Rue Furch

<p>Opponent: Efren Carrillo</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: 62</p><p>Hometown: Sebastopol</p><p>Occupation: Sonoma County planning commissioner </p><p>Background: 17 years on the Sonoma County Planning Commission; former executive director, Business Education Roundtable </p><p>Web site: www.ruefurchforsupervisor.com</p><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/294377113" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1785367555&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>