Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Monterey
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President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
  8,063,473 votes 61.1%
• John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
  4,902,278 votes 37.1%
• Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Peace and Freedom
  105,375 votes 0.8%
• Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
  65,654 votes 0.5%
• Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr., American Independent
  39,620 votes 0.3%
• Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente, Green
  37,432 votes 0.2%
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 17

• Samuel Farr, Democratic
  151,501 votes 73.3%
• Jeff Taylor, Republican
  55,261 votes 26.7%
• Peter Andresen (Write-in)

State Senate

State Senator; District 15

• Abel Maldonado, Republican
  215,687 votes 63.1%
• James "Jim" Fitzgerald, Independent
  126,652 votes 36.9%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 27

• Bill Monning, Democratic
  112,183 votes 65.7%
• Robert Murray, Republican
  43,474 votes 25.4%
• Mark Hinkle, Libertarian
  15,310 votes 8.9%
• Rex Keyes (Write-in)

Member of the State Assembly; District 28

• Anna Caballero, Democratic
  84,768 votes 100.0%

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Monterey; Seat 2

• Mark Hood
  64,716 votes 58.79%
• Todd Hornik
  45,368 votes 41.21%
• Jonathan Siegel (Write-In)

City

Mayor; City of Gonzales

• Maria Orozco
  1,307 votes 77.15%
• Ivan Olsen
  387 votes 22.85%

Member, City Council; City of Gonzales

• Scott Funk
  1,363 votes 100.00%

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

• John Martinez
  985 votes 28.92%
• Yolanda S. Teneyuque
  911 votes 26.75%
• Yvette S. Gonzalez
  805 votes 23.63%
• Christopher Smith
  705 votes 20.70%

Member, City Council; City of King City (3 Elected)

• Jeff Pereira
  1,040 votes 29.71%
• Robert Cullen
  982 votes 28.05%
• Susan Kleber
  813 votes 23.22%
• Christopher Lopez
  666 votes 19.02%

Mayor; City of Marina

• Bruce Delgado
  3,503 votes 53.25%
• Gerald J. Wilmot
  3,076 votes 46.75%

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

• Frank O'Connell
  2,200 votes 20.43%
• James E. Ford
  2,092 votes 19.43%
• David Burnett
  1,958 votes 18.18%
• Nancy L. Amadeo
  1,917 votes 17.80%
• Peter Le
  1,680 votes 15.60%
• Michael Derr
  921 votes 8.55%

Mayor; City of Monterey

• Chuck Della Sala
  8,534 votes 79.03%
• Michael "Cardinale" Allen
  2,265 votes 20.97%

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

• Jeff Haferman
  6,110 votes 36.62%
• Libby Downey
  6,070 votes 36.38%
• Ralph Widmar
  4,505 votes 27.00%

Mayor; City of Pacific Grove

• Dan Cort
  4,931 votes 100.00%
• Ted Hollister

Member, City Council; City of Pacific Grove (3 Elected)

• William "Bill" Kampe
  4,098 votes 20.52%
• Carmelita Garcia
  2,726 votes 13.65%
• Deborah Lindsay
  2,529 votes 12.66%
• Daniel Miller
  2,284 votes 11.44%
• Ken Cuneo
  2,279 votes 11.41%
• Susan Goldbeck
  2,092 votes 10.47%
• David Dilworth
  2,040 votes 10.21%
• Richard A. Ahart, Jr.
  1,924 votes 9.63%

Member, City Council; City of Salinas; District 6

• Jyl Lutes
  4,269 votes 57.88%
• Vince Ferrante
  3,107 votes 42.12%

Mayor; City of Sand City

• David K. Pendergrass
  78 votes 100.00%

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

• Todd Kruper
  63 votes 52.07%
• Mary Ann Carbone
  58 votes 47.93%

Mayor; City of Seaside

• Ralph Rubio
  7,217 votes 100.00%

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

• Ian Oglesby
  4,822 votes 41.64%
• Steve Bloomer
  3,991 votes 34.46%
• Felix Bachofner
  2,767 votes 23.89%

Mayor; City of Soledad

• Richard V. Ortiz
  1,345 votes 44.73%
• Christopher K. Bourke
  1,289 votes 42.87%
• John Ordunez
  373 votes 12.40%

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

• Patricia Stephens
  1,231 votes 29.37%
• Richard J. Perez
  1,163 votes 27.75%
• Alejandro Chavez
  1,163 votes 27.75%
• Javier V. Martinez
  634 votes 15.13%

Board Member; Pajaro Valley Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Karen Osmundson
  1,223 votes 50.8%
• Geri A. Simmons
  1,177 votes 48.9%
• (6 Total Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Paso Robles Joint Unified School District (4 Elected)

• Tim Gearhart
  8,605 votes 19.0%
• Debi Saunders
  8,084 votes 17.9%
• Ruben F. Tate, Jr.
  6,312 votes 14.0%
• Robert Simola
  6,148 votes 13.6%
• Debbie Ritchie
  5,683 votes 12.6%
• Mark Perry
  5,639 votes 12.5%
• Barbara Harris
  4,651 votes 10.3%
• (123 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Pleasant Valley Union School District (2 Elected)

