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November 7, 2000 Election

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County Results as of Dec 5 4:09pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (475/475)
72.1% Countywide Voter Turnout (168,843/233,989)

Statewide Results as of Dec 5 12:43pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (25702/25702)
70.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (11,087,155/15,707,307)

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  • President

    President of the United States

    • Al Gore, Democratic
      5,833,974 votes 53.5%
    • George W. Bush, Republican
      4,542,793 votes 41.7%
    • Ralph Nader, Green
      415,370 votes 3.9%
    • Harry Browne, Libertarian
      45,291 votes .4%
    • Patrick J. Buchanan, Reform
      44,817 votes .4%
    • Howard Phillips, American Independent
      16,974 votes .1%
    • John Hagelin, Natural Law
      10,864 votes 0%
    • David McReynolds (Write-In)
    • William M. Kenyon, Sr. (Write-In)

    United States Senator

    United States Senator

    United States Representative

    United States Representative; District 11

    • Richard W. Pombo, Republican
      120,635 votes 57.9%
    • Tom Y. Santos, Democratic
      79,539 votes 38.1%
    • Kathryn A. Russow, Libertarian
      5,036 votes 2.4%
    • Jon A. Kurey, Natural Law
      3,397 votes 1.6%

    United States Representative; District 18

    • Gary A. Condit, Democratic
      118,882 votes 67.3%
    • Steve R. Wilson, Republican
      55,235 votes 31.2%
    • Page Roth Riskin, Natural Law
      2,787 votes 1.5%

    State

    State Senator; District 5

    • Michael J. Machado, Democratic
      142,392 votes 48.1%
    • Alan Nakanishi, Republican
      141,013 votes 47.6%
    • Carole Brow, Libertarian
      10,208 votes 3.4%
    • William S. Nicolas, Natural Law
      2,667 votes .9%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 10

    • Anthony Pescetti, Republican
      92,196 votes 53.6%
    • Debra Gravert, Democratic
      73,505 votes 42.6%
    • Tom Kohlhepp, Libertarian
      6,605 votes 3.8%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 17

    Member of the State Assembly; District 26

    • Dennis Cardoza, Democratic
      66,595 votes 65.8%
    • Marshall Sanchez, Republican
      34,766 votes 34.2%

    School

    Governing Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 5 (3 Elected)

    Governing Board Member; Stockton Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

    Governing Board Member; Stockton Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

    • Vicki Brand
      1,863 votes 45.2%
    • Raymond Paul Medel, Jr.
      1,182 votes 28.6%
    • Jim Cutter
      1,081 votes 26.2%

    Governing Board Member; Stockton Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

    Governing Board Member; Lincoln Unified School District (2 Elected)

    Governing Board Member; Manteca Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

    Governing Board Member; Manteca Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

    Governing Board Member; Manteca Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

    Governing Board Member; Linden Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

    • Kenneth S. Vogel
      2,433 votes 63.9%
    • Jack T. Jennings
      1,372 votes 36.1%

    Governing Board Member; Linden Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

    • Frederick Podesta, III
      2,074 votes 52.8%
    • Gayle Watkins
      1,857 votes 47.2%

    Governing Board Member; Tracy Joint Union High School District (3 Elected)

    • Kelly Lewis
      10,316 votes 29.7%
    • Deborah Randle-Jones
      9,986 votes 28.8%
    • James L. Whigham
      9,134 votes 26.3%
    • Charlene K. Astorga
      5,273 votes 15.2%

    Governing Board Member; Galt Joint Union High School District (2 Elected)

    Governing Board Member; Jefferson School District (2 Elected)

    • Deborah Wingo
      1,139 votes 36.5%
    • Pete Carlson
      1,063 votes 34.1%
    • Michelle Mercer
      919 votes 29.4%

    Governing Board Member; Galt Joint Union School District (2 Elected)

    • Ervin Hatzenbuhler
      3,614 votes 36.5%
    • Susan Richardson
      3,371 votes 34.1%
    • Bob Ellis
      2,911 votes 29.4%

    City

    City Council; City of Stockton; District 2

    City Council; City of Stockton; District 4

    • Frank "Larry" Ruhstaller
      41,895 votes 73.6%
    • Sukh S. Chahal
      14,993 votes 26.4%

    City Council; City of Stockton; District 6

    • Gloria C. Nomura
      49,898 votes 84.2%
    • Ralph L. White
      9,352 votes 15.8%

    City Council; City of Escalon (2 Elected)

