Combined ballot

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Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 3 (Yes/No)

• Harry Hull
  65.6% Yes (687,775) 34.4% No (360,277)
• Stacy Boulware Eurie
  64.1% Yes (679,624) 35.9% No (380,741)
• Laurie Earl
  62.1% Yes (658,789) 37.9% No (401,262)
• Peter Krause
  62.2% Yes (650,499) 37.8% No (394,873)

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Patricia Guerrero
  70.9% Yes (6,194,671) 29.1% No (2,537,627)
• Goodwin Liu
  69.3% Yes (5,908,904) 30.7% No (2,623,045)
• Martin J. Jenkins
  69.3% Yes (5,825,582) 30.7% No (2,576,601)
• Joshua P. Groban
  68.0% Yes (5,664,354) 32.0% No (2,661,668)

State

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 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%

United States Representative

United States Representative; District 3

• Kevin Kiley, Republican
  181,438 votes 53.6%
• Kermit Jones, Democratic
  156,761 votes 46.4%

United States Representative; District 5

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

State Senator

State Senator; District 4

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

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 1

• Megan Dahle, Republican
  129,527 votes 62.1%
• Belle Starr Sandwith, Democratic
  79,068 votes 37.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 5

• Joe Patterson, Republican
  134,729 votes 60.2%
• Rebecca L. Chenoweth, Democratic
  89,245 votes 39.8%

School - Superintendent

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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

School - Boe

Member; El Dorado County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

• Adam C. Clark
  8,568 votes 62.78%
• Larry Harris
  4,926 votes 36.10%
• (153 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.12%)

Member; El Dorado County Board of Education; Trustee Area 4

• Amy Sellers
  7,333 votes 49.73%
• Darcy C. Knight
  7,294 votes 49.46%
• (119 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.81%)

School - College

School - Unified

Trustee; Black Oak Mine Unified School District; Trustee Area 1 (2 Elected)

• Andrea Dodson
  2,849 votes 32.00%
• Jeff Burch
  2,147 votes 24.12%
• Dale Lusby
  2,014 votes 22.62%
• Ronald "Ronnie" Ebitson
• (59 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%)

Trustee; Lake Tahoe Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Lauri Kemper
  1,256 votes 61.84%
• Bob Grant
  767 votes 37.76%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.39%)

Trustee; Tahoe-Truckee Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Patrick Mooney
  8,813 votes 74.0%
• Richard Ludke
  3,100 votes 26.0%
• (1,012 Under Votes 7.8%)

Trustee; Tahoe-Truckee Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Denyelle Nishimori
  8,262 votes 70.3%
• Heather Whitney
  3,484 votes 29.7%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 1,095 Under Votes 8.5%)

Trustee; Tahoe-Truckee Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Diana "DeeDee" Driller
  8,788 votes 73.4%
• Shannon M. Hansen
  3,178 votes 26.6%
• (1,097 Under Votes 8.4%)

School

School - High

Board Member; El Dorado Union High School District (3 Elected)

• Brooke B. Van Komen
  32,406 votes 25.34%
• Jessicca Rodgers
  30,547 votes 23.88%
• Timothy M. Cary
  27,744 votes 21.69%
• Ray Nutting
  23,255 votes 18.18%
• German A. Sierra
  12,951 votes 10.13%
• (1,000 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.78%)

School - Elementary

Board Member; Buckeye Union Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Jonathan D. Yoffie
  6,772 votes 19.01%
• Scott V. Masten
  6,694 votes 18.79%
• Brenda Hanson-Smith
  6,411 votes 17.99%
• Eileen Griffin
  6,032 votes 16.93%
• Ryan Meier
  5,818 votes 16.33%
• Joellene J. Vakulich
  3,673 votes 10.31%
• (232 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.65%)

