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Karen Young
60,427 votes
23.4%
- Occupation: Incumbent
 - Married 31 years, 3 sons (Sacramento City USD graduates),  Professional volunteer, 24 years
 - UC Berkeley graduate, 1968; Awarded National Congress of Parents and Teachers Honorary  Life Membership
 - Earned California School Boards Association Master of Boardmanship Award
 - Co-Founder of nationally acclaimed Parents on Campus
 - Champion: High standards, fiscal responsibility and community partnerships
 - Champion: Local control (shared decision-making), data-based accountability measures, and systemic high school reform
  
Priorities:
- Working to close the achievement gap between our low achievers and high achievers by meeting individual student needs of instruction
 - Reforming our high schools to meet student  needs by making curriculum relevant to today's society and providing  opportunities for internships
 - Increasing parent, business,  higher education and community partnerships while helping students become productive and responsible members of society
  
Rick Jennings, II
57,599 votes
22.3%
Manuel "Manny"  Hernandez
56,977 votes
22.1%
Jay Schenirer
54,694 votes
21.2%
David Kern
28,641 votes
11.1%
- Occupation: Air Traffic Controller
  
  
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