Combined ballot

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

Governor
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  2,341,815 votes 33.7%
• John H. Cox, Republican
  1,764,919 votes 25.4%
• Antonio Villaraigosa, Democratic
  926,018 votes 13.3%
• Travis Allen, Republican
  657,147 votes 9.4%
• John Chiang, Democratic
  655,590 votes 9.4%
• Delaine Eastin, Democratic
  234,641 votes 3.4%
• Amanda Renteria, Democratic
  93,376 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  44,628 votes 0.6%
• Michael Shellenberger, Democratic
  31,666 votes 0.5%
• Peter Y. Liu, Republican
  27,297 votes 0.4%
• Yvonne Girard, Republican
  21,817 votes 0.3%
• Gloria Estela La Riva, Peace and Freedom
  19,059 votes 0.3%
• J. Bribiesca, Democratic
  18,027 votes 0.3%
• Josh Jones, Green
  16,092 votes 0.2%
• Zoltan Istvan, Libertarian
  14,447 votes 0.2%
• Albert Caesar Mezzetti, Democratic
  12,010 votes 0.2%
• Nickolas Wildstar, Libertarian
  11,547 votes 0.2%
• Robert Davidson Griffis, Democratic
  11,094 votes 0.2%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  9,373 votes 0.1%
• Thomas Jefferson Cares, Democratic
  8,940 votes 0.1%
• Christopher N. Carlson, Green
  7,310 votes 0.1%
• Klement Tinaj, Democratic
  5,363 votes 0.1%
• Hakan "Hawk" Mikado, No Party Preference
  5,338 votes 0.1%
• Johnny Wattenburg, No Party Preference
  4,961 votes 0.1%
• Desmond Silveira, No Party Preference
  4,630 votes 0.1%
• Shubham Goel, No Party Preference
  4,017 votes 0.1%
• Jeffrey Edward Taylor, No Party Preference
  3,967 votes 0.1%
• Veronika Fimbres (Write-In)

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  1,586,576 votes 24.2%
• Ed Hernandez, Democratic
  1,346,848 votes 20.6%
• Cole Harris, Republican
  1,142,957 votes 17.5%
• Jeff Bleich, Democratic
  647,335 votes 9.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  515,347 votes 7.9%
• Lydia Ortega, Republican
  419,092 votes 6.4%
• David R. Hernandez, Republican
  404,663 votes 6.2%
• Gayle McLaughlin, No Party Preference
  263,049 votes 4.0%
• Tim Ferreira, Libertarian
  99,835 votes 1.5%
• Cameron Gharabiklou, Democratic
  78,144 votes 1.2%
• Danny Thomas, No Party Preference
  44,068 votes 0.7%

Secretary of State

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,473,183 votes 52.6%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  2,046,084 votes 31.0%
• Ruben Major, Democratic
  354,733 votes 5.4%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  330,040 votes 5.0%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  155,659 votes 2.4%
• Michael Feinstein, Green
  136,571 votes 2.1%
• C. T. Weber, Peace and Freedom
  61,310 votes 0.9%
• Erik Rydberg, Green
  48,647 votes 0.7%

Controller

• Betty T. Yee, Democratic
  4,030,136 votes 62.1%
• Konstantinos Roditis, Republican
  2,198,777 votes 33.9%
• Mary Lou Finley, Peace and Freedom
  261,573 votes 4.0%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  2,898,389 votes 44.5%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,356,535 votes 20.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,256,007 votes 19.3%
• Vivek Viswanathan, Democratic
  847,342 votes 13.0%
• Kevin Akin, Peace and Freedom
  148,118 votes 2.3%

Attorney General

• Xavier Becerra, Democratic
  3,022,467 votes 45.8%
• Steven C. Bailey, Republican
  1,614,150 votes 24.5%
• Dave Jones, Democratic
  1,016,556 votes 15.4%
• Eric Early, Republican
  942,308 votes 14.3%

Insurance Commissioner

• Steve Poizner, No Party Preference
  2,566,849 votes 41.0%
• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,536,923 votes 40.5%
• Asif Mahmood, Democratic
  845,113 votes 13.5%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  315,828 votes 5.0%

