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Alameda County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Member, Board of Education; Alameda Unified School District Voter Information

Results as of Nov 15 4:54pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (50/50)
(21 Writein Votes 0.1%)
Candidates (Vote for 2)
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Michael E. "Mike" McMahon 10262 votes 37.4%

  • Occupation: Parent/Facilitator
  • Actively involved parent for the past 12 years
  • Served on School Site Committees, Lum, Paden, Chipman & Encinal
  • Prior Member, Budget Advisory Committee, Facilities Committee, Realignment & Reconfiguration Committee
  • Net Year Volunteer for Lum, Paden, Chipman and Encinal
  • Habitat for Humanity Volunteer. Alameda
  • Volunteer Umpire for Babe Ruth Baseball
Priorities:
  • Securing dependable revenue funding
  • Providing competitive salaries for staff
  • Improving test scores
Tracy L. Jensen 8766 votes 32.0%
  • Occupation: Senior Services Administrator
  • My son is a fourth generation Alamedan!
  • Public policy experience with the Maryland Legislature, Vice President Al Gore and the US Department of Health and Human Services in Washington DC
  • Masters' degrees in Public Health and Business Administration
  • 15 years experience in local, state and federal government
  • Member of the Alameda County Long Term Care Steering Committee
  • Member of the Oakland As Boosters
Priorities:
  • Alameda taxpayers deserve fiscal accountability from the School District
  • Alameda School District needs more incentives to attract and retain excellent teachers
  • Alameda school facilities must be safe, they must be clean and they must have appropriate technology and resources
David Forbes 8321 votes 30.3%
  • Occupation: Sailing School Administrator
  • Actively involved parent for last 5 years
  • Current president, Alameda PTA Council
  • Member, Board of the Alameda Education Foundation
  • Member, Steering Committee, Measure A (School Parcel Tax)
  • One of three current members of Measure A Oversight Committee
  • Founder, Keep Kids Alive-Drive 25 Campaign in Alameda
Priorities:
  • Improve Quality of Education for ALL of Alameda's public school children
  • Improve the Financial health of the District
  • Increase Parental Involvement

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Events

Alameda Unified School District Candidates Forum
October 9, 2002
7:00PM to 9:00PM
Doors open at 6:30PM
Mastick Senior Center
1155 Santa Clara
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Alameda Times-Star

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