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("schow" as in "now")
ZSCHAU
Congressman Ed Zschau for U.S. Senate

 


"High Tech's premier ambassador to Washington."

Congressional Quarterly

" ... an outstanding representative who will be an important national figure in a few years."

San Francisco Chronicle
December 12, 1983

"One of the brightest persons on Capitol Hill."

Peninsula Times Tribune
August 8, 1983 

" ... the only candidate who can both win the primary and prevail over Alan Cranston."

David Packard
Chairman, President Reagan's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management

"Hard working, energetic, pleasant, and devoid of arrogance."

Modesto Bee
February 2, 1984

"The star of the Republican freshman class would seem to be Ed Zschau of California."

Washingtonian Magazine
August 1983

A United States Senator for California's future.

Ed Zschau is an exciting new Republican leader who knows how to meet the challenges of today—and realize the promises of tomorrow.

Ed Zschau is committed to making President Reagan's economic philosophy the permanent foundation for our nation's future. That philosophy is based on a strong belief in the power of the free enterprise system and individual initiative to assure opportunities and prosperity for all Americans.

For the past twenty years, Ed Zschau has been working to perpetuate this philosophy—as a business professor, a company president and now as a Congressman.

He knows from experience what it takes to build a business, create jobs and meet a payroll. In 1968, he founded an electronics company that today has grown to become a multi-million dollar Silicon Valley firm with worldwide sales and employing hundreds of Californians.
 
Building a successful business has given Ed Zschau a firm grasp of technology, a clear vision of our future and a deep understanding of what has made America great.

Even before his election to Congress in 1982, Ed Zschau was having a major impact for California at the federal level. In 1977, he saw that unfair tax policies were stifling small businesses—the life­blood of innovation and new jobs.

"He took his case to Washington ... and lobbied a bill through Congress in 1978, cutting the maximum capital gains rate that is actually paid from 49% to 28%," says Fortune Magazine. (October 14, 1985)

Since then,hundreds of thousands of new jobs have been created and billions of investment dollars have poured into California.

In Congress, Ed Zschau's energy, intelligence and caring for people have made him one of Washing­ton's most respected new Republican leaders. He has promoted creative policies which encourage innovation, economic growth, exports and individ­ual prosperity.

He has been at the forefront of efforts to bring down the federal deficit, calling for across-the-board spending cuts—even when they are unpopular. He has opposed tax increases that stifle economic growth.

Ed Zschau knows that America's future demands courage, strong leadership and the willingness to make the hard economic choices.

Ed Zschau is a conservative, but that doesn't mean just being tight-fisted with tax dollars. He understands that a true conservative also promotes wise and careful use of our natural resources so we can achieve our aspirations while assuring our children and those who come after can have an even better quality of life.

Ed Zschau believes that the personal contribution we each make to society is as important as our pro­fessional achievements, and understands the vital role family plays in American life.

He believes America must be strong as we seek a more peaceful world—a world in which we are secure and respected ... a world in which all people are free.

In Congress, he has worked for a strong defense without overspending to achieve it. He has sup­ported worthwhile and cost-efficient defense pro­jects, while working to eliminate weapons that are too costly, unneeded or ineffective.
 
Ed Zschau has lived the American dream—as a family man, professor, high-tech entrepreneur and political leader. As a United States Sena­tor, he'll work to make that dream a reality for all Americans.

Ed Zschau—an exciting new Repub­lican leaden .. for California's future.
 
CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE
 
•  Republican, elected to Congress in 1982
•  Chairman, House Republican Task Force on High Technology Initiatives
•  Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee
•  Member, House Grace Commission Caucus
•  Co-sponsor, Balanced Budget Amendment
•  100% rating from U.S. Chamber of Commerce (1983 and 1985)
•  "Golden Bulldog Award" from Watchdogs of the Treasury, Inc. for stopping wasteful government spending
• "Taxpayers Best Friend" from National Taxpayers Union
•   Member, Coalition for Peace through Strength
•  Named "One of the Five Most Influential Legislators in the Country" in a survey of the five top High Technology Associations - Electronic Engineering Times (January 1986)
•  Named "Rookie of the Year" (best freshman Congressman) by the Washington Monthly (September 1984)

EXPERIENCE
 
•  Founder and former President of a Silicon Valley high-tech manufacturing firm
•  Co-Chairman, Business Advisory Panel, Ronald Reagan's Presidential Election Committee (1980)
•  Founding Chairman, The Technological Center of Silicon Valley
•  Chairman, American Electronics Association
•  Assistant Professor, Stanford and Harvard Business Schools

EDUCATION
•  Stanford University, Ph.D. in Business, M.B.A., M.S. in Statistics
•  Princeton University, A.B. in Philosophy

FAMILY
•  Wife, Jo; two children in college: Ed and Liz; and Cameron, who is in high school.

ABOUT THE NAME: ZSCHAU,
a German name, is pronounced like:
•  "Schow" as in "now"
•  "Shower" without the "er"
•  "Shout" without the "t"