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• Malia Cohen, Democratic
  719,446 votes 38.6%
• Mark Burns, Republican
  499,736 votes 26.8%
• Cathleen Galgiani, Democratic
  472,531 votes 25.4%
• Barry Chang, Democratic
  170,711 votes 9.2%

United States Senator

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  2,945,177 votes 44.2%
• Kevin De Leon, Democratic
  804,965 votes 12.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  555,738 votes 8.3%
• Arun K. Bhumitra, Republican
  350,554 votes 5.3%
• Paul A. Taylor, Republican
  323,313 votes 4.9%
• Erin Cruz, Republican
  267,213 votes 4.0%
• Tom Palzer, Republican
  204,924 votes 3.1%
• Alison Hartson, Democratic
  146,909 votes 2.2%
• Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Republican
  135,209 votes 2.0%
• Pat Harris, Democratic
  126,837 votes 1.9%
• John "Jack" Crew, Republican
  93,702 votes 1.4%
• Patrick Little, Republican
  89,800 votes 1.3%
• Kevin Mottus, Republican
  87,569 votes 1.3%
• Jerry Joseph Laws, Republican
  67,060 votes 1.0%
• Derrick Michael Reid, Libertarian
  59,922 votes 0.9%
• Adrienne Nicole Edwards, Democratic
  56,119 votes 0.8%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  42,574 votes 0.6%
• Mario Nabliba, Republican
  39,177 votes 0.6%
• David Hildebrand, Democratic
  30,259 votes 0.5%
• Donnie O. Turner, Democratic
  30,075 votes 0.5%
• Herbert G. Peters, Democratic
  27,411 votes 0.4%
• David Moore, No Party Preference
  24,601 votes 0.4%
• Ling Ling Shi, No Party Preference
  23,499 votes 0.4%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  22,788 votes 0.3%
• Lee Olson, No Party Preference
  20,378 votes 0.3%
• Gerald Plummer, Democratic
  18,167 votes 0.3%
• Jason M. Hanania, No Party Preference
  18,157 votes 0.3%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  15,096 votes 0.2%
• Colleen Shea Fernald, No Party Preference
  13,512 votes 0.2%
• Rash Bihari Ghosh, No Party Preference
  12,542 votes 0.2%
• Tim Gildersleeve, No Party Preference
  8,469 votes 0.1%
• Michael Fahmy Girgis, No Party Preference
  2,982 votes 0.0%

United States Representative; District 17

• Ro Khanna, Democratic
  72,676 votes 62.0%
• Ron Cohen, Republican
  26,865 votes 22.9%
• Khanh Tran, Democratic
  8,455 votes 7.2%
• Stephen Forbes, Democratic
  6,259 votes 5.3%
• Kennita Watson, Libertarian
  2,997 votes 2.6%

United States Representative; District 18

• Anna G. Eshoo, Democratic
  133,993 votes 73.4%
• Christine Russell, Republican
  42,692 votes 23.4%
• John Karl Fredrich, No Party Preference
  5,803 votes 3.2%

United States Representative; District 19

• Zoe Lofgren, Democratic
  97,096 votes 100.0%

United States Representative; District 20

• Jimmy Panetta, Democratic
  102,828 votes 80.7%
• Ronald Paul Kabat, No Party Preference
  19,657 votes 15.4%
• Douglas Deitch, Democratic
  4,956 votes 3.9%

State Senator

State Senator; District 10

• Bob Wieckowski, Democratic
  102,122 votes 71.5%
• Victor G. San Vicente, Republican
  34,357 votes 24.0%
• Ali Sarsak, Libertarian
  6,420 votes 4.5%

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 24

• Marc Berman, Democratic
  78,140 votes 75.4%
• Alex Glew, Republican
  21,818 votes 21.0%
• Bob Goodwyn, Libertarian
  3,694 votes 3.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 25

