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March 5, 2002 Election

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County Results as of Apr 19 10:55am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (910/910)
39.2% Countywide Voter Turnout (187,496/478,754)

Statewide Results as of Apr 10 12:24pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (22976/22976)
34.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (5,285,587/15,280,808)

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    • State Executive

    Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    • Bill Simon, Republican
      1,126,197 votes 49.5%
    • Richard J. Riordan, Republican
      713,233 votes 31.4%
    • Bill Jones, Republican
      386,346 votes 17%
    • Nick Jesson, Republican
      19,251 votes .8%
    • Edie Bukewihge, Republican
      14,413 votes .6%
    • Danney Ball, Republican
      13,134 votes .5%
    • Jim Dimov, Republican
      5,582 votes .2%

    Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Reinhold Gulke, American Independent
      26,233 votes 100%

    Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Governor; State of California)

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Cruz M. Bustamante, Democratic
      1,931,980 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Jim King, American Independent
      25,206 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Kalee Przybylak, Natural Law
      4,130 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Reform Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor; State of California)

    Secretary of State; State of California; Democratic Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Republican Party

    • Keith Olberg, Republican
      1,223,393 votes 62.1%
    • Mike Schaefer, Republican
      408,189 votes 20.7%
    • Barbara Jean Marr, Republican
      340,995 votes 17.2%

    Secretary of State; State of California; American Independent Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Green Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Natural Law Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Reform Party

    • Valli Sharpe-Geisler, Reform
      7,225 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Secretary of State; State of California)

    State Controller; State of California; Democratic Party

    State Controller; State of California; Republican Party

    • Tom McClintock, Republican
      945,706 votes 45.8%
    • Dean Andal, Republican
      733,486 votes 35.5%
    • W. Snow Hume, Republican
      194,370 votes 9.4%
    • Nancy Beecham, Republican
      194,136 votes 9.3%

    State Controller; State of California; American Independent Party

    State Controller; State of California; Green Party

    • Laura Wells, Green
      29,374 votes 84.2%
    • David Delano Blanco, Green
      5,550 votes 15.8%

    State Controller; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • J. Carlos Aguirre, Natural Law
      4,452 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Controller; State of California)

    State Treasurer; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Philip Angelides, Democratic
      1,879,813 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Republican Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Nathan E. Johnson, American Independent
      26,692 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Green Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; Libertarian Party

    • Marian Smithson, Libertarian
      19,172 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Sylvia Valentine, Natural Law
      4,300 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Treasurer; State of California)

    Attorney General; State of California; Democratic Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Republican Party

    • Dick Ackerman, Republican
      1,831,813 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
      27,085 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; Green Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Libertarian Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Attorney General; State of California)

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Democratic Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Republican Party

    • Gary Mendoza, Republican
      804,772 votes 41.8%
    • Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch, Republican
      702,479 votes 36.4%
    • Wes Bannister, Republican
      422,132 votes 21.8%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Steve Klein, American Independent
      27,066 votes 100%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Green Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Insurance Commissioner; State of California)

    State Board of Equalization

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; Democratic Party

    • Carole Migden, Democratic
      601,755 votes 100%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; Republican Party

    • Mark S. Bendick, Republican
      210,107 votes 56.1%
    • Max Woods, Republican
      164,492 votes 43.9%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; Libertarian Party

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Board of Equalization)

    US Congress

    United States Representative; District 7; Democratic Party

    • George Miller, Democratic
      50,581 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 7; Republican Party

    United States Representative; District 7; Libertarian Party

    • Scott A. Wilson, Libertarian
      315 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 7)

    United States Representative; District 10; Democratic Party

    • Ellen O. Tauscher, Democratic
      49,612 votes 83.5%
    • Kurt Rasmussen, Democratic
      9,867 votes 16.5%

    United States Representative; District 10; Libertarian Party

    (Only Democratic and Libertarian party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 10)

    United States Representative; District 11; Democratic Party

    United States Representative; District 11; Republican Party

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 11)

    State Assembly

    Member; California State Assembly; District 11; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 11; Republican Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 11; Libertarian Party

    • Frank Manske, Libertarian
      249 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 11)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 14; Democratic Party

    • Loni Hancock, Democratic
      31,045 votes 54.2%
    • Charles Ramsey, Democratic
      15,993 votes 27.9%
    • Dave Brown, Democratic
      10,279 votes 17.9%

    (Only Democratic party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 14)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 15; Democratic Party

    • Donna Gerber, Democratic
      29,152 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 15; Republican Party

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 15)

    School

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California

    County Superintendent of Schools; County of Contra Costa

    County

    Assessor; County of Contra Costa

    • Gus S. Kramer
      137,586 votes 100.0%

    Auditor-Controller; County of Contra Costa

    • Kenneth J. Corcoran
      134,867 votes 100.0%

    Clerk-Recorder; County of Contra Costa

    • Stephen L. Weir
      133,299 votes 100.0%

    District Attorney- Public Administrator; County of Contra Costa

    Sheriff-Coroner; County of Contra Costa

    • Warren E. Rupf
      102,208 votes 68.6%
    • Scott Jacobs
      31,433 votes 21.1%
    • David Hanson
      15,244 votes 10.2%

    Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Contra Costa

    • William J. "Bill" Pollacek
      132,818 votes 100.0%

    Supervisor; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 1

    • John "Joya" Gioia
      21,577 votes 100.0%

    Supervisor; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 4

    • Mark De Saulnier
      25,634 votes 79.3%
    • Dione Mustard
      6,710 votes 20.7%

    City

    Member, City Council; City of Oakley (2 Elected)

    • Jeff Huffaker
      1,906 votes 32.8%
    • Carol Rios
      1,159 votes 19.9%
    • Karl L. Wandry
      942 votes 16.2%
    • Kevin Romick
      817 votes 14.0%
    • Ken Wells
      507 votes 8.7%
    • Warren Hays
      484 votes 8.3%

    Judicial

    Judge of the Superior Court; County of Contra Costa; Office 9

    • Cheryl Mills
      49,196 votes 32.2%
    • Joel Golub
      43,465 votes 28.5%
    • Stacey N. Grassini
      41,349 votes 27.1%
    • Malcolm Sher
      18,643 votes 12.2%

    Party Committee

    Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 1 (5 Elected)

    • Eleanor Thompson
      9,085 votes 16.7%
    • George A. Harris, III
      8,556 votes 15.7%
    • Dwight Merrill
      8,399 votes 15.4%
    • Brian Charles McRae
      7,770 votes 14.3%
    • Nagaraja Rao
      7,317 votes 13.4%
    • Doug Mac Master
      7,287 votes 13.4%
    • Harpreet S. Sandhu
      6,064 votes 11.1%

    Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 2 (5 Elected)

    • Steve B. McCoy
      11,527 votes 19.5%
    • Betty Lou Kasnoff
      10,779 votes 18.3%
    • Diddo Ruth Clark
      10,255 votes 17.4%
    • Terry J. Leach
      8,436 votes 14.3%
    • Herman Blackmon
      7,312 votes 12.4%
    • Jayne C. Faria
      7,279 votes 12.3%
    • Richard Verrilli
      3,428 votes 5.8%

    Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 3 (7 Elected)

    • Aaron R. Isaacson
      11,709 votes 12.5%
    • Kenneth Arras
      11,490 votes 12.3%
    • Gail Isaacson
      11,183 votes 11.9%
    • R. Eugene Kreps
      10,861 votes 11.6%
    • Jo Anne Erickson
      10,772 votes 11.5%
    • Brian D. Thiessen
      10,581 votes 11.3%
    • Jean Last
      10,109 votes 10.8%
    • Christine Thomas
      8,835 votes 9.4%
    • Edward L. Del Beccaro
      8,224 votes 8.8%

    Green Party County Council At Large; County of Contra Costa (7 Elected)

    State Propositions

    Proposition 40 The California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
    2,769,178 / 56.9% Yes votes ...... 2,101,516 / 43.1% No votes
    Should the state borrow two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for development, restoration, and acquisition of state and local parks, recreation areas and historical resources, and for land, air, and water conservation programs?

    Proposition 41 Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002
    2,474,372 / 51.6% Yes votes ...... 2,325,348 / 48.4% No votes
    Should the state borrow $200 million ($200,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of updated voting systems?

    Proposition 42 Transportation Congestion Improvement Act
    3,345,877 / 69.1% Yes votes ...... 1,499,475 / 30.9% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require gasoline and diesel fuel sales tax revenues be allocated for specified transportation purposes, including highways, streets and roads, and transit improvements?

    Proposition 43 Right to Have Vote Counted
    3,382,174 / 71.5% Yes votes ...... 1,346,926 / 28.5% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require that every vote legally cast in an election be counted?

    Proposition 44 Chiropractors. Unprofessional Conduct
    3,758,718 / 79.8% Yes votes ...... 952,790 / 20.2% No votes
    Should the Chiropractic Act be amended to alter procedures and penalties in cases of various specified offenses, including insurance fraud?

    Proposition 45 Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions
    2,043,448 / 42.3% Yes votes ...... 2,782,039 / 57.7% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to allow voters to submit petitions to permit their incumbent legislators to run for reelection and to serve for a maxiumum of four more years beyond their presently allowed terms?

    Local Measures

    Measure A School Bonds -- Contra Costa Community College District (55% Approval Required)
    112,062 / 64.9% Yes votes ...... 60,664 / 35.1% No votes
    Shall the Contra Costa Community College District issue $120 million of bonds (its first since 1948) to repair outmoded facilities (for energy savings, safety, and handicapped accessibility improvements), and update facilities used by vocational programs (for fire science, nursing, police, culinary arts, technology programs, etc.) and transfer programs at Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College, Los Medanos College, San Ramon Valley Center and the Brentwood/Delta Science Centers, with a citizens' oversight committee to monitor spending of the funds?

