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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 2:01 p.m. PST Friday, February 18, 2000

U.S. SENATE

Other candidates

In addition to the major candidates vying for U.S. Senate, the following candidates are seeking their parties' nomination:

LIBERTARIAN PARTY

Gail Lightfoot

Lightfoot (www.lightfoot2000.org), a retired professional nurse and four-time candidate for Congress, says she would push for legislation reducing the size and scope of government and restricting its intrusion into the lives of its citizens.

GREEN PARTY

Jan B. Tucker

Tucker (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/ homepages/JanBTucker/Politics.htm) is a licensed private investigator and former candidate for state and national office who lists legal justice and prison reform as primary issues in her campaign.

Medea Benjamin

Benjamin, founding director of the human rights organization Global Exchange, wants the party's ideas for greater social justice and a sustainable environment to become state and national priorities.

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY

Diane Beall Templin

Beall Templin, an attorney and manager of a homeless shelter for women and children, strongly favors campaign and tax reform, and trade policies that protect American manufacturers and business people.

REFORM PARTY

Jose Luis Camahort

Camahort (http://home.att.net/~joe.camahort) is a retired research scientist who says he is passionate about ending poverty, protecting the environment and pursuing a foreign policy that encourages democratic reforms in other nations.

Valli Sharpe-Geisler

Sharpe-Geisler, an educator and technology coordinator, supports legislation benefiting small businesses and schools, favors campaign finance reform and opposes international trade that supersedes state environmental and worker safety laws.

NATURAL LAW PARTY

Brian M. Rees

Rees, a physician and former presidential candidate, supports campaign finance reform and a U.S. foreign policy that focuses on making friends rather than enemies among other nations.


-- Mercury News Staff Writer Michael Cronk

   
       

Published February 20, 2000

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