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Michael J. "Mike" Machado
142,392 votes
48.1%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Farmer/Businessman/Lawmaker
- Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
- Graduated from Stanford University and U.C. Davis
- Served in the United States Navy in Vietnam
- Married for 30 years, 3 children
Priorities:
- Work to lower community college fees and tuition
- Continue to cut taxes for working families
Alan Nakanishi
141,013 votes
47.6%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Physician/Councilman
Carole Brow
10,208 votes
3.4%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Businesswoman/Grape Grower
- Member & Eucharistic Minister - St. Joachim Church Lockeford
- Own and operate Travel Experience, a home-based agency specializing in planning & arranging travel to Europe
- Developed and currently manage commercial winegrape vineyard in Clements
- Retired from State of California employment (23 yrs) to devote more time to my travel business and vineyard operations and to campaign.
- While working for State, managed multi-million dollar state low-interest loan program to expand California's manufacturing capacity.
- Served on the Board of Directors for the California Resource Recovery Association.
Priorities:
- Education
- Land use development
- Taxes
William S. Nicolas
2,667 votes
.9%
- Party: Natural Law
- Occupation: Insurance Securities Agent
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