4199 CLARES ST, 95010

See Also:   Information for the County of Santa Cruz
(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%
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 17

• Samuel Farr, Democratic
  151,501 votes 73.3%
• Jeff Taylor, Republican
  55,261 votes 26.7%
• Peter Andresen (Write-in)

State Senate

State Senator; District 11

• Joe Simitian, Democratic
  260,961 votes 74.6%
• Blair Nathan, Republican
  89,136 votes 25.4%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 27

• Bill Monning, Democratic
  112,183 votes 65.7%
• Robert Murray, Republican
  43,474 votes 25.4%
• Mark Hinkle, Libertarian
  15,310 votes 8.9%
• Rex Keyes (Write-in)

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 4

• George "Bud" Winslow
  8,766 votes 62.66%
• Rachel Y. Huff
  5,083 votes 36.34%
• (140 Total Write-In Votes 1.00%)

Trustee; Cabrillo Community College District; Trustee Area 3

• Susan True
  7,778 votes 51.63%
• Kevin McGibben
  4,951 votes 32.86%
• Phil Rodriguez
  2,201 votes 14.61%
• (136 Total Write-In Votes 0.90%)

Board Member; Santa Cruz City High School District; Area 1

• Ken S. Wagman
  25,027 votes 59.14%
• Jim Logsdon
  16,736 votes 39.55%
• (554 Total Write-In Votes 1.31%)

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

• Ted Donnelly
  3,893 votes 20.34%
• Lynette Hamby
  3,665 votes 19.15%
• Judy McGooden
  3,099 votes 16.19%
• Mary E. McGlenn-Cahalen
  3,037 votes 15.87%
• Kathy Hees
  2,727 votes 14.25%
• Kim Nadeau
  2,635 votes 13.77%
• (80 Total Write-In Votes 0.42%)

Board Member; Soquel Union Elementary School District; 2 Year Short Term

• Cynthia Torres-Ricca
  5,150 votes 52.58%
• Brett Graessle
  4,561 votes 46.56%
• (84 Total Write-In Votes 0.86%)

County

County Supervisor; Santa Cruz County; Supervisorial District 1

• John Leopold
  12,357 votes 54.66%
• Betty J. Danner
  10,149 votes 44.89%
• Michael Pisenti (Write-in)
• (103 Total Write-In Votes 0.46%)

City

Council Member; City of Capitola (2 Elected)

• Dennis R. Norton
  1,787 votes 28.01%
• Michael Termini
  1,763 votes 27.63%
• Kirby Nicol
  1,758 votes 27.55%
• Ellen A. Jennings
  1,035 votes 16.22%
• (37 Total Write-In Votes 0.58%)

Treasurer; City of Capitola

• Jacques Bertrand
  3,323 votes 97.85%
• (73 Total Write-In Votes 2.15%)

Special District

Director; Soquel Creek Water District (2 Elected)

• Bruce Daniels
  12,134 votes 53.01%
• Thomas R. La Hue
  8,517 votes 37.21%
• Don Heichel
  2,177 votes 9.51%
• (61 Total Write-In Votes 0.27%)

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?

Measure D Capitola Sales Tax Extension -- City of Capitola (Simple Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,317 / 65.84% Yes votes ...... 1,721 / 34.16% No votes

Shall the 2004 City of Capitola sales tax increase of one quarter of one percent, which is scheduled to sunset in 2010, be extended until December 31, 2017, in order to maintain general services including public safety and street improvements?