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March 2, 2004 Election

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County Results as of Mar 22 12:36pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (198/198)
56.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (74,671/132,307)

Statewide Results as of Mar 26 4:14pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (21830/21830)
43.6% Statewide Voter Turnout (6,585,111/15,091,160)

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    President

    President of the United States; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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    • Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)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    • Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)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    • Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)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    • Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)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%
    • Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
    • David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
    • John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
    • Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)
    • James Alexander-Pace, Democratic (Write-in)

    President of the United States; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

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

    President of the United States; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

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

    President of the United States; Green PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

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

    United States Senator; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

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

    United States Senator; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Senator; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (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 14; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Anna G. Eshoo, Democratic
      81,551 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 14; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Representative; District 14; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 14)

    United States Representative; District 17; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Representative; District 17; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Representative; District 17; Green PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ray Glock-Grueneich, Green
      1,656 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 17; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Joel Smolen, Libertarian
      482 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 17; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 17)

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 11; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Senator; District 11; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Senator; District 11; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 11)

    State Senator; District 15; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Senator; District 15; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Abel Maldonado, Republican
      79,994 votes 100%

    State Senator; District 15; Green PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Brook Madsen, Green
      1,397 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Green, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 15)

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 27; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member of the State Assembly; District 27; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 27)

    Member of the State Assembly; District 28; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Simon Salinas, Democratic
      25,890 votes 100%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 28; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 28)

    Judicial

    School

    County

    County Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Janet K. Beautz
      10,963 votes 97.2%
    • (319 Writein Votes 2.8%)

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

    • Ellen Pirie
      9,205 votes 58.7%
    • Peter Truman
      6,458 votes 41.1%
    • (31 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    County Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mark W. Stone
      5,722 votes 36.8%
    • Stephany E. Aguilar
      3,308 votes 21.3%
    • Randy Johnson
      2,881 votes 18.5%
    • Tod Landis
      1,864 votes 12.0%
    • Denese Matthes
      1,751 votes 11.3%
    • (25 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    Party Committee

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    • Carol Fuller
      4,401 votes 15.0%
    • Janet Singer
      4,129 votes 14.1%
    • Darrell Darling
      3,946 votes 13.5%
    • Joyce Malone
      3,698 votes 12.6%
    • Judy Warner
      3,560 votes 12.1%
    • Patricia Pfremmer
      3,511 votes 12.0%
    • Robert De Freitas
      3,314 votes 11.3%
    • Brian T. Murtha
      2,707 votes 9.2%
    • (42 Writein Votes 0.1%)

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (5 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Santa CruzClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    Member, Natural Law Party County Central Committee; County of Santa CruzClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    Member, Peace and Freedom Party Party County Central Committee; County of Santa CruzClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    • Jennifer Ann Gosk
      103 votes 17.5%
    • Shushannah Akin
      95 votes 16.1%
    • Michael J. Smith
      94 votes 15.9%
    • Maureen Smith
      93 votes 15.8%
    • Joe Williams
      91 votes 15.4%
    • Steve Argue
      70 votes 11.9%
    • (44 Writein Votes 7.5%)

    State Propositions

    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?

    Local Measures

    Measure D Bonds -- Cabrillo Community College District (55% Majority Approval Required)
    43,470 / 62.0% Yes votes ...... 26,643 / 38.0% No votes
    To train and prepare students for jobs and transfer to four-year universities and improve safety by providing: Classrooms for healthcare and job training programs; a university and career readiness center; improved math, science, arts, English and other instructional facilities; and by upgrading, acquiring, constructing, equipping buildings, sites and classrooms, shall Cabrillo Community College District issue $118,500,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with citizen oversight, guaranteed annual audits and no money for administrators' salaries?

    Measure E Bonds -- Live Oak Elementary School District (55% Majority Required)
    4,446 / 72.9% Yes votes ...... 1,654 / 27.1% No votes
    In order to upgrade electrical, heating and plumbing systems; replace fire alarms and other safety systems; modernize classrooms; fix leaky roofs, and to qualify for state matching funds, shall the Live Oak School District be authorized to renovate, repair, modernize and acquire property for school/joint-use facilities and issue $14,500,000 in bonds at interest rates within the legal limit with no funds for administrator salaries and an appointed Independent Citizens Oversight Committee to monitor all bond expenditures?

    Measure F City Sales Tax -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
    12,995 / 69.0% Yes votes ...... 5,828 / 31.0% No votes
    Shall a temporary sales tax rate increase of one-quarter of one percent, which will end after five years, be adopted to help limit further budget cuts in the City's General Fund?

    Measure I Parcel Tax -- Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District (Majority Approval Required)
    901 / 64.5% Yes votes ...... 495 / 35.5% No votes
    Shall the Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District continue for four years (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008) the Gann Appropriations Limit increase approved by the voters in 2000, thus allowing the district to continue to use the revenue generated by the existing special tax of $150 per parcel?


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