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Santa Clara County, CA March 5, 2002 Election
Mayor; City of San Jose Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Apr 19 10:56am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (543/543)
Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Ron Gonzales 57,315 votes 56.4%
(This candidate has not responded to Smart Voter)

  • Occupation: Mayor, City of San Jose
J. Vanlandingham 13,545 votes 13.3%
  • Occupation: High Tech Businessman/New Father
  • First High Tech Excutive to Run for Mayor in San Jose
Priorities:
  • . I am running for San Jose Mayor because I want to bring " No Nonsense " business experience to City Hall.
  • what we need now is a Mayor who has REAL WORLD business experience, not a professional politician, but an executive that can manage San Jose
  • I am a " family man " and proud new father.
Patricia Martinez-Roach 10,994 votes 10.8%
  • Occupation: Educator/Trustee/Consultant
  • Elementary School Teacher, 29 years
  • MA ED/AD Higher Education- BA Art; Minor Political Science , San Jose State University
  • East Side Union High School District 1994-present
  • Metropolitan Adult Education/ROP/CCOC Board, 1997-99
  • Alum Rock Union Elementary Schoo District 1983-92
  • Commissioner, City of San Jose 1985-92
Priorities:
  • Health and Safety
  • Traffic Management
  • Well planned growth
Jose Posadas 7,687 votes 7.6%
  • Occupation: Council Policy Analyst, City of San Jose
  • BA, Political Science, Public Administration, SJSU
  • Downtown neighborhood activist and life long San Jose resident
Priorities:
  • Creating jobs for our community and supporting our local small business community
  • Creating more affordable housing now for working families and protecting our neighborhoods
  • Saving taxpayers the expense of the costly palatial new City Hall and being fiscally responsible with your tax dollars
Dale Detwiler 6,226 votes 6.1%
  • Occupation: Retired Engineer
  • San Jose State College Engineering,1960
  • Licensed Professional Engineer, CA, 1973
  • Consulting Engineer, 1980 to 2001
  • Officer & Director, CA Soc. of Prof. Engineers
  • Active member of many Engineer societys
  • Resident of San Jose since 1946, 56 years
Priorities:
  • Complete highway projects promised more than 45 year ago
  • Eliminate perennial flooding of San Jose residential & business areas
  • Expand and upgrade maintenance of San Jose parks
Bill Chew 5,890 votes 5.8%
(This candidate has not responded to Smart Voter)
  • Occupation: Electronic Media Producer

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  Events

KQED-FM 88.5 Public Radio

  • Candidates On-the-Air - RealAudio archive of Forum program aired 2/22/02 (1 hour) hosted by Angie Coiro. Guests: Detwiler, Gonzales, Martinez-Roach, Posadas, and Vanlandingham.
    (Opens in new window). Part of KQED.org election coverage
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