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November 2, 2004 Election

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County Results as of Nov 22 10:50am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (333/333)
67.7% Countywide Voter Turnout (147,663/218,051)

Statewide Results as of Dec 6 4:02pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (24035/24035)
75.9% Statewide Voter Turnout (12,572,735/16,557,273)

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  • President

    President of the United StatesClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John F. Kerry/John Edwards, Democratic
      6,737,355 votes 54.4%
    • George W. Bush/Dick Cheney, Republican
      5,501,496 votes 44.4%
    • Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna, Libertarian
      50,101 votes .5%
    • David Cobb/Pat LaMarche, Green
      40,598 votes .3%
    • Leonard Peltier/Janice Jordan, Peace and Freedom
      27,548 votes .2%
    • Michael Anthony Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin, American Independent
      26,580 votes .2%
    • Ralph Nader (Write-in)
    • John Parker (Write-in)
    • John Joseph Kennedy (Write-in)
    • Anthony Jabin (Write-in)
    • James Alexander-Pace (Write-in)

    US Senate

    United States SenatorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    US House

    United States Representative; District 18Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dennis A. Cardoza, Democratic
      103,732 votes 67.5%
    • Charles F. Pringle, Sr., Republican
      49,973 votes 32.5%

    United States Representative; District 19Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • George Radanovich, Republican
      155,354 votes 66.1%
    • James Lex Bufford, Democratic
      64,047 votes 27.2%
    • Larry R. Mullen, Green
      15,863 votes 6.7%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 17Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Barbara S. Matthews, Democratic
      66,926 votes 60.6%
    • Nellie McGarry, Republican
      43,664 votes 39.4%
    • Jennet C. Stebbins (Write-in)

    Member of the State Assembly; District 25Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dave Cogdill, Republican
      111,336 votes 68.2%
    • Bryan Justin Marks, Democratic
      52,006 votes 31.8%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 26Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Greg Aghazarian, Republican
      78,381 votes 62.6%
    • Tim Weintz, Sr., Democratic
      46,924 votes 37.4%

    County

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

    • Tom Mayfield
      15,656 votes 54.08%
    • Ted Howze
      13,156 votes 45.45%
    • (137 Writein Votes .47%)

    City

    Mayor; City of HughsonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member of City Council; City of HughsonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Greg Adams
      975 votes 32.65%
    • Stephen Randall Qualls
      897 votes 30.04%
    • Kevin E. Ricks
      823 votes 27.56%
    • Ramon Bawanan
      273 votes 9.14%
    • (18 Writein Votes .60%)

    Mayor; City of NewmanClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John G. Fantazia
      1,538 votes 95.95%
    • (65 Writein Votes 4.05%)

    Member of City Council; City of NewmanClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Member of City Council; City of OakdaleClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Tom Dunlop
      3,284 votes 36.81%
    • Katherine "Kathy" Morgan
      1,960 votes 21.97%
    • David Rodrigues
      1,117 votes 12.52%
    • Manuela "Nelly" Paredes-Walsborn
      1,032 votes 11.57%
    • Robert Hardie
      953 votes 10.68%
    • Denice M. Noel
      547 votes 6.13%
    • (28 Writein Votes .31%)

    City Clerk; City of OakdaleClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Nancy Lilly
      4,668 votes 98.38%
    • (77 Writein Votes 1.62%)

    City Treasurer; City of OakdaleClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Donna M. Borges
      4,510 votes 98.24%
    • (81 Writein Votes 1.76%)

    Mayor; City of PattersonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Keller
      1,619 votes 48.60%
    • Kathy Wright
      1,397 votes 41.94%
    • Tom Masters
      302 votes 9.07%
    • (13 Writein Votes .39%)

    Member of City Council; City of PattersonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Becky Campo
      1,979 votes 37.40%
    • Barbara J. Gray
      1,067 votes 20.17%
    • Marc Meyer
      913 votes 17.26%
    • Annette L. Smith
      713 votes 13.48%
    • Steve Bradley
      611 votes 11.55%
    • (8 Writein Votes .15%)

    Mayor; City of RiverbankClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member of City Council; City of RiverbankClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Kathy Anaya
      1,722 votes 23.60%
    • Allen B. Trawick
      1,257 votes 17.22%
    • Judy K. Ensley
      1,097 votes 15.03%
    • Roger E. Cogswell
      1,078 votes 14.77%
    • Jane J. Dutton Dryden
      838 votes 11.48%
    • Laurie A. Taylor
      693 votes 9.50%
    • Lee E. Ulloa
      566 votes 7.76%
    • (47 Writein Votes .64%)

    Member of City Council; City of TurlockClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • John S. Lazar
      12,290 votes 44.54%
    • Kurt Vander Weide
      8,073 votes 29.26%
    • Martin D. Yerby
      7,089 votes 25.69%
    • (140 Writein Votes .51%)

