Primary winners' prize: More planning - June 8, 2006 - The election night victory parties ended at midnight Wednesday for Democrat Cathleen Galgiani and Republican Gerry Machado, who rolled to big wins against primary opponents. Now they're focused on beating each other in a race to represent the 17th Assembly District, which stretches from Stockton to Merced.

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Fall assembly races set - June 7, 2006 - Tracy Unified School Board President Gerry Machado defeated Tracy City Councilwoman Suzanne Tucker for the GOP nomination in the 17th Assembly District on Tuesday. Machado finished with 62.2 percent of the vote, while Tucker had 37.8 percent.

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Machado, Galgiani to face off in 17th - June 7, 2006 - Barbara Matthews' 17th Assembly seat apparently will go to her former chief of staff or a Republican school board member from Tracy.

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As I travel throughout the 17th Assembly district I am excited about the future of the Central Valley. While we face many new challenges and must fight to bring about the positive change we need, it is a future of promise and hope that is built on strong families, common sense and a focus on the future.

By joining me in this campaign to fight for our conservative values, you can help me go to Sacramento to fight for positive change by bringing local control back to education, utilizing UC Merced to unleash our young people’s abilities and address the neglect of our transportation system while taking on the wasteful spending, high taxes and over regulation that the liberal legislature has imposed on the people of California.

As a small businessman, I want to help California create good paying jobs for hard working families and reducing the time spent on the road away from their families. It seems like common sense…but common sense is in short supply in the capitol nowadays.

As an elected member of my local school board for Tracy Unified, I have seen firsthand the damage that out of control bureaucrats can do and believe that the government closest to the people will make the best decisions.

As a married father of three children, I understand how important it is to have the life experiences to guide me in helping shape the future of our valley.

My campaign is about the future of California and the Central Valley. I hope you will join me and together we will make a difference for our fellow citizens here in the Central Valley.