Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Alameda
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

Governor
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  2,341,815 votes 33.7%
• John H. Cox, Republican
  1,764,919 votes 25.4%
• Antonio Villaraigosa, Democratic
  926,018 votes 13.3%
• Travis Allen, Republican
  657,147 votes 9.4%
• John Chiang, Democratic
  655,590 votes 9.4%
• Delaine Eastin, Democratic
  234,641 votes 3.4%
• Amanda Renteria, Democratic
  93,376 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  44,628 votes 0.6%
• Michael Shellenberger, Democratic
  31,666 votes 0.5%
• Peter Y. Liu, Republican
  27,297 votes 0.4%
• Yvonne Girard, Republican
  21,817 votes 0.3%
• Gloria Estela La Riva, Peace and Freedom
  19,059 votes 0.3%
• J. Bribiesca, Democratic
  18,027 votes 0.3%
• Josh Jones, Green
  16,092 votes 0.2%
• Zoltan Istvan, Libertarian
  14,447 votes 0.2%
• Albert Caesar Mezzetti, Democratic
  12,010 votes 0.2%
• Nickolas Wildstar, Libertarian
  11,547 votes 0.2%
• Robert Davidson Griffis, Democratic
  11,094 votes 0.2%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  9,373 votes 0.1%
• Thomas Jefferson Cares, Democratic
  8,940 votes 0.1%
• Christopher N. Carlson, Green
  7,310 votes 0.1%
• Klement Tinaj, Democratic
  5,363 votes 0.1%
• Hakan "Hawk" Mikado, No Party Preference
  5,338 votes 0.1%
• Johnny Wattenburg, No Party Preference
  4,961 votes 0.1%
• Desmond Silveira, No Party Preference
  4,630 votes 0.1%
• Shubham Goel, No Party Preference
  4,017 votes 0.1%
• Jeffrey Edward Taylor, No Party Preference
  3,967 votes 0.1%
• Veronika Fimbres (Write-In)

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  1,586,576 votes 24.2%
• Ed Hernandez, Democratic
  1,346,848 votes 20.6%
• Cole Harris, Republican
  1,142,957 votes 17.5%
• Jeff Bleich, Democratic
  647,335 votes 9.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  515,347 votes 7.9%
• Lydia Ortega, Republican
  419,092 votes 6.4%
• David R. Hernandez, Republican
  404,663 votes 6.2%
• Gayle McLaughlin, No Party Preference
  263,049 votes 4.0%
• Tim Ferreira, Libertarian
  99,835 votes 1.5%
• Cameron Gharabiklou, Democratic
  78,144 votes 1.2%
• Danny Thomas, No Party Preference
  44,068 votes 0.7%

Secretary of State

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,473,183 votes 52.6%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  2,046,084 votes 31.0%
• Ruben Major, Democratic
  354,733 votes 5.4%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  330,040 votes 5.0%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  155,659 votes 2.4%
• Michael Feinstein, Green
  136,571 votes 2.1%
• C. T. Weber, Peace and Freedom
  61,310 votes 0.9%
• Erik Rydberg, Green
  48,647 votes 0.7%

Controller

• Betty T. Yee, Democratic
  4,030,136 votes 62.1%
• Konstantinos Roditis, Republican
  2,198,777 votes 33.9%
• Mary Lou Finley, Peace and Freedom
  261,573 votes 4.0%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  2,898,389 votes 44.5%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,356,535 votes 20.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,256,007 votes 19.3%
• Vivek Viswanathan, Democratic
  847,342 votes 13.0%
• Kevin Akin, Peace and Freedom
  148,118 votes 2.3%

Attorney General

• Xavier Becerra, Democratic
  3,022,467 votes 45.8%
• Steven C. Bailey, Republican
  1,614,150 votes 24.5%
• Dave Jones, Democratic
  1,016,556 votes 15.4%
• Eric Early, Republican
  942,308 votes 14.3%

Insurance Commissioner

• Steve Poizner, No Party Preference
  2,566,849 votes 41.0%
• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,536,923 votes 40.5%
• Asif Mahmood, Democratic
  845,113 votes 13.5%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  315,828 votes 5.0%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Marshall Tuck
  2,221,908 votes 37.0%
• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,135,591 votes 35.6%
• Lily "Espinoza" Ploski
  984,039 votes 16.4%
• Steven Ireland
  658,037 votes 11.0%

