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March 5, 2002 Election

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County Results as of Apr 10 12:24pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (551/551)
37.7% Countywide Voter Turnout (121,406/321,409)

Statewide Results as of Apr 10 12:24pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (22976/22976)
34.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (5,285,587/15,280,808)

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    • State Executive

    Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    • Bill Simon, Republican
      1,126,197 votes 49.5%
    • Richard J. Riordan, Republican
      713,233 votes 31.4%
    • Bill Jones, Republican
      386,346 votes 17%
    • Nick Jesson, Republican
      19,251 votes .8%
    • Edie Bukewihge, Republican
      14,413 votes .6%
    • Danney Ball, Republican
      13,134 votes .5%
    • Jim Dimov, Republican
      5,582 votes .2%

    Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Reinhold Gulke, American Independent
      26,233 votes 100%

    Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Governor; State of California)

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Cruz M. Bustamante, Democratic
      1,931,980 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Jim King, American Independent
      25,206 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Kalee Przybylak, Natural Law
      4,130 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Reform Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor; State of California)

    Secretary of State; State of California; Democratic Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Republican Party

    • Keith Olberg, Republican
      1,223,393 votes 62.1%
    • Mike Schaefer, Republican
      408,189 votes 20.7%
    • Barbara Jean Marr, Republican
      340,995 votes 17.2%

    Secretary of State; State of California; American Independent Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Green Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Natural Law Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Reform Party

    • Valli Sharpe-Geisler, Reform
      7,225 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Secretary of State; State of California)

    State Controller; State of California; Democratic Party

    State Controller; State of California; Republican Party

    • Tom McClintock, Republican
      945,706 votes 45.8%
    • Dean Andal, Republican
      733,486 votes 35.5%
    • W. Snow Hume, Republican
      194,370 votes 9.4%
    • Nancy Beecham, Republican
      194,136 votes 9.3%

    State Controller; State of California; American Independent Party

    State Controller; State of California; Green Party

    • Laura Wells, Green
      29,374 votes 84.2%
    • David Delano Blanco, Green
      5,550 votes 15.8%

    State Controller; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • J. Carlos Aguirre, Natural Law
      4,452 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Controller; State of California)

    State Treasurer; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Philip Angelides, Democratic
      1,879,813 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Republican Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Nathan E. Johnson, American Independent
      26,692 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Green Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; Libertarian Party

    • Marian Smithson, Libertarian
      19,172 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Sylvia Valentine, Natural Law
      4,300 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Treasurer; State of California)

    Attorney General; State of California; Democratic Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Republican Party

    • Dick Ackerman, Republican
      1,831,813 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
      27,085 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; Green Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Libertarian Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Attorney General; State of California)

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Democratic Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Republican Party

    • Gary Mendoza, Republican
      804,772 votes 41.8%
    • Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch, Republican
      702,479 votes 36.4%
    • Wes Bannister, Republican
      422,132 votes 21.8%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Steve Klein, American Independent
      27,066 votes 100%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Green Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Insurance Commissioner; State of California)

    US Congress

    United States Representative; District 18; Democratic Party

    • Dennis A. Cardoza, Democratic
      22,879 votes 53.3%
    • Gary A. Condit, Democratic
      16,618 votes 38.7%
    • Ralph L. White, Democratic
      1,344 votes 3.1%
    • Sukhmander "Sukhi" Singh, Democratic
      963 votes 2.2%
    • Joseph Martin, Democratic
      740 votes 1.7%
    • Elvis Pringle, Democratic
      440 votes 1%

    United States Representative; District 18; Republican Party

    • Dick Monteith, Republican
      16,031 votes 52.9%
    • Bill Conrad, Republican
      9,543 votes 31.5%
    • George R. House, Republican
      3,885 votes 12.8%
    • Park Yonker, Republican
      849 votes 2.8%

    United States Representative; District 18; American Independent Party

    • Kevin H. Cripe, American Independent
      531 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 18; Libertarian Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 18)

    United States Representative; District 19; Democratic Party

    • John Veen, Democratic
      34,274 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 19; Republican Party

    • George Radanovich, Republican
      61,724 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 19; Libertarian Party

    • Patrick Lee McHargue, Libertarian
      324 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 19)

    United States Representative; District 20; Democratic Party

    • Cal Dooley, Democratic
      27,422 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 20; Republican Party

    • Andre Minuth, Republican
      8,807 votes 52.6%
    • Ricky Martin, Republican
      7,949 votes 47.4%

    United States Representative; District 20; Libertarian Party

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 20)

    United States Representative; District 21; Democratic Party

    United States Representative; District 21; Republican Party

    • Devin Nunes, Republican
      21,438 votes 37.1%
    • Jim Patterson, Republican
      19,099 votes 33%
    • Mike Briggs, Republican
      14,864 votes 25.7%
    • Tom Wright, Republican
      1,413 votes 2.5%
    • Nathan Short, Republican
      436 votes .7%
    • Richard Morgan, Republican
      369 votes .6%
    • Greg Ingles, Republican
      258 votes .4%

