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Marty Block
 
12,054 votes
36.5%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Board President, San Diego Community College District
 - Judge Pro Tem, San Diego Superior Court
 - 26 Years as Dean, Director and Professor, San Diego State University
 - Past County Commissioner, Children, Youth and Families
 - Former Board President, San Diego County Board of Education
 - Democratic National Convention Delegate for Four Presidential Elections
 - Past Government Relations Chair, San Diego Multiple Sclerosis Society
  
Priorities:
- Job Creation and Economic Development
 - Education
 - Affordable and Accessible Healthcare
  
Maxine Sherard
 
11,526 votes
34.9%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Retired University Professor
 - Ph.D. in Science Education, 1972, The University of Iowa.
 - Elected:  San Diego Democratic Central Committee;  79th A.D. Caucus Chair
 - Appointed: Mayor's Advisory Council, 2002-04, Alternate City's Redistricting Commission
 - Employment: San Diego State University; University of Wisconsin-LC; San Diego Community Colleges- ECC, City College, W. City Center; Southwestern
 - 2006 Primary Winner and Democratic Nominee
  
Priorities:
- Ending the Recurring Budget Crisis . . . Education First
 - Health Care for All . . . for a just, equitable and healthy society
 - Environmenal Planning . . . for safe, clean and resourceful communities
  
Auday Arabo
 
4,965 votes
15.0%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Small Business Advocate
 - President, Neighborhood Market Association
 - Former Prosecutor, SD County District Attorney's Office
 - Member, California State Bar
 - San Diego Firefighters Emerald Society, "Man of the Year", Community Service Award, 2007
 - J.D. California Western School of Law
 - BA, San Diego State University
  
Priorities:
- State Budget
 - Healthcare
 - Education
  
Arlie Ricasa
4,499 votes
13.6%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Board Member, Sweetwater Union High School District
  
Dulcenia M. Blooom
(Write-in)
  
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