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television show: "60 Minutes" ... Married to Denice for 11 years ... One son and one daughter ... Last year's ranking: 43

95) JIM RIGHEIMER, 41, Fountain Valley ... Ran against Tom Harman in

Republican primary for 67th Assembly District ... Lost with 30% of the

vote ... Gathering support to overturn the county's union labor agreement

... Working on a statewide campaign reform for paycheck protection and to

get school vouchers on the ballot ... "You can sit around and talk about

issues, or you can do something. I want to do something" ... Property

manager for medical office buildings ... Commercial real estate

consultant ... Just finished reading "The Greatest Generation" by Tom

Brokaw ... His biggest accomplishment was getting Lene, whom he met while

she was visiting from Denmark, to marry him ... Has a daughter, Rebecca,

who is almost a year old ... Last year's ranking: 80

So, how'd we do?

This is the sixth year we have run our list of the top 95 most

influential people in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley. We have

checked our sources, scoured our notebooks and came up with those who we

feel have changed and shaped our community. As always, we encourage

readers to take the list in good fun. But we also want to know what you

think. Who did we leave off? Where did we mess up? Tell us your thoughts

on our Readers Hotline at 965-7175 or via e-mail to hbindy@latimes.com .

* Contributors

Eron Ben-Yehuda, Tina Borgatta, Angelique Flores, DeAnna George, Bill

Lobdell, Alicia Lopez, Jennifer Mahal, Steve Marble, Steve McCrank, Mike

Sciacca and Andrew Wainer