Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of San Joaquin
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

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%
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 11

• Jerry McNerney, Democratic
  163,546 votes 55.3%
• Dean Andal, Republican
  132,347 votes 44.7%
• David Christensen (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 18

• Dennis Cardoza, Democratic
  130,114 votes 100.0%

State Senate

State Senator; District 5

• Lois Wolk, Democratic
  205,567 votes 64.6%
• Greg Aghazarian, Republican
  113,076 votes 35.4%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 10

• Alyson Huber, Democratic
  88,219 votes 46.7%
• Jack Sieglock, Republican
  87,714 votes 46.4%
• Janice Bonser, Libertarian
  13,089 votes 6.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 15

• Joan Buchanan, Democratic
  123,983 votes 52.3%
• Abram Wilson, Republican
  113,481 votes 47.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 17

• Cathleen Galgiani, Democratic
  77,525 votes 66.3%
• Jack Mobley, Republican
  39,480 votes 33.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 26

• Bill Berryhill, Republican
  70,620 votes 51.8%
• John Eisenhut, Democratic
  65,940 votes 48.2%

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of San Joaquin; Office 10

• Phil Urie
  91576 votes 51.34%
• James M. Morris
  86148 votes 48.30%
• (633 Total Write-In Votes 0.35%)

School

Trustee; San Joaquin Delta Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• C. Jennet Stebbins
  67,573 votes 38.8%
• James Grunsky
  63,273 votes 36.3%
• Anthony E. Bugarin
  42,693 votes 24.5%
• (677 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Trustee; San Joaquin Delta Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Mary Ann Cox
  73,940 votes 42.1%
• David Rishwain
  54,783 votes 31.2%
• Motecuzoma Patrick Sanchez
  24,699 votes 14.1%
• Thomas Labounty
  12,395 votes 7.1%
• Gregory Benigno
  9,171 votes 5.2%
• (507 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Trustee; San Joaquin Delta Community College District; Trustee Area 5

• Steve Castellanos
  116,434 votes 69.4%
• Al Lennox
  50,576 votes 30.2%
• (735 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Trustee; San Joaquin Delta Community College District; Trustee Area 6

• Teresa R. Brown
  73,485 votes 44.2%
• Greg McCreary
  46,935 votes 28.2%
• Carolyn Gamino
  45,255 votes 27.2%
• (725 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Trustee; Yosemite Community College District; District 5 (3 Elected)

• Tom Hallinan
  38,464 votes 27.7%
• Linda Flores
  35,903 votes 25.8%
• Michael Riley
  35,411 votes 25.5%
• Paul Neumann
  28,542 votes 20.5%
• (713 Total Write-In Votes 0.5%)

Trustee; Stockton Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Gloria Allen
  1622 votes 31.64%
• Dillon Delvo
  1464 votes 28.56%
• Tomas L. Gutierrez
  1423 votes 27.76%
• Robert M. Washington
  599 votes 11.69%
• (18 Total Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Trustee; Stockton Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Jose A. Morales
  2302 votes 49.84%
• Anthony Ray Silva
  2301 votes 49.82%
• (16 Total Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Trustee; Stockton Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Colleen Boardman
  2911 votes 35.31%
• Angel Jimenez, Jr.
  2828 votes 34.31%
• Joseph Gatz
  2482 votes 30.11%
• (22 Total Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Board Member; Lincoln Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Paul Canepa
  6541 votes 26.29%
• Van-Ha To-Cowell
  6317 votes 25.39%
• Don Ruhstaller
  4344 votes 17.46%
• Pedro L. Ramirez
  4015 votes 16.14%
• Matthew Bradford
  3608 votes 14.50%
• (56 Total Write-In Votes 0.23%)

Trustee; Manteca Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Wendy King
  15364 votes 54.36%
• Pat Glock-Mc Killip
  12793 votes 45.26%
• (109 Total Write-In Votes 0.39%)

Trustee; Linden Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Linda S. Nash
  2512 votes 56.37%
• John F. Huber, Jr.
  1937 votes 43.47%
• (7 Total Write-In Votes 0.16%)