    United States Representative; District 21; Libertarian Party

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 21)

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 14; Republican Party

    • Chuck Poochigian, Republican
      92,478 votes 100%

    (Only Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 14)

    State Senator; District 16; Democratic Party

    • Dean Florez, Democratic
      36,209 votes 100%

    State Senator; District 16; Republican Party

    • Blair Knox, Republican
      22,582 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 16)

    State Assembly

    Member; California State Assembly; District 29; Democratic Party

    • Richard Martinez, Jr., Democratic
      20,942 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 29; Republican Party

    • Steve Samuelian, Republican
      24,977 votes 56.4%
    • Larry D. Willey, Republican
      19,365 votes 43.6%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 29; Libertarian Party

    • Jonathan Zwickel, Libertarian
      170 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 29)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 30; Democratic Party

    • Nicole M. Parra, Democratic
      10,402 votes 55%
    • Jim Crettol, Democratic
      5,048 votes 26.7%
    • Dolores Gallegos, Democratic
      1,853 votes 9.7%
    • Ed Martin, Democratic
      1,644 votes 8.6%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 30; Republican Party

    • Dean Gardner, Republican
      10,147 votes 66%
    • Jerry Salazar, Republican
      5,249 votes 34%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 30)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 31; Democratic Party

    • Sarah Reyes, Democratic
      19,978 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 31)

    State Board of Equalization

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 2; Democratic Party

    • Tom Y. Santos, Democratic
      237,609 votes 54.7%
    • Norman R. Angelo, Democratic
      197,020 votes 45.3%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 2; Republican Party

    • Bill Leonard, Republican
      368,441 votes 60%
    • Edward J. "Ted" Costa, Republican
      246,084 votes 40%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 2)

    City

    Member of City Council; City of Fresno; Council District 1

    • Tom Boyajian
      6431 votes 98.2%
    • (119 Writein Votes 1.8%, 3 Over Votes)

    Member of City Council; City of Fresno; Council District 3

    • Cynthia A. Sterling
      1202 votes 27.2%
    • Gloria Moralez
      1021 votes 23.1%
    • Bill Riddlesprigger
      628 votes 14.2%
    • Bret Rush
      612 votes 13.8%
    • Cary Catalano
      473 votes 10.7%
    • Larry Rasheed Muhammad
      283 votes 6.4%
    • Barbara Ann Hunt
      195 votes 4.4%
    • (6 Writein Votes 0.1%, 25 Over Votes)

    Member of City Council; City of Fresno; Council District 5

    Member of City Council; City of Fresno; Council District 7

    • Henry T. Perea
      2712 votes 46.4%
    • Richard Caglia
      2391 votes 40.9%
    • Keith Chun
      739 votes 12.6%
    • (8 Writein Votes 0.1%, 17 Over Votes)

    Should Edward M. Barella be Recalled as Council Member; City of Parlier; Council District 1
    82 / 47.4% Yes votes
    91 / 52.6% No votes

    Member of City Council to Replace Edward M. Barella; City of Parlier; Council District 1
    82 / 80.4% Yes votes
    20 / 19.6% No votes

    • Noe Hernandez

    County

    Assessor-Recorder; County of Fresno

    Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Fresno

    County Clerk; County of Fresno

    • Victor E. Salazar
      68375 votes 67.1%
    • David J. Hogenson
      33410 votes 32.8%
    • (118 Writein Votes 0.1%, 45 Over Votes)

    District Attorney; County of Fresno

    Public Administrator-Coroner; County of Fresno

    Sheriff; County of Fresno

    • Richard Pierce
      95912 votes 99.2%
    • (778 Writein Votes 0.8%, 23 Over Votes)

    Supervisor; County of Fresno; Supervisorial District 1

    • Phil Larson
      6546 votes 40.3%
    • Dan Ronquillo
      6303 votes 38.8%
    • Jacqueline G. Hodge
      1501 votes 9.2%
    • Trinidad M. Rodriguez
      1248 votes 7.7%
    • Phil Maher
      641 votes 3.9%
    • (11 Writein Votes 0.1%, 61 Over Votes)

    Supervisor; County of Fresno; Supervisorial District 4

    • Judy Case
      13572 votes 73.8%
    • Dennis Lujan
      4805 votes 26.1%
    • (17 Writein Votes 0.1%, 19 Over Votes)

    School

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California

    County Superintendent of Schools; County of Fresno

    • Peter G. Mehas
      97245 votes 98.6%
    • (1341 Writein Votes 1.4%, 30 Over Votes)

    Political Party

    Member of the Green Party County Council; County of Fresno (7 Elected)

    • Gail McCabe
      234 votes 14.1%
    • Carol A. Bequette
      221 votes 13.3%
    • Dirk VanGelder
      219 votes 13.2%
    • Larry R. Mullen
      202 votes 12.2%
    • Joan T. Poss
      173 votes 10.4%
    • Gregory Fletcher
      166 votes 10.0%
    • Jeffrey W. Eisinger
      158 votes 9.5%
    • Dallas J. Blanchard, Jr.
      157 votes 9.5%
    • Pasquale F. Carbone
      116 votes 7.0%
    • (10 Writein Votes 0.6%, 3 Over Votes)

