Here's Your November Election Guide

As we look ahead to November’s elections, Novato Patch will bring you the information you need about every race in town. Here's our start on the candidates and issues we'll be covering as November draws near. Bookmark this page for updates.

Jared Huffman: The San Rafael Democrat will be running against Dan Roberts forHouse of Representatives. Huffman came in first place in the June 5 primary and his top issues he'd like to pursue if elected are job creation and economic growth, healthcare reform and education.

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Dan Roberts: A Republican from Tiburon, Roberts took second place in the primary and will be going up against Huffman for Woolsey's seat. Roberts' key issues are cutting federal spending to balance the budget and less federal government involvement.

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Michael Allen: This Democrat won the top spot for a seat in the 10th District in the California State Assembly. Allen recently moved to San Rafael when his district, which included Napa County as well as parts of Sonoma and Solano counties, was split by a state commission. His top issues he's like to pursue if he is elected are solving California's budget deficit, creating great public schools, supporting higher education and protecting the environment.

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Marc Levine: The San Rafael City Council member and Democrat won the second spot in the June 5 election for the Assembly. Levine joined the San Rafael City Council in 2009 and has voted on several hot button issues including , the and . The main issues he would like to focus on if elected are fixing the budget, creating job opportunities, the environment, education and reducing the influence of special interests in Sacramento.

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Proposition 28: This proposition, which passed with 61 percent of the vote in the primary, reduces the total amount of time a person may serve in the state legislature from 14 years to 12 years. It allows a person to serve a total of 12 years either in the Assembly, the Senate or a combination of both and applies only to legislators first elected after the measure is passed. Some say that the current term limit law places a barrier to change in the government's representative body, while others say Prop 28 is the work of special interests to trick voters into weakening term limits.

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