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November 5, 2002 Election

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County Results as of Nov 11 2:56pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (355/355)
57.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (112,258/194,672)

Statewide Results as of Nov 14 11:14am, 100% of Precincts Reporting (24726/24726)
48.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (7,424,799/15,303,469)

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  • State Executive

    Governor; State of California

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California

    Secretary of State; State of California

    State Controller; State of California

    State Treasurer; State of California

    Attorney General; State of California

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 2

    Federal & State Legislative

    United States Representative; District 23

    United States Representative; District 24

    • Elton Gallegly, Republican
      118,785 votes 65.3%
    • Fern Rudin, Democratic
      57,760 votes 31.7%
    • Gary Harber, Libertarian
      5,549 votes 3%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 33

    Member; California State Assembly; District 35

    Judicial

    Justice; California State Supreme Court (Yes/No)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 1 (Yes/No)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 2 (Yes/No)

    • Judith M. Ashmann
      72.4% Yes (922,274) 27.6% No (351,712)
    • Kathryn Doi Todd
      71.1% Yes (908,004) 28.9% No (368,826)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 3 (Yes/No)

    • Joan Dempsey Klein
      73.1% Yes (944,252) 26.9% No (346,596)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 4 (Yes/No)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 5 (Yes/No)

    • Richard M. Mosk
      69.3% Yes (885,277) 30.7% No (391,312)
    • Paul A. Turner
      70.0% Yes (879,946) 30.0% No (377,746)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 6 (Yes/No)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 7 (Yes/No)

    • Mildred L. Lillie
      70.4% Yes (895,154) 29.6% No (376,561)
    • Dennis M. Perluss
      69.2% Yes (864,976) 30.8% No (384,851)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2 Division 8 (Yes/No)

    • Candace D. Cooper
      74.6% Yes (950,934) 25.4% No (322,932)
    • Laurence D. Rubin
      71.4% Yes (906,033) 28.6% No (363,638)
    • Paul Boland
      71.4% Yes (899,570) 28.6% No (360,035)

    County

    Superior Court Judge; County of Santa Barbara; Office 2

    Supervisor; County of Santa Barbara; Supervisorial District 3

    School

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California

    Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

    • Roger A. Hill
      10,938 votes 69.5%
    • Ellen M. Rojas
      4,804 votes 30.5%

    Board Member; Carpinteria Unified School District; Trustee Area 1 (2 Elected)

    • Alex Pulido
      3024 votes 36.07%
    • Mary McWhirter
      2374 votes 28.32%
    • Juanita H. Wulff
      1566 votes 18.68%
    • Teresa "Teri" Holt
      1400 votes 16.70%

    Board Member; Cuyama Joint Unified School District (2 Elected)

    • Richard Ray
      149 votes 44.3%
    • William McBrien
      115 votes 34.2%
    • Ken Hahn
      72 votes 21.4%

    Board Member; Lompoc Unified School District (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Santa Barbara High School District (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Cold Spring School District (3 Elected)

    • Karen Phillips
      924 votes 27.85%
    • Gene Raphaelian
      781 votes 23.54%
    • Timothy Eaton
      747 votes 22.51%
    • Marlene Beckerman
      452 votes 13.62%
    • Robert Collector
      411 votes 12.39%

    Board Member; College School District; 2 Year Term

    • James J. Sobell
      1113 votes 52.62%
    • Robert L. Mainer
      994 votes 47.00%

    Board Member; Guadalupe Union School District (3 Elected)

    • Cyndi Silver
      571 votes 23.65%
    • David Solis Rodriguez
      539 votes 22.33%
    • Rosalie A. Perez
      477 votes 19.76%
    • Anna Marie Santillan Michaud
      410 votes 16.98%
    • Rosie Garcia
      402 votes 16.65%

    Board Member; Los Olivos School District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

    • Tresha M. Sell
      406 votes 34.38%
    • Stan Roberts
      376 votes 31.84%
    • Annalisa C. Nearn
      259 votes 21.93%
    • Carolyn Blitz
      133 votes 11.26%

    Board Member; Los Olivos School District; 2 Year Term (2 Elected)

    • Susan "Sue" Brady
      339 votes 31.02%
    • Sandie Mullin
      320 votes 29.28%
    • De Rosenberry
      302 votes 27.63%
    • Greg Lyon
      128 votes 11.71%

