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June 5, 2018 Election

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County Results as of June 29 11:28am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (826/826)
35.2% Countywide Voter Turnout (346,472/983,917)
Statewide Results as of Jul 30 11:53am, 52.5% of Precincts Reporting (105/200)

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  • State

    GovernorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/4/2014

    • 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 GovernorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 StateClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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%

    ControllerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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%

    TreasurerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 GeneralClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 CommissionerClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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%

    United States Senator

    United States SenatorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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

    United States Representative; District 36Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Raul Ruiz, Democratic
      65,554 votes 55.0%
    • Kimberlin Brown Pelzer, Republican
      27,648 votes 23.2%
    • Dan Ball, Republican
      9,312 votes 7.8%
    • Douglas Hassett, Republican
      6,001 votes 5.0%
    • Stephan J. Wolkowicz, Republican
      5,576 votes 4.7%
    • Robert Bentley, Republican
      5,030 votes 4.2%

    United States Representative; District 41Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mark Takano, Democratic
      45,585 votes 58.5%
    • Aja Smith, Republican
      32,360 votes 41.5%

    United States Representative; District 42Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ken Calvert, Republican
      70,289 votes 60.8%
    • Julia C. Peacock, Democratic
      30,237 votes 26.1%
    • Norman Quintero, Democratic
      9,540 votes 8.2%
    • Matt Woody, No Party Preference
      5,587 votes 4.8%

    United States Representative; District 50Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Duncan Hunter, Republican
      69,563 votes 47.4%
    • Ammar Campa-Najjar, Democratic
      25,799 votes 17.6%
    • Bill Wells, Republican
      18,951 votes 12.9%
    • Josh Butner, Democratic
      18,944 votes 12.9%
    • Patrick Malloy, Democratic
      8,607 votes 5.9%
    • S. "Shamus" Sayed, Republican
      3,079 votes 2.1%
    • Richard Kahle, No Party Preference
      1,714 votes 1.2%

    State Senator

    State Senator; District 28Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jeff Stone, Republican
      89,426 votes 56.0%
    • Joy Silver, Democratic
      55,312 votes 34.7%
    • Anna Nevenic, Democratic
      14,826 votes 9.3%

    Member of the State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 42Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Deniantionette Mazingo, Democratic
      33,586 votes 35.6%
    • Chad Mayes, Republican
      30,880 votes 32.8%
    • Gary Jeandron, Republican
      15,032 votes 16.0%
    • Andrew F. Kotyuk, Republican
      11,572 votes 12.3%
    • Carol A. Bouldin, Green
      3,166 votes 3.4%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 56Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Eduardo Garcia, Democratic
      31,747 votes 60.3%
    • Jeff Gonzalez, Republican
      13,331 votes 25.3%
    • Jonathan Reiss, Republican
      7,527 votes 14.3%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 60Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Essayli, Republican
      30,639 votes 52.9%
    • Sabrina Cervantes, Democratic
      27,241 votes 47.1%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 61Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jose Medina, Democratic
      36,442 votes 100.0%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 67Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Melissa Melendez, Republican
      54,089 votes 67.1%
    • Michelle Singleton, Democratic
      26,474 votes 32.9%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 71Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Randy Voepel, Republican
      41,561 votes 43.6%
    • James Elia, Democratic
      30,672 votes 32.2%
    • Larry A. Wilske, Republican
      23,106 votes 24.2%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 75Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Marie Waldron, Republican
      56,646 votes 61.6%
    • Alan Geraci, Democratic
      35,324 votes 38.4%

    Judicial

    Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tim Hollenhorst
      209,155 votes 73.20%
    • Shaffer Timothy Cormell
      76,562 votes 26.80%
    • (2,825 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.98%)

    School

    State Superintendent of Public InstructionClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/4/2014

    • 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%

    County Superintendent of Schools; County of RiversideClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Judy D. White
      233,816 votes 100.00%
    • (7,390 Total Other Write-In Votes 3.06%)

    Member; Riverside County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/6/2018

    • Kim Joseph Cousins
      15,205 votes 40.17%
    • Oliver "Coach O" Unaka
      14,588 votes 38.54%
    • Javed Iqbal Khan
      8,054 votes 21.28%
    • (337 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.88%)

