Combined ballot

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

Shall Josh Newman be recalled as State Senator; District 29 (Yes/No)
91,892 / 58.1% Yes votes
66,197 / 41.9% No votes

• Josh Newman

State Senator; District 32; Unexpired Short Term Ending 12/3/2018

• Rita Topalian, Republican
  28,770 votes 25.0%
• Vanessa Delgado, Democratic
  18,652 votes 16.2%
• Tony Mendoza, Democratic
  16,506 votes 14.4%
• Bob J. Archuleta, Democratic
  13,518 votes 11.8%
• Ion Sarega, Republican
  10,587 votes 9.2%
• Vicky Santana, Democratic
  7,835 votes 6.8%
• Ali S. Taj, Democratic
  6,835 votes 5.9%
• Vivian Romero, Democratic
  5,302 votes 4.6%
• Rudy Bermudez, Democratic
  5,066 votes 4.4%
• John Paul Drayer, Democratic
  1,268 votes 1.1%
• Darren Joseph Gendron, Democratic
  593 votes 0.5%

State

Governor

• 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 Board of Equalization; District 4

• Joel Anderson, Republican
  492,122 votes 31.2%
• Mike Schaefer, Democratic
  269,044 votes 17.0%
• John F. Kelly, Republican
  263,294 votes 16.7%
• David Dodson, Democratic
  234,534 votes 14.9%
• Ken Lopez-Maddox, Democratic
  228,811 votes 14.5%
• Jim Stieringer, Republican
  58,642 votes 3.7%
• Nader F. Shahatit, Republican
  32,105 votes 2.0%

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%

United States Senator

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 38

• Linda T. Sánchez, Democratic
  54,691 votes 62.7%
• Ryan Downing, Republican
  32,584 votes 37.3%

United States Representative; District 39

• Young Kim, Republican
  30,019 votes 21.2%
• Gil Cisneros, Democratic
  27,469 votes 19.4%
• Phil Liberatore, Republican
  20,257 votes 14.3%
• Andy Thorburn, Democratic
  12,990 votes 9.2%
• Shawn Nelson, Republican
  9,750 votes 6.9%
• Bob Huff, Republican
  8,699 votes 6.2%
• Sam Jammal, Democratic
  7,613 votes 5.4%
• Mai Khanh Tran, Democratic
  7,430 votes 5.3%
• Herbert H. Lee, Democratic
  5,988 votes 4.2%
• Steven C. Vargas, Republican
  4,144 votes 2.9%
• Suzi Park Leggett, Democratic
  2,058 votes 1.5%
• John J. Cullum, Republican
  1,747 votes 1.2%
• Karen Lee Schatzle, No Party Preference
  903 votes 0.6%
• Steve Cox, No Party Preference
  856 votes 0.6%
• Andrew Sarega, Republican
  823 votes 0.6%
• Sophia J. Alexander, American Independent
  523 votes 0.4%
• Ted M. Alemayhu, American Independent
  176 votes 0.1%

United States Representative; District 45

• Mimi Walters, Republican
  86,764 votes 51.7%
• Katie Porter, Democratic
  34,078 votes 20.3%
• Dave Min, Democratic
  29,979 votes 17.8%
• Brian Forde, Democratic
  10,107 votes 6.0%
• John Graham, No Party Preference
  3,817 votes 2.3%
• Kia Hamadanchy, Democratic
  3,212 votes 1.9%

United States Representative; District 46

• Lou Correa, Democratic
  43,700 votes 62.2%
• Russell Rene Lambert, Republican
  22,770 votes 32.4%
• Ed Rushman, No Party Preference
  2,313 votes 3.3%
• Will Johnson, No Party Preference
  1,425 votes 2.0%

United States Representative; District 47

• Alan Lowenthal, Democratic
  70,539 votes 60.6%
• John Briscoe, Republican
  25,122 votes 21.6%
• David Michael Clifford, Republican
  20,687 votes 17.8%

United States Representative; District 48

• Dana Rohrabacher, Republican
  52,737 votes 30.3%
• Harley Rouda, Democratic
  30,099 votes 17.3%
• Hans Keirstead, Democratic
  29,974 votes 17.2%
• Scott Baugh, Republican
  27,514 votes 15.8%
• Omar A. Siddiqui, Democratic
  8,658 votes 5.0%
• John Gabbard, Republican
  5,664 votes 3.3%
• Rachel Payne, Democratic
  3,598 votes 2.1%
• Paul Martin, Republican
  2,893 votes 1.7%
• Shastina Sandman, Republican
  2,762 votes 1.6%
• Michael Kotick, Democratic
  2,606 votes 1.5%
• Laura Oatman, Democratic
  2,412 votes 1.4%
• Deanie Schaarsmith, Democratic
  1,433 votes 0.8%
• Tony Zarkades, Democratic
  1,281 votes 0.7%
• Brandon Reiser, Libertarian
  964 votes 0.6%
• Stelian Onufrei, Republican
  739 votes 0.4%
• Kevin Kensinger, No Party Preference
  690 votes 0.4%

