- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Union Organizer
 - AD 5 Executive Board Representative to the Democratic State Central Commitee
 - Northern CA State Coordinator, Progressive Democrats of America
 - Officer-at-Large, Progressive Caucus, CA State Democratic Party
 - Organizer, International Longshore & Warehouse Union
 - Founder & Past Chair, Sacramento for Democracy
 - Born on military base in Japan, raised in military family. Father is American, Mother is Japanese.
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- To fight against the influence and agenda of the far right-wing and to influence our Democratic candidates to advocate for more progressive policies.
 - Support, work for, and help get elected those candidates that will advance progressive political and social policies throughout the Sacramento area.
 - Party building by involving new voters energized by the 2008 Primaries & Caucuses into the political process.
  
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- Jo Ann Souvignier, President, Women Democrats of Sacramento County
 - Margie Metzler, President, Town and Country Democratic Club
  
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