    Member; Riverside County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Wendel W. Tucker
      16,947 votes 53.26%
    • Micaela "Mikki" Cichocki
      14,871 votes 46.74%
    • (380 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.18%)

    Shall Joseph J. Barragan be Recalled as Governing Board Member; Alvord Unified School District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (Yes/No)

    • Joseph J. Barragan

    Governing Board Member to Replace Joseph J. Barragan if recalled; Alvord Unified School District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lizeth Vega
      941 votes 100.00%
    • (61 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.09%)

    County

    County Supervisor; Riverside County; Supervisorial District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/6/2018

    • Eric Linder
      13,452 votes 25.48%
    • Karen Spiegel
      13,258 votes 25.11%
    • Penny Newman
      12,939 votes 24.51%
    • Mike Gardner
      7,127 votes 13.50%
    • Will Martinez
      6,020 votes 11.40%
    • (266 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

    County Supervisor; Riverside County; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Manuel "Manny" Perez
      42,673 votes 57.86%
    • Jan C. Harnik
      31,079 votes 42.14%
    • (219 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.30%)

    County Supervisor; Riverside County; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/6/2018

    • Russ Bogh
      14,698 votes 26.63%
    • Jeff Hewitt
      14,304 votes 25.91%
    • Jaime C. Hurtado
      11,409 votes 20.67%
    • Patricia Vargas Sanchez
      8,388 votes 15.20%
    • Altie Holcomb
      6,402 votes 11.60%
    • (510 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.92%)

    Assessor-County Clerk- Recorder; County of RiversideClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Peter Aldana
      235,934 votes 100.00%
    • (5,872 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.43%)

    Auditor-Controller; County of RiversideClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Paul A. Angulo
      232,211 votes 100.00%
    • (6,111 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.56%)

    District Attorney; County of RiversideClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mike Hestrin
      191,753 votes 66.38%
    • Lara Gressley
      97,123 votes 33.62%
    • (2,302 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.79%)

    Sheriff-Coroner- Public Administrator; County of RiversideClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/6/2018

    • Chad Bianco
      109,997 votes 36.29%
    • Stan Sniff
      95,764 votes 31.59%
    • Dave Brown
      59,200 votes 19.53%
    • Miguel Garcia, IV
      38,161 votes 12.59%
    • (1,632 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.54%)

    Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of RiversideClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jon Christensen
      232,322 votes 82.10%
    • Hakan Jackson
      50,640 votes 17.90%
    • (3,016 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.05%)

    State Propositions

    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.

    Local Measures

    Measure A Legalization of Marijuana Dispensaries and Commercial Activity -- City of Jurupa Valley (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 4,383 / 42.71% Yes votes ...... 5,880 / 57.29% No votes
    Shall an initiative measure ordinance which legalizes marijuana dispensaries and commercial marijuana activity in the Manufacturing-Service Commercial Zone and imposes certain operational requirements on marijuana dispensaries and commercial marijuana activities in this zone be adopted?

    Measure B Prohibition of Marijuana Dispensaries and Commercial Activity -- City of Jurupa Valley (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 5,478 / 57.33% Yes votes ...... 4,078 / 42.67% No votes
    Shall an initiative measure ordinance which prohibits marijuana dispensaries and commercial marijuana activity, with certain limited exceptions for medical marijuana cultivation, in all zones of the City of Jurupa Valley be adopted?

    Measure C Prohibit Vacation Rental of Single Family Residences -- City of Palm Springs (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 4,539 / 29.94% Yes votes ...... 10,619 / 70.06% No votes
    Shall the City of Palm Springs prohibit vacation rentals in single family residences?

    Measure D Commercial Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Blythe (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,235 / 84.07% Yes votes ...... 234 / 15.93% No votes
    Shall Ordinance NO. 888-18 be adopted authorizing a commercial cannabis business tax in the City of Blythe of up to three dollars per square foot of cultivation, up to two percent of gross receipts for all other cannabis businesses and an annual business license fee of five thousand dollars to maintain essential public safety and general city services including, but not limited to, police, fire, park and street maintenance, recreation and economic development?

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