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November 4, 2008 Election

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County Results as of Dec 3 8:30am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (453/453)
93.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (231,817/248,122)
Statewide Results as of Nov 26 1:08pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25423/25423)
77.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (13,412,761/17,304,091)

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  • President

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

    US Legislative

    United States Representative; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mike Thompson, Democratic
      181,766 votes 68.4%
    • Zane Starkewolf, Republican
      61,833 votes 23.2%
    • Carol Wolman, Green
      22,430 votes 8.4%
    • Pamela Elizondo (Write-in)

    United States Representative; District 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lynn Woolsey, Democratic
      210,363 votes 71.8%
    • Michael Halliwell, Republican
      70,541 votes 24.0%
    • Joel Smolen, Libertarian
      12,394 votes 4.2%

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Wesley Chesbro, Democratic
      118,623 votes 70.9%
    • Jim Pell, Republican
      48,755 votes 29.1%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jared Huffman, Democratic
      137,873 votes 69.8%
    • Paul Lavery, Republican
      47,102 votes 23.8%
    • Timothy Hannan, Libertarian
      12,799 votes 6.4%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 7Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Noreen Evans, Democratic
      119,070 votes 71.8%
    • Doris Gentry, Republican
      46,778 votes 28.2%

    School

    Member; Sonoma County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Alex Bantis
      13,981 votes 50.7%
    • John A. Musilli
      13,599 votes 49.3%
    • (85 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Board Member; Sonoma County Junior College District - Santa Rosa AreaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Richard W. "Rick" Call
      42,271 votes 40.1%
    • Don Edgar
      31,783 votes 30.1%
    • Keith Woods
      31,425 votes 29.8%
    • (257 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Board Member; Calistoga Joint Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Mary Burke Montez
      161 votes 27.1%
    • Paul Schlieder
      124 votes 20.9%
    • Marty Hunt
      118 votes 19.9%
    • Marco Di Giulio
      102 votes 17.2%
    • Michael Feiner
      89 votes 15.0%

    Board Member; Cloverdale Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Karen J. Scalabrini
      2,747 votes 29.0%
    • Dianna Mac Donald
      2,650 votes 28.0%
    • Dick Johnson
      2,161 votes 22.8%
    • Daniel L. Bunting
      1,908 votes 20.2%
    • (6 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Board Member; Cotati/Rohnert Park Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Ed Gilardi
      10,050 votes 35.2%
    • Karyn Pulley
      9,352 votes 32.8%
    • Marc Orloff
      9,125 votes 32.0%
    • (86 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Board Member; Windsor Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Bellevue Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Debra A. Mills
      2,771 votes 36.4%
    • Yvonne L. Kennedy
      2,424 votes 31.9%
    • Katherine Holden
      2,408 votes 31.7%
    • (23 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

    Board Member; Forestville Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Jean Bullard
      1,883 votes 37.5%
    • Guy Eck
      1,583 votes 31.5%
    • Ron Abler
      1,552 votes 30.9%
    • (15 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Board Member; Liberty School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Geraldine T. Johnston
      689 votes 43.8%
    • Ronald K. Evenich
      633 votes 40.2%
    • Albert J. Romano
      252 votes 16.0%
    • (5 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

    County

    County Supervisor; Sonoma County; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    County Supervisor; Sonoma County; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    County Supervisor; Sonoma County; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City

    Council Member, 4 Year; City of Santa RosaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)

    • Gary Wysocky
      29,018 votes 13.7%
    • John Sawyer
      27,870 votes 13.2%
    • Ernesto Olivares
      26,288 votes 12.4%
    • Marsha Vas Dupre
      23,894 votes 11.3%
    • Lee Pierce
      22,037 votes 10.4%
    • Don Taylor
      21,262 votes 10.1%
    • Michael Allen
      18,974 votes 9.0%
    • Bobbi Hoff
      15,622 votes 7.4%
    • Carol Dean
      14,013 votes 6.6%
    • Eddie Alvarez
      7,601 votes 3.6%
    • Hans Dippel
      4,905 votes 2.3%
    • (192 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Council Member; City of Santa RosaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jane Bender
      26,425 votes 45.6%
    • Judy Kennedy
      12,342 votes 21.3%
    • David Rosas
      11,372 votes 19.6%
    • Lawrence R. Wiesner
      7,866 votes 13.6%
    • (192 Total Write-In Votes 0.4%)

    Council Member, 4 Year; City of CloverdaleClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Mary Ann Brigham
      2,227 votes 39.5%
    • Augustine Gus Wolter
      1,759 votes 31.2%
    • Luciano "Lou" Toninato
      1,649 votes 29.3%
    • (6 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Council Member; City of CloverdaleClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jessalee Raymond
      2,711 votes 100.0%
    • (50 Total Write-In Votes 2.0%)

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

    • Michele Penirian Winterbottom
      2,746 votes 100.0%
    • (31 Total Write-In Votes 1.2%)

    Council Member; City of CotatiClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of HealdsburgClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Mike McGuire
      4,437 votes 35.6%
    • Tom Chambers
      3,031 votes 24.3%
    • Gary W. Plass
      2,928 votes 23.5%
    • Tony Pastene
      2,053 votes 16.5%
    • (10 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Council Member; City of PetalumaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of Rohnert ParkClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Gina Belforte
      6,775 votes 17.3%
    • Jake Mackenzie
      6,064 votes 15.5%
    • Joseph T. Callinan
      6,049 votes 15.5%
    • John Borba
      5,833 votes 14.9%
    • Tim Smith
      5,206 votes 13.3%
    • Vicki Vidak-Martinez
      4,671 votes 11.9%
    • Dawna Gallagher
      4,535 votes 11.6%
    • (62 Total Write-In Votes 0.2%)

