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Patty Berg
22,160 votes
44.8%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Social Worker
 - Founding Director of the Humboldt/Del Norte Area Agency on Aging
 - Wrote Humboldt County Crime Prevention Plan and Chaired its first Crime Commission
 - Founded Humboldt County's first Pro-Choice PAC
 - Developed California's first K-12 comprehensive family life education curriculum
 - Led successful "No on Measure J" Campaign, keeping Wal-Mart out of Eureka
  
Priorities:
- Health care and delivery of services to seniors, children and families
 - Education-California currently ranks 36th in the Nation in per pupil spending.  We used to be number 1.  We need to be again.
 - Economic development while protecting the coast and Environment
  
Ed Robey
12,062 votes
24.4%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: County Supervisor/Educator
 - Graduated UC Berkeley 1968, BA Social Sciences
 - Senior member, Board of Supervisors, 2nd Term
 - County Planning Commissioner, 1988-1996
 - Elected Clearlake City Council, 1980
 - Served 3 terms on Council, twice as Mayor
 - Active in successful Economic Development and Job Creation in his home county.
  
Priorities:
- Comprehensive Health Care reform, working toward Universal Health Care
 - Responsible Environmental Stewardship, coastal protection, banning clear-cutting and regional governance of water
 - Continued improvement of our schools at all levels
  
Robert "Bob"  Jehn
8,017 votes
16.1%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Councilmember/Healthcare Advisor
 - Mayor, City of Cloverdale
 - Immediate Past Chairman, North Coast Railroad Authority
 - Member, Humboldt County Prosperity 2000
 - Member, Sonoma County Transportation Authority
 - Immediate Past President, CA League of Cities Redwood Empire Division
 - Former vice president, Visiting Home Care and the Council on Aging
  
Priorities:
- Jobs: High Wages and Good Benefits
 - Environment: Preserve and Protect
 - Health Care: Expertise and New Ideas
  
Jim Mastin
7,317 votes
14.7%
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- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Community College Administrator
 - Phone: 707-463-0632; Addr: PO Box 332, Ukiah, CA 95482; Email: jwmastin@pacbell.net
  
  
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