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June 7, 2016 Election

County Results as of Jul 20 12:19pm, 0.0% of Precincts Reporting (500/26)
40.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (138,893/340,603)

Statewide Results as of Jul 15 2:17pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (22356/22356)
47.7% Statewide Voter Turnout (8,548,301/17,915,053)

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President of the United States; Democratic Party

Hillary Clinton, Democratic
2,745,293 votes 53.1%

Bernie Sanders, Democratic
2,381,714 votes 46.0%

Willie Wilson, Democratic
12,014 votes 0.2%

Michael Steinberg, Democratic
10,880 votes 0.2%

Roque De La Fuente, Democratic
8,453 votes 0.2%

Henry Hewes, Democratic
7,743 votes 0.1%

Keith Judd, Democratic
7,201 votes 0.1%

President of the United States; Republican Party

Donald Trump, Republican
1,665,126 votes 74.8%

John R. Kasich, Republican
252,543 votes 11.3%

Ted Cruz, Republican
211,574 votes 9.5%

Ben Carson, Republican
82,258 votes 3.7%

Jim Gilmore, Republican
15,691 votes 0.7%

President of the United States; American Independent Party

Alan Spears, American Independent
8,103 votes 19.2%

Arthur Harris, American Independent
7,216 votes 17.1%

Robert Ornelas, American Independent
7,164 votes 17.0%

Wiley Drake, American Independent
5,476 votes 13.0%

J. R. Myers, American Independent
5,475 votes 13.0%

James Hedges, American Independent
4,462 votes 10.6%

Thomas Hoefling, American Independent
4,345 votes 10.3%

President of the United States; Green Party

Jill Stein, Green
11,206 votes 76.2%

Darryl Cherney, Green
1,475 votes 10.0%

Sedinam Moyowasifsa-Curry, Green
839 votes 5.7%

William Kreml, Green
595 votes 4.0%

Kent Mesplay, Green
584 votes 4.0%

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

Gary Johnson, Libertarian
19,294 votes 61.9%

John McAfee, Libertarian
3,139 votes 10.1%

Austin Petersen, Libertarian
1,853 votes 5.9%

Rhett White Feather Smith, Libertarian
1,531 votes 4.9%

Joy Waymire, Libertarian
923 votes 3.0%

John Hale, Libertarian
873 votes 2.8%

Marc Feldman, Libertarian
867 votes 2.8%

Jack Robinson, Jr., Libertarian
739 votes 2.4%

Steve Kerbel, Libertarian
556 votes 1.8%

Darryl W. Perry, Libertarian
521 votes 1.7%

Derrick M. Reid, Libertarian
462 votes 1.5%

Cecil Ince, Libertarian
417 votes 1.3%

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

Gloria Estela La Riva, Peace and Freedom
2,475 votes 49.5%

Monica Moorehead, Peace and Freedom
1,487 votes 29.7%

Lynn S. Kahn, Peace and Freedom
1,041 votes 20.8%

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

US Congress

United States Senator
Runoff Election 11/8/2016

Kamala D. Harris, Democratic
3,000,689 votes 39.9%

Loretta L. Sanchez, Democratic
1,416,203 votes 18.9%

Duf Sundheim, Republican
584,251 votes 7.8%

Phil Wyman, Republican
352,821 votes 4.7%

Thomas G. Del Beccaro, Republican
323,614 votes 4.3%

Greg Conlon, Republican
230,944 votes 3.1%

Steve Stokes, Democratic
168,805 votes 2.2%

George C. Yang, Republican
112,055 votes 1.5%

Karen Roseberry, Republican
110,557 votes 1.5%

Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
99,761 votes 1.3%

Massie Munroe, Democratic
98,150 votes 1.3%

Pamela Elizondo, Green
95,677 votes 1.3%

Tom Palzer, Republican
93,263 votes 1.2%

Ron Unz, Republican
92,325 votes 1.2%

Don Krampe, Republican
69,635 votes 0.9%

Eleanor García
65,084 votes 0.9%

Jarrell Williamson, Republican
64,120 votes 0.9%

Von Hougo, Republican
63,609 votes 0.8%

President Cristina Grappo, Democratic
63,330 votes 0.8%

Jerry J. Laws, Republican
53,023 votes 0.7%

Mark Matthew Herd, Libertarian
41,344 votes 0.6%

John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
35,998 votes 0.5%

Ling Ling Shi
35,196 votes 0.5%

Herbert G. Peters, Democratic
32,638 votes 0.4%

Emory Rodgers, Democratic
31,485 votes 0.4%

Mike Beitiks
31,450 votes 0.4%

Clive Grey
29,418 votes 0.4%

Jason Hanania
27,715 votes 0.4%

Paul Merritt
24,031 votes 0.3%

Jason Kraus
19,318 votes 0.3%

Don J. Grundmann
15,317 votes 0.2%

Scott A. Vineberg
11,843 votes 0.2%

Tim Gildersleeve
9,798 votes 0.1%

Gar Myers
8,726 votes 0.1%

Billy Falling, Republican (Write-in)
87 votes 0.0%

Ric M. Llewellyn (Write-in)
32 votes 0.0%

Alexis Stuart, Republican (Write-in)
10 votes 0.0%

United States Representative; District 21
Runoff Election 11/8/2016

David Valadao, Republican
37,367 votes 54.0%

Emilio Jesus Huerta, Democratic
16,743 votes 24.2%

Daniel Parra, Democratic
15,056 votes 21.8%

United States Representative; District 23
Runoff Election 11/8/2016

Kevin McCarthy, Republican
76,166 votes 55.5%

Wendy Reed, Democratic
37,696 votes 27.4%

Ken Mettler, Republican
17,738 votes 12.9%

Gerald Morris, Republican
5,734 votes 4.2%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 26
Runoff Election 11/8/2016

