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March 5, 2002 Election

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County Results as of Apr 19 10:58am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (503/503)
38.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (90,863/235,671)

Statewide Results as of Apr 10 12:24pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (22976/22976)
34.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (5,285,587/15,280,808)

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  • State Executive

    Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    • Bill Simon, Republican
      1,126,197 votes 49.5%
    • Richard J. Riordan, Republican
      713,233 votes 31.4%
    • Bill Jones, Republican
      386,346 votes 17%
    • Nick Jesson, Republican
      19,251 votes .8%
    • Edie Bukewihge, Republican
      14,413 votes .6%
    • Danney Ball, Republican
      13,134 votes .5%
    • Jim Dimov, Republican
      5,582 votes .2%

    Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Reinhold Gulke, American Independent
      26,233 votes 100%

    Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Governor; State of California)

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Cruz M. Bustamante, Democratic
      1,931,980 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Jim King, American Independent
      25,206 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Kalee Przybylak, Natural Law
      4,130 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Reform Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor; State of California)

    Secretary of State; State of California; Democratic Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Republican Party

    • Keith Olberg, Republican
      1,223,393 votes 62.1%
    • Mike Schaefer, Republican
      408,189 votes 20.7%
    • Barbara Jean Marr, Republican
      340,995 votes 17.2%

    Secretary of State; State of California; American Independent Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Green Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Natural Law Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Reform Party

    • Valli Sharpe-Geisler, Reform
      7,225 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Secretary of State; State of California)

    State Controller; State of California; Democratic Party

    State Controller; State of California; Republican Party

    • Tom McClintock, Republican
      945,706 votes 45.8%
    • Dean Andal, Republican
      733,486 votes 35.5%
    • W. Snow Hume, Republican
      194,370 votes 9.4%
    • Nancy Beecham, Republican
      194,136 votes 9.3%

    State Controller; State of California; American Independent Party

    State Controller; State of California; Green Party

    • Laura Wells, Green
      29,374 votes 84.2%
    • David Delano Blanco, Green
      5,550 votes 15.8%

    State Controller; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • J. Carlos Aguirre, Natural Law
      4,452 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Controller; State of California)

    State Treasurer; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Philip Angelides, Democratic
      1,879,813 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Republican Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Nathan E. Johnson, American Independent
      26,692 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Green Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; Libertarian Party

    • Marian Smithson, Libertarian
      19,172 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Sylvia Valentine, Natural Law
      4,300 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Treasurer; State of California)

    Attorney General; State of California; Democratic Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Republican Party

    • Dick Ackerman, Republican
      1,831,813 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
      27,085 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; Green Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Libertarian Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Attorney General; State of California)

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Democratic Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Republican Party

    • Gary Mendoza, Republican
      804,772 votes 41.8%
    • Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch, Republican
      702,479 votes 36.4%
    • Wes Bannister, Republican
      422,132 votes 21.8%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Steve Klein, American Independent
      27,066 votes 100%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Green Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Insurance Commissioner; State of California)

    State Board of Equalization

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 2; Democratic Party

    • Tom Y. Santos, Democratic
      237,609 votes 54.7%
    • Norman R. Angelo, Democratic
      197,020 votes 45.3%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 2; Republican Party

    • Bill Leonard, Republican
      368,441 votes 60%
    • Edward J. "Ted" Costa, Republican
      246,084 votes 40%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 2)

    US Congress

    United States Representative; District 11; Democratic Party

    United States Representative; District 11; Republican Party

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 11)

    United States Representative; District 18; Democratic Party

    • Dennis A. Cardoza, Democratic
      22,879 votes 53.3%
    • Gary A. Condit, Democratic
      16,618 votes 38.7%
    • Ralph L. White, Democratic
      1,344 votes 3.1%
    • Sukhmander "Sukhi" Singh, Democratic
      963 votes 2.2%
    • Joseph Martin, Democratic
      740 votes 1.7%
    • Elvis Pringle, Democratic
      440 votes 1%

    United States Representative; District 18; Republican Party

    • Dick Monteith, Republican
      16,031 votes 52.9%
    • Bill Conrad, Republican
      9,543 votes 31.5%
    • George R. House, Republican
      3,885 votes 12.8%
    • Park Yonker, Republican
      849 votes 2.8%

    United States Representative; District 18; American Independent Party

    • Kevin H. Cripe, American Independent
      531 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 18; Libertarian Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 18)

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 14; Republican Party

    • Chuck Poochigian, Republican
      92,478 votes 100%

    (Only Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 14)

    State Assembly

    Member; California State Assembly; District 10; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 10; Republican Party

    • Alan Nakanishi, Republican
      22,549 votes 48.4%
    • Dan Kramer, Republican
      13,430 votes 28.8%
    • Jon Bagatelos, Republican
      6,667 votes 14.2%
    • Ken Payne, Republican
      4,022 votes 8.6%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 10)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 15; Democratic Party

