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November 2, 2004 Election

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County Results as of Dec 2 8:23am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (355/355)
80.5% Countywide Voter Turnout (171564/213194)

Statewide Results as of Dec 6 4:02pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (24035/24035)
75.9% Statewide Voter Turnout (12,572,735/16,557,273)

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    • President

    President of the United StatesClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John F. Kerry/John Edwards, Democratic
      6,737,355 votes 54.4%
    • George W. Bush/Dick Cheney, Republican
      5,501,496 votes 44.4%
    • Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna, Libertarian
      50,101 votes .5%
    • David Cobb/Pat LaMarche, Green
      40,598 votes .3%
    • Leonard Peltier/Janice Jordan, Peace and Freedom
      27,548 votes .2%
    • Michael Anthony Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin, American Independent
      26,580 votes .2%
    • Ralph Nader (Write-in)
    • James Alexander-Pace (Write-in)
    • John Joseph Kennedy (Write-in)
    • Anthony Jabin (Write-in)
    • John Parker (Write-in)

    US Senate

    United States SenatorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    US House

    United States Representative; District 23Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Representative; District 24Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Elton Gallegly, Republican
      178,660 votes 62.9%
    • Brett Wagner, Democratic
      96,397 votes 33.9%
    • Stuart A. Bechman, Green
      9,321 votes 3.2%

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 15Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Abel Maldonado, Republican
      194,674 votes 52.8%
    • Peg Pinard, Democratic
      157,556 votes 42.7%
    • Brook Madsen, Green
      16,644 votes 4.5%

    State Senator; District 19Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tom McClintock, Republican
      233,365 votes 60.8%
    • Paul Graber, Democratic
      151,085 votes 39.2%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 33Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member of the State Assembly; District 35Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Judicial

    Superior Court Judge; County of Santa Barbara; Office 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    School

    Trustee; Santa Barbara Community College District; Trustee Area 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Trustee; Allan Hancock Joint Community College District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tim Bennett
      8,511 votes 53.6%
    • Louie H. Valenzuela
      7,376 votes 46.4%

    Trustee; Allan Hancock Joint Community College District; Trustee Area 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Trustee; Carpinteria Unified School District; Trustee Area 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Terry Hickey Banks
      4062 votes 35.93%
    • Amrita M. Salm
      3817 votes 33.77%
    • Michael E. Damron
      3369 votes 29.80%

    Board Member; Santa Barbara High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Santa Maria Joint Union High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Blochman Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Jeania Reasner
      241 votes 26.63%
    • Peggy Salas
      240 votes 26.52%
    • Earl W. "Skip" Purper
      166 votes 18.34%
    • Santino R. Cattaneo
      152 votes 16.80%
    • Laurence Chester Gibbons
      100 votes 11.05%

    Board Member; Goleta Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Guadalupe Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Olivia Alvarez
      818 votes 38.40%
    • Anna Marie Santillan Michaud
      657 votes 30.85%
    • Donna Rae Moreno
      645 votes 30.28%

    Board Member, 4 Year; Los Olivos School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Henry E. "Rocco" Roberts
      576 votes 29.34%
    • Sandie Mullin
      534 votes 27.20%
    • Steven A. Pappas
      472 votes 24.04%
    • Annalisa C. Nearn
      363 votes 18.49%

    Board Member; Montecito Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Orcutt Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Kathy Meissner
      10422 votes 41.37%
    • Jan Zilli
      8599 votes 34.13%
    • Mark J. Smith
      6101 votes 24.22%

    Board Member; Santa Maria-Bonita School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Mary Jane Diaz
      9,786 votes 25.6%
    • Ike Ochoa
      9,754 votes 25.6%
    • David Riloquio
      9,401 votes 24.6%
    • Fidenzio "Bruno" Brunello
      9,217 votes 24.2%

    City

    City Council Member; City of BuelltonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Diane Whitehair
      987 votes 30.87%
    • Dale R. Molesworth
      961 votes 30.06%
    • Ed Andrisek
      788 votes 24.65%
    • Anita M. Elovitz
      446 votes 13.95%

    City Council Member; City of CarpinteriaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Mike Ledbetter
      2661 votes 29.65%
    • Joe Armendariz
      2392 votes 26.65%
    • Gary L. Nielsen
      1985 votes 22.12%
    • Michael M. McDonough
      1913 votes 21.31%

    City Council Member; City of GoletaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Mayor; City of GuadalupeClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City Council Member; City of GuadalupeClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Virginia Mora Ponce
      820 votes 35.98%
    • Myrtle L. Parra
      452 votes 19.83%
    • Jim Gilliland
      446 votes 19.57%
    • Rod Teter
      347 votes 15.23%
    • Refugio Hernandez
      208 votes 9.13%

    Mayor; City of LompocClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City Council Member; City of LompocClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Mayor; City of Santa MariaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Larry Lavagnino
      15428 votes 77.81%
    • Ernest Steven Armenta
      4306 votes 21.72%

