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Ron Gonzales
55,699 votes
45.9%
- Party: Democrat
- Occupation: Education Program Manager at Hewlett Packard
- Private Sector Experience: Ten years at Hewlett-Packard
- Public Sector Qualifications: Santa Clara County Supervisor (1989-1996)
- Founded The Role Model Program that teaches San Jose kids to keep away from drugs and gangs.
- Education: local public schools, B.A. from U.C. Santa Cruz, Mayor's Leasdership program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Govenment
Priorities:
- Great Schools
- Strong Neighborhoods
- Less Traffic
Patricia Dando
46,097 votes
37.9%
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- Occupation: City Councilmember/Educator
- Phone: (408) 997-2975; Addr: 6785 Mt Pakron Dr, San Jose, CA 95120
Kathy Chavez Napoli
14,220 votes
11.7%
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Teacher/Director
Priorities:
- Affordable Housing - will increase the amount of Redevelopment funds used to build affordable housing for the people who work in San Jose.
- Safe Neighborhoods - will increase funding to hire more police and fire fighters; and fund after school programs and homework centers for every community to keep our kids off the streets and out of gangs.
- Televise all City Council, Redevelopment, and Planning meetings - and hold them in the evening so working people can attend.
Bill Chew
5,462 votes
4.5%
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- Occupation: Multi-Media Producer
- Addr: 453 Mayellen Ave, San Jose, CA 95126
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