Combined ballot

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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)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 14

• Anna Eshoo, Democratic
  185,264 votes 70.1%
• Ronny Santana, Republican
  58,474 votes 22.1%
• Brian Holtz, Libertarian
  11,462 votes 4.3%
• Carol Brouillet, Green
  9,449 votes 3.5%

United States Representative; District 17

• Samuel Farr, Democratic
  151,501 votes 73.3%
• Jeff Taylor, Republican
  55,261 votes 26.7%
• Peter Andresen (Write-in)

State Senate

State Senator; District 11

• Joe Simitian, Democratic
  260,961 votes 74.6%
• Blair Nathan, Republican
  89,136 votes 25.4%

State Senator; District 15

• Abel Maldonado, Republican
  215,687 votes 63.1%
• James "Jim" Fitzgerald, Independent
  126,652 votes 36.9%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 27

• Bill Monning, Democratic
  112,183 votes 65.7%
• Robert Murray, Republican
  43,474 votes 25.4%
• Mark Hinkle, Libertarian
  15,310 votes 8.9%
• Rex Keyes (Write-in)

Member of the State Assembly; District 28

• Anna Caballero, Democratic
  84,768 votes 100.0%

School

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1

• Aaron Hinde
  9,209 votes 55.07%
• Brian Sanford
  7,270 votes 43.48%
• (243 Total Write-In Votes 1.45%)

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 4

• George "Bud" Winslow
  8,766 votes 62.66%
• Rachel Y. Huff
  5,083 votes 36.34%
• (140 Total Write-In Votes 1.00%)

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

• Vic Marani
  9,007 votes 52.55%
• Michael Oliver
  4,274 votes 24.94%
• James M. Maxwell
  3,695 votes 21.56%
• (164 Total Write-In Votes 0.96%)

Trustee; Cabrillo Community College District; Trustee Area 3

• Susan True
  7,778 votes 51.63%
• Kevin McGibben
  4,951 votes 32.86%
• Phil Rodriguez
  2,201 votes 14.61%
• (136 Total Write-In Votes 0.90%)

Board Member; West Valley-Mission Community College District; Area 1

• Chad Walsh
  79,942 votes 65.7%
• Wade Ellis, Jr.
  41,673 votes 34.3%
• (27 Total Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; West Valley-Mission Community College District; Area 3 (2 Elected)

• Chris C. Constantin
  57,578 votes 33.1%
• Adrienne Grey
  52,535 votes 30.2%
• Frank Jewett
  51,677 votes 29.7%
• Kathi N. Tran
  12,003 votes 6.9%
• (16 Total Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Doug Keegan
  2,665 votes 50.64%
• Lupe Rivas
  2,551 votes 48.47%
• (47 Total Write-In Votes 0.89%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Karen Osmundson
  1,223 votes 50.8%
• Geri A. Simmons
  1,177 votes 48.9%
• (6 Total Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Sandra Nichols
  2,429 votes 58.12%
• Ed Tzimbal
  1,689 votes 40.42%
• (61 Total Write-In Votes 1.46%)

Board Member; Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Rosemary Rossi
  13,598 votes 37.6%
• Lorrie Wernick
  12,721 votes 35.2%
• Robert Zager
  9,838 votes 27.2%
• (10 Total Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Santa Cruz City High School District; Area 1

• Ken S. Wagman
  25,027 votes 59.14%
• Jim Logsdon
  16,736 votes 39.55%
• (554 Total Write-In Votes 1.31%)

Board Member; Scotts Valley Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Michael Shulman
  2,363 votes 15.04%
• Larry G. Beaman
  2,254 votes 14.35%
• Sue Roth
  2,219 votes 14.13%
• Don Dietrich
  1,912 votes 12.17%
• Joseph W. Espinola, Jr.
  1,821 votes 11.59%
• Kim S. Peyser
  1,790 votes 11.39%
• Linda Santos
  1,764 votes 11.23%
• Neal Frost
  1,554 votes 9.89%
• (32 Total Write-In Votes 0.20%)

Board Member; Bonny Doon Union Elementary School District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Lisa Palm
  932 votes 55.58%
• Tyler Bourcier
  428 votes 25.52%
• Philip Tedesco
  312 votes 18.60%
• (5 Total Write-In Votes 0.30%)

Board Member; Bonny Doon Union Elementary School District; 2 Year Short Term

• Sam Clarkson
  756 votes 61.66%
• Bruce Southstone
  462 votes 37.68%
• (8 Total Write-In Votes 0.65%)

Board Member; Lakeside Joint School District (2 Elected)

