Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of San Mateo
(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%
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 12

• Jackie Speier, Democratic
  199,201 votes 75.2%
• Phillip Conlon, Republican
  49,035 votes 18.5%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  5,727 votes 2.2%
• Barry Hermanson, Green
  5,702 votes 2.1%
• Kevin Peterson, Libertarian
  5,538 votes 2.0%

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%

State Senate

State Senator; District 11

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

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 12

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  128,989 votes 83.3%
• Conchita Applegate, Republican
  25,951 votes 16.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 19

• Gerald Hill, Democratic
  124,095 votes 73.1%
• Catherine Brinkman, Republican
  39,092 votes 22.9%
• Brian Perry, Libertarian
  6,801 votes 4.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 21

• Ira Ruskin, Democratic
  133,736 votes 71.0%
• Annalisa Temple, Republican
  54,799 votes 29.0%

School

Governing Board Member; Cabrillo Unified School District (2 Elected)

• John Moseley
  6,884 votes 42.4%
• Charles M. Gardner
  5,839 votes 35.9%
• Ken Johnson
  3,529 votes 21.7%

Governing Board Member; Pacifica School District (2 Elected)

• Eileen A. Manning-Villar
  8,921 votes 37.0%
• Cynthia Kaufman
  8,564 votes 35.5%
• Laurie W. Frater
  6,622 votes 27.5%

Governing Board Member; Ravenswood City School District (2 Elected)

• Sharifa Wilson
  3,119 votes 27.0%
• Saree Mading
  2,022 votes 17.5%
• Charlie Mae Knight
  1,630 votes 14.1%
• Jacqueline Wallace Greene
  1,438 votes 12.4%
• Marilu Lopez Serrano
  1,255 votes 10.9%
• Court Skinner
  1,122 votes 9.7%
• Heather Starnes
  972 votes 8.4%

Member, Board of Trustees; San Mateo County Board of Education; Trustee Area #4

• Rod Hsiao
  144,340 votes 66.8%
• A. Angeles
  71,619 votes 33.2%

Member, Board of Trustees; San Mateo County Board of Education; Trustee Area #7

• Memo Morantes
  135,140 votes 65.0%
• Noria Zasslow
  72,873 votes 35.0%

Member, Governing Board; South San Francisco Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Maurice Dupra Goodman
  12,617 votes 40.5%
• Judy Bush
  11,640 votes 37.4%
• Ronald C. Burgess
  6,900 votes 22.1%

Member; Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District; Ward 7

• Cecily Harris
  21,260 votes 59.4%
• Kenneth C. Nitz
  14,510 votes 40.6%

Member; Sequoia Healthcare District (2 Elected)

• Kathleen M. "Katie" Kane
  34,766 votes 28.0%
• Kim Griffin
  30,922 votes 24.9%
• John J. "Jack" Hickey
  30,378 votes 24.4%
• Malcolm "Nappy" MacNaughton
  28,188 votes 22.7%

City

City Council Member; City of Daly City (2 Elected)

• Sal Torres
  13,873 votes 34.8%
• David J. Canepa
  13,668 votes 34.2%
• Judith A. Christensen
  12,373 votes 31.0%

City Clerk; City of Daly City

• Annette Hipona
  15,579 votes 60.8%
• Teresa Proano
  10,036 votes 39.2%

City Treasurer; City of Daly City

• Anthony J. Zidich
  23,425 votes 100.0%

City Council Member; City of Menlo Park (2 Elected)

• Kelly Fergusson
  8,918 votes 40.0%
• Andrew "Andy" Cohen
  7,355 votes 33.0%
• Richard Ciardella
  6,012 votes 27.0%

City Council Member; City of Pacifica (2 Elected)

• Mary Ann Nihart
  8,944 votes 30.6%
• Pete DeJarnatt
  6,837 votes 23.4%
• Cal Hinton
  6,386 votes 21.9%
• Jeffrey Simons
  4,508 votes 15.4%
• Tod M. Schlesinger
  2,513 votes 8.6%

City Council Member; Town of Atherton (2 Elected)

• Kathy McKeithen
  1,856 votes 27.5%
• Elizabeth Lewis
  1,775 votes 26.3%
• David Henig
  1,331 votes 19.7%
• Richard "Dick" Moore
  1,319 votes 19.5%
• Sam R. Goodman
  471 votes 7.0%

City Council Member; Town of Colma (3 Elected)

• Raquel "Rae" Gonzalez
  304 votes 29.6%
• Diana I. Colvin
  268 votes 26.1%
• Joseph A. Silva
  242 votes 23.6%
• Charito A. Casanas
  212 votes 20.7%