Trustee; Linden Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Mardy White
  2233 votes 50.49%
• Randy F. Hamilton
  2183 votes 49.36%
• (7 Total Write-In Votes 0.16%)

Trustee; Lodi Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

• Joe Nava
  21195 votes 44.99%
• Peter M. Johnson
  18269 votes 38.78%
• William R. Stanley, III
  7473 votes 15.86%
• (170 Total Write-In Votes 0.36%)

Trustee; Ripon Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Mike Fisher
  3612 votes 50.82%
• Frank J. Ferral
  3475 votes 48.89%
• (21 Total Write-In Votes 0.30%)

Trustee; Ripon Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Jack P. Deliddo
  3572 votes 54.58%
• David Withycombe
  2953 votes 45.12%
• (20 Total Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Board Member; Tracy Joint Unified School District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Tom Hawkins
  14,787 votes 29.2%
• Walter J. Gouveia
  13,751 votes 27.1%
• James Vaughn, Jr.
  11,076 votes 21.9%
• Gregory Silva
  10,802 votes 21.3%
• (236 Total Write-In Votes 0.5%)

Board Member; Tracy Joint Unified School District; Unexpired 2 Year Term

• Kelly Lewis
  16,576 votes 68.6%
• Mark D. Spector
  7,499 votes 31.0%
• (101 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Board Member; Galt Joint Union High School District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Diann Kitamura
  4,727 votes 28.9%
• Kathleen S. Amos
  4,649 votes 28.4%
• Norman Pearson
  3,851 votes 23.5%
• Connie Goethel
  3,081 votes 18.8%
• (66 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Board Member; Galt Joint Union High School District; Unexpired 2 Year Term

• Dennis Richardson
  5,899 votes 60.3%
• Robert "Gus" Prouty
  3,852 votes 39.4%
• (38 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Board Member; Jefferson School District (2 Elected)

• Peter J. "Pete" Carlson
  2069 votes 35.10%
• Deborah Scott-Wingo
  2049 votes 34.76%
• Jacqueline H. Thomas
  1754 votes 29.76%
• (22 Total Write-In Votes 0.37%)

Board Member; Lammersville School District (2 Elected)

• Benjamin Fobért
  1003 votes 28.17%
• James Hiramoto
  872 votes 24.49%
• Yolanda M. Salsedo
  711 votes 19.97%
• Colin Clements
  601 votes 16.88%
• Melissa J. Engelbert
  362 votes 10.17%
• (12 Total Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Board Member; Galt Joint Union School District (2 Elected)

• John Gordon
  3,206 votes 25.5%
• Susan Richardson
  3,161 votes 25.1%
• Ervin Hatzenbuhler
  2,289 votes 18.2%
• Doug Vanderkar
  2,108 votes 16.7%
• Tami Anstess
  1,788 votes 14.2%
• (42 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

County

Board of Supervisors; County of San Joaquin; Supervisorial District 1

• Carlos Villapudua
  14752 votes 58.57%
• Beverly A. Foster
  10346 votes 41.08%
• (87 Total Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Mayor; City of Stockton

• Ann Johnston
  42224 votes 55.84%
• Clem Lee
  33144 votes 43.83%
• (245 Total Write-In Votes 0.32%)

Council Member; City of Stockton; Council District 2

• Kathy Miller
  35548 votes 50.94%
• Michael Merriweather
  34082 votes 48.84%
• (148 Total Write-In Votes 0.21%)

Council Member; City of Stockton; Council District 4

• Diana Lowery
  39127 votes 56.34%
• Chris Eley
  30146 votes 43.41%
• (172 Total Write-In Votes 0.25%)

Council Member; City of Stockton; Council District 6

• Dale Fritchen
  41006 votes 59.70%
• Mark L. Stebbins
  27494 votes 40.03%
• (190 Total Write-In Votes 0.28%)

Council Member; City of Escalon (2 Elected)

• Jeff Laugero
  1594 votes 34.32%
• Gary L. Haskin
  1492 votes 32.13%
• Matthew E. Herrero
  1223 votes 26.34%
• David E. Webster
  311 votes 6.70%
• (24 Total Write-In Votes 0.52%)

