Combined ballot

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

President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
  8,063,473 votes 61.1%
• John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
  4,902,278 votes 37.1%
• Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Peace and Freedom
  105,375 votes 0.8%
• Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
  65,654 votes 0.5%
• Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr., American Independent
  39,620 votes 0.3%
• Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente, Green
  37,432 votes 0.2%
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 25

• Howard McKeon, Republican
  142,032 votes 57.8%
• Jacquese Conaway, Democratic
  103,906 votes 42.2%

United States Representative; District 26

• David Dreier, Republican
  139,498 votes 52.7%
• Russell Warner, Democratic
  107,202 votes 40.5%
• Ted Brown, Libertarian
  18,282 votes 6.8%

United States Representative; District 41

• Jerry Lewis, Republican
  158,101 votes 61.8%
• Tim Prince, Democratic
  97,751 votes 38.2%

United States Representative; District 42

• Gary Miller, Republican
  158,009 votes 60.2%
• Edwin "Ed" Chau, Democratic
  104,516 votes 39.8%

United States Representative; District 43

• Joe Baca, Democratic
  108,259 votes 69.2%
• John Roberts, Republican
  48,312 votes 30.8%

State Senate

State Senator; District 17

• George Runner, Republican
  180,201 votes 55.0%
• Bruce McFarland, Democratic
  147,705 votes 45.0%

State Senator; District 29

• Robert Huff, Republican
  176,934 votes 54.5%
• Joseph Lyons, Democratic
  126,370 votes 38.9%
• Jill Stone, Libertarian
  21,769 votes 6.6%

State Senator; District 31

• Robert Dutton, Republican
  183,421 votes 59.1%
• Ameenah Fuller, Democratic
  127,036 votes 40.9%
• Denise M. Sternberg (Write-in)

Member of the State Assembly; District 32

• Jean Fuller, Republican
  120,628 votes 69.2%
• Virginia Martinez, Democratic
  53,789 votes 30.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 34

• Connie Conway, Republican
  62,454 votes 63.2%
• Desmond Farrelly, Democratic
  36,434 votes 36.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 36

• Steve Knight, Republican
  78,615 votes 51.7%
• Linda Jones, Democratic
  73,546 votes 48.3%

Member of the State Assembly; District 59

• Anthony Adams, Republican
  90,880 votes 51.1%
• Donald Williamson, Democratic
  72,582 votes 40.7%
• Maureen Keedy, Libertarian
  14,633 votes 8.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 60

• Curt Hagman, Republican
  92,430 votes 56.0%
• Diane Singer, Democratic
  72,882 votes 44.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 61

• Norma Torres, Democratic
  60,496 votes 60.5%
• Wendy Maier, Republican
  33,151 votes 33.1%
• Michael Mendez, Libertarian
  6,457 votes 6.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 62

• Wilmer Carter, Democratic
  78,003 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 63

• Bill Emmerson, Republican
  90,180 votes 54.4%
• Mark Westwood, Democratic
  75,663 votes 45.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 65

• Paul Cook, Republican
  90,375 votes 53.8%
• Carl Wood, Democratic
  77,723 votes 46.2%

Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
Pass: 6,512,189 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 5,887,181 / 47.5% No votes

To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Pass: 8,009,556 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,622,352 / 36.6% No votes

Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
Pass: 6,805,649 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 5,536,987 / 44.9% No votes

Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 6,071,863 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,570,777 / 52.0% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Fail: 5,015,080 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 7,407,454 / 59.6% No votes

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Fail: 3,728,495 / 30.8% Yes votes ...... 8,365,052 / 69.2% No votes

Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation
Fail: 4,376,814 / 35.4% Yes votes ...... 7,984,617 / 64.6% No votes

Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Pass: 6,838,107 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 6,246,463 / 47.7% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
Pass: 6,518,511 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 5,602,596 / 46.2% No votes

Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
Fail: 4,966,867 / 40.5% Yes votes ...... 7,303,418 / 59.5% No votes

Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

Proposition 11 Redistricting
Pass: 5,957,057 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 5,759,932 / 49.2% No votes

Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008
Pass: 7,618,136 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 4,385,715 / 36.5% No votes

Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?