Combined ballot
Every Party

See Also:   Information for the County of San Mateo
(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• Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)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• Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)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• Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)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• Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)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%
• Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
• David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
• James Alexander-Pace, Democratic (Write-in)
• John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
• Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)

President of the United States; Republican Party

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

(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 12; Democratic Party

• Tom Lantos, Democratic
  63,323 votes 73.6%
• Ro Khanna, Democratic
  17,107 votes 19.9%
• Maad Abu-Ghazalah, Democratic
  5,678 votes 6.5%
• Norma Bureau Elias, Democratic (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 12; Republican Party

• Mike Garza, Republican
  13,967 votes 55.5%
• Christopher Huskins, Republican
  11,214 votes 44.5%

United States Representative; District 12; Green Party

• Pat Gray, Green
  1,072 votes 69.1%
• Barry Hermanson, Green
  480 votes 30.9%

United States Representative; District 12; Libertarian Party

• Harland Harrison, Libertarian
  390 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 12)

United States Representative; District 14; Democratic Party

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

United States Representative; District 14; Republican Party

• Chris Haugen, Republican
  33,548 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 14; Libertarian Party

• Brian Holtz, Libertarian
  871 votes 100%

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

State Senate

State Senator; District 11; Democratic Party

• Joe Simitian, Democratic
  65,306 votes 57.5%
• Ted Lempert, Democratic
  48,360 votes 42.5%

State Senator; District 11; Republican Party

• Jon Zellhoefer, Republican
  42,704 votes 100%

State Senator; District 11; Libertarian Party

• Allen M. Rice, Libertarian
  1,058 votes 100%

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

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 12; Democratic Party

• Leland Y. Yee, Democratic
  47,443 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 12; Republican Party

• Howard Epstein, Republican
  8,569 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 12; Libertarian Party

• Chris Maden, Libertarian
  242 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 12)

Member of the State Assembly; District 19; Democratic Party

• Gene Mullin, Democratic
  45,974 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 19; Republican Party

• Catherine Brinkman, Republican
  16,831 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 19; Libertarian Party

• Miles C. Gilster, Libertarian
  276 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 19)

Member of the State Assembly; District 21; Democratic Party

• Ira Ruskin, Democratic
  20,922 votes 37.4%
• John Carcione, Democratic
  20,142 votes 36%
• John Barton, Democratic
  8,319 votes 14.8%
• Barbara Nesbet, Democratic
  6,618 votes 11.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 21; Republican Party

• Steve Poizner, Republican
  26,978 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 21)

Party Central Committee

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 2 (4 Elected)

• Janet Epstein, Democratic
  8,203 votes 25.5%
• Dolores Heisinger, Democratic
  6,205 votes 19.3%
• Ginny Stewart, Democratic
  5,687 votes 17.7%
• Marie H. Davis, Democratic
  5,381 votes 16.7%
• Alan M. Gilbert, Democratic
  4,729 votes 14.7%
• Andrew Cassidy, Democratic
  1,986 votes 6.2%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 4 (4 Elected)

• Kelly Fergusson, Democratic
  5,078 votes 23.7%
• Shirley Daniels-Stassinos, Democratic
  5,043 votes 23.6%
• E. Wallace Esler, Democratic
  3,906 votes 18.3%
• Andrew Byrnes, Democratic
  3,796 votes 17.7%
• James R. Knox, Democratic
  3,567 votes 16.7%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 5 (4 Elected)

• Judith Christensen, Democratic
  6,577 votes 26.4%
• Annette Hipona, Democratic
  5,371 votes 21.6%
• Dana Smith, Democratic
  5,149 votes 20.7%
• Marian Mann, Democratic
  4,476 votes 18.0%
• Frank Berlanga, Democratic
  3,330 votes 13.4%

Member, Green Party County Council; County of San Mateo (7 Elected)

• Pat Gray, Green
  898 votes 17.8%
• Jo Chamberlain, Green
  709 votes 14.0%
• Sanda Everette, Green
  632 votes 12.5%
• Jean Comfort, Green
  620 votes 12.3%
• James Shannon, Green
  479 votes 9.5%
• Arlen Comfort, Green
  478 votes 9.5%
• Don Havis, Green
  464 votes 9.2%
• Margaret Pye, Green
  413 votes 8.2%
• Brian Everette, Green
  363 votes 7.2%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 2 (5 Elected)

• Deborah Wilder, Republican
  3,612 votes 19.1%
• Gloria Gillogley Acosta, Republican
  2,544 votes 13.4%
• Jerry P. Heckert, Republican
  2,296 votes 12.1%
• Jim R. Tomlin, Republican
  2,246 votes 11.9%
• Mark C. Watson, Republican
  2,046 votes 10.8%
• Salim Qaru, Republican
  1,882 votes 9.9%
• Eric Stark, Republican
  1,664 votes 8.8%
• Thomas J. Weissmiller, Republican
  1,548 votes 8.2%
• A. J. Weissmiller, Republican
  1,099 votes 5.8%

County

Member, Board of Supervisors; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 1

• Mark Church
  81,810 votes 77.1%
• Taso Zografos
  24,314 votes 22.9%

Member, Board of Supervisors; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 4

• Rose Jacobs Gibson
  72,403 votes 73.1%
• Stan Buetens
  26,595 votes 26.9%

Member, Board of Supervisors; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 5

• Adrienne Tissier
  89,722 votes 100.0%

Judicial

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 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 Special Tax for Fire Protection and Prevention and Extended Police Services -- San Mateo County Service Area #1 (2/3 Voter Approval Required)
937 / 70.8% Yes votes ...... 387 / 29.2% No votes

Shall Resolution No. 066343 of the County of San Mateo imposing an annual special tax for fire protection and extended police services according to the schedule therein be approved?

Measure C Special Tax -- Portola Valley Elementary School District (2/3 Voter Approval Required)
1,958 / 72.9% Yes votes ...... 727 / 27.1% No votes

To maintain educational excellence, emphasizing science, reading, writing, and math instruction; attract and retain qualified, experienced teachers; and provide necessary educational programs and materials; shall the Portola Valley Elementary School District be authorized to continue and increase the existing annual special tax to $290 per parcel for 10 years beginning July 1, 2004 and adjust the appropriations limit annually according to statute; provide annual citizen oversight and allow exemptions for those 65 years or older?

Measure B Special Tax -- Ravenswood City School District (2/3 Voter Approval Required)
1,683 / 74.7% Yes votes ...... 570 / 25.3% No votes

To improve students' reading, writing, math, and science skills by recruiting and retaining experienced, highly qualified teachers and support staff; and by supporting supplemental educational programs and services, shall the Ravenswood City School District levy an annual parcel tax of $98 for five (5) years, beginning July 1, 2004; and increase the District's total appropriations limit annually according to statute, with annual citizens' oversight committee audits and with exemptions available to individuals aged 65 and older?