Efren Carrillo

<p>Opponent: Rue Furch </p><p>About the race: Both candidates are newcomers to elective office - Rue Furch, a Sonoma County planning commissioner, and Efren Carrillo, credit union counselor.</p><p>The race is wide open to replace Supervisor Mike Reilly, who for 12 years has held the 5th District seat that stretches from west Santa Rosa to the coast and includes one city, Sebastopol. Important issues are rural roads and environmental protection. </p><p>Furch has environmental and labor backing, Carrillo is more closely allied to business interests.</p><p></p><p>Age: 27</p><p>Hometown: Santa Rosa</p><p>Occupation: Education and Government Relations Manager for Redwood Credit Union</p><p>Background: Southwest Community Health Center Board of Directors member; Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County Board of Directors member; California State Assemblyman Joe Nation's community outreach staff </p><p>Web site: www.efrencarrillo.com</p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/294377113" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1808211389&playerId=294377113&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="510" height="550" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>