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

    • Robert M. Nagy
      1533 votes 28.35%
    • Theodore Philip Swift
      1414 votes 26.15%
    • Karen G. Anderson
      1354 votes 25.04%
    • Mary Armstrong "Mimi" Degruy
      1091 votes 20.17%

    Board Member; Orcutt Union School District (3 Elected)

    • Steve Southwick
      8196 votes 31.14%
    • Rob Buchanan
      6764 votes 25.70%
    • Robert Hatch
      6394 votes 24.29%
    • Liz Phillips
      4898 votes 18.61%

    Board Member; Santa Maria-Bonita School District (2 Elected)

    • Ken Milo
      5,852 votes 29.8%
    • Jo Ann "Jody" Oliver
      4,776 votes 24.3%
    • David Riloquio
      4,652 votes 23.7%
    • George Acosta
      4,385 votes 22.3%

    City

    City Council Member; City of Buellton (3 Elected)

    • Russell Hicks
      935 votes 28.61%
    • Victoria D. Pointer
      699 votes 21.39%
    • Landon Neustadt
      620 votes 18.97%
    • Dale R. Molesworth
      614 votes 18.79%
    • Mark D. Martinez
      387 votes 11.84%

    City Council Member; City of Carpinteria (3 Elected)

    • Donna Jordan
      2182 votes 22.16%
    • Brad Stein
      2096 votes 21.28%
    • Gregory Gandrud
      1865 votes 18.94%
    • Gary Nielsen
      1854 votes 18.83%
    • Lin Graf
      1806 votes 18.34%

    Mayor; City of Guadalupe

    • Severo Aquino "Sam" Arca, Jr.
      600 votes 55.97%
    • James Gilliland
      463 votes 43.19%

    City Council Member; City of Guadalupe (2 Elected)

    • Guadalupe "Lupe" Alvarez
      669 votes 34.47%
    • Carlos Aguilera
      412 votes 21.23%
    • Ken Westall
      365 votes 18.80%
    • Earleen Raguz
      245 votes 12.62%
    • Richard "Dick" White
      159 votes 8.19%
    • Kelly Michael Kilroy
      83 votes 4.28%

    City Clerk; City of Guadalupe

    • Christina Estorga
      874 votes 95.21%

    Treasurer; City of Guadalupe

    • Richard Allen Pelton
      871 votes 95.19%

    Mayor; City of Lompoc

    • Dick Dewees
      4014 votes 47.32%
    • Joyce Howerton
      2896 votes 34.14%
    • Robert L. Holloway
      1563 votes 18.43%

    City Council Member; City of Lompoc (2 Elected)

    City Council Member; City of Santa Maria (2 Elected)

    • Larry Lavagnino
      6498 votes 28.99%
    • Alice M. Patino
      6471 votes 28.87%
    • Marty Mariscal
      5725 votes 25.54%
    • Eric Reyes Chavez
      2452 votes 10.94%
    • Ernest Steven Armenta
      1199 votes 5.35%

    City Council Member; City of Solvang (3 Elected)

    • David B. Smyser
      1256 votes 22.69%
    • Edwin H. Skytt
      1144 votes 20.67%
    • Brian R. Baca
      966 votes 17.45%
    • Ed Andrisek
      931 votes 16.82%
    • Leo Mathiasen
      694 votes 12.54%
    • Frederick P. Kovol
      516 votes 9.32%

    Special District

    Board Member; Goleta Water District; 2 Year Term

    Board Member; Los Alamos Community Services District; 2 Year Term

    • Larry A. Torres
      241 votes 60.71%
    • Ernest "Sonny" Russell
      155 votes 39.04%

    Board Member; Montecito Water District (3 Elected)

    • Robert W. Puddicombe
      2527 votes 30.76%
    • William W. "Rick" Drewry
      2291 votes 27.88%
    • Robert M. Edmonston
      2108 votes 25.66%
    • David Haight
      1243 votes 15.13%

    Board Member; Santa Maria Public Airport District (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District; Division 5

    • Cameron Miller
      536 votes 33.35%
    • Clarence E. Freitas
      485 votes 30.18%
    • Audrey J. Mussell
      426 votes 26.51%
    • Joe Furcinite
      148 votes 9.21%

    Board Member; Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District; Division 6