    City Council Member; City of Santa MariaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    City Clerk; City of Santa MariaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Patti M. Rodriguez
      17377 votes 99.22%

    Treasurer; City of Santa MariaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Teressa L. Hall
      17372 votes 99.30%

    City Council Member; City of SolvangClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Special District

    Board Member; Goleta Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Chuck Evans
      17286 votes 30.64%
    • Harry E. De Witt
      15676 votes 27.78%
    • Lynette Mills
      14390 votes 25.50%
    • Tyson Shackelford
      8758 votes 15.52%

    Board Member; Lompoc Health Care DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Ray Down
      10493 votes 41.23%
    • David L. McAninch, III
      10304 votes 40.49%
    • Jeff Wynne
      4548 votes 17.87%

    Board Member, 4 Year; Los Alamos Community Services DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Santa Maria Public Airport DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Donald A. Lahr
      18168 votes 22.65%
    • Carl W. Engel, Jr.
      15862 votes 19.78%
    • Michael B. Houser
      14652 votes 18.27%
    • Anne Green
      12301 votes 15.34%
    • James "Jim" Klucker
      12179 votes 15.19%
    • Delmer W. Patton
      6836 votes 8.52%

    Board Member; Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District; Division 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Samuel Angulo
      1301 votes 57.04%
    • Greg D. Flores
      976 votes 42.79%

    Board Member; Vandenberg Village Community Services DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    State Propositions

    Proposition 1A Protection of Local Government Revenues
    9,398,045 / 83.6% Yes votes ...... 1,837,430 / 16.4% No votes
    Should local property tax and sales tax revenues remain with local government thereby safeguarding funding for public safety, health, libraries, parks, and other local services? Provisions can only be suspended if the Governor declares a fiscal necessity and two-thirds of the Legislature concur.

    Proposition 59 Public Records, Open Meetings
    9,322,156 / 83.3% Yes votes ...... 1,867,161 / 16.7% No votes
    Shall the Constitution be amended to include public's right of access to meetings of government bodies and writings of government officials while preserving specified constitutional rights and retaining existing exclusions for certain meetings and records?

    Proposition 60 Election Rights of Political Parties
    7,217,315 / 67.5% Yes votes ...... 3,473,838 / 32.5% No votes
    Shall the general election ballot be required to include candidate receiving most votes among candidates of same party for partisan office in primary election?

    Proposition 60A Surplus Property
    7,765,107 / 73.2% Yes votes ...... 2,839,572 / 26.8% No votes
    Shall the sale proceeds of most surplus state property pay off specified bonds?

    Proposition 61 Children's Hospital Projects. Grant Program
    6,620,176 / 58.3% Yes votes ...... 4,743,459 / 41.7% No votes
    Shall $750 million general obligation bonds be authorized for grants to eligible children's hospitals for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping children's hospitals?

    Proposition 62 Elections. Primaries
    5,111,627 / 46.2% Yes votes ...... 5,960,889 / 53.8% No votes
    Should primary elections be structured so that voters may vote for any state or federal candidate regardless of party registration of voter or candidate? The two primary-election candidates receiving most votes for an office, whether they are candidates with "no party" or members of same or different party, would be listed on general election ballot. Exempts presidential nominations.

    Proposition 63 Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes above $1 Million
    6,183,119 / 53.7% Yes votes ...... 5,330,052 / 46.3% No votes
    Should a 1% tax on taxable personal income above $1 million to fund expanded health services for mentally ill children, adults, seniors be established?

    Proposition 64 Limit on Private Enforcement of Unfair Business Competition Laws
    6,562,861 / 58.9% Yes votes ...... 4,572,383 / 41.1% No votes
    Should individual or class action "unfair business" lawsuits be allowed only if actual loss suffered? Only government officials may enforce these laws on public's behalf.

    Proposition 65 Local Government Funds, Revenues. State Mandates
    3,895,621 / 37.6% Yes votes ...... 6,461,927 / 62.4% No votes
    Should reduction of local fee/tax revenues require voter approval? Permits suspension of state mandate if no state reimbursement to local government within 180 days after obligation determined.

    Proposition 66 Limitations on "Three Strikes" Law. Sex Crimes. Punishment
    5,596,077 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 6,230,122 / 52.7% No votes
    Should the "Three Strikes" law be limited to violent and/or serious felonies? Permits limited re-sentencing under new definitions. Increases punishment for specified sex crimes against children.

    Proposition 67 Emergency Medical Services. Funding. Telephone Surcharge
    3,238,537 / 28.4% Yes votes ...... 8,154,515 / 71.6% No votes
    Should the telephone surcharge be increased and other funds for emergency room physicians, hospital emergency rooms, community clinics, emergency personnel training/equipment, and 911 telephone system be allocated?

