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State of California (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma Counties) November 7, 2000 Election
United States Representative; District 1 Voter Information

Results as of Dec 5 1:02pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (588/588)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Mike Thompson 150,159 votes 65.1%

  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Member of Congress
Russel J. "Jim" Chase 64,431 votes 28%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Retired Business Owner
  • College: Humboldt State
  • Printer, Publisher in Willits, California for 30 years.
  • Founded, published newspaper in Rio Dell, California - 1960-1968.
Priorities:
  • Replacing Income Tax with fair, lower rate, simpler system is Top Priority.
  • Wrote Constitutional amendment to insure fiscal discipline and balanced federal budgets.
  • Social Security, medicare "perpetual funding plan" to operate with minimal taxation.
Cheryl Kreier 6,987 votes 3%
  • Party: Natural Law
  • Occupation: Children's Issues Advisor
Emil P. Rossi 6,188 votes 2.6%
  • Party: Libertarian
  • Occupation: Hardware store family business for 55 years
  • Private combat infantry man, World War II
Priorities:
  • Cut government by 50%, which will reduce taxes, pay off the national debt and save Social Security and Medicare.
  • Protection of everyone's rights
  • Campaign reform
Pamela Elizondo 3,079 votes 1.3%
  • Party: Reform
  • Occupation: Environmental healing advocate [requested & denied]
  • Psychiatric Technician state hospitals 1962-1978
  • Testified at Little Hoover commission on weird deaths at state hospitals 1977
  • Testimony of commission sent to Rose Kennedy & Rosalyn Carter
  • Ran for state senate 1986, 1994-state assembly 1992-1998
  • Ran for Mendocino county school board 1991
Priorities:
  • Divert now wasted Taxpayer's money to employment & restoration of Earth
  • Stop profitting from promoting misery:war, judicial & penal systems
  • Profit from consumerism created by full employment

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