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John Garamendi
3,673,027 votes
49.2%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: California State Insurance Commissioner
- Issued a comprehensive report on the state of health care in California, "Priced Out: The Crisis in California Health Care"
- 1995, Appointed by President Bill Clinton to the number two position in the U.S. Department of the Interior, Deputy Secretary
- Elected to the California State Assembly in 1974 and the State Senate in 1976
- Received MBA from Harvard Business School
- Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia with wife, Patti
- Graduate of UC Berkeley where he was an All-Conference football player and champion wrestler
Priorities:
- California must have the best education system so our workers can compete with knowledge and skill in the competitive world market place.
- We must maintain the environmental quality of our Golden State.
- I will work toward every Californian having universal access to affordable health care.
Tom McClintock
3,378,791 votes
45.3%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: California State Senator
Priorities:
- I began the movement to abolish California's car tax that now saves an average family $490 in annual DMV fees.
- I am spearheading the effort to stop government from seizing one citizen's property for the private gain of another.
- And I continue to battle waste and fraud in Republican and Democratic administrations.
Donna J. Warren
203,434 votes
2.8%
- Party: Green
- Occupation: Financial Manager/Author
- B.S. in Business Administration from Cal State University at Los Angeles
- Secretary of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
- Former Secretary of the Pacifica National Board (2005)
- 2002 Green Party Candidate for Lt. Governor
- 2004-2005 KPFK Delegate to the Listener Station Board
- Field Organizer for Proposition 66 to amend 3 Strikes to violent felonies
Priorities:
- 3 Strikes. 50 years in prison for stealing $153 worth of video tapes, is cruel and unusual punishment!
- Stop our children and our money from funding the war in Iraq
- Immigration Reform & A Living Wage. The problem is not people trying to survive, the problem is the lack of a living wage!
Lynnette Shaw
122,297 votes
1.6%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Caregiver/Musician
Priorities:
- Enforcing Medical Marijuana Laws
- Full Amnesty for Immigrants
- Freedom to Farm
Jim King
59,598 votes
0.7%
- Party: American Independent
- Occupation: Real Estate Broker
- Has experience as a business owner currently and over 25 years of corporate mangement experience.
Priorities:
- Make state government more efficient.
- Do away with the California state income tax.
- Maintain the family unit as the most important social cell.
Stewart A. Alexander
37,211 votes
0.4%
- Party: Peace and Freedom
- Occupation: Automobile Sales Consultant
- Member of the Peace and Freedom Party Central Committee
- Executive Director of the African American Civil Liberties Union
- Former political lobbyist for environmental protection, Florida State Capitol
- Political activist State of California, Former Vice President NAACP Inglewood South Bay Branch
- Former political talk show host on KTYM Radio, Inglewood, CA
- Former Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1989
Priorities:
- Protect California labor, free college education, establish affordable health care and establish affordable housing statewide.
- Protecting the environment, derail planning for a 10 mile tunnel through the Cleveland National Forest, No Liberty Quarry, end dependency on oil.
- Creating jobs by building for our future; now is the time to design and build electric cars, hydrogen vehicles, and light rail systems.
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- SF Chronicle Editorial Board
- on CBS5.com. Garamendi and McClintock (1 hr. video, 10/23)
- KQED/FM Forum
- 10/20. Iverson with Garamendi, King, Shaw, Warren (1 hr)
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