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Every Party

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

President of the United States; Democratic Party

• Barack Obama, Democratic
  2,075,905 votes 100.0%
• Darcy Richardson, Democratic (Write-in)
• Luis Alberto Ramos, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
• Michael W.R. Meyer, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)

President of the United States; Republican Party

• Mitt Romney, Republican
  1,530,513 votes 79.5%
• Ron Paul, Republican
  199,246 votes 10.4%
• Rick Santorum, Republican
  102,258 votes 5.3%
• Newt Gingrich, Republican
  72,022 votes 3.7%
• Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III, Republican
  12,520 votes 0.7%
• Fred Karger, Republican
  8,393 votes 0.4%
• Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
• Jeremy Hannon, Republican (Write-in)
• Sheldon Yeu Howard, Republican (Write-in)

President of the United States; American Independent Party

• Edward C. Noonan, American Independent
  16,926 votes 38.7%
• Laurie Roth, American Independent
  16,326 votes 37.4%
• Mad Max Riekse, American Independent
  10,430 votes 23.9%
• Raymond Delmond Smith, American Independent (Write-in)
• Andrew Abe Diaz, American Independent (Write-in)

President of the United States; Green Party

• Jill Stein, Green
  9,165 votes 49.4%
• Roseanne Barr, Green
  7,399 votes 39.8%
• Kent Mesplay, Green
  2,005 votes 10.8%

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

• Gary Johnson, Libertarian
  6,780 votes 50.0%
• Barbara Joy Waymire, Libertarian
  2,118 votes 15.6%
• Scott Keller, Libertarian
  1,208 votes 8.9%
• Bill Still, Libertarian
  670 votes 4.9%
• R. J. Harris, Libertarian
  670 votes 4.9%
• Roger Gary, Libertarian
  559 votes 4.1%
• James Ogle, Libertarian
  558 votes 4.1%
• Carl Person, Libertarian
  523 votes 3.9%
• Lee Wrights, Libertarian
  479 votes 3.5%

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

• Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Peace and Freedom
  1,589 votes 43.4%
• Stewart Alexander, Peace and Freedom
  1,094 votes 29.9%
• Stephen Durham, Peace and Freedom
  971 votes 26.5%
• Leon Leo Ray, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Shelley Upchurch, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Ronald Clinton Forbes, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

United States Senator

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  2,392,822 votes 49.3%
• Elizabeth Emken, Republican
  613,613 votes 12.6%
• Dan Hughes, Republican
  323,840 votes 6.7%
• Rick Williams, Republican
  157,946 votes 3.3%
• Orly Taitz, Republican
  154,781 votes 3.2%
• Dennis Jackson, Republican
  137,120 votes 2.8%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  135,421 votes 2.8%
• Al Ramirez, Republican
  109,399 votes 2.3%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  101,648 votes 2.1%
• Diane Stewart, Democratic
  97,782 votes 2.0%
• Mike Strimling, Democratic
  97,024 votes 2.0%
• David Alex Levitt, Democratic
  76,482 votes 1.6%
• Oscar Alejandro Braun, Republican
  75,842 votes 1.6%
• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  57,720 votes 1.2%
• Robert Lauten, Republican
  56,524 votes 1.2%
• Colleen Shea Fernald, Democratic
  51,623 votes 1.1%
• Donald Krampe, Republican
  39,035 votes 0.8%
• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  33,037 votes 0.7%
• Dirk Allen Konopik, Republican
  29,997 votes 0.6%
• John Boruff, Republican
  29,357 votes 0.6%
• Nak Shah, Democratic
  27,203 votes 0.6%
• Rogelio T. Gloria, Republican
  22,529 votes 0.5%
• Nachum Shifren, Republican
  21,762 votes 0.4%
• Kabiruddin Karim Ali, Peace and Freedom
  12,269 votes 0.3%
• Linda R. Price, Republican (Write-in)

United States Representative

United States Representative; District 38

• Linda T. Sánchez, Democratic
  33,223 votes 56.0%
• Benjamin Campos, Republican
  13,363 votes 22.5%
• Jorge Robles, Republican
  12,713 votes 21.4%

