Combined ballot

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Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  6,470,104 votes 59.2%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  4,462,914 votes 40.8%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  6,418,119 votes 59.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  4,332,602 votes 40.3%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  6,462,164 votes 60.1%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  4,298,530 votes 39.9%

Controller

• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  5,936,856 votes 55.3%
• Lanhee J. Chen, Republican
  4,789,345 votes 44.7%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  6,287,076 votes 58.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  4,405,781 votes 41.2%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  6,339,441 votes 59.1%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  4,390,428 votes 40.9%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  6,355,915 votes 59.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  4,249,391 votes 40.1%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  5,681,318 votes 63.7%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  3,237,785 votes 36.3%

State Board of Equalization; District 1

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  1,390,533 votes 55.5%
• Jose S. Altamirano, Democratic
  1,114,423 votes 44.5%

US Legislature

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,621,621 votes 61.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,222,029 votes 38.9%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,559,308 votes 60.9%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,212,450 votes 39.1%

United States Representative; District 5

• Tom McClintock, Republican
  173,524 votes 61.3%
• Michael J. "Mike" Barkley, Democratic
  109,506 votes 38.7%

United States Representative; District 9

• Josh Harder, Democratic
  95,598 votes 54.8%
• Tom Patti, Republican
  78,802 votes 45.2%

United States Representative; District 13

• John Duarte, Republican
  67,060 votes 50.2%
• Adam Gray, Democratic
  66,496 votes 49.8%

State Senate

State Senator; District 4

• Marie Alvarado-Gil, Democratic
  137,157 votes 52.7%
• Tim Robertson, Democratic
  123,210 votes 47.3%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 9

• Heath Flora, Republican
  96,990 votes 69.2%
• Mushtaq A. Tahirkheli, Democratic
  43,109 votes 30.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 22

• Juan Alanis, Republican
  60,338 votes 58.1%
• Jessica Self, Democratic
  43,526 votes 41.9%

Judicial

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Patricia Guerrero
  70.9% Yes (6,194,671) 29.1% No (2,537,627)
• Goodwin Liu
  69.3% Yes (5,908,904) 30.7% No (2,623,045)
• Martin J. Jenkins
  69.3% Yes (5,825,582) 30.7% No (2,576,601)
• Joshua P. Groban
  68.0% Yes (5,664,354) 32.0% No (2,661,668)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 5 (Yes/No)

• Brad R. Hill
  69.2% Yes (451,857) 30.8% No (200,838)
• Jennifer Detjen
  69.3% Yes (451,087) 30.7% No (200,108)
• Bert Levy
  68.2% Yes (443,243) 31.8% No (206,483)

City

Council Member; City of Ceres; Council District 1

• James Edwin Casey
  1,670 votes 75.12%
• Todd Underwood
  553 votes 24.88%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 220 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Council Member; City of Ceres; Council District 2

• Rosalinda Vierra
  1,287 votes 73.00%
• Paula Redfern
  476 votes 27.00%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%, 173 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Ceres; Council District 4

• Daniel A. Martinez
  1,077 votes 63.50%
• John R. Osgood, III
  336 votes 19.81%
• David Carreon
  283 votes 16.69%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%, 153 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Hughson (2 Elected)

• Randy Crooker
  1,077 votes 34.14%
• Julie Ann Strain
  720 votes 22.82%
• Alan F. McFadon
  465 votes 14.74%
• Tyrel Voss
  450 votes 14.26%
• Heather Sigala
  443 votes 14.04%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%, 1,276 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Mayor; City of Hughson

• George Carr
  1,732 votes 100.00%
• (13 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.9%, 396 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Modesto; Council District 2

• Eric E. Alvarez
  3,025 votes 95.55%
• (18 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.8%, 621 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Council Member; City of Modesto; Council District 4

• Nick Bavaro
  7,130 votes 100.00%
• (22 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%, 2,341 Under Votes, 2 Over Votes)

Council Member; City of Modesto; Council District 5

• Jeremiah Williams
  6,415 votes 68.25%
• Naramsen Goriel
  2,984 votes 31.75%
• (6 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 1,009 Under Votes, 2 Over Votes)