United States Representative; District 49

• Diane L. Harkey, Republican
  46,468 votes 25.5%
• Mike Levin, Democratic
  31,850 votes 17.5%
• Sara Jacobs, Democratic
  28,778 votes 15.8%
• Doug Applegate, Democratic
  23,850 votes 13.1%
• Kristin Gaspar, Republican
  15,467 votes 8.5%
• Rocky J. Chávez, Republican
  13,739 votes 7.5%
• Paul G. Kerr, Democratic
  8,099 votes 4.4%
• Brian Maryott, Republican
  5,496 votes 3.0%
• Mike Schmitt, Republican
  2,379 votes 1.3%
• Joshua Schoonover, Republican
  1,362 votes 0.7%
• Craig A. Nordal, Republican
  1,156 votes 0.6%
• David Medway, Republican
  1,066 votes 0.6%
• Robert Pendleton, No Party Preference
  905 votes 0.5%
• Danielle St John, Green
  690 votes 0.4%
• Joshua L. Hancock, Libertarian
  552 votes 0.3%
• Jordan P. Mills, Peace and Freedom
  233 votes 0.1%

State Legislature

State Senator; District 29

• Ling Ling Chang
  50,215 votes 33.8%
• Joseph Cho
  31,726 votes 21.4%
• Bruce Whitaker
  28,704 votes 19.3%
• Josh Ferguson
  17,745 votes 11.9%
• Kevin Carr
  12,713 votes 8.6%
• George C. Shen
  7,442 votes 5.0%

State Senator; District 32

• Rita Topalian, Republican
  28,979 votes 24.4%
• Bob J. Archuleta, Democratic
  20,652 votes 17.4%
• Vanessa Delgado, Democratic
  18,709 votes 15.7%
• Tony Mendoza, Democratic
  11,917 votes 10.0%
• Ion Sarega, Republican
  11,577 votes 9.7%
• Vicky Santana, Democratic
  8,236 votes 6.9%
• Ali S. Taj, Democratic
  6,349 votes 5.3%
• Vivian Romero, Democratic
  5,495 votes 4.6%
• Rudy Bermudez, Democratic
  5,455 votes 4.6%
• David Castellanos, Democratic
  1,541 votes 1.3%

State Senator

State Senator; District 34

• Janet Nguyen, Republican
  82,874 votes 58.3%
• Tom Umberg, Democratic
  37,360 votes 26.3%
• Jestin L. Samson, Democratic
  13,231 votes 9.3%
• Akash A. Hawkins, Democratic
  8,746 votes 6.2%

State Senator; District 36

• Patricia C. "Pat" Bates, Republican
  124,966 votes 54.4%
• Marggie Castellano, Democratic
  104,791 votes 45.6%

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 55

• Phillip Chen, Republican
  42,664 votes 47.2%
• Gregg D. Fritchle, Democratic
  20,441 votes 22.6%
• Melissa Fazli, Democratic
  14,016 votes 15.5%
• James G. Gerbus, Republican
  9,731 votes 10.8%
• Scott Lebda, Republican
  3,571 votes 3.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 65

• Sharon Quirk-Silva, Democratic
  37,587 votes 52.9%
• Alexandria "Alex" Coronado, Republican
  33,459 votes 47.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 68

• Steven S. Choi, Republican
  57,099 votes 59.0%
• Michelle Duman, Democratic
  39,751 votes 41.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 69

• Tom Daly, Democratic
  30,411 votes 99.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 72

• Josh Lowenthal, Democratic
  34,462 votes 36.8%
• Tyler Diep, Republican
  27,825 votes 29.7%
• Greg Haskin, Republican
  19,199 votes 20.5%
• Long Pham, Republican
  7,692 votes 8.2%
• Richard Laird, Republican
  4,555 votes 4.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 73

• William "Bill" Brough, Republican
  55,579 votes 47.1%
• Scott Rhinehart, Democratic
  46,436 votes 39.4%
• Ed Sachs, Republican
  15,981 votes 13.5%

Member of the State Assembly; District 74

• Matthew Harper, Republican
  46,500 votes 41.6%
• Cottie Petrie-Norris, Democratic
  31,626 votes 28.3%
• Karina Onofre, Democratic
  13,536 votes 12.1%
• Katherine Daigle, Republican
  12,331 votes 11.0%
• Ryan Ta, Democratic
  7,827 votes 7.0%

