Combined ballot

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President/Vice President of the United States

• Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. Harris, Democratic
  11,109,764 votes 63.5%
• Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence, Republican
  6,005,961 votes 34.3%
• Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy "Spike" Cohen, Libertarian
  187,885 votes 1.1%
• Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker, Green
  81,025 votes 0.5%
• Roque De La Fuente "Rocky" Guerra/Kanye Omari West, American Independent
  60,155 votes 0.3%
• Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman, Peace and Freedom
  51,036 votes 0.3%

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 16

• Jim Costa, Democratic
  128,690 votes 59.4%
• Kevin Cookingham, Republican
  88,039 votes 40.6%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 21

• Adam Gray, Democratic
  93,816 votes 59.6%
• Joel Gutierrez Campos, Republican
  63,514 votes 40.4%

School

Governing Board Member; Merced Community College District; Trustee Area 6

• Kory A. Nieuwkoop
  1,956 votes 61.9%
• Jean Upton
  1,183 votes 37.4%
• (20 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.6%)

Governing Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 3

• Milton Richards
  15,093 votes 41.2%
• Bryan Rogers
  15,005 votes 41.0%
• Sharokina Shams
  6,519 votes 17.8%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Governing Board Member; Delhi Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Cynthia Caldera
  1724 votes 22.51%
• Ariel Gonzalez
  1482 votes 19.35%
• Juan J. Pena
  1482 votes 19.35%
• Ramon Prado
  899 votes 11.74%
• Marcos Barreto
  724 votes 9.45%
• Carolyn Ridge
  682 votes 8.90%
• Felipe Espino
  648 votes 8.46%
• (18 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.24%)

Governing Board Member; Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District (4 Elected)

• Katina Austin
  1,864 votes 24.4%
• Maria Lorenzetti Davis
  1,573 votes 20.6%
• Bill Van Worth
  1,545 votes 20.2%
• Lisa Areias
  1,460 votes 19.1%
• Jeffrey Chase
  1,071 votes 14.0%
• (133 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.7%)

Governing Board Member; Gustine Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Zachery Ramos
  410 votes 63.86%
• Dennis J. Brazil
  228 votes 35.51%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.62%)

Governing Board Member; Gustine Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Loretta Rose
  288 votes 51.71%
• Andrew Bloom
  264 votes 47.40%
• (5 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.90%)

Governing Board Member; Los Banos Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Jessica Moran
  1263 votes 67.25%
• Luis Castro
  607 votes 32.32%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.43%)

Governing Board Member; Los Banos Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Margaret Benton
  1072 votes 43.58%
• Mark Duffy
  1067 votes 43.37%
• Alex Y. Dvorkin
  317 votes 12.89%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.16%)

Governing Board Member; Turlock Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

• Vanessa E. Hubbell
• Anthony J. Silva

Governing Board Member; Merced Union High School District; Trustee Area 3

• Julio Valadez
  5403 votes 62.56%
• Wapinder Singh Kang
  3204 votes 37.10%
• (30 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Governing Board Member; Livingston Union Elementary School District; Trustee Area 5

• Monica Cuevas-Avila
  480 votes 51.89%
• Martha Sylvia Nateras
  443 votes 47.89%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.22%)

Governing Board Member; McSwain Union Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Joe Scoto
  1637 votes 37.01%
• Chad Englert
  1112 votes 25.14%
• Luis Lara
  958 votes 21.66%
• Jerry L. Sanchez, Jr.
  654 votes 14.79%
• (62 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.40%)

Governing Board Member; Merced City School District; Trustee Area 2

• Jessee Espinosa
  4417 votes 63.19%
• Tsia Xiong
  2551 votes 36.49%
• (22 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Governing Board Member; Merced City School District; Trustee Area 4

• Birdi Olivarez-Kidwell
  3134 votes 51.94%
• Emily Langdon
  2874 votes 47.63%
• (26 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.43%)

Governing Board Member; Merced River Union Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• John Sexauer
  149 votes 36.08%
• Denzel McDowell
  145 votes 35.11%
• Abraham Aguilar
  114 votes 27.60%
• (5 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.21%)

Governing Board Member; Planada Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Stefanie Leyva
  522 votes 35.75%
• Ignacio Yanez
  483 votes 33.08%
• Adrian Sanchez
  451 votes 30.89%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Governing Board Member; Winton Elementary School District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Bob Boesch
  1043 votes 24.73%
• Susan Ochoa
  1007 votes 23.88%
• Kelly Thomas
  750 votes 17.79%
• Joella Zappia- Williamson
  703 votes 16.67%
• Jose A. Martinez
  703 votes 16.67%
• (11 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.26%)

Governing Board Member; Winton Elementary School District; 2 Year Term

• Diane Dixon
  1155 votes 50.97%
• Sam Spangler
  1108 votes 48.90%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.13%)

