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June 5, 2018 Election

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County Results as of Aug 1 12:49am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (405/405)
49.7% Countywide Voter Turnout (134,458/270,540)
Statewide Results as of Jul 30 11:53am, 52.5% of Precincts Reporting (105/200)

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  • Voter-Nominated and Nonpartisan Offices

    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 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%

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

    • Jared Huffman, Democratic
      144,005 votes 72.5%
    • Dale K. Mensing, Republican
      41,607 votes 20.9%
    • Andy Caffrey, Democratic
      13,072 votes 6.6%

    United States Representative; District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mike Thompson, Democratic
      119,350 votes 79.6%
    • Anthony Mills, No Party Preference
      13,127 votes 8.8%
    • Nils Palsson, No Party Preference
      12,153 votes 8.1%
    • Jason Kishineff, Green
      5,359 votes 3.6%

    State Senator; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mike McGuire, Democratic
      160,516 votes 76.3%
    • Veronica "Roni" Jacobi, Democratic
      49,852 votes 23.7%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jim Wood, Democratic
      80,178 votes 69.6%
    • Matt Heath, Republican
      34,975 votes 30.4%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Democratic
      74,103 votes 99.9%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 10Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Marc Levine, Democratic
      97,186 votes 80.4%
    • Dan Monte, Democratic
      23,637 votes 19.6%

    School

    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%

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

    • Steven D. Herrington
      90,967 votes 98.4%
    • (1,509 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.6%)

    County

    County Supervisor; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Rabbitt
      20,693 votes 97.8%
    • (475 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.2%)

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

    • James Gore
      19,179 votes 98.3%
    • (325 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.7%)

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

    • Erick Roeser
      89,925 votes 98.6%
    • (1,266 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.4%)

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

    • Deva Marie Proto
      69,205 votes 64.3%
    • Ray Leonard
      29,248 votes 27.2%
    • Rod Marusic
      8,722 votes 8.1%
    • (481 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%)

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

    • Jill Ravitch
      85,580 votes 74.4%
    • Scott J. Murray
      29,051 votes 25.3%
    • (398 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

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

    • Mark Essick
      66,465 votes 55.9%
    • John P. Mutz
      30,690 votes 25.8%
    • Ernesto Olivares
      21,414 votes 18.0%
    • (435 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%)

    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 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?

    Measure A School District Bond -- West Sonoma County Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 11,551 / 64.7% Yes votes ...... 6,310 / 35.3% No votes
    To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; repair or replace leaky roofs; and modernize/renovate/con struct class rooms, restrooms and school facilities; shall West Sonoma County Union High School District issue $91,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, averaging $4.9 million annually as long as bonds are outstanding at a rate of approximately 3 cents per $100 assessed value, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight committee, No money for salaries and all money staying local?

    Measure B School District Bond -- Alexander Valley Union School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 201 / 60.5% Yes votes ...... 131 / 39.5% No votes
    To improve the quality of education; make health and safety improvements; improve classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; replace deteriorating plumbing systems; and construct a multi-purpose room for school and community use; shall Alexander Valley Union School District issue $6,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, averaging $376,000 annually as long as bonds are out standing at a rate of approximately 2.82 cents per $100 assessed value, with No money for salaries and funding that cannot be taken by the State?

    Measure C School District Bond -- Harmony Union School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,228 / 65.6% Yes votes ...... 643 / 34.4% No votes
    To improve facilities at Harmony and Salmon Creek Schools; repair/replace leaky roofs; improve energy efficiency; and construct/renovate/modernize classrooms, restrooms and school facilities under an environmental sustainability facilities plan; shall Harmony Union School District issue $9,600,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with estimated repayment amounts averaging $590,000 raised annually through 2051, projected tax rates of 3¢ per $100 of assessed valuation, annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, No money for salaries and all money for local schools?

    Measure E Keeping appropriations limit -- Coast Life Support District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,989 / 90.1% Yes votes ...... 218 / 9.9% No votes
       1127 (89.16%) Yes / 137 (10.84%) No in Mendocino County
       862 (91.4%) Yes / 81 (8.6%) No in Sonoma County
    Shall the measure renewing for four years the Coast Life Support District's previously adopted appropriations limit to allow the use of all proceeds of taxes for ambulance and urgent care services be adopted?

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