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June 5, 2018 Election

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County Results as of Aug 1 12:49am, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (196/196)
45.1% Countywide Voter Turnout (92919/206110)
Statewide Results as of Jul 30 11:53am, 52.5% of Precincts Reporting (105/200)

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  • State Executive

    GovernorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    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 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 Superintendent of Public InstructionClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 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; District 24Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Salud Carbajal, Democratic
      94,558 votes 53.6%
    • Justin Fareed, Republican
      64,177 votes 36.4%
    • Michael Erin Woody, Republican
      17,715 votes 10.0%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 35Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jordan Cunningham, Republican
      62,348 votes 55.5%
    • Bill Ostrander, Democratic
      49,967 votes 44.5%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 37Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • S. Monique Limón, Democratic
      69,382 votes 84.3%
    • David L. Norrdin, Democratic
      7,487 votes 9.1%
    • Sofia Collin, Democratic
      5,409 votes 6.6%

    School

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

    • Susan C. Salcido
      62153 votes 98.01%
    • (1261 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.99%)

    County

    County Board of Supervisors; County of Santa Barbara; Supervisorial District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gregg Hart
      18147 votes 98.22%
    • (328 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.78%)

    County Board of Supervisors; County of Santa Barbara; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Steve Lavagnino
      7431 votes 97.87%
    • (162 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.13%)

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

    • Betsy Schaffer
      44569 votes 57.38%
    • Jennifer Christensen
      32837 votes 42.27%
    • (273 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.35%)

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

    • Joseph E. Holland
      67416 votes 86.74%
    • Baz Donald Ofiaeli
      10101 votes 13.00%
    • (207 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.27%)

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

    • Joyce E. Dudley
      67856 votes 98.00%
    • (1387 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.00%)

    Sheriff-Coroner; County of Santa BarbaraClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Brown
      44008 votes 52.37%
    • Brian Olmstead
      26880 votes 31.99%
    • Eddie Hsueh
      12967 votes 15.43%
    • (182 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.22%)

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

    • Harry E. Hagen
      70009 votes 99.08%
    • (649 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.92%)

    City

    Councilmember; City of Santa Barbara; District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Oscar Gutierrez
      1007 votes 54.29%
    • Michael Vidal
      653 votes 35.20%
    • Elizabeth Hunter
      122 votes 6.58%
    • Kenneth Rivas
      66 votes 3.56%
    • (7 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.38%)

    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 Q2018 School District Bond -- Lompoc Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    Fail: 5156 / 50.90% Yes votes ...... 4974 / 49.10% No votes
    To repair or replace leaky roofs; upgrade inadequate electrical systems; construct/modernize classrooms, restrooms/schools; replace outdated heating, air-conditioning systems; upgrade P.E. fields/facilities for school and community use; shall Lompoc Unified School District issue $79,000,000 bonds at legal rates, levy/collect approximately $0.06 per $100 assessed value (estimated $7 million annually) through approximately 2054, with citizen oversight, no money for salaries, all money staying local, without increasing current tax rates?

    Measure R2018 Utility Users Tax -- Isla Vista Community Services District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 1199 / 83.96% Yes votes ...... 229 / 16.04% No votes
    Increased Isla Vista Services and Infrastructure Funding Plan. To fund local improvements to parking, public safety, lighting,and sidewalks; provide tenant mediation services; create a municipal advisory council; and operate community facilities and events, shall voters authorize a utility user tax of 8% of the total cost of an individual service charge to the utilities of gas, water, electricity, sewer, and garbage disposal services generating approximately $642,000/year, until voters decide to end it?

    Measure S2018 Parcel Tax -- Hope Elementary School District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 3514 / 69.56% Yes votes ...... 1538 / 30.44% No votes
    To support academic excellence; maintain safe facilities; fund Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs; protect art/music programs; and provide stable funding the State cannot eliminate; shall the Hope Elementary School District levy an education parcel tax of $79 annually for five years, raising approximately $360,000 annually, provide a senior citizens' exemption, have an independent citizens' oversight committee, with no funds for administrators' salaries, and require all funds to be spent on local schools?

    Measure T2018 Cannabis Operations General Tax -- County of Santa Barbara (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 66161 / 75.83% Yes votes ...... 21091 / 24.17% No votes
    Shall the measure adding Chapter 50A to The Santa Barbara County Code imposing a Cannabis Operations Tax on cannabis operators within unincorporated areas of the County upon their gross receipts with rates of 1% on nurseries and distributors, 3% on manufacturers, 4% on cultivators and 6% on retailers and microbusinesses, estimated to raise $5 to $25 million annually for general governmental purposes such as law enforcement, health care, parks, roads and others, with no end date, be adopted?

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