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Orange, Riverside, San Diego Counties, CA March 7, 2000 Election
United States Representative; District 48


Results as of Apr 10 2:36pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (512/512)

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Darrell Issa 67,732 votes 35.3%

  • Party: Republican (45.5% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Hi-Tech Businessman
Bill Morrow 45,223 votes 23.6%
  • Party: Republican (30.4% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: State Senator/Businessman
  • Phone: 760-434-7930; Addr: PO Box 1054, Vista, CA 92085; Email: billmorrow@billmorrow4congress.com
Peter Kouvelis 20,789 votes 10.9%
  • Party: Democratic (60.3% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: U.S. Marine
Richard K. Maguire 13,704 votes 7.2%
  • Party: Democratic (39.7% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Mortgage Broker
  • Director of Non-profit Alcohol and Drug educational workshops
Priorities:
  • Social Security
  • Veteran's benefits
Mark Dornan 9,534 votes 5%
  • Party: Republican (6.5% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Teacher/Management Consultant
  • BA HISTORY
  • AA/LAW ENFORCEMENT/ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Priorities:
  • Education
  • Saving Social Security
  • National Security
Joe Snyder 8,480 votes 4.5%
  • Party: Republican (5.7% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Retired Colonel, Marines
  • Phone: 888-769-7453; Addr: 35228 Camino Capistrano, Capistrano Beach, CA 92624; Email: snyderconsultants@home.com
William D. Griffith 5,362 votes 2.8%
  • Party: Republican (3.6% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Mathematics Teacher/Father
  • Phone: 760-630-9988; Addr: 1450 Westwood Place, Oceanside, CA 92056; Email: wdg56@yahoo.com
Don A. Udall 5,258 votes 2.7%
  • Party: Republican (3.5% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Physician/Businessman
  • Physician and successful businessman for over 35 years.
  • Originally from St. John, Arizona
  • Graduated with honors from Baylor Medical School
Priorities:
  • Straighten out the healthcare fiasco and return healthcare decisions back to patients and their doctors.
  • Rescue education from mediocrity; Emphasize discipline; parental, local community control; merit pay, charter schools, vouchers.
  • Trim the fat from Federal Bureaucracies/abolish many.
Eddie Rose 3,305 votes 1.7%
  • Party: Reform (100% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Engineer/Teacher
  • Former Laguna Niguel City Councilman
  • Member, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn.
  • Member, Sierra Club
  • Member, Natural Resources Defense Cnc'l.
  • Registered Professional Quality Engineer
  • Master of Science(MS) degree, USC (1973)
Priorities:
  • Implementing meaningful campaign reform.
  • Stopping illegal immigration and securing America's borders.
  • Withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO).
James Luke 3,043 votes 1.5%
  • Party: Republican (2% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Small Business Owner
Sharon K. Miles 2,751 votes 1.4%
  • Party: Natural Law (100% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Business Owner
Joe Michael Cobb 2,511 votes 1.3%
  • Party: Libertarian (100% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Personal Financial Consultant
  • College Instructor of Economics -- Saddleback College and Orange Coast College
  • John M. Olin Senior Fellow in Economics, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (1993-96)
  • Chief Economist, United States Senate Republican Policy Committee (1992-93)
  • Staff Director, Congressional Joint Economic Committee (1990-91)
  • Economic Advisor, U.S. State Department (1982-83)
  • Deputy Director, White House Office of Policy Information (1982)
Priorities:
  • Declaring "defeat" in the failed police War on Drugs and finding a medical/educational solution
  • Abolishing the Federal income tax
  • Opposing on every front the "social conservatives" who are taking over the Demopublican Parties
Kim DeBow 1,998 votes 1%
  • Party: Republican (1.3% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Defense Hi-Tech Researcher
  • Community Volunteer
Priorities:
  • National Defense
  • Education
  • Social Security
Kevin M. Mahan 1,584 votes .8%
  • Party: Republican (1% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Lawyer/Radio Host
  • Phone: 760-749-9713; Addr: 14789 Cool Valley Ranch Rd., Valley Center, CA 92082; Email: kmahan@cts.com
Edward "ED" Mayerhofer 753 votes .3%
  • Party: Republican (.5% of votes in party)
  • Occupation: Businessman/Electrician
  • Husband and Father
  • Friend
Priorities:
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Taxes

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