• Kansen Chu, Democratic
  36,417 votes 51.8%
• Bob Brunton, Republican
  16,391 votes 23.3%
• Carmen Montano, Democratic
  15,345 votes 21.8%
• Robert Imhoff, Libertarian
  2,127 votes 3.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 27

• Ash Kalra, Democratic
  51,825 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 28

• Evan Low, Democratic
  77,011 votes 70.8%
• Michael L. Snyder, Republican
  31,776 votes 29.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 29

• Mark Stone, Democratic
  86,641 votes 72.4%
• Vicki L. Nohrden, Republican
  33,073 votes 27.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 30

• Robert Rivas, Democratic
  30,379 votes 45.5%
• Neil G. Kitchens, Republican
  20,099 votes 30.1%
• Peter Leroe-Muñoz, Democratic
  7,099 votes 10.6%
• Trina Coffman-Gomez, Democratic
  5,003 votes 7.5%
• Bill Lipe, Democratic
  4,217 votes 6.3%

Judicial

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 4

• Vincent J. Chiarello
  233056 votes 100.00%

Shall Aaron Persky be recalled (removed) from the office of Judge of the Superior Court; County of Santa Clara? (Yes/No)
202849 / 61.60% Yes votes
126459 / 38.40% No votes

• Aaron Persky

Judge of the Superior Court to succeed Aaron Persky if Recalled; County of Santa Clara

• Cindy Seeley Hendrickson
  167312 votes 68.00%
• Angela F. Storey
  78723 votes 32.00%

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Marshall Tuck
  2,221,908 votes 37.0%
• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,135,591 votes 35.6%
• Lily "Espinoza" Ploski
  984,039 votes 16.4%
• Steven Ireland
  658,037 votes 11.0%

County

Member, Board of Supervisors; Santa Clara County; Supervisorial District 1

• Mike Wasserman
  57120 votes 100.00%

Member, Board of Supervisors; Santa Clara County; Supervisorial District 4
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Susan Ellenberg
  22803 votes 33.34%
• Don Rocha
  14135 votes 20.67%
• Pierluigi Oliverio
  13328 votes 19.49%
• Jason Baker
  7934 votes 11.60%
• Dominic Caserta
  4442 votes 6.49%
• Mike Alvarado
  3481 votes 5.09%
• Maria Hernandez
  2269 votes 3.32%

Assessor; County of Santa Clara

• Larry Stone
  258014 votes 100.00%

District Attorney; County of Santa Clara

• Jeff Rosen
  251310 votes 100.00%

Sheriff; County of Santa Clara
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Laurie Smith
  135981 votes 42.99%
• John Hirokawa
  102645 votes 32.45%
• Joe La Jeunesse
  35306 votes 11.16%
• Jose Salcido
  27872 votes 8.81%
• Martin J. Monica
  14515 votes 4.59%

City

Mayor; City of San Jose

• Sam Liccardo
  120846 votes 75.84%
• Steve Brown
  22764 votes 14.29%
• Quangminh Pham
  11330 votes 7.11%
• Tyrone Wade
  4406 votes 2.77%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 1

• Charles "Chappie" Jones
  12440 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 3

• Raul Peralez
  10077 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 5

• Magdalena Carrasco
  6707 votes 68.94%
• Jennifer Imhoff
  1525 votes 15.67%
• Danny Garza
  1497 votes 15.39%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 7
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Tam Nguyen
  3560 votes 30.23%
• Maya Esparza
  2952 votes 25.06%
• Van T. Le
  1549 votes 13.15%
• Thomas Duong
  1382 votes 11.73%
• Jonathan Benjamin Fleming
  1275 votes 10.83%
• Omar Vasquez
  716 votes 6.08%
• Hoang "Chris" Le
  344 votes 2.92%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 9
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Pam Foley
  6339 votes 31.37%
• Kalen Gallagher
  6119 votes 30.29%
• Shay Franco-Clausen
  3674 votes 18.18%
• Rosie Zepeda
  1488 votes 7.36%
• Scott D. Nelson
  1359 votes 6.73%
• Sabuhi Siddique
  1225 votes 6.06%

Proposition 68 Bonds for Natural Resources Protection
Pass: 3,455,226 / 57.6% Yes votes ...... 2,544,854 / 42.4% No votes

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for: parks, natural resources protection, climate adaptation, water quality and supply, and flood protection. Fiscal Impact: Increased state bond repayment costs averaging $200 million annually over 40 years. Local government savings for natural resources-related projects, likely averaging several tens of millions of dollars annually over the next few decades.