Council Member; City of Oakdale (2 Elected)

• Kayleigh Gilbert
  3,243 votes 36.55%
• Christopher Smith
  3,009 votes 33.91%
• Benjamin Amaral
  2,621 votes 29.54%
• (27 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.6%, 5,640 Under Votes)

Mayor; City of Oakdale

• Cherilyn Bairos
  5,837 votes 100.00%
• (45 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.0%, 1,130 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Patterson; Council District B

• Jessica Romero
  835 votes 63.45%
• Alfred O. Parham
  481 votes 36.55%
• (127 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Patterson; Council District D

• Carlos Roque
  664 votes 61.31%
• Cynthia Homen
  419 votes 38.69%
• (65 Under Votes)

Mayor; City of Patterson

• Michael S. Clauzel
  2,733 votes 59.63%
• Dominic A. Farinha
  1,843 votes 40.21%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 209 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Riverbank; Council District 1

• Luis Uribe
  852 votes 100.00%
• (13 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.0%, 160 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Riverbank; Council District 3

• Leanne Jones Cruz
  1,172 votes 100.00%
• (11 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.1%, 383 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Council Member; City of Turlock; Council District 1

• Kevin Bixel
  3,031 votes 58.31%
• Chris Nichols
  2,167 votes 41.69%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 481 Under Votes)

Council Member; City of Turlock; Council District 3

• Cassandra Abram
  2,441 votes 47.36%
• Kelly Higgins
  1,731 votes 33.59%
• Ryan Taylor
  703 votes 13.64%
• Ramin Odisho
  279 votes 5.41%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 505 Under Votes, 9 Over Votes)

Mayor; City of Turlock

• Amy Bublak
  9,506 votes 52.89%
• Gil Esquer
  8,468 votes 47.11%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 713 Under Votes, 3 Over Votes)

Council Member; City of Waterford (2 Elected)

• Christine Harris
  859 votes 30.61%
• Elizabeth "Lise" Talbott
  664 votes 23.66%
• Steven Morrow
  645 votes 22.99%
• Paris Stepp
  638 votes 22.74%
• (1,185 Under Votes)

Mayor; City of Waterford

• Charlie Goeken
  1,676 votes 100.00%
• (14 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.2%, 258 Under Votes)

Board Member; Ceres Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Valli Wigt
  629 votes 56.11%
• Mariah Jaquez
  492 votes 43.89%
• (164 Under Votes)

Board Member; Modesto City Schools; Trustee Area 1

• Cindy Marks
  5,626 votes 57.12%
• Maria Elena Magana
  4,224 votes 42.88%
• (9 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 1,487 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Board Member; Modesto City Schools; Trustee Area 5

• Jolene Daly
  4,270 votes 50.59%
• Charlene G. West
  4,170 votes 49.41%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 1,512 Under Votes, 3 Over Votes)

Board Member; Newman Crows Landing Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Don Cabral, Jr.
  325 votes 52.93%
• Paul Wallace
  289 votes 47.07%
• (36 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Board Member; Newman Crows Landing Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Frank Rivas
  343 votes 72.36%
• Vernon Snodderly
  131 votes 27.64%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.3%, 45 Under Votes)

Board Member; Oakdale Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Clayton R. Schemper
  1,196 votes 58.37%
• Michele "Mickey" Manuel
  853 votes 41.63%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 174 Under Votes)

Board Member; Oakdale Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Diane Gilbert
  1,454 votes 53.53%
• Joshua Randol
  1,017 votes 37.44%
• Shirrelle O. Moore-Mmasi
  245 votes 9.02%
• (284 Under Votes, 11 Over Votes)

Board Member; Oakdale Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Bill Duvall, Jr.
  1,161 votes 53.35%
• Lauren Dutch
  1,015 votes 46.65%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 365 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Board Member; Riverbank Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Katie Wedge
  338 votes 52.00%
• DeLayne Coker
  312 votes 48.00%
• (115 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Board Member; Shiloh Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• George Avila
  170 votes 39.26%
• Nicole Morris
  103 votes 23.79%
• Lindsay F. Meikle
  80 votes 18.48%
• Shellie Quadros
  80 votes 18.48%
• (93 Under Votes)

