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Pleasanton businesswoman Judy Lloyd, who is active in the Republican Party in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, recently met Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as she descended from an airplane at San Francisco Airport en route to a Burlingame fundraiser.

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