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

• Judy Morris
  1,209 votes 29.20%
• Bob Van Gilder
  1,046 votes 25.27%
• Bill Snodgrass
  979 votes 23.65%
• Al Eugene Wooden
  861 votes 20.80%
• (45 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.09%)

Board Member; Gold Oak Union Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Roy H. Boyd
  1,725 votes 23.65%
• Christina Karle
  1,684 votes 23.09%
• Jerald Soracco
  1,680 votes 23.04%
• Sheri A. Cook
  1,155 votes 15.84%
• R. Renee Ferguson
  988 votes 13.55%
• (61 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.84%)

Board Member; Gold Trail Union Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Greg Clark
  1,248 votes 19.47%
• Julie Akin Bauer
  1,092 votes 17.03%
• Eddy Klier
  894 votes 13.94%
• Rusty Sage
  787 votes 12.28%
• Nathaniel J. Grgich
  643 votes 10.03%
• Molley Klier
  515 votes 8.03%
• Jeffery M. Alkema
  515 votes 8.03%
• Matthew Douglas Miklos
• (33 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.51%)

Board Member; Mother Lode Union Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Nancy Cahill
  2,774 votes 21.60%
• Valerie A. Baker
  2,730 votes 21.25%
• Bridgett Hartshorn
  2,690 votes 20.94%
• Peter Martinez
  2,287 votes 17.80%
• Rae Hardy
  2,267 votes 17.65%
• (97 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.76%)

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

• Misty Di Vittorio
  3,076 votes 27.85%
• Katharine Stabler
  2,865 votes 25.94%
• Chris Belmer
  2,691 votes 24.36%
• Adam Dominguez
  2,338 votes 21.17%
• (76 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.69%)

Board Member; Pollock Pines Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Michael Bird
  1,539 votes 23.93%
• Dave Campbell
  1,506 votes 23.42%
• Susan McVey
  1,481 votes 23.03%
• Jackie Mullinax
  531 votes 8.26%
• Carmela Dandan Buenrostro
• (62 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.96%)

Board Member; Rescue Union Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Jamie Hunter
  7,768 votes 29.12%
• Michelle Bebout
  7,353 votes 27.57%
• Kim White
  6,885 votes 25.81%
• Jenney Robles
  4,372 votes 16.39%
• (296 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.11%)

Supervisor; County of El Dorado; Supervisorial District 5

• Brooke Laine
  7,346 votes 58.32%
• Kenny Curtzwiler
  5,180 votes 41.13%
• (69 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.55%)

City

Council Member; City of Placerville (3 Elected)

• Nicole Gotberg
  1,599 votes 18.59%
• John L. Clerici
  1,424 votes 16.56%
• David Yarbrough
  1,294 votes 15.05%
• Dennis Thomas
  1,221 votes 14.20%
• Paul R. Godwin
  1,065 votes 12.38%
• Sean Briggs
  958 votes 11.14%
• Ruth Carter
  899 votes 10.45%
• Duncan Allen
  108 votes 1.26%
• (32 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.37%)

Council Member; City of South Lake Tahoe (3 Elected)

• Scott Robbins
  2,052 votes 14.81%
• Cody Bass
  1,997 votes 14.42%
• Tamara Wallace
  1,831 votes 13.22%
• David Jinkens
  1,738 votes 12.55%
• Joby Cefalu
  1,422 votes 10.26%
• Nick Speal
  1,289 votes 9.30%
• Chantelle Schenning
  1,013 votes 7.31%
• Sherry Eddy
  687 votes 4.96%
• Brad Dylan Jacobson
  540 votes 3.90%
• Kevin Brunner
  241 votes 1.74%
• Nicole A. Ramirez Thomas
• (64 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.46%)

City Clerk; City of South Lake Tahoe

• Susan Blankenship
  4,244 votes 98.54%
• (63 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.46%)

City Treasurer; City of South Lake Tahoe

• David W. Olivo
  4,323 votes 98.50%
• (66 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.50%)