County Supervisor; Merced County; Supervisorial District 2

• Josh Pedrozo
  11569 votes 53.23%
• Lee Lor
  10163 votes 46.77%

City

Councilmember; City of Atwater; Council District 1

• John G. Cale
  1590 votes 55.89%
• Michael Noguera
  1224 votes 43.02%
• (31 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.09%)

City Clerk; City of Atwater

• Lucy Armstrong
  8718 votes 97.83%
• (193 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.17%)

City Treasurer; City of Atwater

• Mark Borba
  8804 votes 97.93%
• (186 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.07%)

Mayor; City of Dos Palos

• April Smith-Hogue
  1352 votes 93.56%
• (93 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.44%)

Councilmember; City of Dos Palos (2 Elected)

• Armando Bravo
  991 votes 37.26%
• Marcus Porter
  778 votes 29.25%
• Jessica Michele Soares
  562 votes 21.13%
• Michael McGlynn
  319 votes 11.99%
• (10 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.38%)

Mayor; City of Livingston

• Juan Aguilar, Jr.
  2887 votes 67.31%
• Gurpal S. Samra
  1390 votes 32.41%
• (12 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.28%)

Councilmember; City of Livingston (2 Elected)

• Jose A. Moran
  2405 votes 36.61%
• Maria Baptista-Soto
  1374 votes 20.92%
• Adanan Bath
  1334 votes 20.31%
• Arturo Sicairos
  1035 votes 15.76%
• Melissa Nova
  394 votes 6.00%
• (27 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.41%)

City Clerk; City of Livingston

• Leticia Vasquez- Zurita
  3756 votes 98.82%
• (45 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.18%)

City Treasurer; City of Livingston

• Katherine Schell Rodriguez
  2585 votes 64.51%
• Jimi Mejia
  1409 votes 35.16%
• (13 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.32%)

Mayor; City of Los Banos

• Tom Faria
  6794 votes 49.91%
• Paul Llanez
  6762 votes 49.67%
• (57 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.42%)

Councilmember; City of Los Banos; Council District 1

• Kenneth W. Lambert
  1822 votes 58.04%
• Dave Newman
  1300 votes 41.41%
• (17 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.54%)

Councilmember; City of Los Banos; Council District 4

• Deborah Lewis
  2623 votes 96.40%
• (98 Total Other Write-In Votes 3.60%)

Mayor; City of Merced

• Matt Serratto
  14299 votes 52.36%
• Michael Belluomini
  5314 votes 19.46%
• Anthony Levi Martinez
  3955 votes 14.48%
• Monica Kay Villa
  3668 votes 13.43%
• (74 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Councilmember; City of Merced; Council District 1

• Jesse F. Ornelas
  1541 votes 44.56%
• Joel J. Knox
  1443 votes 41.73%
• Louis Smith
  453 votes 13.10%
• (21 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.61%)

Councilmember; City of Merced; Council District 3

• Bertha A. Perez
  1923 votes 51.42%
• Allen Brooks
  1805 votes 48.26%
• (12 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.32%)

Councilmember; City of Merced; Council District 5

• Sarah Boyle
  2440 votes 52.59%
• Jeremy Martinez
  2181 votes 47.00%
• (19 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.41%)

District

Director; Winton Water & Sanitary District (2 Elected)

• William Glaser
  1135 votes 42.45%
• George Starling, Jr.
  616 votes 23.04%
• Jose Martinez
  552 votes 20.64%
• Fernando Hurtado
  362 votes 13.54%
• (9 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Director; Santa Nella County Water District (3 Elected)

• Stephen Landry
  224 votes 25.03%
• Wayne Tallman
  193 votes 21.56%
• Debra Sedillo
  172 votes 19.22%
• Michael W. Fairbanks
  161 votes 17.99%
• Susan Walker
  134 votes 14.97%
• (11 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.23%)

Director; Central California Irrigation District; Division 3

• Chris Medeiros
  450 votes 78.81%
• Chris Fagundes
  120 votes 21.02%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.18%)

Proposition 14 Authorizes Bonds Continuing Stem Cell Research
Pass: 8,588,156 / 51.1% Yes votes ...... 8,221,692 / 48.9% No votes

Authorizes $5.5 billion state bonds for: stem cell and other medical research, including training; research facility construction; administrative costs. Dedicates $1.5 billion to brain-related diseases. Appropriates General Fund moneys for repayment. Expands related programs. Fiscal impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds estimated at about $260 million per year over the next roughly 30 years.

Proposition 15 Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools, Community Colleges, and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property
Fail: 8,212,641 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 8,885,052 / 52.0% No votes

Taxes such as properties based on current market value, instead of purchase price. Fiscal impact: Increased property taxes on commercial properties worth more than $3 million providing $6.5 billion to $11.5 billion in new funding to local government and schools.