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• Malia Cohen, Democratic
  719,446 votes 38.6%
• Mark Burns, Republican
  499,736 votes 26.8%
• Cathleen Galgiani, Democratic
  472,531 votes 25.4%
• Barry Chang, Democratic
  170,711 votes 9.2%

US Legislature

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  2,945,177 votes 44.2%
• Kevin De Leon, Democratic
  804,965 votes 12.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  555,738 votes 8.3%
• Arun K. Bhumitra, Republican
  350,554 votes 5.3%
• Paul A. Taylor, Republican
  323,313 votes 4.9%
• Erin Cruz, Republican
  267,213 votes 4.0%
• Tom Palzer, Republican
  204,924 votes 3.1%
• Alison Hartson, Democratic
  146,909 votes 2.2%
• Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Republican
  135,209 votes 2.0%
• Pat Harris, Democratic
  126,837 votes 1.9%
• John "Jack" Crew, Republican
  93,702 votes 1.4%
• Patrick Little, Republican
  89,800 votes 1.3%
• Kevin Mottus, Republican
  87,569 votes 1.3%
• Jerry Joseph Laws, Republican
  67,060 votes 1.0%
• Derrick Michael Reid, Libertarian
  59,922 votes 0.9%
• Adrienne Nicole Edwards, Democratic
  56,119 votes 0.8%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  42,574 votes 0.6%
• Mario Nabliba, Republican
  39,177 votes 0.6%
• David Hildebrand, Democratic
  30,259 votes 0.5%
• Donnie O. Turner, Democratic
  30,075 votes 0.5%
• Herbert G. Peters, Democratic
  27,411 votes 0.4%
• David Moore, No Party Preference
  24,601 votes 0.4%
• Ling Ling Shi, No Party Preference
  23,499 votes 0.4%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  22,788 votes 0.3%
• Lee Olson, No Party Preference
  20,378 votes 0.3%
• Gerald Plummer, Democratic
  18,167 votes 0.3%
• Jason M. Hanania, No Party Preference
  18,157 votes 0.3%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  15,096 votes 0.2%
• Colleen Shea Fernald, No Party Preference
  13,512 votes 0.2%
• Rash Bihari Ghosh, No Party Preference
  12,542 votes 0.2%
• Tim Gildersleeve, No Party Preference
  8,469 votes 0.1%
• Michael Fahmy Girgis, No Party Preference
  2,982 votes 0.0%

United States Representative; District 13

• Barbara Lee, Democratic
  159,751 votes 100.0%

United States Representative; District 15

• Eric Swalwell, Democratic
  90,971 votes 70.5%
• Rudy L. Peters, Jr., Republican
  33,771 votes 26.2%
• Brendan St John, No Party Preference
  4,322 votes 3.3%

United States Representative; District 17

• Ro Khanna, Democratic
  72,676 votes 62.0%
• Ron Cohen, Republican
  26,865 votes 22.9%
• Khanh Tran, Democratic
  8,455 votes 7.2%
• Stephen Forbes, Democratic
  6,259 votes 5.3%
• Kennita Watson, Libertarian
  2,997 votes 2.6%

State Senator; District 10

• Bob Wieckowski, Democratic
  102,122 votes 71.5%
• Victor G. San Vicente, Republican
  34,357 votes 24.0%
• Ali Sarsak, Libertarian
  6,420 votes 4.5%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 15

• Buffy Wicks, Democratic
  37,141 votes 31.4%
• Jovanka Beckles, Democratic
  18,733 votes 15.8%
• Dan Kalb, Democratic
  18,007 votes 15.2%
• Judy Appel, Democratic
  13,591 votes 11.5%
• Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, Democratic
  9,826 votes 8.3%
• Pranav Jandhyala, Republican
  6,946 votes 5.9%
• Andy Katz, Democratic
  6,209 votes 5.2%
• Ben Bartlett, Democratic
  3,949 votes 3.3%
• Cheryl Sudduth, Democratic
  1,493 votes 1.3%
• Raquella Thaman, Democratic
  1,007 votes 0.9%
• Owen Poindexter, Democratic
  819 votes 0.7%
• Sergey Vikramsingh Piterman, Democratic
  689 votes 0.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 16