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Fresno; Supervisorial District 3 (4 Elected)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Fresno; Supervisorial District 4 (4 Elected)

    • Clifford D. Unruh
      6336 votes 31.2%
    • Matthew Rogers
      4772 votes 23.5%
    • Rosa Roberts
      3711 votes 18.3%
    • John Rankin
      3648 votes 17.9%
    • Johnny Shaban
      1822 votes 9.0%
    • (38 Writein Votes 0.2%, 17 Over Votes)

    Judicial

    Judge of the Superior Court; County of Fresno; Office No. 1

    Judge of the Superior Court; County of Fresno; Office No. 13

    • Jon N. Kapetan
      55468 votes 52.7%
    • Vincent J. McGraw
      49586 votes 47.1%
    • (233 Writein Votes 0.2%, 90 Over Votes)

    Judge of the Superior Court; County of Fresno; Office No. 16

    State Propositions

    Proposition 40 The California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
    2,769,178 / 56.9% Yes votes ...... 2,101,516 / 43.1% No votes
    Should the state borrow two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for development, restoration, and acquisition of state and local parks, recreation areas and historical resources, and for land, air, and water conservation programs?

    Proposition 41 Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002
    2,474,372 / 51.6% Yes votes ...... 2,325,348 / 48.4% No votes
    Should the state borrow $200 million ($200,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of updated voting systems?

    Proposition 42 Transportation Congestion Improvement Act
    3,345,877 / 69.1% Yes votes ...... 1,499,475 / 30.9% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require gasoline and diesel fuel sales tax revenues be allocated for specified transportation purposes, including highways, streets and roads, and transit improvements?

    Proposition 43 Right to Have Vote Counted
    3,382,174 / 71.5% Yes votes ...... 1,346,926 / 28.5% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require that every vote legally cast in an election be counted?

    Proposition 44 Chiropractors. Unprofessional Conduct
    3,758,718 / 79.8% Yes votes ...... 952,790 / 20.2% No votes
    Should the Chiropractic Act be amended to alter procedures and penalties in cases of various specified offenses, including insurance fraud?

    Proposition 45 Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions
    2,043,448 / 42.3% Yes votes ...... 2,782,039 / 57.7% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to allow voters to submit petitions to permit their incumbent legislators to run for reelection and to serve for a maxiumum of four more years beyond their presently allowed terms?

    Local Measures

    Measure A Competitive Bidding for Contracts -- City of Fresno
    28303 / 59.7% Yes votes ...... 19072 / 40.3% No votes
    Shall the Charter be amended to provide for advertised competitive bidding for contracts involving City funds exceeding $100,000, exceptions to competitive bidding, a definition of public work of improvement, a design build process, a method for determining the lowest bid when alternative bid forms or additive/deductive items are used, exemption from application of California Public Contract Code, and procurement requirements.

    Measure C Reedley General Plan Amendment -Wal-Mart/Otani Project -- City of Reedley
    1794 / 49.6% Yes votes ...... 1826 / 50.4% No votes
    Proposed City of Reedley Measure C (General Plan Amendment No. 99-01 for the Wal-Mart/Otani Project)

    Measure D Reedley Zone Change Wal-Mart/Otani Project -- City of Reedley
    1763 / 49.0% Yes votes ...... 1838 / 51.0% No votes
    Proposed City of Reedley Measure D (Change of Zone No. 289 for the Wal-Mart/Otani Project)

    Measure E Fresno Zoo Sales Tax -- Fresno County
    59931 / 56.5% Yes votes ...... 46165 / 43.5% No votes
    Shall ordinance No. 2000-01 of the Fresno County Zoo Authority be approved to provide additional funding for the support of zoos, zoological facilities, and related zoological purposes within Fresno County by imposing a transactions and use tax at the rate of one-tenth of one percent for a period of 7 years?

    Measure H Sierra Kings District Hospital Bond Measure -- Sierra Kings Health Care District
    4360 / 78.7% Yes votes ...... 1183 / 21.3% No votes
    To expand the emergency room to meet increasing patient demands, to improve and maintain inpatient hospital services, upgrade radiology equipment, expand the Birthing Center, and comply with required earthquake safety codes to avoid closure, shall the Sierra Kings Health Care District issue $6,000,000 of bonds, at legal interest rates, to finance capital improvements to Sierra Kings District Hospital facilities?"

    Measure K Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District Bond Measure -- Kings Canyon Unified School District
    4114 / 65.9% Yes votes ...... 2130 / 34.1% No votes
    To relieve overcrowding in our schools by acquiring property, building, furnishing, and equipping: a high school in Orange Cove; a small high school in Dunlap, and; a food service preparation facility at the District Operations site; shall Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District, serving our communities' children, issue $18 million of bonds for the above purposes, at legal interest rates, with taxpayer safeguards, citizen oversight, and annual independent audits?

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