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Darrell Issa
160,627 votes
61.5%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Hi-Tech Businessman
 - President and CEO, Directed Electronics
 - Chairman, Consumer Electronics Association
 - Director, Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce
 - Captain, U.S. Army
 - Bachelors Degree, Siena Heights College
  
Priorities:
- Strengthen Social Security and Medicare
 - Restore our National Defense
 - Improve Education
  
Peter Kouvelis
74,073 votes
28.4%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: U.S. Marine
  
Eddie Rose
11,240 votes
4.3%
- Party: Reform
 - Occupation: Engineer/Teacher
 - Former Laguna Niguel City Councilman
 - Member, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn.
 - Member, Sierra Club
 - Member, Natural Resources Defense Cnc'l.
 - Registered Professional Quality Engineer
 - Master of Science(MS) degree, USC (1973)
  
Priorities:
- Implementing meaningful campaign reform.
 - Stopping illegal immigration and securing America's borders.
 - Withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  
Sharon K. Miles
8,269 votes
3.1%
- Party: Natural Law
 - Occupation: Business Owner
  
Joe Michael Cobb
7,269 votes
2.7%
- Party: Libertarian
 - Occupation: Personal Financial Consultant
 - College Instructor of Economics -- Saddleback College and Orange Coast College
 - John M. Olin Senior Fellow in Economics, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (1993-96)
 - Chief Economist, United States Senate Republican Policy Committee (1992-93)
 - Staff Director, Congressional Joint Economic Committee (1990-91)
 - Economic Advisor, U.S. State Department (1982-83)
 - Deputy Director, White House Office of Policy Information (1982)
  
Priorities:
- Declaring "defeat" in the failed police War on Drugs and finding a medical/educational solution
 - Abolishing the Federal income tax
 - Opposing on every front the "social conservatives" who are taking over the Demopublican Parties
  
  
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