Increase public safety by strengthening law enforsement measures.
- Assisting public schools in the midst of State budget crisis.
- Increase city services for senior citizens, veterans and those with poverty-leve income.
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