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November 4, 2008 Election

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County Results as of Jan 24 10:37am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (1,330/1330)
79.9% Countywide Voter Turnout (546,660/684,588)
Statewide Results as of Nov 26 1:08pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25423/25423)
77.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (13,412,761/17,304,091)

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Sacramento, CA 95864-0626

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  • President

    President/Vice President of the United StatesClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    US Legislative

    United States Representative; District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dan Lungren, Republican
      153,695 votes 49.5%
    • William Durston, Democratic
      136,767 votes 44.0%
    • Dina Padilla, Peace and Freedom
      13,243 votes 4.3%
    • Douglas Tuma, Libertarian
      7,147 votes 2.2%

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dave Cox, Republican
      265,356 votes 62.3%
    • Anselmo Chavez, Democratic
      160,845 votes 37.7%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Roger Niello, Republican
      101,888 votes 54.3%
    • Danial Leahy, Democratic
      71,733 votes 38.1%
    • Karen Martinez, Peace and Freedom
      14,295 votes 7.6%

    Judicial

    Superior Court Judge; County of Sacramento; Office 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Peter J. McBrien
      285,310 votes 96.07%
    • Matthew Jay Smith (Write-in)
    • (11,657 Total Write-In Votes 3.93%)

    Superior Court Judge; County of Sacramento; Office 13Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Marjorie Koller
      280,195 votes 98.03%
    • (5,639 Total Write-In Votes 1.97%)

    Superior Court Judge; County of Sacramento; Office 16Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Kevin R. Culhane
      281,831 votes 98.09%
    • (5,495 Total Write-In Votes 1.91%)

    School

    Board Member; San Juan Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Special District

    Board Member; Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District; Division 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • D'Elman Clark
      12,137 votes 63.88%
    • Robert H. Halleck
      6,755 votes 35.55%
    • (107 Total Write-In Votes .56%)

    Director; Del Paso Manor Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Michael A. Clohossey
      1,093 votes 37.96%
    • Richard Allen
      1,015 votes 35.26%
    • Gregory Wilson
      449 votes 15.60%
    • Jason David Brown
      313 votes 10.87%
    • (9 Total Write-In Votes .31%)

    State Propositions

    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?

    Local Measures

    Measure M School Bonds -- Los Rios Community College District (School Bond - 55% vote)
    Pass: 291,780 / 57.7% Yes votes ...... 214,169 / 42.3% No votes
       263,876 (58.75%) Yes / 185,252 (41.25%) No in Sacramento County
       27904 (49.11%) Yes / 28917 (50.89%) No in El Dorado County
    Shall the Los Rios Community College District be authorized to issue $475,000,000 million in bonds at the lowest available interest rates to improve student academic performance by building classrooms, facilities and labs throughout the district including for teaching green technologies; nursing and health care programs; architecture, engineering and construction management; computer sciences; early childhood development; and fire and police public safety programs at the American River, Cosumnes River, El Dorado, Folsom, and Sacramento City College campuses?

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