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Carlos Bustamante
 
26,258 votes
49.9%
- Occupation: Santa Ana Councilman/Businessowner
 - U.S. Air Force Veteran
 - Former Law Enforcement Officer
 - BA in Business Cal State Fullerton
 - MA in Leadership Chapman University
 - Founder/Director Santa Ana Business Bank
 - Member Board of Governors, Bowers Museum
  
Priorities:
- Crime prevention and youth programs
 - Raise test scores in Santa Ana
 - Revitalization of the city in partnership with the neighborhood associations
  
Arturo "Art"  Pedroza, MBA
 
10,231 votes
19.4%
- Occupation: Teacher/Safety Director
 - MBA, Keller Graduate University of Management
 - B.S., Business Admin., Univ. of Phoenix
 - Past Santa Ana Redevelopment & Housing Commissioner
 - Past Santa Ana Library Board Commissioner
 - Teacher, Cerritos College
 - Editor, Orange Juice Blog, http://www.orangejuiceblog.com
  
Priorities:
- Hire more police for faster response and to stop graffiti
 - Open more local libraries and new parks and fields
 - Balance the city budget, which currently has a $28 million deficit
  
Steve Rocco
9,344 votes
17.8%
- Occupation: Orange Unified School District Board of Education Member
  
Ana Rebecca "Becky" Valencia-Verdin
 
6,773 votes
12.9%
- Occupation: Businesswoman
 - U.C.S.D., La Jolla, CA.,  B.A Political Science, M.A. ip Consultant, Business owner, Senior Health Education and Services,  Non-Profit Org. Founder
 - Consultant: Health Services Organizations and Systems, Organizational Development
 - Consultant: Public Health Program Evaluation, Research, Outreach, Educator, Grant Writer
 - Former Program Director: County of Orange Cancer Detection Partnership/State of CA Every Woman Counts Program
 - Former Chief Consultant: County of L.A Office of Women's Health Cervical Cancer Prevention and Education Initiative-
 - Former Teacher: Los Angeles Unified School District: Special Education
  
Priorities:
- Improve Public Safety via a well strategized population specific outreach to promote change in behavior ...
 - Education:  To help Santa Ana Schools attain better ranking with proven results-higher "Test Scores"
 - To make Santa Ana a "Benchmark Metropolis" and Orange County's Business Center- The Place to where Big Business Bids High to Relocate To...
  
  
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