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Endorsements (partial list)
 
State of CA 
Hon. Elaine Alquist, Assemblymember 
Hon. John Dutra, Assemblymember 
Hon. Liz Figueroa, Senator 
Hon. Susan Hammer, CA State Board of Education member and former mayor of San Jose 
Hon. Mike Honda, Assemblymember 
Hon. Ted Lempert, Assemblymember 
Hon. Byron Sher, Senator 
Hon. John Vasconcellos, Senator 
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General
 
County of Santa Clara 
Hon. Jim Beall, County Supervisor 
Hon. Peter McHugh, County Supervisor
 
City of San Jose 
Hon. Cindy Chavez, Councilmember 
Hon. Ron Gonzales, Mayor 
Hon. Margie Matthews, Councilmember 
Hon. Charlotte Powers, Councilmember
 
School Board Members 
Hon. Leon Beauchman, Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education 
Hon. David Cortese, Trustee, East Side Union High School District 
Hon. Gaye Dabalos, Trustee, Alum Rock School District 
Hon. J. Manuel Herrera, Trustee, East Side Union High School District 
Hon. Nancy Knight, Trustee, Alum Rock School District 
Hon. Andrea Leiderman, Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education 
Hon. Jeff Ota, Trustee, East Side School Union High School District 
Hon. Nancy Pyle, Trustee, San Jose/Evergreen Community College District 
Hon. Ken Yeager, Trustee, San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
 
Other elected officials 
Hon. William "Bill" Patterson, East Bay Municipal Utility District board of directors
 
School Educators/Executives 
Dr. Maria Luisa Alaniz, Professor, San Jose State University 
Manny Barbara, Superintendent, Oak Grove School District 
St. Saffold, Administrator, San Jose State University 
Kenneth Wesson, Exec. Asst to the Chancellor, San Jose/Evergreen Community College District 
H. Clay Whitlow, President, Evergreen Valley College 
Dr. Santiago Wood, former Superintendent, Alum Rock School District
 
Other community leaders 
Peter Ashalou, Cisco Systems 
Ruth Sypert Ashford, Hewlett Packard 
Jaymes Barnes, Visto Corp. 
Donald Black, San Jose Police Dept. 
Barbara Boone, educator 
Joe Brown, retired 
Alfred Buzo, attorney 
Mickelin Burnes-Browne, Berryessa resident 
Angela Cade, Oak Grove resident 
Rick Caton, East Side Teachers Association 
Steve Chessin, Sun Microsystems 
Rebecca Cohn, candidate for CA State Assembly district 24 
Professor Terry Christensen, San Jose State University 
Arlene Dawes, educator, Luther Burbank School 
Dr. Herbert Engstrom, engineering manager 
Carrie Farley, Evergreen teacher 
Helen Gaffin, retired 
Rickey Green, attorney 
Teresa Guerrero-Daley, lawyer 
Steve Flournoy, Evergreen resident 
Michael Fox Sr., M.E. Fox & Company Inc. 
Ginnie V. Gage, retired 
Walter Hammon, attorney 
Vatchye Hardeman, retired 
Karen McNeil Harris, Honeywell 
Dr. James Higgins, DDS 
R. William Highlander, Evergreen resident 
Luther Jackson, San Jose Newspaper Guild 
Joseph Johnson 
Karen M. Johnson, educational sign language interpreter 
William Kindricks, Valley Transportation Authority 
Gregory Lane, Evergreen teacher 
Bobby Lee, First Federal Mortgage Bankers 
Gertha and Casper Mann, Mom & Dad 
Fe and Roberto Magat, Berryessa residents 
Susan McKuhen, Gilroy resident 
Sandra Mack, East Side educator 
Rodney Moore, attorney 
Alvin and Loucile Muldrow, retired 
William Murray, retired educator 
Roosevelt Norman, Jr., Evergreen resident 
Pauline Nzeribe, Hitachi Data Systems 
R.T. O'Neill, consultant 
Joan Orcutt, Campbell educator 
Dan Ordaz, Assistant Superintendent, ESUHSD 
Lowell and Sophia Pannell, retired 
Julie Hing-Pacheco, Oak Grove SD educator 
Sandra Pizzaro 
Chuck Reed, candidate for San Jose City Council district 4 
Charles Roberson, Prudential California 
Mark Salcedo 
Charles Seay, Franklin-McKinley resident 
Gladys Snell, retired 
Loretta Strom, Evergreen resident 
Orvella Stubbs, entreprenuer 
William Suttles, Evergreen resident 
Peter Szego, retired 
Jeanette Mikell Swann, Burean of National Affairs 
Emily and Jim Thurber, consultants 
Royston Taylor, Siebel Systems 
James Veny, consultant 
Warren Vincent, Mt. Pleasant resident 
Otis Watson, public affairs specialist 
James Webb Jr., City of San Jose 
Ronald West, consultant 
Anna Williams, educator 
Denise Williams, Evergreen teacher 
James Williams, IBEW 332 
Joan Williams, Berryessa resident 
Forrest Williams, candidate for San Jose City Council district 2
 
Distinguished Organizations 
Northern CA Carpenters Regional Council 
Plummers, Steamfitters & Refrigeration Fitters Local 393 
San Jose Federation of Teachers 
San Jose Mercury News 
Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee 
Santa Clara & San Benito Counties, Building & Construction Trades Council 
Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club 
South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council 
United Food & Commerical Workers Union, local 428
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