Council Member; City of Manteca (2 Elected)

• Steve Debrum
  6339 votes 19.73%
• Debby Moorhead
  6022 votes 18.74%
• Jack C. Snyder
  5970 votes 18.58%
• Benjamin Cantu
  4908 votes 15.28%
• Michael L. Hall
  2655 votes 8.26%
• John Diaz
  2532 votes 7.88%
• Samuel Anderson
  2085 votes 6.49%
• Tony Smith
  1517 votes 4.72%
• (98 Total Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Council Member; City of Lodi (2 Elected)

• Joanne L. Mounce
  12953 votes 38.75%
• Bob Johnson
  9501 votes 28.42%
• Kelly Bates
  4963 votes 14.85%
• Roger Khan
  2972 votes 8.89%
• Cliff Debaugh
  2756 votes 8.25%
• (280 Total Write-In Votes 0.84%)

City Clerk; City of Tracy

• Sandra Edwards
  19005 votes 98.81%
• (229 Total Write-In Votes 1.19%)

City Treasurer; City of Tracy

• Raymond W. McCray
  18446 votes 98.81%
• (222 Total Write-In Votes 1.19%)

Mayor; City of Tracy

• Brent H. Ives
  10186 votes 43.65%
• Celeste Garamendi
  8849 votes 37.92%
• Evelyn Tolbert
  4221 votes 18.09%
• (82 Total Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Council Member; City of Tracy (2 Elected)

• Michael Maciel
  11265 votes 30.24%
• Steve Abercrombie
  10177 votes 27.32%
• Irene Sundberg
  6504 votes 17.46%
• Larry Gamino
  5951 votes 15.97%
• Larry Hite
  3288 votes 8.83%
• (71 Total Write-In Votes 0.19%)

Council Member; City of Ripon (3 Elected)

• Elden "Red" Nutt
  3720 votes 25.51%
• Charlie Gay
  3562 votes 24.42%
• Garry Krebbs
  3221 votes 22.08%
• Jennifer Sanguinetti
  2277 votes 15.61%
• Dale C. Wild, Jr.
  1043 votes 7.15%
• Billy Gonzales
  725 votes 4.97%
• (37 Total Write-In Votes 0.25%)

Mayor; City of Lathrop

• Kristy Sayles
  1452 votes 37.57%
• J. "Chaka" Santos
  1012 votes 26.18%
• Robert K. Oliver
  957 votes 24.76%
• John Rock
  434 votes 11.23%
• (10 Total Write-In Votes 0.26%)

Council Member; City of Lathrop (2 Elected)

• Martha Salcedo
  1560 votes 27.53%
• Christopher Mateo
  1309 votes 23.10%
• Steve Dresser
  1280 votes 22.59%
• Joey Ermitanio
  815 votes 14.38%
• Rosalinda Valencia
  676 votes 11.93%
• (26 Total Write-In Votes 0.46%)

Special District

Board Member; Clements Rural County Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Ray Engel
  767 votes 34.03%
• Russ Cobb
  623 votes 27.64%
• William E. Henderson
  515 votes 22.85%
• Julie Bovett
  330 votes 14.64%
• (19 Total Write-In Votes 0.84%)

Board Member; Lathrop-Manteca Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Manuel A. Medeiros
  2745 votes 23.30%
• Gloryanna Rhodes
  2634 votes 22.36%
• Bill W. Mahaffey
  2545 votes 21.60%
• Frank Cavaco
  2417 votes 20.51%
• Ted Baburek
  1382 votes 11.73%
• (59 Total Write-In Votes 0.50%)

Board Member; Ripon Consolidated Fire District (3 Elected)

• Bill Berghorst
  3943 votes 25.70%
• Don Moyer
  3456 votes 22.52%
• Donald Wever
  3261 votes 21.25%
• Brenda Lange
  2400 votes 15.64%
• Jeff Rankin
  2248 votes 14.65%
• (36 Total Write-In Votes 0.23%)

Board Member; South San Joaquin Irrigation District; Division 3

• Dave Kamper
  2765 votes 53.94%
• Dale Gillespie
  2336 votes 45.57%
• (25 Total Write-In Votes 0.49%)