United States Representative; District 39

• Ed Royce, Republican
  62,874 votes 66.3%
• Jay Chen, Democratic
  28,457 votes 30.0%
• D'Marie Mulattieri
  3,561 votes 3.8%

United States Representative; District 45

• John Campbell, Republican
  54,346 votes 51.0%
• Sukhee Kang, Democratic
  35,182 votes 33.0%
• John Webb, Republican
  17,014 votes 16.0%

United States Representative; District 46

• Loretta Sanchez, Democratic
  25,706 votes 52.1%
• Jerry Hayden, Republican
  14,571 votes 29.5%
• John J. Cullum, Republican
  5,251 votes 10.6%
• Jorge Rocha
  1,969 votes 4.0%
• Pat Garcia, Republican
  1,852 votes 3.8%

United States Representative; District 47

• Alan Lowenthal, Democratic
  27,356 votes 33.8%
• Gary Delong, Republican
  23,831 votes 29.4%
• Steven T. Kuykendall, Republican
  8,769 votes 10.8%
• Peter Mathews, Democratic
  7,951 votes 9.8%
• Steve Foley, Republican
  5,848 votes 7.2%
• Sanford W. Kahn, Republican
  2,563 votes 3.2%
• Usha Shah, Democratic
  2,350 votes 2.9%
• Jay Shah, Democratic
  2,273 votes 2.8%

United States Representative; District 48

• Dana Rohrabacher, Republican
  73,302 votes 66.3%
• Ron Varasteh, Democratic
  31,912 votes 28.9%
• Alan Schlar
  5,355 votes 4.8%

United States Representative; District 49

• Darrell Issa, Republican
  71,329 votes 61.1%
• Jerry Tetalman, Democratic
  35,816 votes 30.7%
• Dick Eiden
  7,988 votes 6.8%
• Albin Novinec
  1,626 votes 1.4%

State

State Senator; District 29

• Robert "Bob" Huff, Republican
  68,708 votes 64.3%
• Greg Diamond, Democratic
  38,169 votes 35.7%

State Senator; District 37

• Mimi Walters, Republican
  88,321 votes 63.6%
• Steve Young, Democratic
  50,562 votes 36.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 55

• Curt Hagman, Republican
  40,268 votes 69.1%
• Gregg D. Fritchle, Democratic
  17,994 votes 30.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 65

• Chris Norby, Republican
  29,917 votes 58.8%
• Sharon Quirk-Silva, Democratic
  20,936 votes 41.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 68

• Donald P. "Don" Wagner, Republican
  43,241 votes 69.2%
• Christina Avalos, Democratic
  19,254 votes 30.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 69

• Tom Daly, Democratic
  10,939 votes 39.2%
• Jose "Joe" Moreno, Republican
  5,980 votes 21.4%
• Julio Perez, Democratic
  5,738 votes 20.6%
• Michele Martinez, Democratic
  4,651 votes 16.7%
• Francisco "Paco" Barragán, Democratic
  605 votes 2.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 72

• Troy Edgar, Republican
  18,060 votes 28.0%
• Travis Allen, Republican
  12,851 votes 19.9%
• Joe Dovinh, Democratic
  12,432 votes 19.3%
• Long Pham, Republican
  12,409 votes 19.2%
• Albert Ayala, Democratic
  8,816 votes 13.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 73

• Diane L. Harkey, Republican
  49,922 votes 70.2%
• James Corbett, Democratic
  21,173 votes 29.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 74

• Allan R. Mansoor, Republican
  33,319 votes 43.5%
• Robert Rush, Democratic
  25,120 votes 32.8%
• Leslie Daigle, Republican
  18,207 votes 23.8%

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Orange; Office 1

• Deborah J. Chuang
  252,740 votes 75.7%
• Eugene Jizhak
  80,906 votes 24.2%
• Joshua Benjamin Vinograd (Write-In)
  167 votes 0.1%

School

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Robert Morris Hammond
  15,089 votes 35.3%
• Ken Khanh Nguyen
  13,539 votes 31.6%
• Arturo "Art" Pedroza
  11,126 votes 26.0%
• Eleazar Guardiola Elizondo
  3,037 votes 7.1%