    Measure B School Bonds -- John Swett Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    1,778 / 66.5% Yes votes ...... 895 / 33.5% No votes
    To build, equip, and furnish a new elementary school on the district-owned site of the former Garretson School in order to replace the substandard Hillcrest Elementary School and provide a more modern, improved, safer, and technologically advanced facility, shall the John Swett Unified School District issue $10 million of bonds at interest rates within the legal limit and thereby become eligible for additional state funding for the project?

    Measure C School Bonds -- Mount Diablo Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    31,530 / 65.5% Yes votes ...... 16,581 / 34.5% No votes
    To improve health and safety conditions of local schools, shall Mr. Diablo Unified School District upgrade electrical systems, repair inadequate heating, ventilation and plumbing systems, replace aging roofs, renovate restrooms, improve building exteriors and grounds for safety, replace aging protables, and construct or acquire new classrooms, educational facilities and technology infrastructure by issuing $250,000,000 of bonds at interest rates within legal limits, providing citizens' oversight and independent audits with all funds benefiting our local community?

    Measure D School Bonds -- West Contra Costa Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    24,391 / 71.8% Yes votes ...... 9,567 / 28.2% No votes
    To complete repairing all of our schools, improve classroom safety and relieve overcrowding through such projects as: building additional classrooms; making seismic upgrades; repairing and renovating bathrooms, electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilation systems, leaking roofs and fire safety systems; shall the West Contra Costa Unified School District issue $300 million in bonds at authorized interest rates, to renovate, acquire, construct and modernize school facilities and appoint a citizens' oversignt committee to monitor that funds are spent accordingly?

    Measure E Byron Union School District (Bond (55% approval required))
    1,158 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 1,049 / 47.5% No votes
    To complete the Byron Union Schooll District's new middle school by building additional permanent classrooms, up-to-date science and computer labs, and a library and gymnasium both designed for school and community use, and for other district projects, shall the District issue $10,000,000 in bonds bearing interest at legally authorized rates, and establish a Citizens' Oversignt Committee to monitor all expenditures?

    Measure G Parcel Tax -- Orinda Union School District (2/3 Approval Required)
    4,857 / 64.7% Yes votes ...... 2,654 / 35.3% No votes
    To ensure reliable funding with strong local control to benefit all elementary and intermediate school students through excellent class room programs, high quality teaching, and small calss sizes, shall the Orinda Union School District be authorized to replace its existing instructional parcel tax with a tax beginning at $385/year per taxable parcel and increasing by Board action by a maximum of $25/year, with a six year term starting July 1, 2002?

    Measure K Parcel Tax -- East Bay Regional Park District (2/3 Approval Required)
    102,052 / 57.2% Yes votes ...... 76,281 / 42.8% No votes
    Shall a resolution be approved to provide critical environmental maintenance, enhance public safety by adding police, firefighters, and park rangers, and increase public access to East Bay Regional Park District's 93,000 acres of serene parklnads, 59 parks and over 1,000 miles of regional trails by authorizing a parcel tax based upon occupancy, of $1 per month ($12 per year) per single-family parcel and $0.69 per month ($8.28 per year) per multi-family unit to expire in 12 years?

    Measure L Appropriation Limit -- Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District (Majority Approval Required)
    1,636 / 89.6% Yes votes ...... 190 / 10.4% No votes
    Shall the appropriations limit of the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District for Fiscal Year 2002-2003 be established at $2,117,675.00 and should the limit for that Fiscal Year (i.e. $2,117,675.00) be used to determine the limits for Fiscal Years 2003-2004 through 2005-2006?

    Measure M Business License Tax -- Town of Danville (Majority Approval Required)
    6,291 / 67.1% Yes votes ...... 3,086 / 32.9% No votes
    Shall Ordinance No. 2001-03, which ratifies and readopts the 1993 business license tax, be adopted?

    Measure N Library Parcel Tax -- City of Hercules (2/3 Approval Required)
    1,571 / 54.4% Yes votes ...... 1,316 / 45.6% No votes
    Shall the proposed resolution imposing a special library tax in the annual amount of $40 per parcel on every parcel of real estate withint the City of Hercules, California, be adopted?

    Measure O City of Oakley Appropriation Limit
    2,491 / 78.5% Yes votes ...... 681 / 21.5% No votes
    Shall the City of Oakley's base-year appropriation limit for Fiscal Year 1999-2000 be established at $4,093,783.44?

    Measure P Title to be inserted here -- City of San Ramon (Majority Approval Required)
    5,722 / 77.2% Yes votes ...... 1,686 / 22.8% No votes
    Shall the San Ramon 2020 General Plan prepared and recommended by the General Plan Review Commission be adopted as the General Plan for the City of San Ramon?

    Measure Q Library Parcel Tax City of Walnut Creek
    13,775 / 69.6% Yes votes ...... 6,018 / 30.4% No votes
    To restore and improve Walnut Creek's library services by making consistent and increasing the hours the libraries are open; replacing worn and outdated books, materials and equipment; maintaining reading and educational programs for children and services for adults, students and seniors, shall the ordinance be adopted authorizing the City of Walnut Creek to collect a qualified special tax not to exceed $22 per year per residential parcel or equivalent unit begining July 1, 2002 for Walnut Creek library services and expiring after eight years?

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