Candidates
(Vote for 2)
 
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Phillip E. "Phil" Yarbrough
41,804 votes
 31.7%
- Occupation: Governing Board Member, Rancho Santiago Community College District
  
Lawrence R. "Larry" Labrado
32,916 votes
 25.0%
- Occupation: Governing Board Member, Rancho Santiago Community College District
  
Vincent "Vince" De Vargas
23,983 votes
 18.2%
- Occupation: Business Executive/Educator
 - Past member, San Diego Community College District Insurance Advisory Committee
 - Former high school teacher (Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco)
 - Certified by Ca. Dept of Insurnce as continuing education instructor
 - Past President, St. Norbert School Parent Guild
 - Past Committee member, Boy Scout Troop 863
 - Current 2nd Vice Chair, Orange County Overall Economic Development Program
  
Priorities:
- Stop wasteful spending
 - Vote against all new taxes and fees
 - Prioritize spending for classrooms, not bueaucrates
  
J. Carolan Smyth, III
16,984 votes
 12.9%
- Party: Democrat
 - Occupation: Businessman/Educator
 - MS - Management
 - BA - Philosophy
 - 1997 Candidate for Orange Unified School Board
 - Legislative Analyst - Hopi Tribe
 - Educator/Teacher -- Middle School/High School/College
 - Currently employed:  food brokerage industry
  
Priorities:
- Board members have become increasingly isolated from their constituency in the past four years.
 - The Board's excessive expenditures on travel, district headquarters, and executive recruitment firms show fiscal irresponsibility.
 - I am running to open a closed system that is outdated for the 21st Century.  The District needs to be responsive to private/public partnerships.
  
William G. "Bill" Vasquez
15,528 votes
 11.8%
- Occupation: Management Consultant
  
  
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