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

• Ken L. Williams, Jr.
  52,573 votes 69.1%
• Mary Galuska
  23,527 votes 30.9%

Supervisor; County of Orange; Supervisorial District 1

• Janet Nguyen
  37,106 votes 74.2%
• Steve Rocco
  12,902 votes 25.8%

Supervisor; County of Orange; Supervisorial District 3

• Todd Spitzer
  53,322 votes 68.9%
• Deborah Pauly
  24,115 votes 31.1%

City

Shall Don Bankhead be recalled as Council Member; City of Fullerton? (Yes/No)
13,132 / 65.6% Yes votes
6,880 / 34.4% No votes

• Don Bankhead

Council member to succeed Don Bankhead if recalled; City of Fullerton
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Greg Sebourn
  6,835 votes 41.2%
• Jane Rands
  4,321 votes 26.0%
• Rick Alvarez
  3,647 votes 22.0%
• Paula Williams
  1,803 votes 10.9%

Shall F. Richard Jones be recalled as Council Member; City of Fullerton? (Yes/No)
13,192 / 65.6% Yes votes
6,911 / 34.4% No votes

• F. Richard Jones

Council member to succeed F. Richard Jones if recalled; City of Fullerton

• Travis Kiger
  9,052 votes 55.9%
• Glenn Georgieff
  3,838 votes 23.7%
• Roberta J. Reid
  1,411 votes 8.7%
• Dorothy A. Birsic
  1,004 votes 6.2%
• Matthew Hakim
  889 votes 5.5%

Shall Pat McKinley be recalled as Council Member; City of Fullerton? (Yes/No)
13,151 / 65.7% Yes votes
6,857 / 34.3% No votes

• Pat McKinley

Council member to succeed Pat McKinley if recalled; City of Fullerton
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Doug Chaffee
  7,158 votes 42.5%
• Barry Levinson
  5,125 votes 30.4%
• Matthew Rowe
  3,637 votes 21.6%
• Sean Paden
  942 votes 5.6%

Party Committee

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 68 (6 Elected)

• Melissa D. Stern
  8,785 votes 15.8%
• Melissa Fox
  7,244 votes 13.0%
• Florice Orea Hoffman
  6,581 votes 11.8%
• David R. Sonneborn
  6,386 votes 11.5%
• Lindy Burke
  5,887 votes 10.6%
• Barbara Liddy
  5,785 votes 10.4%
• Ted Perle
  5,458 votes 9.8%
• Regina "Reggie" Mundekis
  4,851 votes 8.7%
• Ken Burke
  4,730 votes 8.5%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 69 (6 Elected)

• Gloria Alvarado
  8,607 votes 19.7%
• Valerie Amezcua
  7,283 votes 16.7%
• Bernardo Enriquez
  6,662 votes 15.3%
• Priscilla Luviano
  6,524 votes 15.0%
• Robert Louis Douglas
  5,326 votes 12.2%
• Carina Franck-Pantone
  4,730 votes 10.8%
• Art Hoffmann
  4,496 votes 10.3%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 73 (6 Elected)

• Anita Narayana
  7,069 votes 12.8%
• Toni J. Sullivan
  6,201 votes 11.3%
• Bill Honigman
  5,819 votes 10.6%
• Valerie Burchfield Rhodes
  4,762 votes 8.7%
• Denise Penn
  4,741 votes 8.6%
• Michael J. Kinslow
  4,505 votes 8.2%
• Kathryn Pena
  4,302 votes 7.8%
• Henry Vandermeir
  3,962 votes 7.2%
• Gary Kephart
  3,451 votes 6.3%
• Al Rajput
  2,983 votes 5.4%
• Mike Getto
  2,975 votes 5.4%
• Mona Razani
  2,379 votes 4.3%
• Erin Shawn
  1,875 votes 3.4%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 74 (6 Elected)

• Marleen Gillespie
  8,099 votes 10.8%
• Janice I. Burstin
  7,920 votes 10.6%
• Dean Inada
  7,549 votes 10.1%
• Jonathan Adler
  7,035 votes 9.4%
• Louise Stewardson
  6,904 votes 9.2%
• Joel Flores
  6,595 votes 8.8%
• Cyril Yu
  6,400 votes 8.6%
• Angelica Y. Ramos
  4,751 votes 6.4%
• Lawrence Howard
  4,472 votes 6.0%
• Scott McKown
  4,236 votes 5.7%
• Carl L. Mariz
  4,076 votes 5.5%
• Heide Krueger
  3,917 votes 5.2%
• Heidi A. Bressler
  2,804 votes 3.8%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 55 (6 Elected)