City Council Member; City of East Palo Alto (3 Elected)

• Carlos Romero
  2,211 votes 16.3%
• Laura Martinez
  2,037 votes 15.0%
• A. Peter Evans
  1,989 votes 14.7%
• Douglas J. Fort
  1,808 votes 13.4%
• Bernardo "Huerta" Gonzalez
  1,529 votes 11.3%
• Goro Mitchell
  1,430 votes 10.6%
• M.F. Chester Palesoo
  1,236 votes 9.1%
• David Tschang
  753 votes 5.6%
• Michael Francois
  549 votes 4.1%

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 Q Commercial Parking Facilities -- County of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 120,709 / 47.4% Yes votes ...... 134,078 / 52.6% No votes

Shall Chapter 5.148 be added to the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, which "would impose a business license tax of eight percent of gross receipts on operators of commercial parking facilities located in the unincorporated area of San Mateo County"?

Measure R Vehicle Rental Business -- County of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 119,618 / 47.1% Yes votes ...... 134,403 / 52.9% No votes

Shall Chapter 5.150 be added to the San Mateo County Ordinance Code 1L which would impose a business license tax of two and one-half percent (2.5%) of gross receipts on operators of vehicle rental businesses located in the unincorporated area of San Mateo County?

Measure S Parcel Tax -- San Carlos School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 9,423 / 65.6% Yes votes ...... 4,941 / 34.4% No votes

To maintain early reading programs, small class sizes, and school libraries; support science, writing, mathematics, arts, and technology; retain and attract quality teachers and staff; and maintain safe schools, shall the San Carlos School District replace its existing special tax, increasing the rate by $75 for a total of $185 per parcel per year beginning July 1, 2009, with cost-of-living adjustments not more than 3% annually, an Independent Oversight Committee and offering a senior exemption?

Measure T Business License Tax -- City of Brisbane (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 1,316 / 70.3% Yes votes ...... 556 / 29.7% No votes

Shall a special business license tax for capital improvements be imposed on any business in the City having gross receipts in excess of $10,000,000, at a rate of seven and one-half cents per $100 of gross receipts, subject to certain maximum limits and reduced by any sales taxes that may be paid by that business to the City?

Measure U Parcel Tax -- Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 13,705 / 71.8% Yes votes ...... 5,394 / 28.2% No votes

To maintain academic excellence by continuing emphasis on math, science, reading, and writing; keeping schools from losing qualified teachers; and enhancing well-rounded curriculum, including music and art, shall Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District collect an annual education parcel tax of $78 for seven years, with independent community oversight of all expenditures, no funds for administrator salaries, an exemption for senior citizens 65 and over, and all funds staying in local schools to protect high-quality education?

Measure V Cargill Lands -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 13,213 / 49.0% Yes votes ...... 13,733 / 51.0% No votes

Shall a Charter Amendment requiring majority voter approval for future development of the Cargill Lands, consisting of approximately 1,450 acres east of Highway 101 and south of Seaport Boulevard, with exemptions for takings and vested rights, be adopted?

Measure W Land Use Classification -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,520 / 37.4% Yes votes ...... 17,594 / 62.6% No votes

Shall a Charter Amendment requiring two-thirds voter ratification of legislative acts approving certain land uses in area of the City designated as "Park", "Unimproved Areas (Land or Water)", "Future Development Expanding Limits of Urbanization", "Controlled Waterways (Redwood Shores Area)", or "San Francisco Bay Water" in the General Plan or designated as "Tidal Plain" or "Redwood Shores Bay Front" in the Zoning Code, with exemptions for housing obligations, takings, and vested rights, be adopted?

Measure X School Bond -- Millbrae School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 6,646 / 69.5% Yes votes ...... 2,920 / 30.5% No votes

To renovate and modernize the elementary and middle schools in the Millbrae Elementary School District, repairing or replacing aging roofs; worn plumbing, heating, ventilating, lighting, and electrical systems with new, energy efficient systems; increasing student access to computers and technology, and creating a dedicated technology fund, shall the District issue $30 million in bonds at interest rates within the statutory limit with all expenditures audited and reviewed by a citizens' oversight committee?

Measure Y Parcel Tax -- Bayshore Elementary School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 1,066 / 72.2% Yes votes ...... 410 / 27.8% No votes

To maintain educational excellence, high academic standards, small classes; improve reading and writing; offer music, art, language; provide student access to computers; maintain science, math, and other classroom needs; attract/retain high quality teachers, shall the Bayshore Elementary School District cause a parcel tax of $96 be levied beginning July 1, 2009, and extending for a period of six (6) years with annual adjustment for inflation, with exemptions for residents 65 and older, and with public accountability measures?