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T. E. "Ted" Kleiter
 
64,436 votes
23.7%
- Occupation: Member, Board of Directors, Palomar Pomerado Health
 - Retired Healthcare Executive
 - Graduate of San Diego State University
 - Navy Veteran
 - Past Chair of State Hospital Assn.
 - Current Vice-Chair of the Board
 - Legion of Honor-Kiwanis
  
Priorities:
- Continued vigilance of low cost, high quality health care
 - Responsive to patients, physicians and citizens needs
 - Transparency in all financial and business activities
  
 
Jerry Kaufman
 
63,510 votes
23.4%
- Occupation: Member, Board of Directors, Palomar Pomerado Health
 - Physical Therapist
 - USC, Masters Degree in Physical Therapy
 - Former Councilmember, Escondido
 - Past President, Escondido Rotary Club
 - Past Chairman, Escondido Chamber of Commerce
 - Past Chairman, Physical Therapy Board of California
  
Priorities:
- Ensure completion of Palomar Medical Center-West, "Hospital of the Future".
 - Ensure highest quality of medical care for our patients.
 - Expand provision of community services through a network of local clinics throughout the district.
  
 
Stephen Yerxa
55,889 votes
20.6%
- Occupation: Appointed Member, Board of Directors, Palomar Pomerado Health
  
 
Bruce George Krider
 
52,182 votes
19.2%
- Occupation: Chairman, PPH Board
 - M. A. Hospital Administration, George Washington University, Washington, DC
 - B. A. Sociology & Spanish (double major) Elmira College, Elmira, NY
 - Graduate, U.S. Defense Language Institute, Monterey CA
 - 32 years experience as a global healthcare consultant and hospital administrator
 - 30 years as part time hospital accreditation surveyor
 - Veteran, USMC
  
Priorities:
- "Healthcare Reform" legislation must be balanced and not compromise access to needed quality care.
 - Healthcare Fraud must be aggressively dealt with.
 - Healthcare insurance needs to incorporate incentives and disincentives for adopting healthy lifestyles.
  
Winston F. McColl
 
35,431 votes
13.1%
- Occupation: Director, Purchasing/Contracting
 - Retired US Army Colonel
 - VP, Contracts
  
Priorities:
- How will the new health care law affect the District,
 - How do we pay for the new $ 1 billion dollar hospital without further tax revenue demands placed on the taxpayers
 - How can the District better serve the outlying areas in the District
  
  
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- Palomar Pomerado Health System Web Site 
  
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