Combined ballot

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

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  3,936,648 votes 55.9%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  1,249,438 votes 17.7%
• Michael Shellenberger, No Party Preference
  289,559 votes 4.1%
• Anthony Trimino, Republican
  245,867 votes 3.5%
• Jenny Rae Le Roux, Republican
  245,568 votes 3.5%
• Shawn Collins, Republican
  172,327 votes 2.4%
• Luis Javier Rodriguez, Green
  124,446 votes 1.8%
• Leo S. Zacky, Republican
  94,198 votes 1.3%
• Major Williams, Republican
  92,223 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  82,551 votes 1.2%
• Joel Ventresca, Democratic
  66,686 votes 0.9%
• David Lozano, Republican
  66,381 votes 0.9%
• Ronald A. Anderson, Republican
  53,337 votes 0.8%
• Reinette Senum, No Party Preference
  52,761 votes 0.7%
• Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato, Democratic
  45,316 votes 0.6%
• Ron Jones, Republican
  38,212 votes 0.5%
• Daniel R. Mercuri, Republican
  36,256 votes 0.5%
• Heather Collins, Green
  29,554 votes 0.4%
• Anthony "Tony" Fanara, Democratic
  25,005 votes 0.4%
• Cristian Raul Morales, Republican
  22,252 votes 0.3%
• Lonnie Sortor, Republican
  20,906 votes 0.3%
• Frederic C. Schultz, No Party Preference
  17,458 votes 0.2%
• Woodrow "Woody" Sanders, III, No Party Preference
  16,163 votes 0.2%
• James G. Hanink, No Party Preference
  10,064 votes 0.1%
• Serge Fiankan, No Party Preference
  6,170 votes 0.1%
• Bradley Zink, No Party Preference
  5,974 votes 0.1%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  3,608,480 votes 52.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  1,361,541 votes 19.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  919,472 votes 13.4%
• Clint W. Saunders, Republican
  305,301 votes 4.5%
• Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, Democratic
  228,465 votes 3.3%
• Mohammad Arif, Peace and Freedom
  182,836 votes 2.7%
• William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, Democratic
  171,475 votes 2.5%
• David Hillberg, No Party Preference
  74,024 votes 1.1%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  4,007,399 votes 58.9%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  1,278,207 votes 18.8%
• Rachel Hamm, Republican
  820,577 votes 12.1%
• James "JW" Paine, Republican
  253,063 votes 3.7%
• Gary N. Blenner, Green
  205,083 votes 3.0%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  175,324 votes 2.6%
• Matthew D. Cinquanta, No Party Preference
  59,270 votes 0.9%

Controller

• Lanhee Chen, Republican
  2,525,984 votes 37.2%
• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  1,539,038 votes 22.7%
• Yvonne Yiu, Democratic
  1,021,644 votes 15.1%
• Steve Glazer, Democratic
  754,338 votes 11.1%
• Ron Galperin, Democratic
  689,234 votes 10.2%
• Laura Wells, Green
  257,359 votes 3.8%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  3,891,266 votes 57.4%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,484,577 votes 21.9%
• Andrew Do, Republican
  1,154,804 votes 17.0%
• Meghann Adams, Peace and Freedom
  244,800 votes 3.6%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  3,747,697 votes 54.3%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  1,253,269 votes 18.2%
• Eric Early, Republican
  1,138,658 votes 16.5%
• Anne Marie Schubert, No Party Preference
  538,338 votes 7.8%
• Dan Kapelovitz, Green
  219,374 votes 3.2%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,409,149 votes 35.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  1,212,443 votes 18.1%
• Marc Levine, Democratic
  1,205,570 votes 18.0%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,083,583 votes 16.2%
• Vinson Eugene Allen, Democratic
  257,549 votes 3.8%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  190,048 votes 2.8%
• Veronika Fimbres, Green
  129,231 votes 1.9%
• Jasper "Jay" Jackson, Democratic
  124,671 votes 1.9%
• Robert J. Molnar, No Party Preference
  93,814 votes 1.4%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,874,519 votes 45.9%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  743,325 votes 11.9%
• Ainye E. Long
  696,871 votes 11.1%
• George Yang
  691,849 votes 11.1%
• Marco Amaral
  546,183 votes 8.7%
• Jim Gibson
  466,794 votes 7.5%
• Joseph Guy Campbell
  241,163 votes 3.9%

State Board of Equalization; District 1

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  857,509 votes 55.1%
• Jose S. Altamirano, Democratic
  334,271 votes 21.5%
• Braden Murphy, Democratic
  225,077 votes 14.5%
• Nader Shahatit, Democratic
  139,744 votes 9.0%