• Michael Murphy
  208 votes 37.0%
• Vicki Richardson
  194 votes 34.5%
• Robert Velasquez
  151 votes 26.9%
• (9 Total Write-In Votes 1.6%)

Board Member; San Luis Obispo County Community College District; Trustee Area 5

• Gaye L. Galvan
  53,247 votes 67.1%
• Daniel R. Chacon
  25,742 votes 32.4%
• (343 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Board Member; San Miguel Joint Union School District (2 Elected)

• Charles W. Brooks
  845 votes 40.6%
• Robert E. Roberson
  676 votes 32.5%
• Sara R. Celedon
  553 votes 26.6%
• (6 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Special District

Board Member; Marina Coast Water District (2 Elected)

• Kenneth K. Nishi
  3,234 votes 40.86%
• Dan Burns
  2,466 votes 31.16%
• Quinn Gardner
  2,215 votes 27.98%

Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Airport District (3 Elected)

• William "Bill" Sabo
  20,451 votes 31.19%
• Mary Ann Leffel
  16,805 votes 25.63%
• Dick Searle
  15,952 votes 24.33%
• Dan Presser
  12,367 votes 18.86%

Board Member; Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (2 Elected)

• Patrick M. Egan
  18,981 votes 27.18%
• Nathan J. Olivas
  18,608 votes 26.65%
• Robert D. "Bob" Morris
  18,082 votes 25.89%
• Nizar "Nick" Yaqub
  14,163 votes 20.28%

Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
Pass: 6,512,189 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 5,887,181 / 47.5% No votes

To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Pass: 8,009,556 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,622,352 / 36.6% No votes

Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
Pass: 6,805,649 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 5,536,987 / 44.9% No votes

Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 6,071,863 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,570,777 / 52.0% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Fail: 5,015,080 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 7,407,454 / 59.6% No votes

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Fail: 3,728,495 / 30.8% Yes votes ...... 8,365,052 / 69.2% No votes

Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation
Fail: 4,376,814 / 35.4% Yes votes ...... 7,984,617 / 64.6% No votes

Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Pass: 6,838,107 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 6,246,463 / 47.7% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
Pass: 6,518,511 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 5,602,596 / 46.2% No votes

Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
Fail: 4,966,867 / 40.5% Yes votes ...... 7,303,418 / 59.5% No votes

Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

Proposition 11 Redistricting
Pass: 5,957,057 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 5,759,932 / 49.2% No votes

Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008
Pass: 7,618,136 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 4,385,715 / 36.5% No votes

Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?

Measure C Bonds -- West Hills Community College District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 3 / 60.00% Yes votes ...... 2 / 40.00% No votes

To improve the quality of education; renovate and construct classrooms and educational facilities; acquire land; improve energy efficiency; upgrade electrical systems to improve access to computers and technology; and make the District eligible for up to $50.0 million in State matching funds; shall the School Facilities Improvement District No. 2 (Coalinga Area) of the West Hills Community College District issue $11.6 million in bonds, at legal rates, with citizen oversight, guaranteed annual financial audits, no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure E Repeal of Utility Tax Law -- City of Seaside (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 3,439 / 43.05% Yes votes ...... 4,550 / 56.95% No votes

Shall Chapter 3.30 of the City of Seaside Municipal Code, known as the utility tax law, that was approved by Seaside voters on November 5, 2002 to maintain revenues for city services, such as police, fire, parks maintenance and street repairs in Seaside, be repealed effective as of July 1, 2009?

Measure X Parcel Tax -- Pacific Grove Unified School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 7,474 / 76.65% Yes votes ...... 2,277 / 23.35% No votes

To preserve the educational quality of our schools in the face of Statewide budget cuts; to maintain programs including but not limited to science, math, music, and art; to maintain small class sizes, and library and computer lab staff; and enhance student safety and campus maintenance; shall Pacific Grove Unified School District levy tax of $35 per parcel for 5 years so long as no money is used for administrative salaries, and citizens' oversight committee is established?

Measure Y City Employee Retirement Plan -- City of Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,105 / 56.03% Yes votes ...... 3,221 / 43.97% No votes

City of Pacific Grove Advisory Measure: Should the City of Pacific Grove replace its existing employee's defined-benefit retirement plan (California Public Employees' Retirement System, or Cal PERS) with a defined-contribution retirement plan (similar to an Internal Revenue Code section 401 (k) plan)?

Measure Z Investment Plan for Monterey County Transportation -- County of Monterey (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 77,137 / 62.55% Yes votes ...... 46,182 / 37.45% No votes

Shall Monterey County voters invest in our countywide transportation network by adopting a Transportation Investment Plan providing safety/congestion relief on Highways 1, 68, 156 and 101; pothole and local road repairs; alternatives to driving alone; bus service improvements; and, transportation for the elderly and persons with disabilities funded by a 25-year half-percent sales tax and state/federal matching funds, with a citizens' oversight committee and independent audits?