Combined ballot

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

Governor

• Jerry Brown, Democratic
  5,417,731 votes 53.8%
• Meg Whitman, Republican
  4,120,020 votes 40.9%
• Chelene Nightingale, American Independent
  165,928 votes 1.7%
• Dale Ogden, Libertarian
  150,547 votes 1.5%
• Laura Wells, Green
  128,419 votes 1.2%
• Carlos Alvarez, Peace and Freedom
  92,637 votes 0.9%
• Nadia B. Smalley (Write-in)
• Rakesh Kumar Christian (Write-in)
• Lea Sherman (Write-in)
• Cassandra A. Lieurance (Write-in)
• Anselmo A. Chavez (Write-in)
• Hugh Bagley (Write-in)
• Jacob Vangelisti (Write-in)
• Rowan Millar (Write-in)

Lieutenant Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  4,908,216 votes 50.2%
• Abel Maldonado, Republican
  3,814,102 votes 39.0%
• Pamela Brown, Libertarian
  573,451 votes 5.9%
• Jim King, American Independent
  184,628 votes 1.9%
• James Castillo, Green
  163,341 votes 1.7%
• C. T. Weber, Peace and Freedom
  116,037 votes 1.2%
• Karen England (Write-in)

Secretary of State

• Debra Bowen, Democratic
  5,095,875 votes 53.2%
• Damon Dunn, Republican
  3,659,834 votes 38.2%
• Ann Menasche, Green
  285,333 votes 3.0%
• Christina Tobin, Libertarian
  213,784 votes 2.3%
• Marylou Cabral, Peace and Freedom
  164,189 votes 1.7%
• Merton Short, American Independent
  161,749 votes 1.6%

Controller

• John Chiang, Democratic
  5,315,196 votes 55.2%
• Tony Strickland, Republican
  3,481,167 votes 36.2%
• Andrew Favor, Libertarian
  291,657 votes 3.1%
• Karen Martinez, Peace and Freedom
  209,217 votes 2.1%
• Ross Frankel, Green
  190,323 votes 1.9%
• Lawrence Beliz, American Independent
  153,801 votes 1.5%

Treasurer

• Bill Lockyer, Democratic
  5,423,219 votes 56.5%
• Mimi Walters, Republican
  3,473,543 votes 36.2%
• Charles Crittenden, Green
  229,971 votes 2.4%
• Edward Teyssier, Libertarian
  217,818 votes 2.2%
• Robert Lauten, American Independent
  135,648 votes 1.4%
• Debra Reiger, Peace and Freedom
  125,252 votes 1.3%

Attorney General

• Kamala Harris, Democratic
  4,434,275 votes 46.1%
• Steve Cooley, Republican
  4,361,392 votes 45.3%
• Peter Allen, Green
  257,631 votes 2.7%
• Timothy Hannan, Libertarian
  245,828 votes 2.6%
• Diane Templin, American Independent
  169,628 votes 1.7%
• Robert Evans, Peace and Freedom
  160,029 votes 1.6%

Insurance Commissioner

• Dave Jones, Democratic
  4,756,969 votes 50.6%
• Mike Villines, Republican
  3,534,296 votes 37.6%
• Richard Bronstein, Libertarian
  371,633 votes 4.0%
• Dina Padilla, Peace and Freedom
  292,735 votes 3.1%
• William Balderston, Green
  251,063 votes 2.6%
• Clay Pedersen, American Independent
  197,995 votes 2.1%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tom Torlakson
  4,214,449 votes 54.7%
• Larry Aceves
  3,469,665 votes 45.1%
• Diane Lenning (Write-in)

Board of Equalization

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• George Runner, Republican
  1,188,822 votes 50.0%
• Chris Parker, Democratic
  1,019,298 votes 42.9%
• Willard Michlin, Libertarian
  112,721 votes 4.7%
• Toby Mitchell-Sawyer, Peace and Freedom
  58,201 votes 2.4%

US Legislature

United States Senator

• Barbara Boxer, Democratic
  5,208,389 votes 52.2%
• Carly Fiorina, Republican
  4,209,812 votes 42.2%
• Gail Lightfoot, Libertarian
  174,671 votes 1.8%
• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  134,729 votes 1.4%
• Duane Roberts, Green
  127,854 votes 1.2%
• Edward Noonan, American Independent
  125,154 votes 1.2%
• Hans J. Kugler (Write-in)
• Connor Vlakancic (Write-in)
• James E. Harris (Write-in)
• Jerry Leon Carroll (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 18

