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Margaret "Maggie" Fishman
6,123 votes
15.6%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: High School Teacher
Priorities:
- Help maintain Democratic representatives in Sonoma County
- Support Democratic Candidates on the State/National level
- Help restore fair and accountable voting practices nation wide
Donna Norton
5,538 votes
14.1%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Retired Teacher
- Current alternate SCDCC (Candidate Search and Development Committee)
- Sonoma County Progressive Democrats of America (Committees: Election Defense; Single-Payer Health Care, co-point person; So Co Impeachment Coalition)
- California Clean Money (North Bay Working Group)
- Member South County Democratic Club
- Member Citizens Against Wal-Mart
- BA (English) & Teaching Credential, Cal State Univ, Dominguez Hills
Priorities:
- Establishing and promoting "Community Interest" issues and politics (models for leadership upward)
- Returning our voting system to "public" ownership and oversight; implementing "public" campaign financing
- Electing officials who understand the laws of physics (environmental realities) and will mandate conforming standards in our planning policies
Susan K. Baritell
5,469 votes
14.0%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Retired Sustainable Farmer
- Secretary, Steering Committee, PDSC-Sonoma County Chapter of Progressive Democrats of America-PDA
- Steering Committee, SCDFA-Sonoma County Chapter of Democracy for America-DFA
- Sonoma County Election Defense Committee
- California Clean Money-North Bay Working Group
- Sonoma County Impeachment Coalition
- South County Democratic Club
Priorities:
- citizen education of community and statewide issues and legislation
- maintaining a year-round Headquarters to enable precinct organizing, GOTV, and a forum to discuss community issues
- activating citizens to lobby the Board of Supervisors and local City Councils to implement strong environmental and water protection mandates
Marilyn Dudley-Flores
4,168 votes
10.6%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Incumbent
- Served, active duty, U.S. Army, Viet Nam Era
- Began postsecondary teaching, 1977
- Founded, non-partisan research firm, 1978
- Engaged in federal criminal justice investigations as consultant, 1978-1980s
- Spearheaded, first mass Afghan refugee airlift, preventing genocide of Kara Kirghiz, 1981-1982
- Earned three graduate degrees; MA (1984), MA (1988), Ph.D (2000)
Priorities:
- Deploy progressive Democratic principles to meet the challenges of the 21st century
- Promote amicable working relations on the Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee
- Continue to proactively engage my growing network of Central Committee member-colleagues in the 58 counties of California
Roz "Sherbert" Scholze
3,812 votes
9.7%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Teacher, Executive Boardmember
Stan Gold
3,811 votes
9.7%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Appointed Central Committee Member
- Service on Candidates Search & Development Committee
Priorities:
- Universal Single Payer Healthcare (SB-840 Kuehl)
- Clean Money/ Fair Elections (AB-583 Hancock)
- Water Supply/ Groundwater issues; Sustainable Community Development
Dale Axelrod
3,241 votes
8.3%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Artist and Activist
- Graphic artist and political cartoonist
- 2008 California Democratic Party State Convention delegate
- Member, Petaluma Neighborhood Association...http://www.stopbigboxinpetaluma.com
- Member, Election Defense Alliance...http://www.electiondefensealliance.org
- Member, Progressive Democrats of America and Progressive Democrats Sonoma County
- BFA (Motion Picture), Philadelphia College of Art
Priorities:
- Electoral reform: Open (or disclosed) source software producing paper ballot as ballot of record, local precincts, preferential (ranked) voting
- Promote citizen-led democracy and oppose the corporate takeover of society
- Grassroots Leadership: Establish models for other cities and counties
Carroll "Butch" Anglin
3,223 votes
8.2%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Central Committee Alternate
- US Navy - 14 yrs. - 5 tours VietNam
- Xerox - Field Service Manager
- Xerox - Service Planning Manager
- Retired last year - 35 years with Xerox
- Work with severely wounded Iraq veterans
Priorities:
- Expand voter registration to include new interest by our young people
- Raise funds to support Democrats willing to run for office
- Educate voters on issues, such as health care, and our dwindling water resources
Thomas "Tom" Gangale
2,156 votes
5.5%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Author and Lecturer
- Author, "From the Primaries to the Polls: How to Repair America's Broken Presidential Nomination Process"
- Board Member, Californians for Electoral Reform
- Board Member, People's Lobby Educational Foundation
- Vice President, Astrosociological Research Institute
- MA, International Relations, San Francisco State University
- BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California
Priorities:
- Electoral reform: national system of presidential primaries, ranked voting, open source software, paper ballot of record.
- Sustainable resource management, environmental quality, public transportation.
- Develop a Sonoma County Democratic Party platform on local issues.
Victor Szendi
1,585 votes
4.0%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: International Marketing Consultant
- Education:
- Syracuse University, NY - Bachelor degree in History and Business Economics
- Western Colorado University + M.B.A.
- Northwest California University Law School - Juris Doctor candidate
Priorities:
- The County Central Committee must be an active advocate for Democrat values, issues and candidates. I want to ensure that the issues and concerns imp
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