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March 5, 2002 Election

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County Results as of Apr 8 1:58pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (237/237)
43.2% Countywide Voter Turnout (58,590/135,476)

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)

State Executive | US Congress | State Assembly | State Board of Equalization | County | Party Committee | Judicial | School | State Propositions | Local Measures
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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 Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California

    US Congress

    United States Representative; District 22; Democratic Party

    • Jaime A. Corvera, Democratic
      29,949 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 22; Republican Party

    • Bill Thomas, Republican
      70,738 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 22; Libertarian Party

    • Frank Coates, Libertarian
      452 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 22)

    United States Representative; District 23; Democratic Party

    • Lois Capps, Democratic
      38,997 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 23; Republican Party

    United States Representative; District 23; Libertarian Party

    • James E. Hill, Libertarian
      382 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 23)

    State Assembly

    Member; California State Assembly; District 33; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 33; Republican Party

    • Abel Maldonado, Republican
      40,235 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 33)

    State Board of Equalization

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1; Democratic Party

    • Carole Migden, Democratic
      601,755 votes 100%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1; Republican Party

    • Mark S. Bendick, Republican
      210,107 votes 56.1%
    • Max Woods, Republican
      164,492 votes 43.9%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1; Libertarian Party

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1)

    County

    Assessor; County of San Luis Obispo

    • Tom J. Bordonaro, Jr.
      28824 votes 51.4%
    • Dick Frank
      27127 votes 48.4%
    • (93 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    Auditor-Controller; County of San Luis Obispo

    • Gere Sibbach
      44800 votes 99.2%
    • (342 Writein Votes 0.8%)

    Board of Supervisors; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 2

    • Shirley Bianchi
      10599 votes 96.1%
    • (431 Writein Votes 3.9%)

    Board of Supervisors; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 4

    Clerk-Recorder; County of San Luis Obispo

    • Julie L. Rodewald
      48004 votes 99.6%
    • (210 Writein Votes 0.4%)

    District Attorney; County of San Luis Obispo

    • Gerald T. Shea
      45273 votes 99.3%
    • (317 Writein Votes 0.7%)

    Sheriff-Coroner; County of San Luis Obispo

    • J. Patrick Hedges
      45688 votes 88.4%
    • Benjamin C. Hall
      5828 votes 11.3%
    • (150 Writein Votes 0.3%)

    Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator; County of San Luis Obispo

    • Frank L. Freitas
      46793 votes 99.0%
    • (461 Writein Votes 1.0%)

    Party Committee

    Democratic Party Central Committee; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 5 (4 Elected)

    • David Brodie
      1709 votes 24.5%
    • Joan M. O'Keefe
      1647 votes 23.7%
    • Raymond "Bud" Zeuschner
      1554 votes 22.3%
    • Elisabeth Abrahams
      1120 votes 16.1%
    • Joseph Abrahams
      908 votes 13.0%
    • (26 Writein Votes 0.4%)

    Republican Party Central Committee; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 2 (4 Elected)

    • Cathy Novak
      4188 votes 22.8%
    • Stan Gustafson
      3813 votes 20.8%
    • Joan C. Staton
      3542 votes 19.3%
    • Tom Christian
      3536 votes 19.2%
    • Linda L. Donnelly
      3258 votes 17.7%
    • (38 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    Republican Party Central Committee; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 3 (4 Elected)

    Republican Party Central Committee; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 5 (4 Elected)

    • Edie Knight
      2790 votes 23.6%
    • Terry Lascola Mulhall
      2682 votes 22.7%
    • Del Knight
      2568 votes 21.7%
    • Cheryl Burbach
      2526 votes 21.3%
    • Mary Lea Harris
      1192 votes 10.1%
    • (75 Writein Votes 0.6%)

    Judicial

    Superior Court Judge; County of San Luis Obispo; Office 4

    School

    Superintendent of Schools; County of San Luis Obispo

    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 A-02 Tobacco Litigation Settlement Monies Allocation -- San Luis Obispo County
    33738 / 62.2% Yes votes ...... 20511 / 37.8% No votes
    Shall the ordinance annually allocating 1998 tobacco litigation Settlement Monies As Follows: Funding Physicians Performing Emergency Room Services (23%), Funding Health Care Clinics (20%), Funding Services for Seniors and Disabled (19%), Funding Preventive Health Grants (15%), Funding Tobacco Prevention/Control Programs (12%), Funding Hospitals for Emergency Charity Care and Bad Debts (6%), and funding Sheriff's public safety programs (5%); and requiring maintenance of other County spending on such categories at 1999-2000 Levels, Be Adopted?

    Measure B-02 Cambria Grammar School Improvements -- Coast Unified School District Facilities Improvement District 1 (Bond Issue)
    2260 / 71.5% Yes votes ...... 899 / 28.5% No votes
    To alleviate overcrowding, related health, safety and educational shortcomings at Cambria Grammar School due to enrollment that exceeds State design capacity, shall Coast Unified School District be authorized to incur bonded indebtedness of $12,700,000 at legal interest rates to purchase property and construct classrooms, restrooms, a multipurpose room/cafeteria, library/technology center, music/art room and student support service areas? A Citizens' Oversight Committee will monitor and review independent audit of bond expenditures, and give annual reports to the public.

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