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John Campbell
45,719 votes
44.6%
- Occupation: State Senator/Businessman
- BA in Economics from UCLA
- Masters Degree in Taxation from USC
- Former CPA and Tax Accountant
Priorities:
- National Security
- Border Security
- Reduce Budget Deficit
Steve Young
28,432 votes
27.7%
- Occupation: small businessman/attorney
- BA University of Utah
- JD Pepperdine University School of Law
- Married,
- 4 children
- 3 grandchildren
Priorities:
- Reversing the outsoursing of Middle Class jobs to Asia
- Compensation parity for women
- providing a fully funded education program for our children
Jim Gilchrist
25,979 votes
25.3%
- Vietnam Veteran, Purple Heart recipient
- Co-Founder, Minuteman Project
Priorities:
- Border Security
- Tax relief
- Right of Americans to be born
Béa Tomaselli Tiritilli
1,409 votes
1.4%
- Occupation: teacher
- As a credentialed teacher, Tiritilli has worked with at-risk youth for more than a decade at continuation high schools
- Green Party Orange County Council Member
- Orange County Contact for Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
- Past Sierra Club Orange County Group Publicity Chair
- Past Park Santiago Neighborhood Association Board Member
- Additional past and present community involvement includes mentoring and volunteering for various educational, environmental and pro-peace groups
Priorities:
- Pull out of Iraq while finding alternatives to war for solving political disputes
- Overhaul our nations's pathetic energy policies as we evolve into a country with a self-sustaining, non-toxic energy supply
- Restructure spending priorites, cutting government waste while trimming the national debt and deficit
Bruce D. Cohen
963 votes
0.9%
- Occupation: Realtor
- California Real Estate Agent, licensed in 1979
- Attended Orange Coast College and Saddleback College
Priorities:
- Cut Federal taxes by at least 50%: Put politicians on a diet; pay off deficits and build emergency reserves.
- Strengthen Health Care: Return control of health care to Doctors, Familes and Patients.
- Improve Education: Bring educational decisions back to parents, teachers and students.
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