• Tim Shaw
  10,669 votes 13.8%
• Dennis R. White
  9,923 votes 12.8%
• Brett R. Barbre
  9,092 votes 11.8%
• Brenda McCune
  8,913 votes 11.5%
• Karla Downing
  8,868 votes 11.5%
• Peggy Huang
  8,489 votes 11.0%
• Jim Domen
  7,561 votes 9.8%
• Connie Lanzisera
  6,329 votes 8.2%
• Desare Ferraro
  5,474 votes 7.1%
• Robert Lauten
  1,914 votes 2.5%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 65 (6 Elected)

• Shawn Nelson
  15,055 votes 15.8%
• Baron Night
  11,586 votes 12.1%
• Alexandria Coronado
  10,979 votes 11.5%
• David John Shawver
  8,943 votes 9.4%
• Jerry Jackson
  8,937 votes 9.4%
• Henry Charoen
  8,695 votes 9.1%
• Greg Sebourn
  8,339 votes 8.7%
• Pat Shuff
  7,962 votes 8.3%
• Samuel "Sam" Han
  7,458 votes 7.8%
• Steve Hwangbo
  4,704 votes 4.9%
• Sou Moua
  2,717 votes 2.8%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 68 (6 Elected)

• Todd Spitzer
  22,358 votes 14.2%
• Fred M. Whitaker
  15,347 votes 9.7%
• Mark William Bucher
  10,882 votes 6.9%
• Scott "Scotty" Voigts
  9,982 votes 6.3%
• Deborah Pauly
  9,952 votes 6.3%
• Jeffrey Lalloway
  9,868 votes 6.3%
• Ray Grangoff
  9,815 votes 6.2%
• Ken L. Williams, Jr.
  9,769 votes 6.2%
• Marcia Gilchrist
  8,833 votes 5.6%
• Nick Wilson
  8,098 votes 5.1%
• Steven S. Choi
  6,623 votes 4.2%
• James Brownfield
  6,227 votes 3.9%
• Noel Stone Parrish
  6,010 votes 3.8%
• Denis Bilodeau
  5,898 votes 3.7%
• Lynn Schott
  5,535 votes 3.5%
• Jon Dumitru
  5,482 votes 3.5%
• Walter H. Myers, III
  4,944 votes 3.1%
• Joshua Robert Morales
  2,190 votes 1.4%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 69 (6 Elected)

• Robert Morris Hammond
  4,806 votes 12.4%
• Thomas Anthony Gordon
  4,433 votes 11.4%
• Gwen A. Dyrud
  4,355 votes 11.2%
• Charles Hart
  4,322 votes 11.1%
• Timothy Ryan "Tim" Whitacre
  4,076 votes 10.5%
• Brett Elliott Franklin
  4,050 votes 10.4%
• Cuong Sinh Cao
  3,904 votes 10.1%
• Lupe Moreno
  3,213 votes 8.3%
• Bryan Carter
  3,211 votes 8.3%
• Glen Stroud
  2,467 votes 6.4%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 72 (6 Elected)

• Janet Nguyen
  18,684 votes 12.8%
• Steve A. Nagel
  17,184 votes 11.8%
• Kermit Marsh
  14,731 votes 10.1%
• Matthew Harper
  14,339 votes 9.8%
• Mark McCurdy
  14,000 votes 9.6%
• Michael E. Gates
  13,316 votes 9.1%
• John W. Briscoe
  9,441 votes 6.5%
• Dean Grose
  8,400 votes 5.8%
• Diane A. Lenning
  8,351 votes 5.7%
• Mary Tuong Van Pham
  6,977 votes 4.8%
• Dennis R. Catron
  6,951 votes 4.8%
• Brian Hoops
  5,619 votes 3.9%
• Patricia Ross
  5,462 votes 3.7%
• Patrick Dooley
  2,366 votes 1.6%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 73 (6 Elected)