    • Gary Haskin
      974 votes 26.8%
    • Martin Van Houten
      903 votes 24.9%
    • Chuck Van Gorkum
      630 votes 17.4%
    • Linda Martin
      620 votes 17.1%
    • Richard L. Tatum
      504 votes 13.9%

    City Council; City of Manteca (2 Elected)

    City Council; City of Lodi (2 Elected)

    Mayor; City of Tracy

    City Council; City of Tracy (2 Elected)

    City Clerk; City of Tracy

    • Sharon L. Smith
      14,343 votes 100.0%

    City Treasurer; City of Tracy

    • Raymond W. McCray
      14,279 votes 100.0%

    City Council; City of Ripon (3 Elected)

    • Michael P. Restuccia
      2,136 votes 21.8%
    • Tim Hern
      2,101 votes 21.5%
    • Carolyn S. Jensen
      1,929 votes 19.7%
    • Dennis E. Bitters
      1,921 votes 19.6%
    • Greg Pratt
      1,700 votes 17.4%

    Mayor; City of Lathrop

    • Steven R. McKee
      2,285 votes 100.0%

    City Council; City of Lathrop (2 Elected)

    District

    Board of Directors; Escalon Consolidated Fire Protection District (2 Elected)

    • Robert "Bob" Garcia
      2,138 votes 39.0%
    • Tom Yandell
      1,923 votes 35.1%
    • George J. Micheal
      1,420 votes 25.9%

    Board of Directors; French Camp-McKinley Rural County Service Area (3 Elected)

    • Bob Pico
      648 votes 33.8%
    • Albert E. Pagnucci
      428 votes 22.3%
    • Thomas Hird
      426 votes 22.2%
    • Douglas D. Beckwith
      414 votes 21.6%

    Board of Directors; Ripon Consolidated Fire District (3 Elected)

    • Loren "Bud" Schemper
      4,164 votes 34.3%
    • Ron Smith
      2,771 votes 22.8%
    • William R. Berghorst
      2,459 votes 20.2%
    • Arthur Anderson, Jr.
      1,532 votes 12.6%
    • Ron McManis
      1,225 votes 10.1%

    Board of Directors; Waterloo-Morada Rural County Fire Protection District (2 Elected)

    • Bill Snyder
      2,949 votes 45.0%
    • William Van Fields
      2,164 votes 33.0%
    • Lou Meyer
      1,438 votes 22.0%

    Board of Directors; Stockton-East Water District; Division 4

    • Melvin J. Panizza
      52,160 votes 70.7%
    • Philip Leveton
      21,579 votes 29.3%

    Board of Directors; Linden County Water District (3 Elected)

    • Randy Owens
      247 votes 28.7%
    • Kevin Stevens
      221 votes 25.7%
    • Harold B. Wright
      214 votes 24.9%
    • Elaine Reed
      178 votes 20.7%

    State Propositions

    Proposition 32 Veterans’ Bond Act of 2000
    6,709,560 / 67.2% Yes votes ...... 3,278,248 / 32.8% No votes
    This act provides for a bond issue of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) to provide farm and home aid for California veterans. Fiscal Impact: Costs of about $858 million over 25 years (average cost of about $34 million per year); costs paid by participating veterans.

    Proposition 33 Legislature. Participation In Public Employees’ Retirement System
    3,791,715 / 39.0% Yes votes ...... 5,941,814 / 61.0% No votes
    Allows legislative members to participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System plans in which a majority of state employees may participate. Fiscal Impact: Annual state costs under $1 million to provide retirement benefits to legislators, with these costs replacing other spending from the fixed annual amount provided in support of the Legislature.

    Proposition 34 Campaign Contributions and Spending. Limits. Disclosure
    5,903,907 / 60.0% Yes votes ...... 3,933,949 / 40.0% No votes
    Limits campaign contributions and loans to state candidates and political parties. Provides voluntary spending limits; expands public disclosure requirements and increases penalties. Fiscal Impact: Additional net costs to the state, potentially up to several million dollars annually, and unknown but probably not significant costs to local government.

    Proposition 35 Public Works Projects. Use of Private Contractors for Engineering and Architectural Services.
    5,442,138 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 4,428,702 / 44.9% No votes
    Amends Constitution eliminating existing restrictions on state, local contracting with private entities for engineering, architectural services; contracts awarded by competitive selection; bidding permitted, not required. Fiscal Impact: Unknown impact on state spending for architectural and engineering services and construction project delivery. Actual impact will depend on how the state uses the contracting flexibility under the proposition.