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,717,390 votes 54.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,025,490 votes 14.9%
• Cordie Williams, Republican
  473,175 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  288,718 votes 4.2%
• Chuck Smith, Republican
  265,989 votes 3.9%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  234,863 votes 3.4%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  116,229 votes 1.7%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  105,235 votes 1.5%
• Sarah Sun Liew, Republican
  76,777 votes 1.1%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  75,515 votes 1.1%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  70,731 votes 1.0%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  65,916 votes 1.0%
• Timothy J. Ursich, Democratic
  58,155 votes 0.8%
• Robert George Lucero, Jr., Republican
  53,186 votes 0.8%
• James "Henk" Conn, Green
  35,823 votes 0.5%
• Eleanor Garcia, No Party Preference
  34,515 votes 0.5%
• Carlos Guillermo Tapia, Republican
  33,782 votes 0.5%
• Pamela Elizondo, Green
  31,834 votes 0.5%
• Enrique Petris, Republican
  31,618 votes 0.5%
• Obaidul Huq Pirjada, Democratic
  27,735 votes 0.4%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  26,799 votes 0.4%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  10,129 votes 0.1%
• Deon D. Jenkins, No Party Preference
  6,913 votes 0.1%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,731,965 votes 55.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,499,147 votes 22.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  470,266 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  402,447 votes 5.9%
• Timothy Ursich, Jr., Democratic
  225,820 votes 3.3%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  190,829 votes 2.8%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  142,618 votes 2.1%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  111,750 votes 1.6%

United States Representative; District 13

• John Duarte, Republican
  26,072 votes 34.2%
• Adam Gray, Democratic
  23,684 votes 31.1%
• Phil Arballo, Democratic
  13,059 votes 17.2%
• David A. Giglio, Republican
  11,297 votes 14.8%
• Diego Javier Martinez, Republican
  2,013 votes 2.6%

State Senate

State Senator; District 4

• Tim Robertson, Democratic
  48,640 votes 22.1%
• Marie Alvarado-Gil, Democratic
  41,019 votes 18.7%
• George Radanovich, Republican
  37,634 votes 17.1%
• Steven C. Bailey, Republican
  36,947 votes 16.8%
• Jeff McKay, Republican
  34,605 votes 15.7%
• Jack Griffith, Republican
  10,275 votes 4.7%
• Michael Gordon, Republican
  6,171 votes 2.8%
• Jolene Rehana Daly, Republican
  4,618 votes 2.1%

State Senator; District 14

• Anna Caballero, Democratic
  47,267 votes 52.0%
• Amnon Shor, Republican
  38,097 votes 41.9%
• Paulina Miranda, Democratic
  5,500 votes 6.1%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 22

• Juan Alanis, Republican
  23,238 votes 36.6%
• Jessica Self, Democratic
  17,099 votes 26.9%
• Chad M. Condit, Democratic
  12,893 votes 20.3%
• Joel Gutierrez Campos, Republican
  8,070 votes 12.7%
• Guadalupe "Lupita" Salazar, Republican
  2,219 votes 3.5%

Member of the State Assembly; District 27

• Esmeralda Soria, Democratic
  20,345 votes 40.1%
• Mark Nicholas Pazin, Republican
  17,775 votes 35.0%
• Amanda Fleming, Republican
  8,527 votes 16.8%
• Mike Karbassi, Democratic
  4,096 votes 8.1%

School

County Superintendent of Schools; Merced County Office of Education

• Steve Max Tietjen
  15567 votes 58.15%
• Alberto Lopez Velarde
  11063 votes 41.33%
• (139 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.52%)

County

County Supervisor; County of Merced; Supervisorial District 3

• Daron McDaniel
  5212 votes 97.84%
• (115 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.16%)

County Supervisor; County of Merced; Supervisorial District 5

• Scott Manuel Silveira
  3963 votes 98.17%
• (74 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.83%)

Assessor-Recorder; County of Merced

• Matt May
  23669 votes 98.63%
• (329 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.37%)

Auditor-Controller; County of Merced

• Lisa E. Cardella-Presto
  23485 votes 98.73%
• (303 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.27%)

District Attorney; County of Merced

• Nicole Argabright Silveira
  20393 votes 69.39%
• Kimberly Helms Lewis
  8919 votes 30.35%
• (77 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.26%)

Sheriff-Coroner; County of Merced

• Vernon Howard Warnke
  25174 votes 96.88%
• (811 Total Other Write-In Votes 3.12%)

Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Merced

• Karen D. Adams
  24951 votes 98.57%
• (361 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.43%)

Measure T School Bond -- Merced River Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 36 / 24.83% Yes votes ...... 109 / 75.17% No votes

To construct/modernize classrooms, labs, athletic spaces and other school facilities; replace outdated infrastructure; upgrade inadequate facilities; and improve the quality of education; shall Merced River School District's measure be adopted to issue $3,500,000 in bonds at legal interest rates, estimated levies of approximately 3¢ per $100 assessed value, generating on average $230,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, no money for salaries and all money improving local schools?