Proposition 69 Transportation Funding
Pass: 4,886,924 / 81.3% Yes votes ...... 1,121,924 / 18.7% No votes

Requires that certain revenues generated by a 2017 transportation funding law be used only for transportation purposes and generally prohibits Legislature from diverting funds to other purposes. Fiscal Impact: No direct effect on the amount of state and local revenues or costs but could affect how some monies are spent.

Proposition 70 Cap-and-Trade Reserve Fund
Fail: 2,017,549 / 35.0% Yes votes ...... 3,746,434 / 65.0% No votes

Beginning in 2024, requires that cap-and-trade revenues accumulate in a reserve fund until the Legislature, by a two-thirds majority, authorizes use of the revenues. Fiscal Impact: Beginning in 2024, potential temporary increase in state sales tax revenue, ranging from none to a few hundred million dollars annually, and possible changes in how revenue from sale of greenhouse gas emission permits is spent.

Proposition 71 Sets Effective Sate for Ballot Measures
Pass: 4,527,073 / 77.8% Yes votes ...... 1,288,385 / 22.2% No votes

Provides that ballot measures approved by a majority of voters shall take effect five days after the Secretary of State certifies the results of the election. Fiscal Impact: Likely little or no effect on state and local finances.

Proposition 72 Legislature to Exclude Newly Constructed Rain-Capture Systems From Property-Tax Reassessment Requirement
Pass: 4,979,651 / 84.2% Yes votes ...... 932,263 / 15.8% No votes

Permits Legislature to allow construction of rain-capture systems, completed on or after January 1, 2019, without requiring property-tax reassessment. Fiscal Impact: Probably minor reduction in annual property tax revenues to local governments.

Measure 3 Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma and Solano (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 883,703 / 55.0% Yes votes ...... 722,971 / 45.0% No votes
   173,275 (53.89%) Yes / 148,245 (46.11%) No in Alameda County
   101070 (44.54%) Yes / 125851 (55.46%) No in Contra Costa County
   48090 (60.52%) Yes / 31366 (39.48%) No in Marin County
   17,350 (50.76%) Yes / 16,828 (49.24%) No in Napa County
   212661 (61.44%) Yes / 133488 (38.56%) No in Santa Clara County
   153,812 (65.4%) Yes / 81,383 (34.6%) No in San Francisco County
   24182 (30.0%) Yes / 56334 (70.0%) No in Solano County
   86,257 (54.88%) Yes / 70,920 (45.12%) No in San Mateo County
   67,006 (53.4%) Yes / 58,556 (46.6%) No in Sonoma County

Shall voters authorize a plan to reduce auto and truck traffic, relieve crowding on BART, unclog freeway bottlenecks, and improve bus, ferry, BART and commuter rail service as specified in the plan in this voter pamphlet, with a $1 toll increase effective in 2019, a $1 increase in 2022, and a $1 increase in 2025, on all Bay Area toll bridges except the Golden Gate Bridge, with independent oversight of all funds?

Measure A Charter Amendment, By-District Council Elections -- City of Santa Clara (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 9169 / 47.78% Yes votes ...... 10023 / 52.22% No votes

Shall the City Charter be amended: to establish two districts starting in 2018 to be represented by three Council Members each; and, when available, use ranked choice voting to allow voters to select candidates in order of choice to determine the winners of elections of all city elected officers?

Measure B Ordinance and General Plan Amendment -- City of San Jose (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 68936 / 41.00% Yes votes ...... 99206 / 59.00% No votes

Shall an initiative measure be adopted: (1) changing San José's General Plan to create a Senior Housing Overlay to allow conversion of land designated for employment use to senior housing citywide; and (2) changing the Evergreen-East Hills Development Policy and Municipal Code, and adding a Specific Plan to allow development of up to 910 residential units on an approximately 200-acre Industrial Site in Evergreen for individuals 55 and over and other qualifying individuals?

