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Das Williams
 
23,536 votes
61.3%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Educator/City Councilmember
 - Santa Barbara City Councilmember
 - Peabody School Boardmember
 - Instructor, Antioch University
 - Master's in Environmental Science and Management with a focus in water pollution, planning processes, and land-use law at UC Santa Barbara's Bren Scho
  
Priorities:
- Stop the destruction of the public education and prioritize local school funding
 - Champion policies that promote the use of more renewable energy and creating good family supporting jobs
 - Balancing our state budget and protecting school funding by closing corporate tax loopholes and making sure all corporations pay their fair share
  
Susan Jordan
 
14,893 votes
38.7%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Director, Environmental Organization
 - Award-winning environmental leader and founder of  California Coastal Protection Network
 - Senior Partner in research arm of national business development and consulting firm
 - Chair, Santa Barbara County Planning Commission
 - Co-Founder, Vote the Coast
 - Director of Community Relations for the Women's Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and health advocate
 - Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Social Work
  
Priorities:
- Getting our economy back on track - creating quality jobs, stimulating the economy, and expanding the green economy
 - Assuring that every Californian has the opportunity to have a quality public education and that an education is affordable to all
 - Ending the budget gridlock in Sacramento
  
  
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