• Steven Cox
  521 votes 41.6%
• Philip Nelson
  487 votes 38.9%
• Elise Stassart
  245 votes 19.6%
• (3 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Soquel Union Elementary School District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Ted Donnelly
  3,893 votes 20.34%
• Lynette Hamby
  3,665 votes 19.15%
• Judy McGooden
  3,099 votes 16.19%
• Mary E. McGlenn-Cahalen
  3,037 votes 15.87%
• Kathy Hees
  2,727 votes 14.25%
• Kim Nadeau
  2,635 votes 13.77%
• (80 Total Write-In Votes 0.42%)

Board Member; Soquel Union Elementary School District; 2 Year Short Term

• Cynthia Torres-Ricca
  5,150 votes 52.58%
• Brett Graessle
  4,561 votes 46.56%
• (84 Total Write-In Votes 0.86%)

County Supervisor; Santa Cruz County; Supervisorial District 1

• John Leopold
  12,357 votes 54.66%
• Betty J. Danner
  10,149 votes 44.89%
• Michael Pisenti (Write-in)
• (103 Total Write-In Votes 0.46%)

City

Council Member; City of Capitola (2 Elected)

• Dennis R. Norton
  1,787 votes 28.01%
• Michael Termini
  1,763 votes 27.63%
• Kirby Nicol
  1,758 votes 27.55%
• Ellen A. Jennings
  1,035 votes 16.22%
• (37 Total Write-In Votes 0.58%)

Treasurer; City of Capitola

• Jacques Bertrand
  3,323 votes 97.85%
• (73 Total Write-In Votes 2.15%)

Council Member; City of Santa Cruz (4 Elected)

• Ryan Coonerty
  14,158 votes 19.37%
• Don Lane
  11,506 votes 15.74%
• Katherine Beiers
  9,668 votes 13.22%
• Tony Madrigal
  9,414 votes 12.88%
• David Terrazas
  9,405 votes 12.86%
• Tim Fitzmaurice
  7,599 votes 10.39%
• Simba Kenyatta
  4,206 votes 5.75%
• Lisa J. Molyneux
  3,477 votes 4.76%
• Blas Jacob "Jay" Cabrera
  1,793 votes 2.45%
• J. Craig Canada
  1,636 votes 2.24%
• (248 Total Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Council Member; City of Scotts Valley (3 Elected)

• Dene Bustichi
  2,839 votes 23.62%
• Randy Johnson
  2,814 votes 23.41%
• Donna R. Lind
  2,719 votes 22.62%
• Chuck Walker
  1,146 votes 9.54%
• Caryn Machado
  932 votes 7.76%
• Frank Z. Kertai
  895 votes 7.45%
• Sherilyn Jager
  656 votes 5.46%
• (17 Total Write-In Votes 0.14%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 1

• Manuel Quintero Bersamin
  338 votes 50.45%
• Gabriel Gonzalez
  327 votes 48.81%
• (5 Total Write-In Votes 0.75%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 2

• Luis Alejo
  593 votes 76.81%
• Joe Ortiz
  171 votes 22.15%
• (8 Total Write-In Votes 1.04%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 6

• Emilio Martinez
  786 votes 46.05%
• Edward Din
  665 votes 38.96%
• Tony Gomez
  242 votes 14.18%
• (14 Total Write-In Votes 0.82%)

Special District

Director; Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Andrew H. Johnston
  5,092 votes 22.42%
• Michael Weatherford
  4,317 votes 19.00%
• Robert "Bob" Spisak
  3,770 votes 16.60%
• Chuck Anderson
  3,228 votes 14.21%
• Park S. Cuseo
  2,374 votes 10.45%
• Thomas F. Sanguino
  1,390 votes 6.12%
• Claudia De Maranville
  1,347 votes 5.93%
• Rich McInnis
  1,158 votes 5.10%
• (40 Total Write-In Votes 0.18%)

Director; Ben Lomond Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Biff Beltz
  1,252 votes 26.58%
• Michael Ayers
  1,243 votes 26.39%
• Lisa M. Hill
  1,028 votes 21.82%
• Ed Wilke
  597 votes 12.67%
• Matt Schelegle
  575 votes 12.21%
• (15 Total Write-In Votes 0.32%)

Board Member; Boulder Creek Fire Protection District; 4 Year Term

• Robert Locatelli
  4,129 votes 98.45%
• (65 Total Write-In Votes 1.55%)

Board Member; Boulder Creek Fire Protection District; 2 Year Term

• Robert Louis Presswood
  3,382 votes 97.44%
• (89 Total Write-In Votes 2.56%)

Director; Branciforte Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Lewis N. Erickson
  367 votes 28.90%
• Benjamin Cahill
  356 votes 28.03%
• Robert L. Echols
  349 votes 27.48%
• Peder Bjerre McElroy
  193 votes 15.20%
• (5 Total Write-In Votes 0.39%)

