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Wes Chesbro
54,943 votes
31.1%
- Party: Democratic
(65.5% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Waste Recycling Boardmember
- Supervirsor, Humboldt County
- Councilmember, City of Arcata
- President, Redwood Empire Division of the League of California Cities
- Founder, Arcata Community Recycling Center
- Chair, Materials For the Future, A Non-Profit Foundation
- Attended Humboldt State University
Priorities:
- Safer neighborhoods
- Ensuring a strong local ecomony
- Improving public education
John Thomas Jordan
49,896 votes
28.2%
- Party: Republican
(57.3% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
- Founder and Owner of Kaffe Mocha gourmet coffee houses
- BA in Economics and Anthropology from Occidental College
- Director of the Humane Society of Sonoma County
- President of the Board of the Santa Rosa Salvation Army
- Board member of the Sonoma County Council on Aging
- Board member of the Sonoma County Economic Development Board
Priorities:
- Returning local control to local governments
- Making our educational system the best there is
- Provide a balance in the debate over our environmental policies
John Pinches
37,245 votes
21.0%
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- Party: Republican
(42.7% of votes in party)
- Occupation: County Supervisor/Rancher
- Phone: 707 984-8098; Addr: PO Box 1621, Laytonville, CA 95454
Timothy Oliver Stoen
29,021 votes
16.3%
- Party: Democratic
(34.5% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Counselor at Law, currently in Private Law Practice
- 1965-1967 Deputy District Attorney for Mendocino County, Ukiah
- 1967-1968 Directing Attorney, Legal Services Foundation of Lake and Mendocino Counties, Ukiah
- 1969-1970 Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Alameda County
- 1970-1976 Assistant District Attorney (Head of Civil Division), Mendocino County, Ukiah
- 1976-1977 Assistant District Attorney (Head of Special Prosecutions), San Francisco Office
- 1980-1984 Corporate Counsel, Pacific Energy & Minerals, Ltd.
Priorities:
- Support Employee Stock Ownership plans and citizen stock ownership so that corporation profits benefit citizens and workers rather than the richest 10% of the population that owns 84% of the stock.
- Reorganize California education system.
- Develop an integrated-care plan for Senior Citizens.
Brian Garay
6,125 votes
3.4%
- Party: Peace & Freedom
(100.0% of votes in party)
- Occupation: Artist
- Member of Industrial Workers of the World Union #X345012
- Founding Member of Fresno "Food Not Bombs"
- Founding Member of the "San Joaquin Valley Harm Reduction Task Force"
- Founding Member of "Free Radio Fresno"
- Founding Member of "Central Valley Democratic Socialist Club"
- Peace and Freedom Party Activist Since 1992
Priorities:
- Creating a Universal Health Care System, including birth control, abortion, and pre-natal care.
- Defend affirmative action, guarantee full education and employment rights for all.
- Double the minimum wage, and index it to the cost of living.
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