Judicial

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Orange; Office 13

• Theodore R. "Ted" Howard
  392,776 votes 78.8%
• Franklin Dunn
  105,747 votes 21.2%

School

County Superintendent of Schools; County of Orange

• Al Mijares
  403,458 votes 100.0%

Member; Orange County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

• Mari Barke
  47,320 votes 40.1%
• David L. Boyd
  40,812 votes 34.6%
• Matt Nguyen
  29,771 votes 25.3%

Member; Orange County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

• Lisa Sparks
  81,016 votes 56.8%
• Mary Navarro
  35,346 votes 24.8%
• Kimberly Clark
  13,151 votes 9.2%
• Dan Draitser
  8,313 votes 5.8%
• Mike Dalati
  4,783 votes 3.4%

County of Orange

County Supervisor; Orange County; Supervisorial District 2

• Michelle Steel
  80,854 votes 63.4%
• Brendon Perkins
  31,387 votes 24.6%
• Michael Mahony
  15,281 votes 12.0%

County Supervisor; Orange County; Supervisorial District 4
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Tim Shaw
  18,171 votes 20.6%
• Doug Chaffee
  18,093 votes 20.5%
• Joe Kerr
  17,717 votes 20.1%
• Lucille Kring
  15,347 votes 17.4%
• Rose Espinoza
  10,397 votes 11.8%
• Cynthia Aguirre
  8,419 votes 9.6%

County Supervisor; Orange County; Supervisorial District 5

• Lisa Bartlett
  113,567 votes 100.0%

Assessor; County of Orange

• Claude Parrish
  358,634 votes 69.0%
• Richard B. Ramirez
  90,631 votes 17.4%
• Nathaniel Fernandez Epstein
  70,831 votes 13.6%

Auditor-Controller; County of Orange

• Eric H. Woolery
  369,704 votes 74.3%
• Toni Smart
  127,768 votes 25.7%

Clerk-Recorder; County of Orange

• Hugh Nguyen
  407,638 votes 79.1%
• Steve Rocco
  107,926 votes 20.9%

District Attorney-Public Administrator; County of Orange
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Tony Rackauckas
  209,148 votes 38.5%
• Todd Spitzer
  191,346 votes 35.2%
• Brett Murdock
  121,818 votes 22.4%
• Lenore Albert-Sheridan
  20,890 votes 3.8%

Sheriff-Coroner; County of Orange
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Don Barnes
  265,059 votes 49.4%
• Duke Nguyen
  166,848 votes 31.1%
• David C. Harrington
  104,623 votes 19.5%

Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Orange

• Shari L. Freidenrich
  451,081 votes 100.0%

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 Cypress Town Center and Commons Specific Plan 2.0 -- City of Cypress (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 6,558 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 3,770 / 36.5% No votes

Shall the measure, approving the "Cypress Town Center and Commons Specific Plan 2.0", which allows for development of a town center, single-family, senior and multi-family housing and public park space on portions of Los Alamitos Race Course, the former Cypress Golf Club and an adjacent property, with related amendments to the General Plan and the Amended and Restated Cypress Business and Professional Center Specific Plan and zone changes, be adopted?

Measure B Facilitating Veterans Cemetery Through Relocation of Previously-Planned Development -- City of Irvine (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 17,078 / 37.4% Yes votes ...... 28,638 / 62.6% No votes

Shall Ordinance No. 17-08, approving zone text amendments to allow for a land exchange agreement that facilitates (a) the allocation of development previously planned for the Bake Parkway Site to property near the intersection of Pusan and Irvine Blvd, and (b) the development of the State-approved site for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery on strawberry fields located near the intersection of I-5 and Bake Parkway, be adopted?

Measure C Requiring a 2/3 Vote of the City Council to Propose Taxes -- City of Irvine (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 34,010 / 76.2% Yes votes ...... 10,618 / 23.8% No votes

Shall the measure amending the Irvine City Charter to require at least a two-thirds vote of the total City Council membership in order to place City Council sponsored general or special tax proposals on a ballot for voter consideration, be adopted?

Measure D Prohibiting Voter Approval Requirements on Fiscally Beneficial Projects -- City of Irvine (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 19,478 / 44.9% Yes votes ...... 23,866 / 55.1% No votes

Shall Section 1009 be added to the Irvine City Charter which benefits Irvine's general fund and local taxpayers by requiring that no City procedures or requirements delay important revenue streams from development projects which provide a fiscal benefit to Irvine citizens, be adopted?

Measure E A Measure to Change the Term of Office for the Office of Mayor from a Two-Year Term to a Four-Year Term -- City of Westminster (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 7,925 / 51.7% Yes votes ...... 7,397 / 48.3% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted that changes the term of office for the mayor from a two-year term to a four-year term?