Member; Stanislaus County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

• Alice J. Pollard
  15,795 votes 54.6%
• Debbie Barrera Martinez
  8,248 votes 28.5%
• (31 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%, 4,902 Under Votes 16.9%, 4 Over Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Sylvan Union School District; Trustee Area 3

• Christine Harvey
  2,417 votes 61.00%
• Cassandra Gamez
  1,545 votes 39.00%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 560 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Board Member; Sylvan Union School District; Trustee Area 5

• Joni Griepp
  2,688 votes 62.35%
• Cyndi Lindsey
  1,623 votes 37.65%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 546 Under Votes, 3 Over Votes)

Board Member; Turlock Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Lori Carlson
  1,956 votes 67.15%
• Shenique Teixeira Borunda
  957 votes 32.85%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 452 Under Votes)

Board Member; Turlock Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Paola Maldonado-Padilla
  1,338 votes 57.67%
• Kenneth D. Howenstine
  982 votes 42.33%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 342 Under Votes)

Board Member; Turlock Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Mary Jackson
  2,314 votes 50.5%
• Jeff C. Nichols
  2,266 votes 49.5%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 443 Under Votes 8.8%, 1 Over Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Turlock Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Rupinder Singh Jagpal
  1,242 votes 50.02%
• Jeffrey F. Cortinas
  1,241 votes 49.98%
• (1 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 321 Under Votes)

Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• Don Davis
  16,255 votes 55.1%
• Tyler Jackson
  5,455 votes 18.5%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 7,790 Under Votes 26.4%, 7 Over Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Nancy Hinton
  11,022 votes 51.90%
• Antoinette C. Ryun
  10,217 votes 48.10%
• (30 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%, 4,525 Under Votes, 8 Over Votes)

Special District

Board Member; Modesto Irrigation District; Division 2

• Janice Keating
  7,114 votes 53.46%
• Frank C. Damrell
  6,192 votes 46.54%
• (9 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 1,497 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Board Member; Modesto Irrigation District; Division 3

• Robert N. Frobose
  8,071 votes 56.88%
• Nick Dokoozlian
  6,118 votes 43.12%
• (10 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%, 1,883 Under Votes, 5 Over Votes)

Board Member; Modesto Irrigation District; Division 4

• John Boer, IV
  6,337 votes 51.82%
• Stu Gilman
  4,657 votes 38.08%
• Brad Johnson
  1,236 votes 10.11%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 1,175 Under Votes, 2 Over Votes)

Board Member; Turlock Irrigation District; Division 2

• David J. Yonan
  4,992 votes 70.22%
• Wayne D. Zipser
  2,117 votes 29.78%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 600 Under Votes, 2 Over Votes)

Board Member; Western Hills Water District (3 Elected)

• Mark Kovich
  270 votes 29.13%
• John L. Frederick
  268 votes 28.91%
• Martin George Johnson
  251 votes 27.08%
• Theron Dale Ledford
  138 votes 14.89%
• (340 Under Votes, 3 Over Votes)

Proposition 1 Reproductive Freedom
Pass: 7,176,888 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 3,553,564 / 33.1% No votes

Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

Proposition 26 Sports Betting in Casinos
Fail: 3,514,597 / 33.0% Yes votes ...... 7,129,127 / 67.0% No votes

Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 27 Online Sports Betting
Fail: 1,906,342 / 17.7% Yes votes ...... 8,849,206 / 82.3% No votes

Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 28 Funding Arts and Music Education
Pass: 6,924,618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 3,827,971 / 35.6% No votes

Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

Proposition 29 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
Fail: 3,364,407 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 7,281,201 / 68.4% No votes

Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 30 Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars
Fail: 4,560,488 / 42.4% Yes votes ...... 6,203,810 / 57.6% No votes

Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

Proposition 31 Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
Pass: 6,803,431 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 3,923,385 / 36.6% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

Measure B Mayoral Term of Office -- City of Waterford (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,046 / 55.49% Yes votes ...... 839 / 44.51% No votes

Shall the elective mayor for the City of Waterford serve a four-year term?