    City Treasurer; City of TurlockClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Diana Lewis
      14,393 votes 98.43%
    • (230 Writein Votes 1.57%)

    Mayor; City of WaterfordClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Charles Turner
      1,512 votes 94.68%
    • (85 Writein Votes 5.32%)

    Member of City Council; City of WaterfordClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • William Broderick-Villa
      1,112 votes 39.87%
    • Betty Jo Rorabaugh
      862 votes 30.91%
    • Kenneth R. Krause
      802 votes 28.76%
    • (13 Writein Votes .47%)

    City Treasurer; City of WaterfordClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • (138 Writein Votes 100.00%)

    State Propositions

    Proposition 1A Protection of Local Government Revenues
    9,398,045 / 83.6% Yes votes ...... 1,837,430 / 16.4% No votes
    Should local property tax and sales tax revenues remain with local government thereby safeguarding funding for public safety, health, libraries, parks, and other local services? Provisions can only be suspended if the Governor declares a fiscal necessity and two-thirds of the Legislature concur.

    Proposition 59 Public Records, Open Meetings
    9,322,156 / 83.3% Yes votes ...... 1,867,161 / 16.7% No votes
    Shall the Constitution be amended to include public's right of access to meetings of government bodies and writings of government officials while preserving specified constitutional rights and retaining existing exclusions for certain meetings and records?

    Proposition 60 Election Rights of Political Parties
    7,217,315 / 67.5% Yes votes ...... 3,473,838 / 32.5% No votes
    Shall the general election ballot be required to include candidate receiving most votes among candidates of same party for partisan office in primary election?

    Proposition 60A Surplus Property
    7,765,107 / 73.2% Yes votes ...... 2,839,572 / 26.8% No votes
    Shall the sale proceeds of most surplus state property pay off specified bonds?

    Proposition 61 Children's Hospital Projects. Grant Program
    6,620,176 / 58.3% Yes votes ...... 4,743,459 / 41.7% No votes
    Shall $750 million general obligation bonds be authorized for grants to eligible children's hospitals for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping children's hospitals?

    Proposition 62 Elections. Primaries
    5,111,627 / 46.2% Yes votes ...... 5,960,889 / 53.8% No votes
    Should primary elections be structured so that voters may vote for any state or federal candidate regardless of party registration of voter or candidate? The two primary-election candidates receiving most votes for an office, whether they are candidates with "no party" or members of same or different party, would be listed on general election ballot. Exempts presidential nominations.

    Proposition 63 Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes above $1 Million
    6,183,119 / 53.7% Yes votes ...... 5,330,052 / 46.3% No votes
    Should a 1% tax on taxable personal income above $1 million to fund expanded health services for mentally ill children, adults, seniors be established?

    Proposition 64 Limit on Private Enforcement of Unfair Business Competition Laws
    6,562,861 / 58.9% Yes votes ...... 4,572,383 / 41.1% No votes
    Should individual or class action "unfair business" lawsuits be allowed only if actual loss suffered? Only government officials may enforce these laws on public's behalf.

    Proposition 65 Local Government Funds, Revenues. State Mandates
    3,895,621 / 37.6% Yes votes ...... 6,461,927 / 62.4% No votes
    Should reduction of local fee/tax revenues require voter approval? Permits suspension of state mandate if no state reimbursement to local government within 180 days after obligation determined.

    Proposition 66 Limitations on "Three Strikes" Law. Sex Crimes. Punishment
    5,596,077 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 6,230,122 / 52.7% No votes
    Should the "Three Strikes" law be limited to violent and/or serious felonies? Permits limited re-sentencing under new definitions. Increases punishment for specified sex crimes against children.

    Proposition 67 Emergency Medical Services. Funding. Telephone Surcharge
    3,238,537 / 28.4% Yes votes ...... 8,154,515 / 71.6% No votes
    Should the telephone surcharge be increased and other funds for emergency room physicians, hospital emergency rooms, community clinics, emergency personnel training/equipment, and 911 telephone system be allocated?

    Proposition 68 Non-Tribal Commercial Gambling Expansion. Tribal Gaming Compact Amendments. Revenues, Tax Exemptions
    1,894,183 / 16.2% Yes votes ...... 9,788,161 / 83.8% No votes
    Should tribal compact amendments be authorized? Unless tribes accept, should casino gaming be authorized for sixteen non-tribal establishments? Percentage of gaming revenues fund government services.

    Proposition 69 DNA Samples. Collection. Database. Funding
    7,183,917 / 62.0% Yes votes ...... 4,395,343 / 38.0% No votes
    Should collection of DNA samples from all felons, and from others arrested for or charged with specified crimes be required with submission to state DNA database? Provides for funding.

