Should we attempt border security first, which I believe we should, we still need to face the fact that comprehensive reform is necessary. This must include a guest worker program and dealing with the 11 million people who are here today that are contributing to our economy.

On paper Costa was an overwhelming favorite. Ashburn's campaign made plays on Costa's name "Costa's going to cost ya" and linked him to former Governor Gray Davis calling them "two taxing twins. California Legislature
Costa represented part of Fresno in the state legislature for 24 years serving in the California State Assembly from 1978 until 1994 and in the California State Senate from 1994 until 2002.

S. James Manuel "Jim" Costa (born April 13 1952) is the U.