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Melinda "Melinda Hamilton" Hamilton
8,160 votes
56.80%
- Occupation: High-tech Marketing Professional
- Graduate, Leadership Sunnyvale
- Founding president, Friends of Sunnyvale
- Member, International Association of Business Communicators, serving two terms on the board of directors
- Member, Women in Technology International
- Lifetime Sunnyvale resident
- B.A. Communications and Russian Studies, UC San Diego
Priorities:
- Seeking to restore public safety and other service levels and working to find the solutions needed to improve Sunnyvale's budgeting process.
- Working to balance the needs of business with the interests of the residents in the current revitalization of our downtown.
- Bringing a community voice to the city council.
Tim Risch
6,188 votes
43.08%
- Occupation: Sunnyvale City Councilmember
- Native Californian
- 20-year Sunnyvale Resident, Husband, Father
- B.S. Engineering UCLA
- M.S. Chemical Engineering UCLA
- Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce Member for 10 years
- Nominated for Sunnyvale Distinguished Citizen of the Year, 1996
Priorities:
- Revitalize our Downtown
- Maintain our City's Excellent Fiscal Position
- Improve our Quality of Life
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