• Norm Dickinson
  20,948 votes 11.8%
• Mary Young
  16,281 votes 9.2%
• Tony Beall
  14,304 votes 8.1%
• Jon Steven Fleischman
  13,834 votes 7.8%
• Mike Munzing
  12,856 votes 7.2%
• Greg Woodard
  11,467 votes 6.5%
• Alice Anderson
  9,596 votes 5.4%
• Steve Magdziak
  8,120 votes 4.6%
• Eric Stolaski
  7,787 votes 4.4%
• Nancy Padberg
  7,289 votes 4.1%
• Paul Hebbard
  6,956 votes 3.9%
• Dave Duringer
  6,644 votes 3.7%
• Michael Kogus
  6,167 votes 3.5%
• Mark Dobrilovic
  5,950 votes 3.4%
• Kevin Richardson
  5,922 votes 3.3%
• Nesa Anderson
  5,404 votes 3.0%
• Linda Barnes
  4,613 votes 2.6%
• Chandra Chell
  4,092 votes 2.3%
• Evan P. Chaffee
  2,943 votes 1.7%
• John C. Drew
  2,798 votes 1.6%
• Nina R. Davar
  1,772 votes 1.0%
• Roy Fussell
  1,731 votes 1.0%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 74 (6 Elected)

• Scott Baugh
  20,615 votes 12.0%
• John Warner
  16,931 votes 9.8%
• Jeff Mathews
  14,240 votes 8.3%
• Thomas A. "T. J." Fuentes, Jr.
  13,773 votes 8.0%
• Rhonda Rohrabacher
  13,748 votes 8.0%
• John Draper
  13,251 votes 7.7%
• Bill Dunlap
  13,190 votes 7.6%
• Emily Sanford
  12,461 votes 7.2%
• Don Hansen
  11,021 votes 6.4%
• Christina L. Shea
  10,630 votes 6.2%
• Allan Bartlett
  9,014 votes 5.2%
• Scott "Scotty" Peotter
  6,583 votes 3.8%
• Gary Morse
  6,440 votes 3.7%
• Richard "Dick" Palmer
  4,353 votes 2.5%
• Daniel Marshall
  3,178 votes 1.8%
• Jon Aiken
  3,029 votes 1.8%

Proposition 28 Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office
Pass: 3,081,174 / 61.0% Yes votes ...... 1,967,888 / 39.0% No votes

Proposition 29 Imposes Additional Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research
Fail: 2,568,715 / 49.8% Yes votes ...... 2,592,791 / 50.2% No votes

Measure A Public Administrator -- Orange County (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 152,135 / 39.5% Yes votes ...... 233,054 / 60.5% No votes

Measure A changes the Public Administrator from an elected position to an appointed one. This position is largely technical in nature, and many cities and counties have turned to an appointed Public Administrator because of the unique qualifications required. The position in Orange County is currently vacant.

Measure B Retirement Benefit -- Orange County (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 273,160 / 72.4% Yes votes ...... 104,257 / 27.6% No votes

Measure B reduces the retirement benefit available to Orange County Supervisors to the lowest available option.

Measure E Measure for 21st Century Schools -- Brea Olinda Unified School District
3,254 / 48.4% Yes votes ...... 3,467 / 51.6% No votes

Measure G Improvements to Support Academic Excellence -- Savanna School District
1,715 / 59.4% Yes votes ...... 1,173 / 40.6% No votes

Measure H Housing Element Implementation Rezonings, Savi Ranch -- City of Yorba Linda
8,477 / 60.8% Yes votes ...... 5,474 / 39.2% No votes

Measure I Housing Element Implementation Rezonings, Various Sites -- City of Yorba Linda
7,400 / 53.4% Yes votes ...... 6,464 / 46.6% No votes

Measure J Increase Utility User Tax to Preserve City Services -- City of Stanton
1,463 / 44.8% Yes votes ...... 1,800 / 55.2% No votes

Measure K -- City of Stanton (Advisory Vote Only)
Pass: 2,351 / 72.2% Yes votes ...... 904 / 27.8% No votes

Measure L -- City of Cypress
5,071 / 70.1% Yes votes ...... 2,167 / 29.9% No votes