• Catharine Baker, Republican
  69,360 votes 56.6%
• Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Democratic
  53,269 votes 43.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 18

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  85,354 votes 89.0%
• Stephen Slauson, Republican
  10,549 votes 11.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 20

• Bill Quirk, Democratic
  56,762 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 25

• Kansen Chu, Democratic
  36,417 votes 51.8%
• Bob Brunton, Republican
  16,391 votes 23.3%
• Carmen Montano, Democratic
  15,345 votes 21.8%
• Robert Imhoff, Libertarian
  2,127 votes 3.0%

County

Assessor; County of Alameda
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Phong La
  98,828 votes 38.86%
• James "Jim" Johnson
  63,279 votes 24.88%
• John Weed
  54,631 votes 21.48%
• Kevin D. Lopez
  35,447 votes 13.94%
• (2,109 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.83%)

Auditor-Controller / Clerk-Recorder; County of Alameda

• Melissa Wilk
  137,588 votes 56.39%
• Irella Christina Blackwood
  103,733 votes 42.52%
• (2,670 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.09%)

District Attorney; County of Alameda

• Nancy E. O'Malley
  167,929 votes 57.43%
• Pamela Price
  122,850 votes 42.01%
• (1,630 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.56%)

Sheriff/Coroner; County of Alameda

• Gregory J. Ahern
  211,884 votes 95.76%
• (9,386 Total Other Write-In Votes 4.24%)

Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 2

• Richard Valle
  32,547 votes 97.16%
• Elizabeth Ames (Write-In)
• (952 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.84%)

Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 3

• Wilma Chan
  44,825 votes 97.35%
• (1,218 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.65%)

Treasurer/Tax Collector; County of Alameda

• Henry "Hank" Levy
  220,492 votes 97.95%
• (4,616 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.05%)

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Alameda; Office 11

• Tara Flanagan
  176,128 votes 63.18%
• Karen Katz
  100,408 votes 36.02%
• (2,245 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.81%)

School

County Superintendent of Schools; Alameda County Board of Education

• L. Karen Monroe
  221,392 votes 97.68%
• (5,258 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.32%)

Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1

• Joaquin J. Rivera
  45,164 votes 87.98%
• Abdur Rahman Sikder
  5,835 votes 11.37%
• (338 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%)

Member; San Joaquin County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1

• Janet Machado Dyk
  10,333 votes 48.0%
• Donald Gatti
  8,274 votes 38.4%
• Andree "Andy" Taylor
  2,824 votes 13.1%
• (98 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.5%)

Special District

Director; Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District; Zone 7 (4 Elected)

• Dennis Gambs
  23,044 votes 26.62%
• Sarah Palmer
  17,621 votes 20.36%
• Olivia Sanwong
  16,708 votes 19.30%
• Bill Stevens
  16,301 votes 18.83%
• John J. Greci, Jr.
  12,601 votes 14.56%
• (282 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.33%)

Proposition 68 Bonds for Natural Resources Protection
Pass: 3,455,226 / 57.6% Yes votes ...... 2,544,854 / 42.4% No votes

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for: parks, natural resources protection, climate adaptation, water quality and supply, and flood protection. Fiscal Impact: Increased state bond repayment costs averaging $200 million annually over 40 years. Local government savings for natural resources-related projects, likely averaging several tens of millions of dollars annually over the next few decades.

Proposition 69 Transportation Funding
Pass: 4,886,924 / 81.3% Yes votes ...... 1,121,924 / 18.7% No votes

Requires that certain revenues generated by a 2017 transportation funding law be used only for transportation purposes and generally prohibits Legislature from diverting funds to other purposes. Fiscal Impact: No direct effect on the amount of state and local revenues or costs but could affect how some monies are spent.

Proposition 70 Cap-and-Trade Reserve Fund
Fail: 2,017,549 / 35.0% Yes votes ...... 3,746,434 / 65.0% No votes

Beginning in 2024, requires that cap-and-trade revenues accumulate in a reserve fund until the Legislature, by a two-thirds majority, authorizes use of the revenues. Fiscal Impact: Beginning in 2024, potential temporary increase in state sales tax revenue, ranging from none to a few hundred million dollars annually, and possible changes in how revenue from sale of greenhouse gas emission permits is spent.

