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June 5, 2012 Election

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County Results as of Jun 14 12:04pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (141/141)
48.59% Countywide Voter Turnout (71565/147276)
Statewide Results as of Jul 9 3:25pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (21993/21993)
32.4% Statewide Voter Turnout (5,550,529/17,153,699)

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Contests for all precincts in San Luis Obispo County, CA combined are shown below.
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  • President

    President of the United States; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

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

    President of the United States; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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%
    • Sheldon Yeu Howard, Republican (Write-in)
    • Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
    • Jeremy Hannon, Republican (Write-in)

    President of the United States; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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 PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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%
    • R. J. Harris, Libertarian
      670 votes 4.9%
    • Bill Still, 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 PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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)

    US Congress

    United States SenatorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • 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; District 24Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lois Capps, Democratic
      72,356 votes 46.4%
    • Abel Maldonado, Republican
      46,295 votes 29.7%
    • Chris Mitchum, Republican
      33,604 votes 21.5%
    • Matt BouttÉ
      3,832 votes 2.5%

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 17Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Monning, Democratic
      110,890 votes 59.4%
    • Larry Beaman, Republican
      75,713 votes 40.6%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 35Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    County

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

    • Frank Mecham
      10773 votes 97.54%
    • (272 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.46%)

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

    • Adam Hill
      7994 votes 57.99%
    • Ed Waage
      5720 votes 41.50%
    • (70 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.51%)

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

    City

    Councilmember; City of Morro BayClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Noah Smukler
      2558 votes 37.30%
    • Christine Johnson
      2198 votes 32.05%
    • Joan Solu
      1176 votes 17.15%
    • James R. Hayes
      907 votes 13.23%
    • (18 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.26%)

    Mayor; City of Morro BayClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jamie Irons
      2089 votes 53.17%
    • Carla Borchard
      821 votes 20.90%
    • William Yates
      794 votes 20.21%
    • Joe Yukich
      215 votes 5.47%
    • (10 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.25%)

    State Propositions

    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

    Local Measures

    Measure A-12 Police and Fire Station Bonds -- City of Arroyo Grande (2/3 Approval Required)
    Fail: 3299 / 60.65% Yes votes ...... 2140 / 39.35% No votes
    Shall the City of Arroyo Grande fund construction of a new Police Station and refinance the 2003 Fire Station bonds by issuing 30-year bonds not to exceed $6,700,000 provided that the tax rate is maintained at or below the existing tax rate for the Fire Station Bonds and a portion of the bond payments will be paid by revenues from the 2006 Local Sales Tax Measure?

    The order of the contests and candidates on this ballot representation is NOT necessarily the same as your county's official ballot.
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