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

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

    Special District

    Board Member; Rincon Valley Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Patricia P. Waldow
      6,778 votes 28.8%
    • Darrel J. Mead
      6,712 votes 28.5%
    • James M. Bouler
      5,909 votes 25.1%
    • John Hamann
      4,175 votes 17.7%
    • (31 Total Write-In Votes 0.2%)

    Board Member; Valley of the Moon Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Dawn Mittleman
      5,038 votes 29.7%
    • William Norton
      4,866 votes 28.7%
    • Ray Brunton
      4,465 votes 26.3%
    • Elissa Wadleigh
      2,605 votes 15.3%
    • (36 Total Write-In Votes 0.2%)

    Board Member; Windsor Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Victor Pozzi
      5,120 votes 23.3%
    • John D. Nelson
      4,772 votes 21.7%
    • Adam Joseph Brolan
      4,494 votes 20.4%
    • Richard Olufs
      4,426 votes 20.1%
    • Myron Steele
      3,207 votes 14.6%
    • (27 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Board Member; Petaluma Health Care DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Fran Adams
      15,967 votes 22.3%
    • Stephen Steady
      13,798 votes 19.3%
    • Robert Ostroff
      12,124 votes 17.0%
    • Liz Close
      11,113 votes 15.6%
    • Robert C. Hill
      9,445 votes 13.2%
    • Gerald S. Besses
      9,011 votes 12.6%
    • (77 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

    Board Member; Sonoma Valley Health Care DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    State Propositions

    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?

    Local Measures

    Measure J Bond -- Bellevue Union School District (55% of the voters who vote on the measure must approve it)
    Pass: 3,953 / 68.7% Yes votes ...... 1,802 / 31.3% No votes
    To build new classrooms to avoid overcrowding, replace old heating, plumbing and electrical systems with energy efficient systems, build a multipurpose room at Taylor Mountain Elementary and repair or replace aging roofs, shall the Bellevue Union Elementary School District be authorized to issue $19,000,000 in bonds at legal interest rates with no funds for administrator salaries and an Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee to monitor all bond expenditures?

    Measure K Reduce Wastewater & Water Rates -- City of Petaluma (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 11,954 / 45.4% Yes votes ...... 14,351 / 54.6% No votes
    Shall an ordinance be adopted to reduce City of Petaluma wastewater and water service rates to rates in effect on January 1, 2006 and provide for specified annual adjustments thereto?

    Measure L Reduce Sewer Rates -- City of Rohnert Park
    8,424 / 52.8% Yes votes ...... 7,533 / 47.2% No votes
    Shall the ordinance to reduce City of Rohnert Park's current sewer service rates to rates in effect on January 1, 2006, be adopted?

    Measure M Utility User Tax -- City of Sebastopol (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,473 / 59.5% Yes votes ...... 1,684 / 40.5% No votes
    To help preserve Sebastopol's safety and quality of life and maintain essential general fund services such as police, fire, and street maintenance, shall an ordinance be adopted to establish a utility tax to be known as the "Utility Users Tax" on gas and electric service only, that cannot exceed four percent and this is limited to six years and providing for the collection of same with certain exemptions and conditions?

    Measure N Transient Occupancy Tax -- Town of Windsor (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 8,035 / 70.2% Yes votes ...... 3,407 / 29.8% No votes
    Shall the Town of Windsor Municipal Code be amended to increase the transient occupancy tax, commonly called the "hotel tax," which is charged only on persons who occupy hotel rooms in the Town for 30 days or less, from 8 percent to 12 percent in order to contribute funding towards basic Town services such as police, street repair, park maintenance, and community programs?

    Measure O Improve Fire and Emergency Protection Services -- Gold Ridge Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 6,773 / 76.0% Yes votes ...... 2,139 / 24.0% No votes
    Shall Ordinance No. 08-09-1-R of the Gold Ridge Fire Protection District authorizing it to impose and levy a new special tax of $45.00 on all improved parcels of real property within the Fire Protection District to assist in meeting costs of providing services and exercising rights and powers be approved?

    Measure P Bond -- Sonoma Valley Health Care District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 14,858 / 80.8% Yes votes ...... 3,531 / 19.2% No votes
    To preserve essential emergency services by upgrading existing outdated buildings and equipment, meet state-mandated earthquake safety standards, upgrade energy, electrical, surgical and information technology systems, rebuild the hospital's central utility plant, and refinance debt incurred to retrofit the west wing of the main hospital building, shall the Sonoma Valley Health Care District issue $35 million in bonds, none of which will pay staff salaries, with expenditures to be monitored by an independent citizens' oversight committee?

    Measure Q Smart Quarter Cent Sales Tax -- Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 246,047 / 69.6% Yes votes ...... 107,681 / 30.4% No votes
       83805 (62.79%) Yes / 49665 (37.21%) No in Marin County
       162,242 (73.7%) Yes / 58,016 (26.3%) No in Sonoma County
    To relieve traffic, fight global warming and increase transportation options, shall Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District be authorized to provide two-way passenger train service every 30 minutes during weekday rush hours, weekend service, a bicycle/pedestrian pathway linking the stations, and connections to ferry/bus service, by levying a 1/4-cent sales tax for 20 years, with an annual spending cap, independent audits/oversight, and all funds supporting these environmentally responsible transportation alternatives in Marin and Sonoma Counties?

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