    • Donna Gerber, Democratic
      29,152 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 15; Republican Party

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 15)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 17; Democratic Party

    • Barbara S. Matthews, Democratic
      22,091 votes 85.3%
    • William R. Sweet, Jr., Democratic
      3,816 votes 14.7%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 17; Republican Party

    • Brian McCabe, Republican
      13,668 votes 68.4%
    • Moses Sanchez, Republican
      6,337 votes 31.6%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 17)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 26; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 26; Republican Party

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 26)

    Party Committee

    Republican Party Central Committee; County of San Joaquin; Supervisorial District 4 (6 Elected)

    • Steven M. Fowler, Republican
      8,409 votes 14.9%
    • Gregory P. Goehring, Republican
      7,797 votes 13.8%
    • Richard Veldstra, Republican
      7,484 votes 13.2%
    • Kenneth S. Vogel, Republican
      6,951 votes 12.3%
    • Thomas A. Benigno, Republican
      6,942 votes 12.3%
    • Grace Ann Crawford, Republican
      6,818 votes 12.0%
    • John Beckman, Republican
      6,196 votes 10.9%
    • James H. Shoemaker, Republican
      5,975 votes 10.6%
    • (37 Writein Votes 0.1%)

    School

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California

    County Superintendent of Schools; County of San Joaquin

    • Fredrick "Rick" Wentworth
      72,434 votes 99.1%
    • (655 Writein Votes 0.9%)

    Trustee; San Joaquin County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

    Trustee; San Joaquin County Board of Education; Trustee Area 4

    • Anthony J. Gutierrez
      10,997 votes 59.4%
    • Cleo N. Robinson
      7,462 votes 40.3%
    • (48 Writein Votes 0.3%)

    Trustee; San Joaquin County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

    • Mark A. Thiel
      8,529 votes 58.4%
    • Todd Summers
      6,025 votes 41.2%
    • (56 Writein Votes 0.4%)

    County

    Board of Supervisors; County of San Joaquin; Supervisorial District 2

    • Dario L. Marenco
      8,696 votes 52.9%
    • Melodie A. Blowers
      7,688 votes 46.8%
    • (46 Writein Votes 0.3%)

    Board of Supervisors; County of San Joaquin; Supervisorial District 4

    • Jack A. Sieglock
      14,863 votes 57.9%
    • Dan S. Parises
      10,793 votes 42.0%
    • (35 Writein Votes 0.1%)

    Board of Supervisors; County of San Joaquin; Current Supervisorial District 5

    • Leroy Ornellas
      9,031 votes 46.9%
    • Lynn G. Bedford
      5,879 votes 30.5%
    • Carlon Perry
      4,305 votes 22.4%
    • (32 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk; County of San Joaquin

    • Gary W. Freeman
      71,482 votes 99.3%
    • (535 Writein Votes 0.7%)

    Auditor-Controller; County of San Joaquin

    • Adrian J. Van Houten
      70,118 votes 99.2%
    • (584 Writein Votes 0.8%)

    District Attorney; County of San Joaquin

    • John D. Phillips
      69,393 votes 98.8%
    • (829 Writein Votes 1.2%)

    Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator; County of San Joaquin

    • Baxter Dunn
      49,082 votes 59.5%
    • Richard A. Sealy, Jr.
      22,233 votes 27.0%
    • Steven M. Fowler
      10,993 votes 13.3%
    • (135 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of San Joaquin

    • Shabbir A. Khan
      66,992 votes 98.7%
    • (886 Writein Votes 1.3%)

    City

    City Council Member; City of Stockton; District 1

    City Council Member; City of Stockton; District 3

    City Council Member; City of Stockton; District 5

    State Propositions

    Proposition 40 The California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
    2,769,178 / 56.9% Yes votes ...... 2,101,516 / 43.1% No votes
    Should the state borrow two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for development, restoration, and acquisition of state and local parks, recreation areas and historical resources, and for land, air, and water conservation programs?

    Proposition 41 Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002
    2,474,372 / 51.6% Yes votes ...... 2,325,348 / 48.4% No votes
    Should the state borrow $200 million ($200,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of updated voting systems?

    Proposition 42 Transportation Congestion Improvement Act
    3,345,877 / 69.1% Yes votes ...... 1,499,475 / 30.9% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require gasoline and diesel fuel sales tax revenues be allocated for specified transportation purposes, including highways, streets and roads, and transit improvements?

    Proposition 43 Right to Have Vote Counted
    3,382,174 / 71.5% Yes votes ...... 1,346,926 / 28.5% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require that every vote legally cast in an election be counted?

