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President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
  8,063,473 votes 61.1%
• John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
  4,902,278 votes 37.1%
• Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Peace and Freedom
  105,375 votes 0.8%
• Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
  65,654 votes 0.5%
• Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr., American Independent
  39,620 votes 0.3%
• Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente, Green
  37,432 votes 0.2%
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 13

• Fortney Stark, Democratic
  166,829 votes 76.5%
• Raymond Chui, Republican
  51,447 votes 23.5%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 18

• Mary Hayashi, Democratic
  115,780 votes 77.6%
• Lou Filipovich, Republican
  33,596 votes 22.4%

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Alameda; Seat 9

• Dennis Hayashi
  309896 votes 61.63%
• Phil Daly
  188201 votes 37.43%
• (4720 Total Write-In Votes 0.94%)

School

Board Member; Chabot-Las Positas Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• Marshall Mitzman
  13815 votes 59.95%
• Jesús Armas
  9011 votes 39.10%
• (220 Total Write-In Votes 0.95%)

Board Member; Hayward Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Luis Reynoso
  14594 votes 14.59%
• Maribel Heredia
  13447 votes 13.44%
• Sarah Gonzales
  12977 votes 12.97%
• Dianne McDermott
  10022 votes 10.02%
• Araceli Orozco
  9508 votes 9.51%
• Rick Bartholomew
  9192 votes 9.19%
• Jeff Cook
  9088 votes 9.09%
• Simon Eduardar Flores
  7528 votes 7.53%
• Chuck Horner
  6752 votes 6.75%
• Loretta R. Robertson
  6474 votes 6.47%
• (437 Total Write-In Votes 0.44%)

Board Member; Hayward Unified School District; 2 Year Short Term

• Sheila R. Sims
  15620 votes 40.44%
• Kelly Rocchio
  6526 votes 16.90%
• Willie Lee Anderson
  5348 votes 13.85%
• James P. Farley
  4644 votes 12.02%
• Conrad Hake
  3931 votes 10.18%
• Lawrence M. Fitzpatrick
  2263 votes 5.86%
• (294 Total Write-In Votes 0.76%)

Board Member At-Large; Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District

• H.E. Christian "Chris" Peeples
  269,395 votes 64.2%
• Joyce Roy
  146,457 votes 34.9%
• (3,547 Total Write-In Votes 0.8%)

Board Member; Eden Township Health Care District (2 Elected)

• Vin Sawhney
  46310 votes 31.89%
• Rajendra Ratnesar
  37815 votes 26.04%
• Francisco C. "Frank" Rico
  37351 votes 25.72%
• Ronald Alan Hull
  22762 votes 15.68%
• (964 Total Write-In Votes 0.66%)

Board Member; Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (3 Elected)

• Dennis Waespi
  52498 votes 32.55%
• Louis Manuel Andrade
  41398 votes 25.67%
• Minane Jameson
  29374 votes 18.21%
• Judith -Krystel Berdiago
  21768 votes 13.50%
• Paul S. Sheridan
  15440 votes 9.57%
• (796 Total Write-In Votes 0.49%)

Board Member; Hayward Area Recreation and Park District; 2 Year Short Term

• Paul W. Hodges, Jr.
  37735 votes 52.39%
• Audie Bock
  33641 votes 46.71%
• (648 Total Write-In Votes 0.90%)

Board Member; Oro Loma Sanitary District; 2 Year Short Term

• Timothy P. Becker
  25749 votes 79.02%
• Lou Filipovich
  6525 votes 20.02%
• (313 Total Write-In Votes 0.96%)

Board Member; San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; Ward 5

• John McPartland
  87,698 votes 61.7%
• Linda Jeffery Sailors
  53,953 votes 38.0%
• (516 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
Pass: 6,512,189 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 5,887,181 / 47.5% No votes

To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Pass: 8,009,556 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,622,352 / 36.6% No votes

Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
Pass: 6,805,649 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 5,536,987 / 44.9% No votes

Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 6,071,863 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,570,777 / 52.0% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Fail: 5,015,080 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 7,407,454 / 59.6% No votes

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Fail: 3,728,495 / 30.8% Yes votes ...... 8,365,052 / 69.2% No votes

Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation
Fail: 4,376,814 / 35.4% Yes votes ...... 7,984,617 / 64.6% No votes

Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Pass: 6,838,107 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 6,246,463 / 47.7% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
Pass: 6,518,511 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 5,602,596 / 46.2% No votes

Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
Fail: 4,966,867 / 40.5% Yes votes ...... 7,303,418 / 59.5% No votes

Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

Proposition 11 Redistricting
Pass: 5,957,057 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 5,759,932 / 49.2% No votes

Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008
Pass: 7,618,136 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 4,385,715 / 36.5% No votes

Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?

Measure VV Special Tax Measure -- Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 308,971 / 71.9% Yes votes ...... 120,864 / 28.1% No votes
   40483 (70.12%) Yes / 17248 (29.88%) No in Contra Costa County
   268488 (72.15%) Yes / 103616 (27.85%) No in Alameda County

To preserve affordable local public transportation that allows seniors and people with disabilities to remain independent, takes students to and from school, provides transportation alternatives given skyrocketing gas prices, helps residents commute to work and reduces traffic and greenhouse gas emissions by getting cars off the road shall the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) increase its existing parcel tax by $4 per parcel, per month for ten years with independent oversight and all money staying local?

Measure WW Extend Existing East Bay Regional Park District Bond With No Increase In Tax Rate -- East Bay Regional Park District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 671,485 / 71.9% Yes votes ...... 262,212 / 28.1% No votes
   294018 (71.66%) Yes / 116289 (28.34%) No in Contra Costa County
   377467 (72.12%) Yes / 145923 (27.88%) No in Alameda County

To continue restoring urban creeks, protect wildlife, purchase/save open space, wetlands/shoreline, acquire/develop/improve local and regional parks, trails and recreational facilities, shall East Bay Regional Park District be authorized to issue up to $500 million in general obligation bonds, provided repayment projections, verified by independent auditors, demonstrate that property tax rates will not increase beyond present rates of $10 per year, per $100,000 of assessed valuation?