Measure C Reduce Number of Board Members -- Knights Ferry Elementary School District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 90 / 35.86% Yes votes ...... 161 / 64.14% No votes

Shall the measure for decreasing the number of members of the governing board of Knights Ferry Elementary School District from five to three be adopted?

Measure D Special Tax -- Westside Community Health Care District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 2,239 / 46.8% Yes votes ...... 2,543 / 53.2% No votes
   1,166 (48.52%) Yes / 1,237 (51.48%) No in Stanislaus County
   1073 (45.10%) Yes / 1306 (54.90%) No in Merced County

To preserve public safety and ensure essential ambulance services within our community, shall the Westside Community Health Care District be authorized to levy a special tax in the initial amount of $69 per parcel, increasing by up to 3% each year thereafter, raising approximately $600,000, annually until repealed, to fund life saving services with accountability measures and all money staying local?

Measure E School Bond -- Patterson Joint Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 3,435 / 60.7% Yes votes ...... 2,222 / 39.3% No votes
   3,422 (60.87%) Yes / 2,200 (39.13%) No in Stanislaus County
   13 (37.14%) Yes / 22 (62.86%) No in Santa Clara County

To expand vocational career and technical education facilities; increase labs and training sites to prepare students for college and future jobs; and build new classrooms to relieve overcrowding; shall Patterson Joint Unified School District's bond authorizing $74 million be approved with legal rates, projected levies below $57/ $100,000 of assessed valuation (generating $3.9 million/ year while bonds are outstanding), annual audits, independent oversight and all funds spent locally with no money taken by the State and spent elsewhere?

Measure G Charter Amendment -- City of Modesto (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 34,310 / 68.58% Yes votes ...... 15,721 / 31.42% No votes

To promote efficiency, transparency, and modernization of City government, shall the Charter of the City of Modesto be amended to increase and clarify the powers and duties of the City Auditor, create a permanent audit committee, change the timing of the mayoral election to coincide with the statewide primary and general election, adjust the timeline for preparation and adoption of the annual budget, and make several other minor changes?

Measure H Special Tax -- City of Modesto (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 32,031 / 62.89% Yes votes ...... 18,897 / 37.11% No votes

To fund general city services in the City of Modesto, such as police patrols, gang, drug, and crime prevention; fire protection, paramedic/911 emergency response; addressing homelessness; cleaning-up trash and illegal dumping; keeping streets, parks, sidewalks, landscapes and infrastructure safe, clean, and well-maintained, shall an ordinance establishing a one-cent sales tax be adopted, providing $39,000,000 annually for general government use in Modesto until ended by voters, with citizen oversight and all money locally controlled?

Measure J School Bond -- Waterford Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 1,321 / 54.32% Yes votes ...... 1,111 / 45.68% No votes

To improve local schools with funds that cannot be taken by the State and spent elsewhere, shall Waterford Unified School District's measure to expand vocational education sites; renovate classrooms including math, science and engineering labs; update emergency preparedness and improve handicapped access be adopted, authorizing $5.57 million of bonds with legal interest rates, projected levies averaging below 3¢/ $100 of assessed valuation (averaging $370,000/ year for 26 years), annual audits, citizen oversight and no increase in tax rates?

Measure L School Bond -- Modesto City Schools District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 36,339 / 56.39% Yes votes ...... 28,107 / 43.61% No votes

To update career training classrooms, labs/equipment to prepare students for the workforce; repair leaking roofs/deteriorating plumbing; and update classrooms/science labs for quality instruction in math, science, reading/writing, shall the Modesto City High School District measure be adopted authorizing $198,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, providing approximately $9,700,000 annually at an estimated 2.9 cents per $100 assessed value while bonds are outstanding, with citizen oversight, annual audits, no funds for administrator salaries, and funds used locally?