• Dennis Cardoza, Democratic
  72,853 votes 58.5%
• Michael Berryhill, Sr., Republican
  51,716 votes 41.5%

United States Representative; District 19

• Jeff Denham, Republican
  128,394 votes 64.7%
• Loraine Goodwin, Democratic
  69,912 votes 35.3%
• Les Marsden (Write-in)

State Senate

State Senator; District 12

• Anthony Cannella, Republican
  92,270 votes 51.5%
• Anna Caballero, Democratic
  86,923 votes 48.5%

State Senator; District 14

• Tom Berryhill, Republican
  191,097 votes 66.4%
• Larry Johnson, Democratic
  96,835 votes 33.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 17

• Cathleen Galgiani, Democratic
  52,219 votes 58.4%
• Jack Mobley, Republican
  37,293 votes 41.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 25

• Kristin Olsen, Republican
  106,715 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 26

• Bill Berryhill, Republican
  64,625 votes 60.8%
• Tim Weintz, Sr., Democratic
  41,775 votes 39.2%

Judicial

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Tani Cantil-Sakauye
  67.1% Yes (4,764,829) 32.9% No (2,340,721)
• Carlos Moreno
  67.7% Yes (4,739,562) 32.3% No (2,258,060)
• Ming Chin
  65.5% Yes (4,592,594) 34.5% No (2,422,435)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 5 (Yes/No)

• Brad Hill
  71.9% Yes (402,035) 28.1% No (157,473)
• Chuck Poochigian
  70.1% Yes (398,351) 29.9% No (170,269)
• Bert Levy
  70.8% Yes (393,957) 29.2% No (162,531)
• Jennifer Detjen
  69.4% Yes (384,716) 30.6% No (169,618)

Superior Court Judge; County of Stanislaus; Office 6

• Shawn D. Bessey
  54,134 votes 54.14%
• Nancy Williamsen
  45,143 votes 45.15%
• (716 Total Other Write-In Votes .72%)

City

Council Member; City of Hughson (2 Elected)

• Matt Beekman
  1,037 votes 35.80%
• George Carr
  790 votes 27.27%
• Miquel Oseguera
  554 votes 19.12%
• Billy Gonzales
  490 votes 16.91%
• (26 Total Other Write-In Votes .90%)

Mayor; City of Hughson

• Ramon Bawanan
  1,374 votes 92.65%
• (109 Total Other Write-In Votes 7.35%)

Council Member; City of Newman (2 Elected)

• Donald V. Hutchins
  1,136 votes 42.82%
• Nicholas Candea
  940 votes 35.43%
• Keith J. Korsgaard
  535 votes 20.17%
• (42 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.58%)

Mayor; City of Newman

• Ed Katen
  1,455 votes 90.77%
• (148 Total Other Write-In Votes 9.23%)

Council Member; City of Oakdale (2 Elected)

• Jason Howard
  2,174 votes 24.95%
• Michael Patrick Brennan
  1,749 votes 20.07%
• Michael Murray
  1,740 votes 19.97%
• John A.E. Kanno
  1,548 votes 17.76%
• Bill Camp
  1,482 votes 17.01%
• (22 Total Other Write-In Votes .25%)

Mayor; City of Oakdale

• Pat Paul
  2,911 votes 52.09%
• Farrell Jackson
  2,641 votes 47.26%
• (36 Total Other Write-In Votes .64%)

Council Member; City of Patterson (2 Elected)

• Eusebio "Sam" Cuellar, Jr.
  1,614 votes 25.99%
• Deborah M. Novelli
  1,550 votes 24.96%
• Larry Buehner
  1,297 votes 20.89%
• James Leonard
  1,252 votes 20.16%
• Sheree Lustgarten
  485 votes 7.81%
• (11 Total Other Write-In Votes .18%)

Mayor; City of Patterson

• Luis I. Molina
  1,961 votes 54.58%
• Annette Smith
  1,608 votes 44.75%
• (24 Total Other Write-In Votes .67%)

Council Member; City of Riverbank (2 Elected)

• Richard O'Brien
  2,309 votes 29.94%
• Dorothy "Dotty" Nygard
  1,343 votes 17.41%
• Jeanine D. Tucker
  985 votes 12.77%
• Allison Nobert
  870 votes 11.28%
• Nadine Salim
  694 votes 9.00%
• Laurence C. King
  480 votes 6.22%
• Ric McGinnis
  438 votes 5.68%
• Israel Hernandez
  405 votes 5.25%
• Keenon J. Krick
  146 votes 1.89%
• (43 Total Other Write-In Votes .56%)

