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

Results as of Dec 5 1:02pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (774/774)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Darrell Issa 160,627 votes 61.5%

  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Hi-Tech Businessman
  • President and CEO, Directed Electronics
  • Chairman, Consumer Electronics Association
  • Director, Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce
  • Captain, U.S. Army
  • Bachelors Degree, Siena Heights College
Priorities:
  • Strengthen Social Security and Medicare
  • Restore our National Defense
  • Improve Education
Peter Kouvelis 74,073 votes 28.4%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: U.S. Marine
Eddie Rose 11,240 votes 4.3%
  • Party: Reform
  • 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).
Sharon K. Miles 8,269 votes 3.1%
  • Party: Natural Law
  • Occupation: Business Owner
Joe Michael Cobb 7,269 votes 2.7%
  • Party: Libertarian
  • 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

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