Measure C Charter Amendment - Urban Sprawl -- City of San Jose (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 99235 / 60.83% Yes votes ...... 63905 / 39.17% No votes

Shall San José's Charter be amended, notwithstanding any measure on the June 5, 2018 ballot or other San José law, to restrict development of non-employment uses on designated lands in outlying areas near San José's Urban Growth Boundary, including Almaden Valley, Coyote Valley, and Evergreen foothills, unless the City Council determines such development will not adversely affect the City financially, will satisfy increased affordable housing requirements, and will mitigate environmental impacts and pay appropriate fees for road improvements to address traffic impacts?

Measure E School District Bond -- Mountain View -Los Altos Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 18961 / 68.00% Yes votes ...... 8924 / 32.00% No votes

To improve neighborhood high schools by expanding classrooms, science labs, libraries/student support facilities to accommodate growing enrollment; modernizing science, technology, engineering, arts/math classrooms for 21st-century learning; and repairing, upgrading/constructing classrooms/school facilities; shall Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District issue $295,000,000 of bonds at legal rates with citizen oversight/audits, averaging $18 million raised annually for bonds until approximately 2039, from rates estimated at $0.03 per $100 assessed valuation, with all funds exclusively for local schools?

Measure G Parcel Tax -- East Side Union High School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 50475 / 65.53% Yes votes ...... 26546 / 34.47% No votes

To support quality education for East Side Union High School District students, with funds that cannot be taken by the State, to maintain: 21st century science, technology, engineering, math, reading, writing instruction; college preparation; career/technical education in computers, arts, hands-on science, business; attract/retain high quality teachers, counselors, staff; shall the measure to levy $49 per parcel for 7 years be adopted, raising $6 million annually, exempting senior citizens, requiring independent oversight, with all funds supporting classroom instruction?

Measure H Parcel Tax -- Cambrian School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 4877 / 67.43% Yes votes ...... 2356 / 32.57% No votes

To provide Cambrian neighborhood elementary and middle school students with stable funding for instruction in math, science, reading, engineering, technology, and arts; retain highly qualified teachers; and maintain class sizes; shall Cambrian School District establish an annual parcel tax of $84 for 8 years, its continuance subject to voter approval, raising approximately $740,000 in the first year, subject to annual adjustment; with exemptions for senior citizens, no funds for administrator's salaries and every dollar benefiting Cambrian children?

Measure R School District Bond -- Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1,236 / 66.6% Yes votes ...... 621 / 33.4% No votes
   284 (72.63%) Yes / 107 (27.37%) No in Santa Clara County
   952 (64.94%) Yes / 514 (35.06%) No in Santa Cruz County

To repair Loma Prieta School District's fire-damaged classrooms and community center, update fire alarms, water systems, electrical/heating and plumbing systems, meet health/safety codes, modernize aging classroom technology, acquire, repair, construct, equipment/sites with funding that cannot be taken by the State shall this Loma Prieta Joint Union School District measure be adopted to issue $10,600,000 in bonds at legal rates, levy on average 3 cents/$100 assessed value ($670,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits and citizens oversight?

Measure V School District Bond -- Patterson Joint Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1,909 / 62.1% Yes votes ...... 1,167 / 37.9% No votes
   12 (38.71%) Yes / 19 (61.29%) No in Santa Clara County
   1,897 (62.30%) Yes / 1,148 (37.70%) No in Stanislaus County

To repair Patterson's classrooms, construct classrooms for 21st Century learning/reduce overcrowding, make fire safety/security improvements, replace aging plumbing/sewer/electrical systems, acquire, construct/repair classrooms, sites, facilities/equipment, shall the measure be adopted to reauthorize the $33,852,058.10 Patterson Joint Unified School District bonds approved in 2008 as new bonds, at legal rates, levy on average 6 cents/$100 assessed value ($2,600,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with taxpayer oversight, audits, no increase in total authorized District debt?