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Election 2000 logo (sm) Voters Guide Calif. Primary - Mar. 7

 

NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE
Open primary mixes parties
Smaller parties offer more choices
Presidential primary is a mother lode
 The presidential candidates on the issues
 Other candidates in the presidenital race
 A quiet GOP Senate campaign
Other candidates for the Senate seat

U.S. HOUSE
District 10
 District 12
 District 13
 District 14
 District 15
 District 16
 District 17

CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
District 11
 District 13
 District 15

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY
District 23
 District 24
 District 28
 Districts 18, 20, 21, 22, and 27 (uncontested)

PROPOSITIONS
Voters facing 20 ballot measures
 Pro, con, for and against

LOCAL RACES
Santa Clara County
Board of Supervisors
 Superior Court
Los Altos Hills Council
 San Jose Council
 Water District
Open Space Authority
Ballot measures
Alameda County
 Board of Supervisors
 Board of Education
Ballot measures
San Mateo County
 Board of Supervisors
 Half Moon Bay Council
Ballot measures
Santa Cruz County
 Board of Supervisors
 District Attorney
Superior Court
Ballot measures
San Benito County
 Board of Supervisors
 Superior Court
 Board of Education

GRAPHICS
How to use Pollstar ballot machine
Are we there yet? An explanation of the primary process

NEWS
Politics & Government on Mercury Center
Campaign 2000 at RealCities

RESOURCES ONLINE
California Secretary of State voter information
California Voter Foundation's nonpartisan guide
 League of Women Voters' nonpartisan guide
Rough and Tumble, a daily snapshot on California politics
Alameda County
 Monterey County
 San Benito County
 Santa Clara County
 Santa Cruz County

CREDITS

 
     

Posted at 11:13 a.m. PST Wednesday, February 16, 2000

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

Office 4

What's at stake? Six years ago, Katherine Akao, then a deputy county counsel, unseated a judge who had been appointed by then-Gov. Pete Wilson. Now, longtime conservative activist Jeff Bosshard wants to unseat Akao.

KATHLEEN AKAO

Who is she? Kathleen Akao, 51, spent three years of her first term on the bench as Juvenile Court judge, where she has focused on helping families and children caught up in the justice system. She has also served on the executive committee of the California Juvenile Court Judges association. Akao is a San Jose State University graduate who got her law degree at Santa Clara University School of Law.

JEFF BOSSHARD

Who is he? Jeff Bosshard, 57, has worked as a Legal Aid lawyer and a public defender and has served as a judge pro tem, stressing that he did so on a freelance basis rather than as an employee of the government. Bosshard, who received his master's and law degrees at UCLA after earning his bachelor's at Stanford University, has practiced law for more than 30 years. Bosshard said that if elected he would treat everyone with respect, make certain that people's rights are fully explained and protected and would promote justice for all.
   
       

Published February 20, 2000
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