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Anna E. Song
19,954 votes
16.87%
- Occupation: Trustee, Santa Clara County Board of Education
- President of County Board of Education
- Current elected member of Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
- State Winner, JFK, Jr. Award, California Democratic Party
Priorities:
- Quality educational opportunities for all students and families
- Involvement of Democrats in local clubs and precinct activities
- Advocacy for more housing opportunities so people can work and live in the same area
Alyson L. Abramowitz
19,051 votes
16.11%
Vince Cortese
18,166 votes
15.36%
- Occupation: Retired Teacher
- Born in Weed, California. Lived in Mountain View 34 years. Have B.A. and Masters degrees from San Francisco State.
- Life long Democrat. Am currently an elected member of County Central Committee. Was passed chairperson of 22nd Assembly District Committee.
Priorities:
- Education: better funding: lower class size, better pay for teachers; improved facilities, improved materials and textbooks, etc.
- Environment: reduce pollution; clean water; develop and improve electric and hybrid cars; protect forests and rivers, etc.
- Improve economy: see Political Philsophy section for details
Herb Engstrom
17,932 votes
15.16%
- Occupation: Incumbent
- AB Physics, UC Berkeley 1964, Phi Beta Kappa
- Peace Corps, Malaysia 1964-67
- Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley
- Post Doc. Univ. of Paris, Orsay, France, 1972-74
Priorities:
- Improving precinct organization
- Recruiting new activists to the Party
Aldyth Parle
16,958 votes
14.34%
Scott Joseph Rafferty
13,467 votes
11.39%
- Occupation: Attorney - fought recall
- Kerry steering committee for California
- fought recall in federal, CA Supreme Court
- long-time DNC volunteer
- attended 8 of last 9 Democratic National Conventions
- obtained envornmental protections for PG&ESierra lands
- President, Princeton Club; Oxford-Cambridge Events Committee
Priorities:
- defeating George Bush with a united Democratic party
- developing the Committee's "Call to Action" program for activism
- increasing turnout in minority districts throughout California and the country
Brandon Sulser
12,729 votes
10.76%
- Occupation: Quality Assurance Analyst
- Sunnyvale Planning Commissioner
- Alternate, County Democratic Central Committee
- Member, State Democratic Central Committee
- B.A. International Relations - George Washington University
Priorities:
- Help demystify the Central Committee to rank and file party members
- Help recruit good candidates to run for local office
- Support the party's ideals
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