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Contra Costa County, CA June 3, 2008 Election
Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 3 Voter Information

2 Year Term.

This contest will only appear on Democratic party ballots.

Results as of Jun 29 10:25pm, 131938% of Precincts Reporting (213/213)
52363 Votes Cast
(252 Total Write-In Votes 0.61%)
Candidates (Vote for 4)
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Ellen M. Nelson Click here for more information about this candidate 9075 votes 22.12%

  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Consultant, Educator, Publisher
  • doctoral work at Stanford
  • appointed by Jerry McNerney to Central Comm. to Central Committee
  • DPCCC Office Manager
  • President/founding member, Diablo Valley Democratic Club
  • 20 years: K + 12 Public/Private Schools--a teacher, principal, district office administrator, assistant professor
  • Delegate, CA Democratic Convention, 3 years
Priorities:
  • Education
  • Health Care
  • Jobs
Barbara Rainwater Click here for more information about this candidate 8227 votes 20.06%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Educator
  • Public High School/Middle School Teacher - 17 years
  • Private Tutor - 15 years
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Volunteer Coordinator for Congressional District 10
Priorities:
  • Organize voter registration and visibility events to help local/state/national Democratic candidates win their contests
  • Capture the energy of the new voters and volunteers both the Clinton and Obama campaigns have generated
  • Promote the Democratic Party ideals in an enthusiastic and welcoming environment
Raymond Link 6156 votes 15.01%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Incumbent
Frank Quattro 5736 votes 13.98%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Appointed Incumbent
Penny Denenberg 4107 votes 10.01%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Online Political Director
Christine McGinnis Click here for more information about this candidate 3845 votes 9.37%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Retired
  • University of San Francisco, BA, 1975
  • Political activist, 1994 to present
  • Democratic Party County Central Committee voting member, 1997-2008
  • Democratic Party County Central Committee officer, 1998-2004
Priorities:
  • Reach out to and engage community Democrats
  • Strengthen Democratic Party ties with other like-minded community organizations
  • Identify potential Democratic candidates, and involve and elect them at every level of government
Rao N. Kaza 3622 votes 8.83%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Engineer
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