Proposition 16 Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions
Fail: 7,216,721 / 42.8% Yes votes ...... 9,655,024 / 57.2% No votes

Permits government decision-making policies to consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in order to address diversity by repealing constitutional provision prohibiting such policies. Fiscal impact: No direct fiscal effect on state and local entities. The effects of the measure depend on the future choices of state and local government entities and are highly uncertain.

Proposition 17 Restores Right to Vote After Completion of Prison Term
Pass: 9,985,065 / 58.6% Yes votes ...... 7,068,706 / 41.4% No votes

Restores voting rights upon completion of prison term to persons who have been disqualified from voting while serving a prison term. Fiscal impact: Annual county costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars statewide, for voter registration and ballot materials. One-time state costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, for voter registration cards and systems.

Proposition 18 Amends California Constitution to Permit 17-year-olds to Vote in Primary and Special Elections if They will Turn 18 by the Next General Election and Be Otherwise Elegible to Vote
Fail: 7,513,957 / 44.0% Yes votes ...... 9,577,238 / 56.0% No votes

Fiscal Impact: Increased statewide county costs likely between several hundreds of thousands of dollars and $1 million every two years. Increased one-time costs to the state of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Proposition 19 Changes Certain Property Tax Rules
Pass: 8,545,393 / 51.1% Yes votes ...... 8,175,618 / 48.9% No votes

Allows homeowners who are over 55, disabled, or wildfire/disaster victims to transfer primary residence's tax base to replacement residence. Changes of taxation of family-property transfers. Establishes fire protection services fund. Fiscal impact: Local governments could gain tens of millions of dollars of property tax revenue per year, probably growing over time to a few hundred million dollars per year. Schools could receive similar property tax gains.

Proposition 20 Restricts Parole for Non-violent Offenders. Authorizes Felony Sentences for Certain Offenses Currently Treated Only as Misdemeanors
Fail: 6,385,421 / 38.3% Yes votes ...... 10,293,563 / 61.7% No votes

Limits access to parole program established for non-violent offenders who have completed the full term of their primary offense by eliminating eligibility for certain offenses. Fiscal impact: Increase in state and local correctional, court, and law enforcement costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on implementation.

Proposition 21 Expands Local Goverments' Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property
Fail: 6,770,958 / 40.1% Yes votes ...... 10,094,634 / 59.9% No votes

Allows local governments to establish rent control on residential properties over 15 years old. Local limits on rate increases may differ from statewide limit. Fiscal impact: Overall, a potential reduction in state and local revenues in the highs of tens of millions of dollars per year over time. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or more.

Proposition 22 Exempts App-basedd Transportation and Delivery Companies From Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers
Pass: 9,957,858 / 58.6% Yes votes ...... 7,027,467 / 41.4% No votes

Classifies app-based drivers as "independent contractors," instead of "employees," and provides independent-contractor drivers other compensation, unless certain criteria are met. Fiscal impact: Minor increase in state income taxes paid by rideshare and delivery company drivers and investors.

Proposition 23 Establishes State Requirements for Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Requires On-site Medical Professional
Fail: 6,161,109 / 36.6% Yes votes ...... 10,683,606 / 63.4% No votes

Requires physician or other specified medical professional on site during dialysis treatment. Prohibits clinics from reducing services without state approval. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 24 Amends Consumer Privacy Laws
Pass: 9,384,125 / 56.2% Yes votes ...... 7,305,026 / 43.8% No votes

Permits consumers to: prevent businesses from sharing personal information, correct inaccurate personal information, and limit businesses' use of "sensitive personal information," including precise geolocation, race, ethnicity, and health information. Establishes California Privacy Protection Agency. Fiscal impact: Increased annual state costs of at least $10 million, but unlikely exceeding low tens of millions of dollars, to enforce expanded consumer privacy laws. Some costs would be offset by penalties for violating these laws.

Proposition 25 Referendum on Law that Replaced Money Bail with System Based on Public Safety and Flight Risk
Fail: 7,231,044 / 43.6% Yes votes ...... 9,356,096 / 56.4% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, law replacing money bail with system based on public safety and flight risk. Fiscal impact: Increased costs possibly in mid hundreds of millions of dollars annually for a new process for release from jail prior to trial. Decreased county jail costs, possibly in high tens of millions of dollars annually.

Measure S School Bonds -- Le Grand Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1308 / 64.98% Yes votes ...... 705 / 35.02% No votes

To improve the quality of Le Grand High without increasing the estimated tax rate; upgrade/expand the Ag Career Technical Education Facilities to better serve students; and modernize/renovate classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; shall Le Grand Union High School District's measure be adopted authorizing $6,000,000 in bonds at legal interest rates, generating approximately $533,000 annually while bonds are outstanding with levies of approximately 2.9 cents per $100 assessed value, with annual audits, citizens' oversight and no money for salaries?