Board Member; South San Joaquin Irrigation District; Division 4

• Dale Kuil
  1705 votes 33.41%
• Arnold A. Rothlin
  1470 votes 28.80%
• Carlon Perry
  1113 votes 21.81%
• Robert "Bob" Geer
  803 votes 15.73%
• (13 Total Write-In Votes 0.25%)

Board Member; Woodbridge Sanitary District (2 Elected)

• Harold G. Rohrbach
  807 votes 37.12%
• Dwight Langhoff
  736 votes 33.85%
• Charles F. Stocker
  589 votes 27.09%
• Mary Rose Avanti (Write-In)
• (42 Total Write-In Votes 1.93%)

Board Member; Stockton-East Water District; Division 1

• Richard Atkins
  62036 votes 73.17%
• Westford Ray Latimer
  22457 votes 26.49%
• (293 Total Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Board Member; North San Joaquin Water Conservation District; Division 2

• John David Ferreira
  1162 votes 74.53%
• Dale Carver
  378 votes 24.25%
• (19 Total Write-In Votes 1.22%)

Board Member; North San Joaquin Water Conservation District; Division 3

• Bryan Pilkington
  848 votes 53.98%
• Stanley Chaves
  716 votes 45.58%
• (7 Total Write-In Votes 0.45%)

Legislative

Board Member; Mountain House Community Services District (5 Elected)

• Andy Su
  950 votes 12.80%
• Matthew Balzarini
  916 votes 12.35%
• Eric Payne
  658 votes 8.87%
• Bernice King Tingle
  619 votes 8.34%
• Jim Lamb
  567 votes 7.64%
• Cheryle Bernard-Shaw
  495 votes 6.67%
• M. L. Gordon
  463 votes 6.24%
• Warren Fortes
  413 votes 5.57%
• Michael E. Klinkner
  404 votes 5.44%
• Carl Hutchings
  327 votes 4.41%
• Venita Norman
  302 votes 4.07%
• Nichica F. Smith
  273 votes 3.68%
• Martin Ngozi Kanu
  237 votes 3.19%
• Thomas A. Lee, III
  215 votes 2.90%
• Manny Penn
  184 votes 2.48%
• Doug Stevens
  147 votes 1.98%
• Timothy George Mac Donald
  144 votes 1.94%
• Aaron M. Lehikoinen, Sr.
  69 votes 0.93%
• (37 Total Write-In Votes 0.50%)

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 S School Facilities Improvement -- Tracy Unified School District Facilities Improvement District 3-2008 (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 14856 / 70.62% Yes votes ...... 6180 / 29.38% No votes

To renovate and modernize the community's oldest elementary
and middle schools, upgrade classrooms, replace aging roofs, old
heating, electrical, plumbing, cooling and ventilation systems with
energy efficient systems, and improve security and technology
systems at all schools, increasing student access to computers,
shall School Facilities Improvement District No. 3 of the Tracy
Joint Unified School District be authorized to issue $43,100,000 in
bonds, at legal interest rates, with all expenditures monitored by
an Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee?

Measure T City Term Limits -- City of Tracy (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 15480 / 67.42% Yes votes ...... 7479 / 32.58% No votes

Shall the Tracy Municipal Code be amended to add
section 2.04.040 setting a two (2) term maximum
limit for holding office as a City Council Member,
and a two (2) term maximum limit for holding office
as Mayor?

Measure U Modernization of Communications Users Tax -- City of Stockton (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 44193 / 61.54% Yes votes ...... 27617 / 38.46% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted to modernize the current ordinance to treat taxpayers equally regardless of technology used for telecommunication and video services; to maintain funding for general municipal services, such as police and fire protection, street maintenance, parks and libraries, subject to an annual independent audit?

Measure V Groundwater Charge Repeal Initiative -- North San Joaquin Water Conservation District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10219 / 54.91% Yes votes ...... 8392 / 45.09% No votes

To repeal North San Joaquin Water Conservation District's 2007-2008 groundwater charge, imposed to finance facilities for protection and replenishment of groundwater supplies, shall this initiative be adopted?