Director; Felton Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Steve A. Richmond
  1,619 votes 29.99%
• Steve Dennis
  1,613 votes 29.88%
• Bob Gelini
  1,460 votes 27.05%
• Dave W. Newell
  695 votes 12.88%
• (11 Total Write-In Votes 0.20%)

Director; Lompico County Water District (3 Elected)

• William H. Smallman
  209 votes 16.88%
• Jane L. Wyckoff
  204 votes 16.48%
• Lois Henry
  184 votes 14.86%
• Denise B. Bendori
  182 votes 14.70%
• Kenneth L. Kezeor
  160 votes 12.92%
• Sean Wharton
  134 votes 10.82%
• Thomas M. Hudson
  90 votes 7.27%
• Kathleen Moyer
  72 votes 5.82%
• (3 Total Write-In Votes 0.24%)

Director; Scotts Valley Water District (2 Elected)

• Joe Miller
  1,600 votes 28.98%
• Chris Perri
  1,552 votes 28.11%
• Jennifer "Jen" Farmer
  1,406 votes 25.46%
• Michael W. Keogh
  533 votes 9.65%
• Alan Smith
  421 votes 7.62%
• (10 Total Write-In Votes 0.18%)

Director; Soquel Creek Water District (2 Elected)

• Bruce Daniels
  12,134 votes 53.01%
• Thomas R. La Hue
  8,517 votes 37.21%
• Don Heichel
  2,177 votes 9.51%
• (61 Total Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Director; Boulder Creek Recreation and Park District (3 Elected)

• Eric C. Hammer
  2,334 votes 32.73%
• Kevin J. Perry
  1,709 votes 23.97%
• Brian Valdivia
  1,605 votes 22.51%
• Shayne Giuliano
  1,450 votes 20.34%
• (32 Total Write-In Votes 0.45%)

Commissioner; Santa Cruz County Port District (3 Elected)

• Jeffrey L. Martin
  15,263 votes 28.36%
• Bill Lee
  13,802 votes 25.64%
• Dennis L. "Denny" Smith
  12,965 votes 24.09%
• Ronald Merrall
  11,507 votes 21.38%
• (289 Total Write-In Votes 0.54%)

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 A Live Oak School District Education Improvement Measure -- Live Oak Elementary School District (Parcel Tax - 2/3rds Approval Required)
7,807 / 77.07% Yes votes ...... 2,323 / 22.93% No votes

To improve education, including science, art and music, provide reading and math tutoring programs, attract and retain qualified teachers, keep school libraries open, preserve small class sizes, and provide after school programs to keep children safe, shall Live Oak School District be authorized to implement an annual $84 education parcel tax for nine years, exempting senior citizens, with citizen oversight, mandatory audits, no money for administrative salaries and all money directly benefiting local schools?

Measure B Communications Users Tax Ordinance -- Unincorporated Area (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 31,313 / 49.07% Yes votes ...... 32,501 / 50.93% No votes

Shall the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors repeal the existing Emergency Response Fee on telephone land lines that currently finances 9-1-1 services, and be authorized to replace the fee with a tax in the same amount per access line on land lines and cellular lines in the unincorporated area of the County so as to enable the Board of Supervisors to allocate additional funding for public services including public safety and 9-1-1 services?

Measure C Watsonville Tax on City Telephone Subscribers -- City of Watsonville (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 5,110 / 47.01% Yes votes ...... 5,760 / 52.99% No votes

Shall the City replace the existing 911 Emergency Response Fee now paid by Watsonville residents on City telephone land lines with a general tax on City telephone subscribers of the same amount of $2.05 per month? The tax would reduce future budget cuts and allow the City Council to provide additional funding to public safety including the 911 Emergency Center and other General Fund programs.

Measure D Capitola Sales Tax Extension -- City of Capitola (Simple Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,317 / 65.84% Yes votes ...... 1,721 / 34.16% No votes

Shall the 2004 City of Capitola sales tax increase of one quarter of one percent, which is scheduled to sunset in 2010, be extended until December 31, 2017, in order to maintain general services including public safety and street improvements?

Measure E Santa Cruz City Clean Beach tax -- City of Santa Cruz (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 23,112 / 76.25% Yes votes ...... 7,200 / 23.75% No votes

To protect public health and the environment by reducing pollution, trash, toxics and dangerous bacteria in our river, bay and ocean; helping to keep beaches clean; protecting fish and wildlife habitat; shall the City of Santa Cruz adopt a Clean River, Beaches and Ocean Tax, with revenues spent locally under independent citizen oversight? The annual rates will be $28 for single-family parcels, $94 for other developed parcels, and $10 for undeveloped parcels.

Measure F Boulder Creek Fire District Expansion -- Boulder Creek Fire Protection District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,559 / 73.47% Yes votes ...... 1,285 / 26.53% No votes

Shall the Board of Directors of the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District increase the number of its board members from three to five?