Council Member; City of Turlock (2 Elected)

• William W. DeHart, Jr.
  4,555 votes 17.94%
• Forrest J. White
  4,552 votes 17.93%
• Timm LaVelle
  4,356 votes 17.16%
• David Fransen, Jr.
  4,034 votes 15.89%
• Jeremy Rocha
  3,419 votes 13.46%
• Shawn L. Barlow
  2,375 votes 9.35%
• Patrick Noda
  1,974 votes 7.77%
• (127 Total Other Write-In Votes .50%)

Mayor; City of Turlock

• John Lazar
  12,673 votes 94.69%
• (710 Total Other Write-In Votes 5.31%)

School

Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• Richard "Duke" York
  304 votes 32.10%
• Lynn C. Martin
  280 votes 29.57%
• Ted Morgan
  220 votes 23.23%
• Carolyn Lott
  134 votes 14.15%
• (9 Total Other Write-In Votes .95%)

Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Don Viss
  7,423 votes 37.5%
• John Youngs
  6,270 votes 31.6%
• Sandy Mesenhimer
  5,984 votes 30.2%
• (142 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.7%)

Special District

Director; Del Puerto Health Care District (3 Elected)

• Harold D. Hill
  1,875 votes 15.77%
• Paul S. Berry
  1,844 votes 15.51%
• Ramona East
  1,822 votes 15.32%
• John Ramos
  1,725 votes 14.51%
• Becky Campo
  1,661 votes 13.97%
• Edward Joseph Maring
  1,645 votes 13.83%
• Linda Sandoval
  1,292 votes 10.87%
• (27 Total Other Write-In Votes .23%)

Director; Oak Valley Hospital District; Full Term (3 Elected)

• Daniel Cummins
  6,498 votes 25.41%
• Edward Chock
  5,119 votes 20.02%
• Wendell Chun
  5,048 votes 19.74%
• Robert "Bob" Wikoff
  4,613 votes 18.04%
• Belinda K. Abell
  4,188 votes 16.38%
• (106 Total Other Write-In Votes .41%)

Director; Oak Valley Hospital District; Unexpired Short Term

• Louise Pooley Sanders
  5,902 votes 57.36%
• Paul A. Westberg
  4,353 votes 42.30%
• (35 Total Other Write-In Votes .34%)

Proposition 19 Legalizes Marijuana Under California But Not Federal Law. Permits Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Commercial Production, Distribution, and Sale of Marijuana
Fail: 4,634,383 / 46.5% Yes votes ...... 5,322,716 / 53.5% No votes

Should California legalize the possession and cultivation of marijuana for personal use of adults 21 years and older, and allow state and local governments to regulate and tax related commercial activities?

Proposition 20 Redistricting of Congressional Districts
Pass: 5,733,104 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 3,628,769 / 38.8% No votes

Should the state Constitution be amended to have the Citizens Redistricting Commission redistrict for the U.S. House of Representatives, to change existing redistricting criteria, and to reduce the redistricting timeline?

Proposition 21 Establishes $18 Annual Vehicle License Surcharge to Help Fund State Parks and Wildlife Programs. Grants Surcharged Vehicles Free Admission to All State Parks
Fail: 4,181,226 / 42.7% Yes votes ...... 5,605,610 / 57.3% No votes

Should the state levy an additional annual $18 vehicle license surcharge to provide funds to operate and maintain California's state parks and wildlife protection programs?

Proposition 22 Prohibits the State From Borrowing Or Taking Funds Used for Transportation, Redevelopment, Or Local Government Projects and Services
Pass: 5,722,627 / 60.6% Yes votes ...... 3,717,765 / 39.4% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to prohibit the state, even during a severe fiscal hardship, from redirecting certain tax revenues dedicated to transportation or local governments?

Proposition 23 Suspends Implementation Of Air Pollution Control Law (AB 32) Requiring Major Sources Of Emissions To Report And Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions That Cause Global Warming, Until Unemployment Drops To 5.5 Percent Or Less For Full Year
Fail: 3,727,076 / 38.5% Yes votes ...... 5,962,305 / 61.5% No votes

Should the AB 32 air pollution control law be suspended until unemployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for a full year?