    • Jeanne Sparks
      710 votes 39.71%
    • Gilbert A. Hinojosa
      435 votes 24.33%
    • Rosita G. "Rose" Cornelius
      347 votes 19.41%
    • Janice Howell
      145 votes 8.11%
    • April Lynn Cummings
      143 votes 8.00%

    Board Member; Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District; Improvement District 1, Division 2

    • David Jamieson
      537 votes 51.78%
    • Charles Clarke
      500 votes 48.22%

    Board Member; Vandenberg Village Community Services District (2 Elected)

    • Bob Trevino
      1271 votes 29.98%
    • Anthony W. Fox
      1170 votes 27.60%
    • Daniel Redmon
      1111 votes 26.21%
    • Jay A. Doyle
      678 votes 15.99%

    State Propositions

    Proposition 46 Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002
    3,895,071 / 57.5% Yes votes ...... 2,880,506 / 42.5% No votes
    Should the state create a trust fund by selling two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) in general obligation funds to fund twenty-one types of housing programs--including multifamily, individual and farmworker housing?

    Proposition 47 Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002
    4,044,743 / 59.0% Yes votes ...... 2,809,844 / 41.0% No votes
    Should the state sell thirteen billion fifty million dollars ($13,050,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?

    Proposition 48 Court Consolidation
    4,642,292 / 72.8% Yes votes ...... 1,735,074 / 27.2% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to delete references to the municipal courts?

    Proposition 49 Before and After School Programs. State Grants
    3,857,409 / 56.6% Yes votes ...... 2,958,458 / 43.4% No votes
    Should funding for before and after school programs be substantially increased, and starting in 2004-05, should general funds be permanently earmarked for this program?

    Proposition 50 Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection
    3,727,561 / 55.4% Yes votes ...... 3,006,792 / 44.6% No votes
    Should the state borrow three billion four hundred forty million dollars ($3,440,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for a variety of water projects including coastal protection, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, integrated regional water management, safe drinking water, and water quality?

    Proposition 51 Distribution of Existing Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax
    2,712,675 / 41.4% Yes votes ...... 3,839,788 / 58.6% No votes
    Should the sales and use taxes raised from the sale or lease of motor vehicles be permanently allocated to specific transportation projects?

    Proposition 52 Election Day Voter Registration
    2,745,473 / 40.6% Yes votes ...... 4,019,211 / 59.4% No votes
    Should legally eligible California residents presenting proof of current residence be allowed to register to vote on Election Day?

    Local Measures

    Measure L Tivoli Garden Wheel -- City of Solvang
    11370 / 45.63% Yes votes ...... 1317 / 60.52% No votes
    Should an ordinance approving the Tivoli Garden Wheel specific plan and establishing the Tivoli Wheel/TRC Tourist Commercial District be adopted?

    Measure N School Bond -- Lompoc Unified School District
    9049 / 69.65% Yes votes ...... 3944 / 30.35% No votes
    To improve health and safety conditions by repairing, renovating, and equipping Lompoc schools, including student restrooms, repairing/replacing inadequate/unsafe electrical, heating systems, leaking roofs, windows, plumbing/sewer systems, deteriorating buildings, temporary classrooms, eliminating asbestos, mold and mildew, upgrading for fire and earthquake safety, constructing and acquiring classrooms, and to qualify for State matching funds, shall Lompoc Unified School District issue $38,000,000 of bonds, at legal rates, with bond expenditures subject to independent citizen's oversight and annual audits?

    Measure O School Tax -- Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District
    4209 / 50.82% Yes votes ...... 4073 / 49.18% No votes
    To improve our schools, maintain small class sizes, retain and attract quality teachers and other personnel through competitive salaries, support campus safety, improve school maintenance, and enhance programs including science, music, libraries, counseling, special education, and athletics, shall Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District levy a tax of $80 per parcel for five years so long as a senior citizen (65 and over) exemption is provided, with guaranteed annual financial audits, and a citizens' oversight committee is established?

    Measure P Recall -- Santa Barbara County Supervisorial District 3
    4209 / 50.82% Yes votes ...... 13546 / 54.37% No votes
    Shall GAIL MARSHALL be recalled (removed) from the office of 3rd District Supervisor?
    ___YES ___NO

    SUPERVISOR, 3RD DISTRICT Designate which candidate listed below should succeed GAIL MARSHALL as 3rd District Supervisor, if she is recalled (removed) from office by this recall election.

    ___JIM THOMAS (Retired Sheriff-Coroner)

    ___Write-in ___________________________


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