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Fresno County, CA March 7, 2000 Election
Supervisor; County of Fresno; District 2


Results as of Mar 8 1:40am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (126/126)
52.1% Voter Turnout (46297/88808)

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Susan B. Anderson 22844 votes 46.12%

  • Occupation: Fresno County Clerk
  • Attorney; former Deputy District Attorney working in the Juvenile Courts
  • Graduate of San Joaquin College of Law, Juris Doctorate Degree. Served as president of Student Association & Alumni Association
  • Marketing Director for Central Valley YMCA for 11 years before law school
Priorities:
  • Law enforcement: as a former Deputy District Attorney, I understand the issues and challenges of the justice system.
  • Planning: update the County General Plan & preserve neighborhoods such as Old Fig Garden
  • Jobs: generate more and better-paying jobs in Fresno County
Ken Steitz 14901 votes 30.08%
  • Occupation: Council President/Businessman
  • Married to Karen, with four sons
  • Fresno City Councilman
  • Senior Loan Officer, National Pacific Mortgage
  • BA, Journalism/Pol. Sci - Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa
  • Vice Chair, San Joaquin River Conservancy
  • Member, Fresno Council of Governments
Priorities:
  • Common sense planning, protecting ag land and avoiding sprawl
  • Stopping the release of 1,000 prisoners per month from the County Jail
  • Making the County business friendly so good paying jobs can expand
Lee Brand 9355 votes 18.89%
  • Occupation: Business Executive
  • I am the owner of Westco Equities, Inc. Westco
  • is a leading property management company with
  • nearly 100 employees. I have a Masters Degree
  • in Public Admin. from the Univ. of Southern Calif.
  • I have served on several boards including the
  • River Parkway Trust, Frespac & Workforce DevBd
Priorities:
  • Improving economic development for more (good paying) jobs
  • Better land use planning to avoid sprawl
  • Improving delivery of County Services in a fiscally sound manner
John Mendoza 2365 votes 4.77%
  • Occupation: County Planner

Basic candidate data supplied by the County elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
  Events

Candidate Forum sponsored by LWV-Fresno and CFIG taped at MediaOne reshown on Channel 14:
Feb 9-4:30PM, Feb 15-6:00PM, Feb 21-4:30PM, Feb 22-9:15PM, March 1-4:45PM, March 1-8:30PM

Candidate Forum on Channel 30, Sunday, March 5th, 10:00AM
News and Analysis

The Fresno Bee

3/5/00 - Supervisors: New board must repair roads, improve morale and find jobs

2/26/00 - Incumbent No. 1 fund-raiser - Arambula collects most money in supervisor races

2/26/00 - District 2 supervisor hopefuls outline strategies in TV forum

Candidates address county's 'unacceptable' benefits

Change ahead for Fresno Supervisors District 2
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