    Proposition 44 Chiropractors. Unprofessional Conduct
    3,758,718 / 79.8% Yes votes ...... 952,790 / 20.2% No votes
    Should the Chiropractic Act be amended to alter procedures and penalties in cases of various specified offenses, including insurance fraud?

    Proposition 45 Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions
    2,043,448 / 42.3% Yes votes ...... 2,782,039 / 57.7% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to allow voters to submit petitions to permit their incumbent legislators to run for reelection and to serve for a maxiumum of four more years beyond their presently allowed terms?

    Local Measures

    Measure I Utility User Tax -- City of Stockton
    13,915 / 44.4% Yes votes ...... 17,411 / 55.6% No votes
    Shall Ordinance No. 012-01 C.S. adopted by the Stockton City Council on May 1, 2001, be approved to authorize a one percent (1%) decrease, from the current eight percent (8%), to seven percent (7%), effective July 1, 2002, and from seven percent (7%) to six percent (6%), effective July 1, 2003, of the City of Stockton's Utility User Tax, the addition of an additional energy tax rebate incentive to the Enterprise Zone, and the addition of energy tax rebate incentives to the MX (Mixed Use) Zone.

    Measure J School Bond -- Ripon Unified School District
    2,060 / 58.3% Yes votes ...... 1,475 / 41.7% No votes
    To improve health and safety conditions of schools, to relieve overcrowding, to improve the likelihood of our schools qualifying for state matching funds, shall the Ripon Unified School District issue $10 million of bonds, at interest rates within the legal limit to finance the modernization and expansion of Ripon High School and a portion of the costs of constructing a new elementary school and appoint a Citizen's Oversight Committee to perform annual audits? The District's Board has evaluated safety, class size reduction and information technology needs.

    Measure K School Bond -- Lodi Unified School District
    15,863 / 57.1% Yes votes ...... 11,918 / 42.9% No votes
    To plan and construct up to twelve (12) new schools; to acquire, construct, renovate, furnish and equip school facilities and grounds; add structures to existing schools; upgrade certain classrooms; and upgrade fire and safety systems; shall the Lodi Unified School District incur bonded indebtedness of not to exceed $109,360,000, the rate of interest thereon not to exceed the maximum rate allowable by law, and establish an oversight committee?

    Measure L Low Rent Housing Projects -- County of San Joaquin
    48,638 / 58.7% Yes votes ...... 34,216 / 41.3% No votes
    Without increasing local taxes, by utilizing federal or State funding, shall public or publicly assisted housing providers, within San Joaquin County, according to the County's General Plan, construct, develop, acquire, rehabilitate and/or convert housing project(s) into decent, safe, sanitary and uncrowded units for low-income, elderly, or handicapped persons, up to 500 units annually, for ten years, with any unused units carried over annually?

    Measure M Fire Tax Ordinance -- Mokelumne Rural Fire Protection District
    1,158 / 64.3% Yes votes ...... 643 / 35.7% No votes
    Shall the proposed special tax ordinance set forth by Ordinance No. 01-1 of the Mokelumne Rural County Fire Protection District be adopted?

    Measure N Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Tracy
    4,742 / 68.3% Yes votes ...... 2,203 / 31.7% No votes
    Shall the City's transient occupancy tax, imposed on transients and used by the City's General Fund to fund a variety of activities, including: police and fire services, tourism promotion, planned cultural arts center activities, and parks and recreation youth and senior activities, be set at 10% of the amount of rent charged by the hotel operation?

    Measure O School Bond -- Linden Unified School District
    1,574 / 54.7% Yes votes ...... 1,303 / 45.3% No votes
    To make essential health, safety and building repairs at aging school facilities, increase energy efficiency, relieve severe overcrowding by acquiring, constructing or renovating school sites, and qualify for state construction matching funds, shall Linden Unified School District be authorized to issue bonds not exceeding Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars at the lowest interest rates possible, establish a Community Oversight Committee, and conduct annual audits to ensure funds are only spent on school construction projects?

    Measure P (Cancelled) Bonds -- Stockton-East Water District (Removed from ballot by court order)
    To assure a firm water supply without levying taxes or land assessments, should Stockton East Water District issue up to $6,000,000.00 in bonds to fund supplemental water supply, distribution and environmental improvements, including obtaining water right permits, matching state and federal funding for the Farmington Project for groundwater recharge and seasonal habitat, and constructing pipelines to convey surface water for distribution to agricultural and urban customers for use instead of pumping groundwater, and for direct recharge to the groundwater basin; to be repaid with revenue from surface water sales to district customers, and existing groundwater charges?

    Measure Q Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Manteca
    4,099 / 60.4% Yes votes ...... 2,693 / 39.6% No votes
    Shall an ordinance be adopted to re-adopt and validate continuing collection of the City's Supplemental Transient Occupancy Tax, at a rate of 4%?


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