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John Campbell
41,420 votes
45.5%
- Occupation: State Senator/Businessman
- BA in Economics from UCLA
- Masters Degree in Taxation from USC
- Former CPA and Tax Accountant
Priorities:
- National Security
- Border Security
- Reduce Budget Deficit
Marilyn C. Brewer
15,595 votes
17.1%
- Occupation: Business Owner
- Former State Assemblymember 1994-2000
- Former Exec. Asst to Supervisor Tom Riley
Priorities:
- Reduce Taxes and Spending
- Support Stem Cell Research
- Protect Oceans and Beaches
Jim Gilchrist
13,423 votes
14.8%
- Vietnam Veteran, Purple Heart recipient
- Co-Founder, Minuteman Project
Priorities:
- Border Security
- Tax relief
- Right of Americans to be born
Steve Young
7,941 votes
8.7%
- Occupation: small businessman/attorney
- BA University of Utah
- JD Pepperdine University School of Law
- Married,
- 4 children
- 3 grandchildren
Priorities:
- Reversing the outsoursing of Middle Class jobs to Asia
- Compensation parity for women
- providing a fully funded education program for our children
John Graham
3,667 votes
4.0%
Bea Foster
2,944 votes
3.2%
- Occupation: Teacher
- Founder, California Peace Academy
- Chair, Committee to Incorporate North Tustin
- Former Treasurer, OC Community Housing
- Former Candidate, 71st Assembly District
- Member, OC Peace Coalition
- Former College English Instructor
Priorities:
- End Iraq war now
- Universal health care for all
- Save Social Security
Don Allen Udall
1,417 votes
1.6%
- Occupation: Physician-Surgeon/M.D.
Priorities:
- Total healthcare reform including insurance for the 45 million uninsured
- Legal reform - "loser pays" system, tort reform, closure of unaccredited law schools, no UCI school and should have board certification for lawyers
- Immigration reform/fines. Border closure with new barriers and deterrents, finish the border fence, and pass border police initiative
John Kelly
1,070 votes
1.2%
- Occupation: Small Business Owner
- Tustin City Council 1968-1990
- Native Tustin Resident
Priorities:
- Prosecution of business owners employing illegal aliens
- Set a time table for leaving Iraq
- Reduce the Federal gasoline tax
Béa Tomaselli Tiritilli
790 votes
0.9%
- Occupation: teacher
- As a credentialed teacher, Tiritilli has worked with at-risk youth for more than a decade at continuation high schools
- Green Party Orange County Council Member
- Orange County Contact for Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
- Past Sierra Club Orange County Group Publicity Chair
- Past Park Santiago Neighborhood Association Board Member
- Additional past and present community involvement includes mentoring and volunteering for various educational, environmental and pro-peace groups
Priorities:
- Pull out of Iraq while finding alternatives to war for solving political disputes
- Overhaul our nations's pathetic energy policies as we evolve into a country with a self-sustaining, non-toxic energy supply
- Restructure spending priorites, cutting government waste while trimming the national debt and deficit
Bruce D. Cohen
731 votes
0.8%
- Occupation: Realtor
- California Real Estate Agent, licensed in 1979
- Attended Orange Coast College and Saddleback College
Priorities:
- Cut Federal taxes by at least 50%: Put politicians on a diet; pay off deficits and build emergency reserves.
- Strengthen Health Care: Return control of health care to Doctors, Familes and Patients.
- Improve Education: Bring educational decisions back to parents, teachers and students.
David R. Crouch
523 votes
0.6%
- Occupation: Dentist
- A.A. , Orange Coast College
- B.S., University of California, Irvine
- D.D.S., University of Southern California
- Member of Concerned Businessmen (15yrs)
Priorities:
- Secure Borders
- Increase The INS ( Immigration and Naturalizatio Service)
- Fair Tax Plan
Scott MacCabe
397 votes
0.4%
- Occupation: lawyer/businessman
- U.C.L.A. Bachelor of Arts
- U.S.C. Juris Doctorate
Priorities:
- War on Terrorism
- Balanced Budget
- Immigration
Marsha A. Morris
351 votes
0.4%
- Occupation: Realtor/Businesswoman
- Attended U.C.L.A./ U.C.I. - B.A.
- Over 10 yrs. Teaching experience (High School - College level)
- Board of Directors for Homeowners Association
- Coach for IGSA (Irvine Girls Softball Association)
- Assisted Lobbyists on fighting the dangers of Mercury in Vaccines
- Real Estate Investor
Priorities:
- Develop better strategies to end the war and work on rebuilding our relationships with countries we have alienated.
- Removal of Thimerosal (Mercury ) from Vaccinations & Flu Shots
- Government Accountability.
Tom Pallow
307 votes
0.3%
- Occupation: Marketing Consultant
- Creator of, Qualityism: the liberal economic vision for the global economy
- Executive Boardmember, Democratic Party of Orange County
- Ranked 2nd among those with his major, Cal State University Fullerton
- Former pro-westler and college football player
Priorities:
- Enacting a Qualityist tax plan. This would simultaneously make the tax code more progressive and business friendly! See Qualityism.com.
- Set a date for the U.S. to leave Iraq. This would end the largest motivation for insurgents, while giving us time to build a strong, real democracy.
- Create better schools and freeways
Guy E. Mailly
153 votes
0.2%
- Occupation: Businessman/Attorney
- Bachelors in Economics from U. of Chicago
- J.D. from University of Texas
- Attorney specializing in Executive Compensation and Business Litigation
Priorities:
- Defending Our Nation
- Securing Our Border
- Preserving The Power of Our Vote through Redistricting
Marshall Samuel Sanders
110 votes
0.1%
Edward A. Suppe
101 votes
0.1%
- Occupation: International Businessman Computer Hardware and Software
- Veteran of US Coast Guard (Search and Rescue)
- Former Federal Law Enforcement Officer (Coast Guard Boarding Officer)
- Former Employee New York City Fire Department (mechanic)
- Bachelor of Science Management - Pepperdine University
- AAS Electronic Instumentation Technology (Nassau Community College)
- Founding Member of the Department of Homeland Security
Priorities:
- Homeland Security
- Tax Reform - Repeal Sarbanes - Oxley Act and push for Flat Tax
- Protecting Our Oceans
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