    Proposition 68 Non-Tribal Commercial Gambling Expansion. Tribal Gaming Compact Amendments. Revenues, Tax Exemptions
    1,894,183 / 16.2% Yes votes ...... 9,788,161 / 83.8% No votes
    Should tribal compact amendments be authorized? Unless tribes accept, should casino gaming be authorized for sixteen non-tribal establishments? Percentage of gaming revenues fund government services.

    Proposition 69 DNA Samples. Collection. Database. Funding
    7,183,917 / 62.0% Yes votes ...... 4,395,343 / 38.0% No votes
    Should collection of DNA samples from all felons, and from others arrested for or charged with specified crimes be required with submission to state DNA database? Provides for funding.

    Proposition 70 Tribal Gaming Compacts. Exclusive Gaming Rights. Contributions to State
    2,759,558 / 23.7% Yes votes ...... 8,868,324 / 76.3% No votes
    Upon tribe's request, should the Governor be required to execute a 99-year compact? Tribes contribute percentage of net gaming income to state funds, in exchange for expanded, exclusive tribal casino gaming.

    Proposition 71 Stem Cell Research. Funding. Bonds
    7,009,814 / 59.1% Yes votes ...... 4,859,401 / 40.9% No votes
    Should the "California Institute for Regenerative Medicine" be established to regulate and fund stem cell research with the constitutional right to conduct such research and with an oversight committee? Prohibits funding of human reproductive cloning research.

    Proposition 72 Health Care Coverage Requirements
    5,681,863 / 49.1% Yes votes ...... 5,881,886 / 50.9% No votes
    Should legislation requiring health care coverage for employees, as specified, working for large and medium employers be approved?

    Local Measures

    Measure A2004 Charter Amendment No 1 -- City of Santa Barbara
    19078 / 53.66% Yes votes ...... 16476 / 46.34% No votes
    Shall the annual salary of members of the City Council be set at eighty percent (80%) of the annual Area Median Income (based on a one-person household) for Santa Barbara County (currently $36,240) and the annual salary of the Mayor be set at one hundred percent (100%) of the annual Area Median Income (based on a one-person household) for Santa Barbara County (currently $45,300)?

    Measure B2004 Charter Amendment No. 2 -- City of Santa Barbara
    11176 / 31.71% Yes votes ...... 24063 / 68.29% No votes
    Shall the eligibility requirements for the nine member City Architectural Board of Review be changed in order to allow up to four (4) members of the Architectural Board of Review to be non-residents of the City of Santa Barbara?

    Measure C2004 School Bond -- Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
    22527 / 58.75% Yes votes ...... 15818 / 41.25% No votes
    To improve the quality of education, shall Santa Maria Joint Union High School District be authorized to construct a new high school to alleviate student overcrowding; upgrade classrooms; improve health/safety; provide additional access to computer technology; replace portable classrooms with permanent construction; acquire, construct and improve school facilities; and make the District eligible for approximately $30,000,000 in State grants by issuing $79,000,000 in bonds within legal rates, with a citizens' oversight committee, annual audits, and NO money for administrator salaries?

    Measure D2004 Leasing at Isla Vista Community Center -- Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (Advisory Vote)
    4983 / 78.92% Yes votes ...... 1331 / 21.08% No votes
    May the Board of Directors of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District lease, license, or grant concessions or permits for community recreation use, including but not limited to child, youth, teen, adult, elderly, intergenerational and family programs, at the proposed Isla Vista Community Center on District property commonly known as "Estero Park" and "Tipi Village"?

    Measure W2004 Public Water Supply -- City of Santa Maria
    9651 / 48.94% Yes votes ...... 10070 / 51.06% No votes
    Shall the City of Santa Maria adopt an ordinance requiring that substances added to the public water supply for purposes other than to make water safe satisfy two new standards: 1) approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for specified purposes; and 2) cannot contain contaminants at concentrations exceeding either the U.S. Maximum Contaminant Level Goals or California Public Health Goals, whichever is more protective?

    Measure X2004 Tax Sunset Initiative -- City of Buellton
    605 / 31.73% Yes votes ...... 1302 / 68.27% No votes
    Should an Ordinance be adopted approving a new section 1.16.020 to be added to the Buellton Municipal Code to require a public vote on all City of Buellton taxes, in order of age, the oldest first, by placing one on each General Election ballot until all have been reconsidered by the voters?

    Measure Y2004 Annual Appropriation -- City of Goleta
    6659 / 62.63% Yes votes ...... 3973 / 37.37% No votes
    Shall the permanent annual appropriations limit of the City of Goleta be set at $22,545,410?

    Measure Z2004 School Bond -- College School District
    2028 / 62.00% Yes votes ...... 1243 / 38.00% No votes
    To improve the quality of education, shall College School District be authorized to acquire, construct, and improve classrooms and school facilities including replacing roofs, upgrading outdated electrical, plumbing and sewer systems, making health and safety improvements; replacing portable classrooms, increasing student access to computers and technology, and making the District eligible for $1,500,000 in State grants by issuing $9,370,000 in bonds within legal limits, with a citizens' oversight committee, annual audits, and NO money for administrator salaries?

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