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One winner from each party goes to runoff on 8/21/2007
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Laura Richardson
11,956 votes
37.8%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: California State Assemblymember
Jenny Oropeza
9,960 votes
31.5%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: California State Senator
Priorities:
- Ending the War in Iraq
- Education
- Environment
Valerie McDonald
3,027 votes
9.6%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Executive Director
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (worked
- with Joe Andrew, former DNC Chair, to
- develop Global Affairs Group to monitor
- election practices across the world)
Priorities:
- Immigration/Livable Wages
- Port Security/Iraq War
- Healthcare/Education
John M. Kanaley
2,230 votes
7.1%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Military Officer/Policeman
- Long Beach Police Department Sergeant
- U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel
- B.A. Long Beach State - Political Science
- M.A. Long Beach State - Political Science
Priorities:
- Control the border
- Win the war in Iraq with honor, then redeploy our forces
- Cut taxes
Peter Mathews
1,125 votes
3.6%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Professor, American Government
- Political analyst on KNBC-TV in 2003
- Respected community and anti-war activist
Priorities:
- Ending the War in Iraq
- Universal, state-sponsored health care
- Affordable education from kindergarten to the university
Teri Ramirez
612 votes
1.9%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Mother
Daniel Abraham Brezenoff
391 votes
1.2%
- Party: Green
- Occupation: Counselor/Historian/Journalist
- master's degree in social work
- north carolina governor's crime commission
- founder: long beach citizens for peace and justice
Priorities:
- Demilitarization and diplomacy
- sustainable economy and environment
- civil rights / civil liberties
Jeffrey "Lincoln" Leavitt
386 votes
1.2%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Teacher
Ed Wilson
362 votes
1.1%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: CPA/Councilman/Consultant
- BS Accounting - USC
- Councilman 1997-Present
- Mayor 2000-2001 & 2005-2006
- President Gateway Cities COG 2004-2005
- President LA Division CA League of Cities 2001-2002
- Board Member Rivers & Mountain Conservancy 2004-Present
Priorities:
- End the War in Iraq
- Increase Middle Class Jobs
- Protect the Environment
Leroy Joseph "L. J." Guillory
361 votes
1.1%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Bishop/Author/Ombudsman
- Youth Commissioner, City of Lynwood
- Jaycee President, City of Lynwood
- Deputy to Mayor Robert Henning
- Commissioner, City of Compton
- Ombudsman General, Ombudsman Intl.
- Author,"I Know Why the Caged Lion Roars"
Priorities:
- I have had enough of the lies and corruption from politicians.
- I have had enough of the gasoline price gouging.
- I have had enough of corporations buying out our Congress.
Herb Peters
342 votes
1.1%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Retired Aerospace Engineer
- Christian
- BA, Cal State University, Fresno
Priorities:
- Reduce Government Spending and Costs
- Improve Education
- Improve Social Programs
George A. Parmer, Jr.
242 votes
0.8%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Truck Driver
- truck driver and a Long Beach resident
- life long, no non-sense democrat that's tired
- of the staus quo and ready to bring the voice of the
- people back to the halls of Congress
Priorities:
- End the Iraq war
- Single payer healthcare
- Rebuild our Education System
Lee Davis
202 votes
0.6%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Newspaper Publisher/Businesswoman
Jeffrey S. Price
142 votes
0.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Workers' Compensation Attorney
- California State University Long Beach - B.A., History Cum Laude
- Whittier Law School - J.D.
- Member of the State Bar of California
- Member of the Long Beach Bar Association
- Pro-Bono Coordinator for the Long Beach Barristers
- Member of the California Applicant's Attorney's Association
Priorities:
- Getting our troops out of Iraq
- Single-payer Universal Healthcare Coverage for All
- Education Reform
Bill Francisco Grisolia
141 votes
0.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Paralegal & Businessman
- Commissioner, Long Beach Housing Commission.
- Boardmember, Long Beach Cares (supporting LB Public Health Dept)
- Boardmember, Long Beach YMCA
- Co-Founder, Unity in The Community
- B.S. UCLA , Political Science
- Eagle Scout
Priorities:
- Bringing universal healthcare coverage to all
- Stop funding the Iraq War and withdraw
- Develop a new immigration policy that works
Felicia Ford
122 votes
0.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Corporate Executive Officer from 2001 to present.
- Corporate experience for 30 years
- I have great leadership, very effective in major tasks, crisis team and implementing procedures.
- I pledge to have a careful eye on the laws that effect us all.
Priorities:
- Social Security - Protect, Secure, and safegaurd for a lifetime. Watchdog
- Children - Opportunity for good education, Health Care, Healthy Nutritional food in school.
- Elderly and Disabled - Make it more afforable for them to survive off their fixed incomes.
Mervin Evans
29 votes
0.1%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Author/Management Consultant
- Black Veteran
- Black Business Owner
Priorities:
- Stop the War
- Vet Health Care
- Job Creation
Albert Robles
(write-in)
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Constitutional Attorney/Professor
- Bachelor's Degree - University of Colorado
- Master's Degree - University of Southern California (USC)
- - - - USC Merit Scholarship Recipient
- Juris Doctorate Degree - University of California at Berkeley
- - - - Graduated with Honors
- United States Congressional Fellow
Priorities:
- Environment - Long Beach air basin is dirtiest in country (Forbes Magazine) and beaches are dirtiest (Heal the Bay Annual Report), vote to change
- Education - A good education is the foundation to a better quality of life
- Public Safety - People need to feel safe, safe from terrorist, safe from crime, and safe from catestrophic health crisis
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Official Information
- U.S. House of Representatives
- 37th District Map & Statistics
- Fact Sheet from the L.A. County Registrar of Voters (5 page pdf file)
Candidate Forums
June 13, 6-8pm
- Location: California Recreation Center, 1550 Martin Luther King Ave., Long Beach 90813
Sponsors: Central Area Association; NAACP; National Council of Negro Women
Moderator provided by: League of Women Voters of the Long Beach Area
Info: John Malveaux, 562-436-4352
Candidates will make opening statements, answer written questions from the audience, and make brief closing statements.
June 15, 6pm
- Location: California State University Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson.
Debate will focus on issues related to poverty.
June 16, 10am - 1pm
- Location: Carson Community Center, 801 E. Carson St.
June 20, 6:30pm
- Location: New Philadelphia Church, 19100 S. Susana Road, Rancho Dominguez
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