District - Airport

Special District

District - Csd

Director; El Dorado Hills Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Heidi Hannaman
  10,893 votes 27.33%
• Steve Ferry
  9,203 votes 23.09%
• Michael Martinelli
  7,671 votes 19.24%
• Lewis Hampton
  7,540 votes 18.92%
• William A. Willman
  4,295 votes 10.77%
• (259 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.65%)

District - Fire

Director; Diamond Springs/El Dorado Fire Protection District (2 Elected)

• Michael Weidert
  3,368 votes 34.86%
• Mike Pettibone
  3,367 votes 34.85%
• Patrick Williams
  2,870 votes 29.71%
• (56 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.58%)

Director; El Dorado County Fire Protection District; Division 3

• Lloyd W. Ogan
  3,943 votes 84.70%
• Robert "Bob" Turney
  674 votes 14.48%
• (38 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.82%)

Director; Mosquito Fire Protection District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Linnea Uggla
  301 votes 24.53%
• David Blain
  284 votes 23.15%
• Don Stever
  274 votes 22.33%
• Daniel E. Hunt
  216 votes 17.60%
• William Buhnerkempe
  135 votes 11.00%
• (17 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.39%)

District - Irrigation

District - Pud

Director; Georgetown Divide Public Utility District (3 Elected)

• Michael Saunders
  2,894 votes 28.16%
• Robert Stovall
  2,845 votes 27.68%
• Donna Seaman
  2,803 votes 27.27%
• Bonnie Neeley
  1,627 votes 15.83%
• (108 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.05%)

Director; South Tahoe Public Utility District (3 Elected)

• Nick Exline
  5,351 votes 28.92%
• Shane Romsos
  4,776 votes 25.81%
• Nick Haven
  4,245 votes 22.94%
• Duane Wallace
  4,018 votes 21.72%
• (112 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.61%)

Director; Tahoe City Public Utility District (2 Elected)

• John Pang
  1,379 votes 43.2%
• Gail Scoville
  1,329 votes 41.6%
• Morgahn Grey
  483 votes 15.1%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

District - Recreation

District - Resource

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 G Cannabis Business Tax -- City of South Lake Tahoe (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,521 / 62.95% Yes votes ...... 2,072 / 37.05% No votes

Shall the measure to maintain essential services such as wildfire prevention, safety, snow removal, road repair, youth programs, other general services by converting existing cannabis business fees to a gross receipts tax up to 6% on retail/distribution/manufacturing, $20/square foot of canopy on cultivation, providing approximately $950,000 annually until ended by voters, continuing regulations/limits on cannabis businesses, requiring public spending disclosure, all funds for South Lake Tahoe, be adopted?

Measure H Resolution -- Carson Creek Park Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District 39 (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,062 / 90.85% Yes votes ...... 107 / 9.15% No votes

Shall the El Dorado Hills Community Services District repeal Resolutions 2019-11 and 2020-11 establishing assessments on the Carson Creek Park Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District #39 for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 for the provision of park improvements and maintenance and order a refund to homeowners of any monies currently held by the District that were collected pursuant to those resolutions?

Measure J Special Tax -- Cameron Park Airport District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 152 / 78.35% Yes votes ...... 42 / 21.65% No votes

Shall the measure increasing the Cameron Park Airport District annual special tax from $300 to $900 per parcel for an unlimited duration apportioned $600 for airport operations and maintenance, and $300 for maintenance of residential streets, generating a total annual revenue increasing from $39,300 to $117,900 commencing fiscal year 2023/2024 be adopted?

Measure K School Bond -- Lake Tahoe Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 5,133 / 54.29% Yes votes ...... 4,322 / 45.71% No votes

To improve the quality of education; repair/replace leaky roofs; update inadequate electrical systems; and modernize, renovate and construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; shall Lake Tahoe Unified School District's measure be adopted authorizing $107,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, generating on average $5.7 million annually as long as bonds are outstanding at a rate of approximately 3.5 cents per $100 assessed value, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, NO money for salaries and all money staying local?

