Combined ballot
Every Party

See Also:   Information for the County of Marin
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

President of the United States; Democratic Party

• John F. Kerry, Democratic
  1,975,043 votes 64.4%
• John Edwards, Democratic
  606,224 votes 19.8%
• Dennis J. Kucinich, Democratic
  143,162 votes 4.7%
• Howard Dean, Democratic
  129,063 votes 4.3%
• Al Sharpton, Democratic
  58,454 votes 2%
• Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  52,078 votes 1.6%
• Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  50,455 votes 1.6%
• Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  24,087 votes .7%
• Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  21,613 votes .7%
• Lyndon Larouche, Democratic
  7,846 votes .2%
• Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)
• Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
• James Alexander-Pace, Democratic (Write-in)
• David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
• John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)

President of the United States; Republican Party

• George W. Bush, Republican
  2,184,828 votes 100%
• Richard P. Bosa, Republican (Write-in)
• Richard Allen Holtz, Republican (Write-in)
• Bill Wyatt, Republican (Write-in)
• Bradley J. Barton, Republican (Write-in)
• Doc Castellano, Republican (Write-in)
• Nancy Warrick, Republican (Write-in)
• Blake Ashby, Republican (Write-in)

President of the United States; American Independent Party

• Michael A. Peroutka, American Independent
  25,950 votes 100%

President of the United States; Green Party

• Peter Miguel Camejo, Green
  33,255 votes 75.9%
• David Cobb, Green
  5,002 votes 11.5%
• Lorna Salzman, Green
  4,680 votes 10.6%
• Kent Mesplay, Green
  883 votes 2%

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

• Gary Nolan, Libertarian
  11,677 votes 59.3%
• Aaron Russo, Libertarian
  4,761 votes 24.2%
• Michael Badnarik, Libertarian
  3,266 votes 16.5%

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

• Leonard Peltier, Peace and Freedom
  2,767 votes 59.2%
• Walter F. "Walt" Brown, Peace and Freedom
  1,914 votes 40.8%
• Israel Feuer, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Mumia Abu-Jamal, Peace and Freedom

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

US Senate

United States Senator; Democratic Party

• Barbara Boxer, Democratic
  2,532,621 votes 100%

United States Senator; Republican Party

• Bill Jones, Republican
  1,002,875 votes 44.9%
• Rosario Marin, Republican
  448,756 votes 20.1%
• Howard Kaloogian, Republican
  248,443 votes 11.2%
• Toni Casey, Republican
  139,835 votes 6.3%
• Tim Stoen, Republican
  123,182 votes 5.5%
• James Stewart, Republican
  77,111 votes 3.4%
• Barry L. Hatch, Republican
  70,307 votes 3.1%
• John M. Van Zandt, Republican
  56,143 votes 2.5%
• Danney Ball, Republican
  37,059 votes 1.6%
• Bill Quraishi, Republican
  32,022 votes 1.4%
• Louis E. Longoria, Republican (Write-in)

United States Senator; American Independent Party

• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  31,277 votes 100%

United States Senator; Libertarian Party

• James P. "Jim" Gray, Libertarian
  13,437 votes 57.5%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  9,959 votes 42.5%

United States Senator; Peace and Freedom Party

• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  4,778 votes 100%

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Senator)

US House

United States Representative; District 6; Democratic Party

• Lynn Woolsey, Democratic
  99,970 votes 84.1%
• Renn Vara, Democratic
  19,039 votes 15.9%

United States Representative; District 6; Republican Party

• Paul L. Erickson, Republican
  43,248 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 6)

State Senate

State Senator; District 3; Democratic Party

• Carole Migden, Democratic
  115,892 votes 84.9%
• Davy Jones, Democratic
  20,685 votes 15.1%

State Senator; District 3; Republican Party

• Andrew D. Felder, Republican
  34,572 votes 100%

State Senator; District 3; Libertarian Party

• David Rhodes, Libertarian
  813 votes 100%

State Senator; District 3; Peace and Freedom Party

• Ian J. Grimes, Peace and Freedom
  325 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 3)

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 6; Democratic Party

• Joe Nation, Democratic
  69,554 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 6; Republican Party

• Carolyn F. Patrick, Republican
  28,048 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 6)

Party Committee

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 2 (6 Elected)

• Eva Long
  4771 votes 17.53%
• Lynn Arias Bornstein
  4164 votes 15.30%
• Greg Brockbank
  4070 votes 14.96%
• Eleanor Kellogg-Smith
  4053 votes 14.90%
• Ruth Dell
  3835 votes 14.09%
• Margot Kramer Biehle
  3312 votes 12.17%
• Mario Ernesto Lopez
  2877 votes 10.57%
• (112 Writein Votes 0.5%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 2 (6 Elected)

