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Riverside County, CA November 3, 1998 General

County Superintendent of Schools

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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David L. "Dave" Long 176,264 votes 59.6%

  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Superintendent of schools
  • Superintendent, Lake Elsinore Unified School District since 1992
  • Superintendent of the Year 1995 (ACCSA Region 12)
  • Thirty seven years in public education, teacher, principal, assistant principal and coach.
  • PhD Iowa State University
  • Married, wife Joanne is a Corona principal, daughter, Angelica, attends Lake Elsinore school
  • Named "Outstanding School Administrator" in October by statewide California Educational Volunteer Partnership for founding Community Action Planning
Priorities:
  • Provide resources to raise reading and math scores countywide
  • Provide resources necessary for safe schools.
  • Fight for local funding for new and modern classroom facilities.
David J. Wiebe 118,299 votes 40.0%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Professor of Education
  • University Professor.
  • 30 years of education experience.
  • More than 20 years as a superintendent.
  • Back to basics philosophy ... phonics, "old" math.
Priorities:
  • Believes in conservative, back to basics approach to education.
  • Believes children are not social experiments for schools.

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