Devon Mathis, Republican
28,563 votes 42.4%

Ruben Macareno, Democratic
20,536 votes 30.5%

Rudy Mendoza, Republican
18,216 votes 27.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 32
Runoff Election 11/8/2016

Rudy Salas, Democratic
30,806 votes 98.9%

Manuel Ramirez, Republican (Write-in)
334 votes 1.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 34
Runoff Election 11/8/2016

Vince Fong, Republican
57,915 votes 60.3%

Perrin Swanlund, Democratic
23,429 votes 24.4%

Ernie Gollehon, Republican
8,779 votes 9.1%

Michael Garcia Biglay, Republican
5,886 votes 6.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 36
Runoff Election 11/8/2016

Tom Lackey, Republican
35,019 votes 48.2%

Steve Fox, Democratic
21,541 votes 29.6%

Darren W. Parker, Democratic
11,236 votes 15.5%

Ollie M. McCaulley, Democratic
4,891 votes 6.7%

Judge, Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 20

David Wolf
84249 votes 68.63%

W. Steven Shayer
38500 votes 31.36%

(437 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.91%)

Judge, Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 33

Kenneth R. Green
105784 votes 99.98%

(937 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.21%)

Judge, Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 34
Runoff Election 2016/11/08

Tiffany Organ-Bowles
49920 votes 41.56%

Cory J. Woodward
48858 votes 40.67%

J. Arturo Revelo
21346 votes 17.77%

(448 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.96%)

Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 1

M. "Mick" Gleason
22292 votes 99.98%

(255 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.71%)

Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 4

David Couch
23166 votes 74.95%

Robert Owen
7735 votes 25.03%

(70 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 5

Leticia Perez
11086 votes 100.00%

(314 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.17%)

Mayor; City of Bakersfield
Runoff Election 2016/11/08

Karen Goh
20116 votes 33.03%

Kyle Carter
19369 votes 31.80%

G. Alex Merrill
3139 votes 5.15%

Anthony "T. J." Esposito
2470 votes 4.06%

Tony Martinez
1983 votes 3.26%

Gregory Tatum
1570 votes 2.58%

Gilberto De La Torre
1567 votes 2.57%

Nannette Gonzalez
1477 votes 2.43%

Marc Deleon
1364 votes 2.24%

Addison Chavez
1250 votes 2.05%

Kevin Blanton
1232 votes 2.02%

Tanner Thompson
865 votes 1.42%

Tyrone Smith
722 votes 1.19%

Opal Morland
554 votes 0.91%

Brett Vigil
463 votes 0.76%

Roy Charles Keenan
415 votes 0.68%

Michael Harmon
392 votes 0.64%

Valiant Robinson
379 votes 0.62%

Kenneth Whitchard
363 votes 0.60%

Scott Monroe
327 votes 0.54%

Joseph Crotwell
274 votes 0.45%

Benjamin Weigel
265 votes 0.44%

William M. Minnick
174 votes 0.29%

Kameron Kephart
119 votes 0.20%

Nathan Nemnich
58 votes 0.10%

(150 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%)

Party Committee

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 3 (5 Elected)

Tom Edmonds
8611 votes 23.97%

Clayton Campbell
7696 votes 21.42%

Michael A. Caves
7287 votes 20.28%

Laurel K. Sheffield
5557 votes 15.47%

Allan J. Fakler
3424 votes 9.53%

Ralph I. Robles
3347 votes 9.32%

(37 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.24%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 4 (6 Elected)

Vince Fong
14441 votes 24.30%

Ken Mettler
8281 votes 13.94%

Greg White
7328 votes 12.33%

D. Mark Abernathy
7060 votes 11.88%

M. Dean Haddock
6470 votes 10.89%

Jeff Tkac
5849 votes 9.84%

Craig A. Henderson
5769 votes 9.71%

Ernie Gollehon
4217 votes 7.10%

(22 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.09%)

State Propositions

Proposition 50 Suspension of Legislators
Pass: 5,468,515 / 75.5% Yes votes ...... 1,775,327 / 24.5% No votes: Authorizes each house of Legislature to suspend one of its Members by two-thirds vote, and to require Member to forfeit salaryand benefits while suspended.

Prohibits suspended Member from exercising rights, privileges, duties, or powers of office, or using any legislative resources.

Provides suspension may end on specified date, or upon two-thirds vote of Member’s house.

Local Measures

Measure A Bonds -- Beardsley School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1621 / 62.66% Yes votes ...... 966 / 37.34% No votes: Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?
Measure B Bonds -- Fairfax School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 955 / 69.91% Yes votes ...... 411 / 30.09% No votes: Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?
Measure C Bonds -- General Shafter School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 80 / 54.42% Yes votes ...... 67 / 45.58% No votes: Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?
Measure D Bonds -- Wasco Union School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1346 / 68.60% Yes votes ...... 616 / 31.40% No votes: Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?
Measure E Bonds -- Wasco Union School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1303 / 67.30% Yes votes ...... 633 / 32.70% No votes: Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?
Measure F Library Transactions & Use Tax -- County of Kern (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 69375 / 51.68% Yes votes ...... 64860 / 48.32% No votes: Shall the ordinance establishing the LIBRARY TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX be adopted?
Measure G Tax -- Bear Valley Community Services District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 1049 / 41.07% Yes votes ...... 1505 / 58.93% No votes
Measure H Management Agreement -- Tehachapi Valley Health Care District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8427 / 89.25% Yes votes ...... 1015 / 10.75% No votes: Shall the agreement be approved?

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