• Kathryn Olson Rakow
  2108 votes 16.13%
• Ed Sullivan
  2098 votes 16.05%
• Morgan R. Kelley
  2043 votes 15.63%
• Vic Canby
  2043 votes 15.63%
• Joe Rusbarsky
  1840 votes 14.08%
• Bev Heinecke
  1744 votes 13.35%
• Carla J. McCloskey
  1137 votes 8.70%
• (45 Writein Votes 0.4%)

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

• Elberta J. Eriksson
  4813 votes 23.62%
• Meryl J. Schneider
  4677 votes 22.95%
• Robert D. Harmon
  4343 votes 21.31%
• Robert H. Larsen
  4293 votes 21.07%
• Michael J. Mongan
  2156 votes 10.58%
• (87 Writein Votes 0.5%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 5 (3 Elected)

• Katherine Bartee
  1886 votes 21.98%
• Frank Tallarida
  1843 votes 21.48%
• Susan Gordon Miller
  1711 votes 19.94%
• Victor Aguila
  1579 votes 18.40%
• R. Joseph Moore
  1533 votes 17.87%
• (21 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Judicial

Judge, Superior Court; County of Marin; Office 2

• Faye D'Opal
  19522 votes 28.58%
• Paul Haakenson
  12460 votes 18.24%
• Matt White
  11297 votes 16.54%
• Bernard H. "Bernie" Meyers
  7476 votes 10.94%
• Jack Gibson
  6767 votes 9.91%
• Peter C. Lagarias
  5092 votes 7.45%
• Herbert M. Rowland, Jr.
  2976 votes 4.36%
• Tex Ritter
  2578 votes 3.77%
• (123 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Judge, Superior Court; County of Marin; Office 3

• Michael B. Dufficy
  37725 votes 57.80%
• Erwin Fredrich
  15958 votes 24.45%
• Jim Scherer
  11372 votes 17.42%
• (175 Writein Votes 0.3%)

County

Supervisor; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 2

• Harold C. Brown
  13077 votes 80.93%
• Niccolo Caldararo
  3049 votes 18.87%
• (29 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Supervisor; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 3

• Charles F. McGlashan
  4176 votes 26.05%
• Andrew Thompson
  3392 votes 21.16%
• John Leonard
  2828 votes 17.64%
• Clifford Waldeck
  2818 votes 17.58%
• Noah Griffin
  2789 votes 17.40%
• (25 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Supervisor; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 4

• Stephen H. Kinsey
  6474 votes 54.61%
• Dennis J. Rodoni
  4321 votes 36.45%
• Louis Nuyens
  1032 votes 8.70%
• (25 Writein Votes 0.2%)

City

Member, City Council; City of Belvedere (3 Elected)

• John C. Telischak
  680 votes 29.50%
• Jim Berg
  666 votes 28.89%
• Jerry Butler
  640 votes 27.77%
• William "Bill" Rothman
  308 votes 13.36%
• (11 Writein Votes 0.5%)

Member, Town Council; Town of Ross (3 Elected)

• Richard Strauss
  770 votes 31.09%
• R. Scot Hunter
  625 votes 25.23%
• Bill R. Poland
  587 votes 23.70%
• Wendy McPhee
  491 votes 19.82%
• (3 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Special District

Director; Ross Valley Sanitary District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Brian Paul Oliva
  7074 votes 40.55%
• Sue Brown
  6598 votes 37.83%
• George Hall Buckle
  3724 votes 21.35%
• (39 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Proposition 55 Kindergarten -University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004
3,181,725 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 3,076,099 / 49.2% No votes

Should the state sell twelve billion three hundred million dollars ($12,300,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?

Proposition 56 State Budget, Related Taxes, Reserve, Voting Requirements, Penalties
2,151,359 / 34.3% Yes votes ...... 4,113,036 / 65.7% No votes

Should the State Constitution and certain statutes be amended to allow the state legislature to pass the state budget and budget-related tax and appropriation bills with a 55 percent vote, and to make other changes to the budget process?

Proposition 57 The Economic Recovery Bond Act
3,991,044 / 63.3% Yes votes ...... 2,312,254 / 36.7% No votes

Should the state of California borrow 15 billion dollars ($15,000,000,000) through the sale of bonds to provide financing for California's budget deficit?

Proposition 58 The California Balanced Budget Act
4,461,157 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 1,813,507 / 28.9% No votes

Should the state Constitution be amended to require that the state adopt a balanced budget and provide for mid-year adjustments if the budget falls out of balance? Should the Constitution also include state budget reserve requirements and limits on future borrowing to finance budget deficits?