Proposition 24 Repeals Recent Legislation That Would Allow Businesses to Lower Their Tax Liability
Fail: 3,939,118 / 41.9% Yes votes ...... 5,461,674 / 58.1% No votes

Should recent tax law changes that allow some businesses to pay lower state income tax be repealed?

Proposition 25 Changes Legislative Vote Requirement to Pass Budget and Budget-Related Legislation From Two-Thirds to A Simple Majority. Retains Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Taxes
Pass: 5,251,319 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 4,284,852 / 44.9% No votes

Should the state Constitution be amended to allow passage of budget bills by a simple majority in each house of the state Legislature and should legislators be required to forfeit their pay if a budget is not passed on time?

Proposition 26 Requires That Certain State and Local Fees Be Approved By Two-Thirds Vote. Fees Include Those That Address Adverse Impacts on Society Or the Environment Caused By the Fee-Payer's Business
Pass: 4,915,262 / 52.4% Yes votes ...... 4,460,681 / 47.6% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to require two-thirds vote approval for the imposition of certain state and local fees that now require majority vote approval?

Proposition 27 Eliminates State Commission on Redistricting. Consolidates Authority for Redistricting With Elected Representatives
Fail: 3,729,612 / 40.6% Yes votes ...... 5,457,940 / 59.4% No votes

Should the state Constitution and state laws be amended to eliminate the Citizens Redistricting Commission established by the voters in 2008, return all redistricting to the state Legislature, and change the redistricting criteria?

Measure G Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Riverbank (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,790 / 40.63% Yes votes ...... 2,616 / 59.37% No votes

Shall an ordinance amending Section 34.47 of the Code of the City of Riverbank, providing that "for the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject and shall pay a tax in the amount of 9% of the rent charged by the operator", be adopted? If Measure G passes the transient occupancy tax rate as set forth in Section 34.47 of the Riverbank City Code would be increased from 4% to 9%?

Measure H School District Bond -- Hughson Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 1,533 / 40.80% Yes votes ...... 2,224 / 59.20% No votes

To improve the quality of education, modernize and renovate the high school, improve energy efficiency to reduce operating costs, build a science building at the high school, upgrade technology and inadequate electrical systems, and improve and expand physical education fields and facilities, shall the Hughson Unified School District issue $21,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and NO money used for administrative or teacher salaries or be taken by the state?

Measure I School Bond -- Waterford Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 849 / 38.78% Yes votes ...... 1,340 / 61.22% No votes

To improve the quality of education; construct a career technical education building for shop, science, and technology classes; upgrade outdated heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; improve technology and inadequate electrical systems; modernize outdated classrooms and school facilities; and improve energy efficiency; shall the Waterford Unified School District issue $11,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for administrative or teacher salaries or be taken by the state?

Measure J Charter Amendment Related to Run-off -- City of Modesto (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 28,007 / 63.68% Yes votes ...... 15,972 / 36.32% No votes

Shall Section 300 of the Modesto City Charter be amended to eliminate run-off elections for Council districts and continue,if necessary,run-off elections for the position of Mayor, to be held on the first Tuesday in February of each even numbered year, commencing with the year 2012 and delete irrelevant dates?

Measure K Charter Amendment Related to Definition of Votes -- City of Modesto (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 28,340 / 65.14% Yes votes ...... 15,168 / 34.86% No votes

Shall Section 300 of the Modesto City Charter be amended to clarify that any run-off election, if necessary, shall be conducted if any candidate for a particular office does not receive a majority of the valid votes cast for that office in a regular municipal election and to delete irrelevant dates?

Measure L Provision of Sewer Service to Parklawn Neighborhood -- City of Modesto (Advisory Vote Only)
Pass: 26,218 / 58.27% Yes votes ...... 18,778 / 41.73% No votes

Shall the City Council provide sewer service to the following unincorporated county area described below? The unincorporated area known as the "Parklawn Neighborhood" which is described generally as the area bounded by Hatch Road on north, Pearson Avenue/Union Pacific Railroad on west, Nelson Way extended from the centerline of Nelson Way westerly to Union Pacific Railroad on south, and Morgan Road/Union Pacific Railroad on east.

Measure M Term of Mayor -- City of Patterson (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,373 / 37.75% Yes votes ...... 2,264 / 62.25% No votes

Shall the term of office of Mayor be changed from two (2) years to four (4) years effective at the election for Mayor on November 6, 2012?