- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Public Interest Attorney
 - Educated at Notre Dame , San Diego State,UC Berkeley,Georgetown Law and USC graduate studies.
 - City Prosecutor San Diago
 - two-term City Councilman San Diago
 - founded Toastmaster and Kiwanis Clubs
 - belongsFriars Club, Kentucky Colonels, NAACP and the Knights of Columbus.
 - voided bans on write-in voting in the cities of San Diego and San Francisco, and assured fair residence requirements in Federal elections nationwide.
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- Mike Schaefer pledges to " look out for you ",assuring a level playing field in all California elections
 - As chief election officer, the costly problems other states have suffered he will avoid.
 - As chief notary, he will see that notaries are more readily available and at minimumexpense. Avoid waste, in the DMV,and quality in our educational fa
  
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- featured in nationally syndicated news commentary.
  
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