Measure 2 Regional Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Marin, County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano (Regional Measure - Majority Vote)
631,304 / 58.5% Yes votes ...... 448,771 / 41.5% No votes
   178,464 (59.55%) Yes / 121,206 (40.45%) No in Santa Clara County
   164,497 (55.6%) Yes / 131,098 (44.4%) No in Alameda County
   121,167 (51.4%) Yes / 114,766 (48.6%) No in Contra Costa County
   51285 (64.29%) Yes / 28487 (35.71%) No in Marin County
   115,891 (68.53%) Yes / 53,214 (31.47%) No in San Francisco County
   Yes / No in Solano County

Shall voters authorize a Regional Traffic Relief Plan that does the following:

(1) Directs revenues generated through the collection of bridge tolls to provide the following projects:

(A) Expand and extend BART.
(B) New transbay commuter rail crossing south of the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge.
(C) Comprehensive Regional Express bus network.
(D) New expanded ferry service.
(E) Better connections between BART, buses, ferries, and rail.

(2) Approves a one dollar ($1) toll increase effective July 1, 2004, on all toll bridges in the bay area, except the Golden Gate Bridge?

Measure A Continuation of the Transient Occupancy Tax -- County of Marin (Majority required)
5134 / 80.18% Yes votes ...... 1269 / 19.82% No votes

Shall an ordinance be approved to continue section 3.05.030 of the Marin County Code to sustain the current transient occupancy tax rate of ten percent (10%) upon transients occupying lodging located only within the unincorporated area of Marin County?

Measure B Continuation of the Business License Tax -- County of Marin (Majority Required)
58530 / 75.52% Yes votes ...... 18970 / 24.48% No votes

Shall an ordinance be approved to continue Chapter 5.54 of the Marin County Code to sustain the current business license tax upon all professions, trades, occupations, gainful activities, and all and every kind of calling, within the unincorporated area of Marin County to raise revenue for general governmental purposes?

Measure C Appropriations Limit Adjustment -- City of Belvedere
766 / 82.10% Yes votes ...... 167 / 17.90% No votes

Shall the City of Belvedere be authorized to continue adjusting its appropriations limit for the annual fire protection and emergency medical services levy, pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, for the period 7/1/2004 through 6/30/2008? The levy for FY 2004-2005 shall not exceed the rate authorized in Chapter 3.28 of the Belvedere Municipal Code. (The current levy is $444 per residential dwelling unit, $509 per commercial occupancy, and $90 per vacant parcel.)

Measure D General Municipal Services Tax -- Town of Ross
606 / 64.61% Yes votes ...... 332 / 35.39% No votes

Shall the ordinance authorizing levy of the general municipal services tax from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2008, thereby increasing the appropriations limit of the Town of Ross, be adopted?

Measure E School Bond -- Kentfield School District (55% Required)
3259 / 70.39% Yes votes ...... 1371 / 29.61% No votes

In order to repair and modernize 1950's era classrooms and facilities at Bacich and Kent schools; install energy-saving solar panels to reduce costs; improve student safety; replace aging plumbing and electrical systems; upgrade wiring to meet technology standards; replace aging heating and ventilation units; and upgrade facilities to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, shall Kentfield School District issue $11,900,000 of general obligation bonds at rates below legal limits and appoint a Citizens' Oversight Committee?

Measure F Special Tax -- Bolinas Fire Protection District Community Facilities District 2003-1 (2/3 Vote Required)
638 / 78.86% Yes votes ...... 171 / 21.14% No votes

In order to build a new, earthquakeresistant, code-compliant firehouse with ambulance bay, shall the Bolinas Fire Protection District, for its Community Facilities District No. 20031 (Fire Station Project), levy a special tax of $98 per developed parcel and $35 per undeveloped parcel each year for 40 years to repay bonds used to finance the firehouse, issue special tax bonds and fix an appropriations limit of not more than $2,000,000?

Measure G Zone IV Bond -- Strawberry Recreation District (2/3 vote required)
62 / 84.93% Yes votes ...... 11 / 15.07% No votes

Shall the Zone IV portion of the Strawberry Recreation District incur bonded indebtedness of not to exceed $2,100,000 to finance the acquisition, construction and completion of certain recreational improvements, structures and facilities comprising the dredging, redredging, widening and opening of navigable channels, to provide a safe, adequate and useful recreational small boat channel and lands and easement necessary therefore, for the benefit of said Zone IV and of its inhabitants?