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 Runoff Election 11/06/2012 
Candidates
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Warren Slocum
 
37,542 votes
38.4%
- Occupation: Retired San Mateo County Clerk
 - Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder,  San Mateo County
 - Vietnam Veteran, election observer in Albania
 - Past President of Redwood Shores Rotary & Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club
 - Received the Charlene Silva Outstanding Leadership Award as well as the Ralph Kleps award for court innovation
 - 30 year resident of Redwood City and married to Maria-Diaz-Slocum. Two sons, Jonathan and Justin. One Goldendoodle, Crockett
 - Prior experience in health care and criminal justice system
  
Priorities:
- Judiciously manage the county budget
 - Ensure public safety
 - Attract and retain quality, living wage jobs
  
 
Shelly Masur
 
20,989 votes
21.4%
- Occupation: School Trustee/Mother
 - Redwood City School Board Member
 - Non-Profit Executive with a Masters in Public Health
 - San Mateo County School Board Association Immediate Past President
 - California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly Member
 - Peninsula Partnership Leadership Council Steering Committee
 - Grand Boulevard Initiative Community Leaders Roundtable
  
Priorities:
- Ensure fiscal responsibility by increasing government efficiency and making necessary cuts to balance the budget while protecting vital services
 - Create local jobs and stimulating economic development by working to attract small business, including green and biotech companies
 - Protect our children, youth and families by supporting children's health services, improved public education, and quality preschools
  
Kirsten Keith
 
14,853 votes
15.2%
- Occupation: Mayor, Menlo Park/Attorney
 - Service League of San Mateo County, Board Member
 - San Mateo County Citizens Academy, Class of 2003
 - San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women, Past President
 - San Mateo County Legal Aid Society, Fundraising Committee Member
 - CORA (battered women's service agency) Advisory Board Member
 - Third-generation San Mateo County resident
  
Priorities:
- Promoting job growth and economic development
 - Balancing the budget while protecting vital services
 - Addressing regional housing and transportation needs
  
Carlos Romero
 
8,707 votes
8.9%
- Occupation: Councilmember/ Economic Development and Land Use Consultant
 - 2011 Mayor, City of East Palo Alto
 - Executive Director, Mission Housing Development Corporation (housing and economic development)
 - Housing Developer, Mercy Housing
 - Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design
 - Fannie Mae Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
 - Stanford University,  Undergraduate studies in Economics and Int'l Relations
  
Priorities:
- Balance the Budget: We must collaboratively address our structural deficit with all stakeholders at the table making tough and transparent decisions.
 - Economic Development: With the  devastating demise of Redevelopment Agencies, we must create an economic development fund  for cities to access.
 - Pension Reform: I will fight for reform ensuring a sound and fair financial future for both our residents and our County employees.
  
Memo Morantes
 
7,989 votes
8.2%
- Occupation: Trustee San Mateo County Board of Education
 - 23-year career as local insurance broker
 - Board member, Redwood City/San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce
 - Co-Chair, Latino Leadership Council San Mateo Co.
 - Member, Supervisory Committee San Mateo Credit Union
 - Member, Sequoia Hospital Foundation
  
Priorities:
- Economic development
 - Public Safety
 - Education
  
Andy M. Cohen
 
4,723 votes
4.8%
- Occupation: Council Member Menlo Park
 - Presiding Judge of San Jose Workers' Compensation Judge Appeals Board
 - Attorney at the Law Offices of Andrew M. Cohen
 - Stanford Law School, JD
 - Dartmouth College, BA Economics
  
Priorities:
- Housing
 - Transportation
 - Fiscal Responsability
  
Ernesto "Ernie"  Schmidt
 
3,085 votes
3.2%
- Occupation: Vice-Chairman Planning Commissioner
 - Tesla Motors Inc.
 - Redwood City Climate Advisory Commitee
 - Chairman, Roosevelt Neighborhood Assoc.
 - Board member Latino Community Council of Redwood City
 - Board Member Latino Leadership Council of San Mateo County
  
Priorities:
- Economic Development
 - Job Growth
 - Affordable Housing
  
  
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Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
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Events 
Candidate Forums
 
- Candidates' Forum
Thursday, May 3rd
 - 7 pm
 - Menlo Park City Council Chambers
701 Laurel, Menlo Park
 - Moderated by the League of Women Voters of South San Mateo County
 - Video of the forum:
  
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