Combined ballot

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

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  6,470,104 votes 59.2%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  4,462,914 votes 40.8%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  6,418,119 votes 59.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  4,332,602 votes 40.3%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  6,462,164 votes 60.1%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  4,298,530 votes 39.9%

Controller

• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  5,936,856 votes 55.3%
• Lanhee J. Chen, Republican
  4,789,345 votes 44.7%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  6,287,076 votes 58.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  4,405,781 votes 41.2%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  6,339,441 votes 59.1%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  4,390,428 votes 40.9%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  6,355,915 votes 59.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  4,249,391 votes 40.1%

State Board of Equalization; District 1

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  1,390,533 votes 55.5%
• Jose S. Altamirano, Democratic
  1,114,423 votes 44.5%

United States Representative; District 5

• Tom McClintock, Republican
  173,524 votes 61.3%
• Michael J. "Mike" Barkley, Democratic
  109,506 votes 38.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 9

• Heath Flora, Republican
  96,990 votes 69.2%
• Mushtaq A. Tahirkheli, Democratic
  43,109 votes 30.8%

United States Senator

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,621,621 votes 61.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,222,029 votes 38.9%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,559,308 votes 60.9%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,212,450 votes 39.1%

State Senator

State Senator; District 4

• Marie Alvarado-Gil, Democratic
  137,157 votes 52.7%
• Tim Robertson, Democratic
  123,210 votes 47.3%

Judicial

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  5,681,318 votes 63.7%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  3,237,785 votes 36.3%

Trustee; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• Don Davis
  16,255 votes 55.1%
• Tyler Jackson
  5,455 votes 18.5%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 7,790 Under Votes 26.4%, 7 Over Votes 0.0%)

Trustee; Calaveras Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Lorraine G. Angel
  0 votes 0.00%
• Cory Williams
  0 votes 0.00%

Trustee; Calaveras Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Matthew Brock
  0 votes 0.00%
• Suzie Coe
  0 votes 0.00%

Board Member; Bret Harte Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Gail Bunge
  0 votes 0.00%
• Nicolas Valente
  0 votes 0.00%
• Ace M. Anderson
  0 votes 0.00%
• Joan Lark
  0 votes 0.00%

Board Member; Mark Twain Union Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Crystal Molina
  0 votes 0.00%
• Timothy Randall
  0 votes 0.00%
• Scott McNurlin
  0 votes 0.00%

Board Member; Vallecito Union School District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Ralph Emerson
  0 votes 0.00%
• Robert Hecocks
  0 votes 0.00%
• Barbara Hecocks
  0 votes 0.00%
• Maya Radisich
  0 votes 0.00%
• Jessica Hitchcock
  0 votes 0.00%
• Amanda Monaco
  0 votes 0.00%
• Shannon Simpson
  0 votes 0.00%

City

Council Member; City of Angels; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Alvin Broglio
  0 votes 0.00%
• Gregory "Gregg" Smith
  0 votes 0.00%
• Olga Isabel Moncada
  0 votes 0.00%

Director; Ebbetts Pass Veterans Memorial District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• James Carlon
  0 votes 0.00%
• Don Padou
  0 votes 0.00%
• James R. McGee
  0 votes 0.00%

Director; Ebbetts Pass Veterans Memorial District; 2 Year Short Term

• Charles V. Palmer
  0 votes 0.00%
• Steve Volk
  0 votes 0.00%

Special District

Proposition 1 Reproductive Freedom
Pass: 7,176,888 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 3,553,564 / 33.1% No votes

Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

Proposition 26 Sports Betting in Casinos
Fail: 3,514,597 / 33.0% Yes votes ...... 7,129,127 / 67.0% No votes

Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 27 Online Sports Betting
Fail: 1,906,342 / 17.7% Yes votes ...... 8,849,206 / 82.3% No votes

Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 28 Funding Arts and Music Education
Pass: 6,924,618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 3,827,971 / 35.6% No votes

Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

Proposition 29 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
Fail: 3,364,407 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 7,281,201 / 68.4% No votes

Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 30 Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars
Fail: 4,560,488 / 42.4% Yes votes ...... 6,203,810 / 57.6% No votes

Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

Proposition 31 Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
Pass: 6,803,431 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 3,923,385 / 36.6% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

Measure A Transactions and Use Tax -- County of Calaveras (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.00% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.00% No votes

To fund local fire districts and the City of Angels Camp Fire Department for staffing, training, equipment, and other costs, shall the measure enacting a one percent (1%) transactions and use (sales) tax on all sales of tangible personal property sold at retail in Calaveras County, including the City of Angels Camp, generating approximately $5M annually, without expiration, and increasing appropriation limits consistent with the increased revenue through fiscal year 2026/27, be adopted?

Measure B School Bond -- Calaveras Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.00% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.00% No votes

To renovate and construct career and vocational education classrooms and labs, update athletic facilities, upgrade facilities for career training including agriculture, medical sciences and engineering, shall Calaveras Unified School District's measure authorizing $39.3 million in bonds be adopted, with legal interest rates, estimated levies averaging 5¢ per $100 of assessed value ($2.5 million annually) while bonds are outstanding, citizen oversight, independent audits, no funds for administrator salaries, and all funds spent locally and not taken by the State?

Measure C Special Tax -- Circle XX Community Service District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.00% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.00% No votes

Shall Resolution No. 22-02 of the Circle XX Community Services District, establishing a special tax for a ten-year period (July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2033) in the annual amount of $500 per parcel of real property, generating approximately $71,254 in revenue (for maintaining and improving roads in the District or for any incidental purposes, including maintenance of road ditches, culverts and road signs; and roadside spraying, grass cutting and tree trimming.) be adopted?

Measure D Parcel Tax -- Middle River Community Service District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.00% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.00% No votes

Shall the measure, to maintain Middle River Community Services District's roads, to impose a new special tax, replacing the existing one of $100.00 per improved lot and $75.00 per unimproved lot, be adopted without expiration, at $200.00 per improved lot and $150.00 per unimproved lot? This increase in tax would generate an approximate, additional $13,000.00 annually and would be collected semi-annually via property tax payments, resulting in an approximate $26,000.00 total annual revenue to the District.

Measure E School Bond -- Mark Twain Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.00% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.00% No votes

To update classrooms in Copperopolis and Mark Twain Elementary schools; repair/replace roofs, windows, outdated HVAC, plumbing, and aging portables; expand classrooms for the youngest students; and improve safety and campus accessibility; shall Mark Twain Union Elementary School District's measure authorizing $9,300,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying approximately 1.95¢ per $100 of assessed value and raising an estimated average $640,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with independent oversight, annual audits, no money for salaries and all funds staying local, be adopted?