Combined ballot
Every Party

See Also:   Information for the County of San Luis Obispo
(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%
• 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 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%
• Sheldon Yeu Howard, Republican (Write-in)
• Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
• Jeremy Hannon, 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%
• 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 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

• 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 24

• 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 17

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

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 35

• K. H. "Katcho" Achadjian, Republican
  62,747 votes 64.9%
• Gerald "Gerry" Manata, Democratic
  33,862 votes 35.1%

County

County Supervisor; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 1

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

County Supervisor; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 3

• 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 5

• Debbie Arnold
  7802 votes 56.74%
• James Patterson
  5920 votes 43.05%
• (28 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.20%)

City

Councilmember; City of Morro Bay (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 Bay

• 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%)

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-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?