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Loni Hancock
123,624 votes
99.3%
- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: State Senator
  
Mary Catherine McIlroy
(Write-in)
 
- Party: Peace and Freedom
 - Occupation: Social Policy Research Assistant
 - Ran for Congress in special election, 2009
 - Peace and Freedom Party Contra Costa Co. Central Committee Co-Chair
 - Active in Occupy Richmond, CA
 - marycmcilroy@gmail.com
  
Priorities:
- Free public education from pre-K through university
 - Tax the rich and their corporations
 - Single-payer health care
  
Lisa D. Ringer
(Write-in)
 
- Party: Libertarian
 - Occupation: FPA Manager, International Beverage Company
 - M.B.A., Cal State East Bay
 - 30+ years professional experience working for large muti-nationals and mid-small size, both as employee and contractor
 - I am a career taxpayer, not a career politician
 - I've volunteered for various non profits all my adult life.
 - I've been a political activist championing liberty for 30+ years.
 - lisaringer13@yahoo.com
  
Priorities:
- Restore fiscal responsibility:  California cannot live on deficit spending and borrowing
 - Protect State's rights:  I will stand up to the Federal government's assaults on state's rights (example: protect legal medical cannabis dispensaries)
 - Protect individual rights: Governments sole legitimate function is to protect rights. (example: couples' right to legal recognition of unions)
  
  
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