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San Francisco, San Mateo County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
United States Representative; District 12; Democratic Party Voter Information

This contest will only appear on Democratic party ballots.

Results as of Jun 25 9:49am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (490/490)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Jackie Speier 60,390 votes 89.6%

  • Party: Democratic
Michelle McMurry 3,826 votes 5.7%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Health Policy Director
Frank Henry Wade Click here for more information about this candidate 1,652 votes 2.4%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Certified Public Accountant
  • graduate - Lowell High School, San Francisco
  • Masters' Degree - West Virginia University
  • Doctorate in Business Administration - Golden Gate University
  • 30 years in Africa and Middle East as a USAID Foreign Service Officer and private businessman
  • fluent in Arabic, Portuguese, and several African languages
Priorities:
  • to leave Iraq ASAP with proper safeguards in place to ensure security for all citizens of Iraq
  • implement regime change in Zimbabwe
  • support all military appropriation bills for Israel and a PLO dominated independent Palestine State of Gaza and West Bank
Robert M. Barrows Click here for more information about this candidate 1,594 votes 2.3%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Businessman
  • President of R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising & Public Relations in Burlingame, CA
  • Inventor of the Video Enhanced Gravemarker, a video tombstone (U.S. Patent # 7,089,495)
  • Author of "It Used to be Made in America"
  • B.S. in Speech, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, June 1971
Priorities:
  • I would Vote No on funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I will work toward peace and diplomacy.
  • I will work to restore and protect our civil liberties.
  • I will work to develop programs that will help create new jobs in America and help keep jobs here in America.

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