    Proposition 36 Drugs. Probation and Treatment Program
    6,199,992 / 60.8% Yes votes ...... 3,991,153 / 39.2% No votes
    Requires probation and drug treatment, not incarceration, for possession, use, transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture. Authorizes dismissal of charges after completion of treatment. Fiscal Impact: Net annual savings of $100 million to $150 million to the state and about $40 million to local governments. Potential avoidance of one-time capital outlay costs to the state of $450 million to $550 million.

    Proposition 37 Fees. Vote Requirements. Taxes
    4,579,981 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 4,963,684 / 52.0% No votes
    Requires two-thirds vote of State Legislature, majority or two-thirds of local electorate to impose future state, local fees on activity to study or mitigate its environmental, societal or economic effects. Defines such fees as taxes except property, development, certain other fees. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, potentially significant, reduction in future state and local government revenues from making it more difficult to approve certain regulatory charges.

    Proposition 38 School Vouchers. State-Funded Private and Religious Education Public School Funding.
    3,085,457 / 29.5% Yes votes ...... 7,387,753 / 70.5% No votes
    Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for private/religious schools. Permits replacement of current constitutional public school funding formula. Fiscal Impact: Near-term state costs from zero to $1.1 billion annually. Long-term state impact from $2 billion in annual costs to $3 billion in annual savings, depending on how many public school students shift to private schools.

    Proposition 39 School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes Accountability Requirements.
    5,402,822 / 53.3% Yes votes ...... 4,733,205 / 46.7% No votes
    Authorizes bonds for repair, construction or replacement of school facilities, classrooms, if approved by 55% local vote. Fiscal Impact: Increased bond debt for many school districts. Long-term costs statewide could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Potential longer-term state savings to the extent school districts assume greater responsibility for funding school facilities.

    Local Measures

    Measure A Growth Measure -- City of Tracy (Amendment)
    9,631 / 56.1% Yes votes ...... 7,522 / 43.9% No votes
    Shall Measure A be adopted?

    Measure B Entry Level Police Officer -- City of Stockton (Charter Amendment)
    Shall the Charter of the City of Stockton be amended to permit certification of the top ten qualified candidates on the eligible list for the position of entry level Police Officer; for multiple vacancies, certification of the top ten plus two additional candidates, in ranked order, for each additional vacancy; and the appointment of any candidate so certified, regardless of standing on the eligible list?

    Measure C Police Captain -- City of Stockton (Charter Amendment)
    Shall the Charter of the City of Stockton be amended to permit certification of the top three qualified candidates for the position of Police Captain; for multiple vacancies, certification of the top three plus one additional candidate, in ranked order, for each additional vacancy; and the appointment of any candidate so certified, regardless of standing on the eligible list?

    Measure D Theme Park -- City of Lathrop (Amendment)
    1,511 / 55.6% Yes votes ...... 1,209 / 44.4% No votes
    Shall Measure D, which 1) amends the "theme park first" provision of the West Lathrop Specific Plan and development agreement to allow occupancy of housing before construction of a theme park; and 2) requires the City to withhold occupancy permits until construction of the theme park or equivalent commercial development is guaranteed, or an Economic Development Fee is paid into a fund to provide similar economic and social benefits, be adopted?

    Measure E Term Limits -- Lincoln Unified School District (Put on ballot by grass-roots petition)
    9,175 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 5,810 / 38.8% No votes
    Shall the members of the Lincoln School District Board of Trustees be limited to two (2) terms of office?

    Measure G General Obligation Bond -- Stockton Unified School District (Bond)
    32,900 / 76.8% Yes votes ...... 9,935 / 23.2% No votes
    To relieve overcrowding, rehabilitate aging schools, and improve safety conditions for students, shall Stockton Unified School District upgrade school facilities by acquiring land and constructing new schools; renovating existing classrooms, science and computer labs; upgrading inadequate electrical, roofing, ventilation and plumbing systems; and meeting health, safety and accessibility standards; issuing $80,000,000 in bonds at interest rates within legal limits, and establishing a Citizens' Oversight Committee to ensure funds are spent properly?

    Measure Z Hotel/Motel Guest Tax -- City of Stockton (Ordinance)
    27,310 / 47.1% Yes votes ...... 30,667 / 52.9% No votes
    Shall ordinance No. 0019-00 C.S. adopted by the Stockton City Council on June 27, 2000 be approved to authorize a one percent (1%) increase, from the current eight percent (8%), to nine percent (9%), in the City of Stockton's Motel/Motel Guest Tax charged by the operators of a hotel, motel, inn, or similar structure to persons who use the same for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes for a period of 30 days or less?


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