Proposition 71 Sets Effective Sate for Ballot Measures
Pass: 4,527,073 / 77.8% Yes votes ...... 1,288,385 / 22.2% No votes

Provides that ballot measures approved by a majority of voters shall take effect five days after the Secretary of State certifies the results of the election. Fiscal Impact: Likely little or no effect on state and local finances.

Proposition 72 Legislature to Exclude Newly Constructed Rain-Capture Systems From Property-Tax Reassessment Requirement
Pass: 4,979,651 / 84.2% Yes votes ...... 932,263 / 15.8% No votes

Permits Legislature to allow construction of rain-capture systems, completed on or after January 1, 2019, without requiring property-tax reassessment. Fiscal Impact: Probably minor reduction in annual property tax revenues to local governments.

Measure A County Childcare and Early Education -- County of Alameda (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 214,955 / 66.20% Yes votes ...... 109,726 / 33.80% No votes

To expand access to childcare and preschool for low- and middle-income families; help homeless and at-risk children, including help preventing child abuse and neglect; attract and retain quality childcare workers; and add spaces for childcare at locations throughout the county, shall the County of Alameda enact a 30-year ½% sales tax providing approximately 140 million dollars annually with citizens' oversight, public disclosure of spending, and mandatory annual audits?

Measure B Bond Measure -- San Lorenzo Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 7,550 / 67.82% Yes votes ...... 3,582 / 32.18% No votes

To upgrade outdated classrooms, restrooms and educational buildings at local schools; make health, safety and security improvements; improve student access to technology; replace and upgrade outdated heating, ventilation, and electrical systems; shall San Lorenzo Unified School District issue $130,000,000 of bonds at legal rates with citizen oversight and audits, raising an average of $8,000,000 annually for bonds while bonds remain outstanding from rates estimated at $0.06 per $100 assessed valuation, with no money used for administrative salaries?

Measure C Bond Measure -- City of Emeryville (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 1,865 / 72.12% Yes votes ...... 721 / 27.88% No votes

To provide affordable housing and prevent displacement of vulnerable populations, including low and middle-income households, veterans, local artists, seniors, and the disabled; provide supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness; and help low and middle-income households purchase homes; shall the City of Emeryville issue $50,000,000 in bonds with an estimated average levy of 4.912 cents per $100 of assessed value, generating approximately $3,422,000 annually to pay bonds over 27 years, requiring independent oversight, with all funds staying local?

Measure D Library Parcel Tax -- City of Oakland (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 73,716 / 76.89% Yes votes ...... 22,161 / 23.11% No votes

Shall the Measure to protect and improve library services throughout Oakland, including: providing safe places for youth after school; preventing library closures; providing youth reading and senior programs, evening/weekend hours for students/families, and adult literacy services; establishing a 20 year annual parcel tax, $75 for single family parcels, other parcel types at specified rates; and providing about $10,000,000 annually, with audits, citizens' oversight and exemptions for low income seniors and residents, be adopted?

Measure 3 Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma and Solano (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 883,703 / 55.0% Yes votes ...... 722,971 / 45.0% No votes
   173,275 (53.89%) Yes / 148,245 (46.11%) No in Alameda County
   101070 (44.54%) Yes / 125851 (55.46%) No in Contra Costa County
   48090 (60.52%) Yes / 31366 (39.48%) No in Marin County
   17,350 (50.76%) Yes / 16,828 (49.24%) No in Napa County
   212661 (61.44%) Yes / 133488 (38.56%) No in Santa Clara County
   153,812 (65.4%) Yes / 81,383 (34.6%) No in San Francisco County
   24182 (30.0%) Yes / 56334 (70.0%) No in Solano County
   86,257 (54.88%) Yes / 70,920 (45.12%) No in San Mateo County
   67,006 (53.4%) Yes / 58,556 (46.6%) No in Sonoma County

Shall voters authorize a plan to reduce auto and truck traffic, relieve crowding on BART, unclog freeway bottlenecks, and improve bus, ferry, BART and commuter rail service as specified in the plan in this voter pamphlet, with a $1 toll increase effective in 2019, a $1 increase in 2022, and a $1 increase in 2025, on all Bay Area toll bridges except the Golden Gate Bridge, with independent oversight of all funds?