Measure L Special Tax -- County Service Area 9 Zone 98507 Highlands Village Lighting District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 107 / 86.29% Yes votes ...... 17 / 13.71% No votes

Shall the measure to levy an annual special tax in an amount of $140.00, with an annual adjustment using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, on each parcel of land within the Highlands Village Lighting Zone of Benefit, commencing fiscal year 2023/2024 and continuing for an unlimited duration, to be used only for street and highway lighting operations and maintenance, and generating an annual revenue of $10,920.00, to replace the current benefit assessment of $86.00, be adopted?"

Measure M Special Tax -- County Service Area 9 Zone 30 Lynx Trail (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 42 / 62.69% Yes votes ...... 25 / 37.31% No votes

Shall the measure to levy an annual special tax in an amount of $450.00 on each parcel of land within the Lynx Trail Road Zone of Benefit commencing fiscal year 2023/2024 and continuing for an unlimited duration, to be used only for road improvements and maintenance services and generating an annual revenue of $33,300.00 to replace the current benefit assessment of $300.00, be adopted?

Measure N Special Tax -- Hickok Road Community Services District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 45 / 62.50% Yes votes ...... 27 / 37.50% No votes

Shall the measure increasing the per parcel Hickok Road CSD special tax limit from $200 to $400 per year for the first time since 1980, resulting in a maximum annual income of $24,800 for all future years in order to address the inability to maintain the roads with current funds due to the prohibitive cost increases in asphalt, be adopted.

Measure P Special Tax -- Knolls Property Owners Community Services District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 37 / 75.51% Yes votes ...... 12 / 24.49% No votes

Shall the measure increasing the maximum annual Voter Approved Special Tax assessed by the Knolls Property Owners Community Services District by $300.00 per parcel per year, such that the total Voter Approved Special Tax may be increased from $300.00 per year to a maximum of $600.00 per parcel per year (+CPI), be adopted? This increase in the Special Tax or Road Work will raise as much as $8,400 annually+CPI, in perpetuity

Measure Q School Bond -- Black Oak Mine Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 3,279 / 50.54% Yes votes ...... 3,209 / 49.46% No votes

To improve the quality of education; repair or replace leaky roofs; upgrade and modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and replace outdated HVAC systems; shall Black Oak Mine Unified School District's measure be adopted authorizing $28,900,000 of bonds at legal rates, generating on average $1,496,000 annually at a rate of approximately 3.9 cents per $100 assessed value while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight committee, NO money for salaries and all money staying local?

Measure R Transient Occupancy Tax -- El Dorado County Unincorporated West Slope Area (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 32,616 / 45.77% Yes votes ...... 38,639 / 54.23% No votes

For the sole purpose of maintaining El Dorado County's existing roads in the unincorporated portion of the West Slope, shall an ordinance to Fix Our Roads be adopted to increase the 'hotel/motel' tax rate upon visitors of vacation home rentals, hotels, motels, and similar facilities in the unincorporated portion of the West Slope of the County from 10% to 12% of rent charged to visitors, providing approximately an additional $340,000 annually, with Citizen's Oversight and until repealed?

Measure S Transient Occupancy Tax -- El Dorado County Unincorporated East Slope Tahoe Area (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 3,629 / 81.83% Yes votes ...... 806 / 18.17% No votes

For the sole purpose of removing snow and maintaining El Dorado County's existing roads in the unincorporated portion of the Tahoe Area, shall an ordinance to Fix Our Roads be adopted to increase the 'hotel/motel' tax rate upon visitors of vacation home rentals, hotels, motels, and similar facilities in the unincorporated portion of the Tahoe Area from 10% to 14% of rent charged to visitors, providing approximately an additional $2,500,000 annually, with Citizen's Oversight and until repealed?