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November 4, 2008 Election

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County Results as of Nov 24 9:15pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (447/447)
70.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (162,941/230,163)
Statewide Results as of Nov 26 1:08pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25423/25423)
77.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (13,412,761/17,304,091)

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  • President

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

    • 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%
    • Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
    • Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
    • Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
    • James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)

    US Legislature

    United States Representative; District 18Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dennis Cardoza, Democratic
      130,114 votes 100.0%

    United States Representative; District 19Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • George Radanovich, Republican
      173,981 votes 100.0%
    • Peter Leinau (Write-in)
    • Phil Rockey (Write-in)

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 17Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Cathleen Galgiani, Democratic
      77,525 votes 66.3%
    • Jack Mobley, Republican
      39,480 votes 33.7%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 25Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tom Berryhill, Republican
      98,927 votes 59.8%
    • Taylor White, Democratic
      66,757 votes 40.2%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 26Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Berryhill, Republican
      70,620 votes 51.8%
    • John Eisenhut, Democratic
      65,940 votes 48.2%

    City

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

    • Doug Humphreys
      1,222 votes 36.62%
    • Ben J. Manley
      1,131 votes 33.89%
    • Henry G. Hesling, Sr.
      963 votes 28.86%
    • (21 Total Write-In Votes .63%)

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

    • Ramon Bawanan
      1,738 votes 95.76%
    • (77 Total Write-In Votes 4.24%)

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

    • Robert "Bob" Martina
      1,568 votes 58.20%
    • Roberta Davis
      1,077 votes 39.98%
    • (49 Total Write-In Votes 1.82%)

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

    • Ed Katen
      1,794 votes 89.48%
    • (211 Total Write-In Votes 10.52%)

    Treasurer; City of Newman.Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David W. Reed
      1,428 votes 69.46%
    • Keith Korsgaard
      607 votes 29.52%
    • (21 Total Write-In Votes 1.02%)

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

    • Nancy Lilly
      5,359 votes 98.97%
    • (56 Total Write-In Votes 1.03%)

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

    • Tom Dunlop
      4,094 votes 39.71%
    • Katherine "Kathy" Morgan
      3,955 votes 38.36%
    • Nita Roberts
      2,191 votes 21.25%
    • (69 Total Write-In Votes .67%)

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

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

    • Dominic A. Farinha
      2,965 votes 39.27%
    • Annette Smith
      2,775 votes 36.75%
    • Jeffrey J. Realini
      1,143 votes 15.14%
    • Victor M. Slonksnis
      642 votes 8.50%
    • (26 Total Write-In Votes .34%)

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

    • Becky Campo
      2,674 votes 56.99%
    • Luis I. Molina
      1,987 votes 42.35%
    • (31 Total Write-In Votes .66%)

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

    • David I. White
      2,462 votes 27.15%
    • Jesse James White
      2,232 votes 24.62%
    • Ric McGinnis
      1,821 votes 20.08%
    • Jerry W. Whorton
      1,277 votes 14.08%
    • Norman A. Comer
      1,226 votes 13.52%
    • (49 Total Write-In Votes .54%)

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

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

    • Amy Bublak
      9,348 votes 25.97%
    • Mary Jackson
      9,105 votes 25.30%
    • Kurt Vander Weide
      8,612 votes 23.93%
    • David Fransen
      5,414 votes 15.04%
    • Jim Sarnowsky
      2,012 votes 5.59%
    • Jeff Anderson
      1,408 votes 3.91%
    • (95 Total Write-In Votes .26%)

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

    • Diana Lewis
      14,973 votes 98.34%
    • (253 Total Write-In Votes 1.66%)

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

    • Jose M. Aldaco
      1,464 votes 44.38%
    • Michael Van Winkle
      1,089 votes 33.01%
    • Josh Whitfield
      734 votes 22.25%
    • (12 Total Write-In Votes .36%)

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

    • Charlie Goeken
      1,972 votes 96.43%
    • (73 Total Write-In Votes 3.57%)

    School

    Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Tom Hallinan
      38,453 votes 27.7%
    • Linda Flores
      35,888 votes 25.8%
    • Michael Riley
      35,398 votes 25.5%
    • Paul Neumann
      28,531 votes 20.5%
    • (713 Total Write-In Votes 0.5%)

    Special District

    Director; Del Puerto Health Care DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Anne I. Stokman
      4,008 votes 44.70%
    • Jeannette A. Kessler
      2,464 votes 27.48%
    • Edward J. Maring
      2,462 votes 27.46%
    • (33 Total Write-In Votes .37%)

    Director; Oak Valley Hospital DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    State Propositions

    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?

    Local Measures

    Measure R School Bond -- Newman Crows Landing Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,998 / 64.16% Yes votes ...... 1,116 / 35.84% No votes
    In order to provide our local students with the same classrooms and school facilities as other California school districts, major repairs, upgrades, and classroom construction are necessary to ensure these buildings will remain functional for future generations.

    Shall Newman Crows Landing Unified School District issue $25,000,000 in bonds, at legal interest rates, with guaranteed annual audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

    Measure S Better Roads/Safer Streets Program -- County of Stanislaus (2/3 Approval Required)
    Fail: 103,306 / 66.42% Yes votes ...... 52,229 / 33.58% No votes
    This Ordinance provides for the imposition of a one-half of one percent retail transactions and use tax by the Stanislaus County Transportation Authority for local transportation purposes for a period of 20 years.

    Measure T Bond -- Stanislaus Union School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 7,213 / 70.62% Yes votes ...... 3,001 / 29.38% No votes
    Shall Stanislaus Union Elementary School District issue $39,800,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, to acquire, construct, repair and equip classrooms, sites, buildings, centralized kitchen and joint-use facilities, qualify for State matching funds, with no money for administrators' salaries, independent oversight committee with all funds staying locally to improve schools?

    Measure U Student Safety, Vocational Education, Classroom Repair -- Ceres Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 9,625 / 72.60% Yes votes ...... 3,633 / 27.40% No votes
    Shall the Ceres Unified School District be authorized to issue bonds in the aggregate amount of $60,000,000, bearing interest at rates not exceeding the statutory limit, for the purpose of funding school facilities projects?

    Measure V School Bond -- Patterson Joint Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 3,963 / 66.4% Yes votes ...... 2,008 / 33.6% No votes
       3,963 (66.37%) Yes / 2,008 (33.63%) No in Stanislaus County
       Yes / No in Santa Clara County
    To provide a quality education for Patterson students and prepare them for college or their career by: Upgrading and repairing classrooms that are more than forty years old Adding new technology Adding science and career training classrooms giving students workforce skills Relieving overcrowded schools

    Shall Patterson Joint Unified School District issue $50,000,000 in bonds, at legal interest rates, with guaranteed annual audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

    The order of the contests and candidates on this ballot representation is NOT necessarily the same as your county's official ballot.
    If you print and mark your choices on this page and take it to the polls instead of an official sample ballot, be very careful.


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