Candidates
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Suzie R. Swartz
 
46,541 votes
29.5%
- Occupation: Governing Board Member, Saddleback Valley Unified School District
 - Marian Bergeson Award Recipient for Outstanding Leadership
 - President Orange County School Boards Association
 - University of California at Los Angeles Graduate and Masters in Governance Certificate from California School Boards Association
 - Served several terms on PTA Executive Boards for Saddleback Valley PTA Council and Del Cerro Elementary
 - Member Orange County Education Coalition and CSBA Delegate Assembly
 - Married with two children
  
Priorities:
- Maintain Fiscal Responsibility
 - Maintain High Standards & Support for Neighborhood Schools - Put Kids First
 - Maintain Stable Leadership - Experience Counts
  
 
Don "DON" Sedgwick
 
46,480 votes
29.4%
- Occupation: Governing Board Member, Saddleback Valley Unified School District
 - CEO, international wholesale jewelry company
 - B.S. Business Management, Brigham Young University
 - Board of Directors, California School Boards Association
 - General Plan Advisory Committee, City of Laguna Hils
 - Branch President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--spanish speaking
 - Twice elected to Republican Central Committee of Orange County
  
Priorities:
- Restore the lost furlough days; Children need more class time, not less.
 - Restore funding for health aides, library aides, reading aides, coaches, uniforms, bussing.
 - Allow UC approved on line courses to fulfill SVUSD graduation requirements
  
 
Ginny Fay Aitkens
 
41,732 votes
26.4%
- Occupation: Governing Board Member, Saddleback Valley Unified School District
 - President, SVUSD Board of Education
 - Delegate to the California School Boards Association Assembly
 - Graduate, CSBA Masters in Governance Program
 - SVUSD Management Team Association Community Service Award 1999
 - Secretary, Friends of the Mission Viejo Library Board of Directors
  
Priorities:
- Maintaining high standards and expectations for all students
 - Continue recruiting highest caliber teachers and administrators
 - Spend district funds most prudently to support student learning
  
Earl H. Carraway
23,114 votes
14.6%
- Occupation: Educator/Realtor/Publisher
  
  
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