    Proposition 70 Tribal Gaming Compacts. Exclusive Gaming Rights. Contributions to State
    2,759,558 / 23.7% Yes votes ...... 8,868,324 / 76.3% No votes
    Upon tribe's request, should the Governor be required to execute a 99-year compact? Tribes contribute percentage of net gaming income to state funds, in exchange for expanded, exclusive tribal casino gaming.

    Proposition 71 Stem Cell Research. Funding. Bonds
    7,009,814 / 59.1% Yes votes ...... 4,859,401 / 40.9% No votes
    Should the "California Institute for Regenerative Medicine" be established to regulate and fund stem cell research with the constitutional right to conduct such research and with an oversight committee? Prohibits funding of human reproductive cloning research.

    Proposition 72 Health Care Coverage Requirements
    5,681,863 / 49.1% Yes votes ...... 5,881,886 / 50.9% No votes
    Should legislation requiring health care coverage for employees, as specified, working for large and medium employers be approved?

    Local Measures

    Measure A Transient Occupancy Tax increase -- City of Oakdale (City Ordinance)
    2,158 / 38.85% Yes votes ...... 3,396 / 61.15% No votes
    Shall the ordinance of the City of Oakdale authorizing the increase in the rate of the City's existing Transient Occupancy Tax from 7% to 10% be approved?

    Measure B Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Patterson (City Ordinance)
    1,806 / 55.38% Yes votes ...... 1,455 / 44.62% No votes
    Shall the City Council Adopt An Ordinance which imposes an 8% Tax on Persons Staying 30 days or less in Hotels, Motels, and Similar Lodgings Within the City?

    Measure C City Treasurer -- City of Waterford
    990 / 55.96% Yes votes ...... 779 / 44.04% No votes
    Shall the Office of City Treasurer be Appointed?

    Measure D Sewer Service -- City of Modesto (Advisory Vote)
    36,532 / 62.99% Yes votes ...... 21,463 / 37.01% No votes
    Shall the City Council provide sewer service to the following described area of the Modesto Urban Area General Plan? "Robertson Road Infill Area": The unincorporated area generally located south of Robertson Road, east of Carpenter Road, west of Hays Street, and north of John Street containing 334 parcels on 96.8 acres.

    Measure F Transaction and Use Tax -- City of Turlock
    9,018 / 49.64% Yes votes ...... 9,148 / 50.36% No votes
    Shall the City of Turlock impose a one-half of one cent ($.005) transaction and use tax?

    Measure I Urban Development -- City of Newman (Advisory Vote)
    1,088 / 62.82% Yes votes ...... 644 / 37.18% No votes
    Shall the City of Newman advise the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors to direct urban development into the incorporated cities of our County?

    Measure E Local Community College Repair/Overcrowding Measure -- Yosemite Community College District (Bond Issue)
    87,523 / 62.2% Yes votes ...... 53,185 / 37.8% No votes
       84,403 (62.62%) Yes / 50,388 (37.38%) No in Stanislaus County
       Yes / No in Santa Clara County
       3120 (52.7%) Yes / 2797 (47.3%) No in San Joaquin County
    To prepare Modesto Junior College and Columbia College students for jobs and four-year colleges, repair buildings, and increase access to educational opportunities by repairing, constructing, equipping buildings, classrooms, libraries, science labs, establishing new and expanded college education centers in Turlock, Oakdale, Patterson and Calaveras County, and acquiring land, modernizing classroom technology, shall Yosemite Community College District issue $326,174,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with annual audits, a Citizens' Oversight Committee and no money for administrators' salaries?

    Measure G School Upgrading -- Hughson Unified School District (Bond Issue)
    2,788 / 67.25% Yes votes ...... 1,358 / 32.75% No votes
    To improve the quality of education, shall the Hughson Unified School District upgrade and construct additional classrooms, labs, and facilities, improve student access to computers and technology, upgrade outdated restrooms, sewer and plumbing systems, make health and safety improvements, upgrade fire alarms, renovate electrical systems, replace roofing, and become eligible to receive $6,900,000 in State grants by issuing $14,300,000 in bonds, within legal interest rates, with annual audits, a citizens' oversight committee and NO money for administrators' salaries?

    Measure K Abolition of trustee areas -- Ceres Unified School District
    6,769 / 64.94% Yes votes ...... 3,654 / 35.06% No votes
    Shall trustee areas in the Ceres Unified School District be abolished?

    Measure J Special Tax -- Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District
    2,956 / 65.04% Yes votes ...... 1,589 / 34.96% No votes
    Shall a Resolution entitled " A resolution of the Board of Directors of the Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District providing for the imposition of a special tax" be approved and the special tax for which it provides be imposed?

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