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June 5, 2012 Election

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County Results as of Jul 12 3:13pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (281/281)
45.72% Countywide Voter Turnout (89019/194,705)
Statewide Results as of Jul 9 3:25pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (21993/21993)
32.4% Statewide Voter Turnout (5,550,529/17,153,699)

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  • President

    President of the United States; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Barack Obama, Democratic
      2,075,905 votes 100.0%
    • Luis Alberto Ramos, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
    • Michael W.R. Meyer, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
    • Darcy Richardson, Democratic (Write-in)

    President of the United States; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mitt Romney, Republican
      1,530,513 votes 79.5%
    • Ron Paul, Republican
      199,246 votes 10.4%
    • Rick Santorum, Republican
      102,258 votes 5.3%
    • Newt Gingrich, Republican
      72,022 votes 3.7%
    • Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III, Republican
      12,520 votes 0.7%
    • Fred Karger, Republican
      8,393 votes 0.4%
    • Jeremy Hannon, Republican (Write-in)
    • Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
    • Sheldon Yeu Howard, Republican (Write-in)

    President of the United States; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Edward C. Noonan, American Independent
      16,926 votes 38.7%
    • Laurie Roth, American Independent
      16,326 votes 37.4%
    • Mad Max Riekse, American Independent
      10,430 votes 23.9%
    • Raymond Delmond Smith, American Independent (Write-in)
    • Andrew Abe Diaz, American Independent (Write-in)

    President of the United States; Green PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jill Stein, Green
      9,165 votes 49.4%
    • Roseanne Barr, Green
      7,399 votes 39.8%
    • Kent Mesplay, Green
      2,005 votes 10.8%

    President of the United States; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gary Johnson, Libertarian
      6,780 votes 50.0%
    • Barbara Joy Waymire, Libertarian
      2,118 votes 15.6%
    • Scott Keller, Libertarian
      1,208 votes 8.9%
    • Bill Still, Libertarian
      670 votes 4.9%
    • R. J. Harris, Libertarian
      670 votes 4.9%
    • Roger Gary, Libertarian
      559 votes 4.1%
    • James Ogle, Libertarian
      558 votes 4.1%
    • Carl Person, Libertarian
      523 votes 3.9%
    • Lee Wrights, Libertarian
      479 votes 3.5%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

    President of the United States, 1 Ele20cted; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Peace and Freedom
      1,589 votes 43.4%
    • Stewart Alexander, Peace and Freedom
      1,094 votes 29.9%
    • Stephen Durham, Peace and Freedom
      971 votes 26.5%
    • Leon Leo Ray, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
    • Ronald Clinton Forbes, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
    • Shelley Upchurch, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)

    (Only Peace and Freedom party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States, 1 Ele20cted)

    US Congress

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

    • Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
      2,392,822 votes 49.3%
    • Elizabeth Emken, Republican
      613,613 votes 12.6%
    • Dan Hughes, Republican
      323,840 votes 6.7%
    • Rick Williams, Republican
      157,946 votes 3.3%
    • Orly Taitz, Republican
      154,781 votes 3.2%
    • Dennis Jackson, Republican
      137,120 votes 2.8%
    • Greg Conlon, Republican
      135,421 votes 2.8%
    • Al Ramirez, Republican
      109,399 votes 2.3%
    • Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
      101,648 votes 2.1%
    • Diane Stewart, Democratic
      97,782 votes 2.0%
    • Mike Strimling, Democratic
      97,024 votes 2.0%
    • David Alex Levitt, Democratic
      76,482 votes 1.6%
    • Oscar Alejandro Braun, Republican
      75,842 votes 1.6%
    • Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
      57,720 votes 1.2%
    • Robert Lauten, Republican
      56,524 votes 1.2%
    • Colleen Shea Fernald, Democratic
      51,623 votes 1.1%
    • Donald Krampe, Republican
      39,035 votes 0.8%
    • Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
      33,037 votes 0.7%
    • Dirk Allen Konopik, Republican
      29,997 votes 0.6%
    • John Boruff, Republican
      29,357 votes 0.6%
    • Nak Shah, Democratic
      27,203 votes 0.6%
    • Rogelio T. Gloria, Republican
      22,529 votes 0.5%
    • Nachum Shifren, Republican
      21,762 votes 0.4%
    • Kabiruddin Karim Ali, Peace and Freedom
      12,269 votes 0.3%
    • Linda R. Price, Republican (Write-in)

    United States Representative; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Doug La Malfa, Republican
      66,527 votes 37.9%
    • Jim Reed, Democratic
      43,409 votes 24.8%
    • Sam Aanestad, Republican
      25,224 votes 14.4%
    • Michael Dacquisto, Republican
      10,530 votes 6.0%
    • Pete Stiglich, Republican
      10,258 votes 5.8%
    • Nathan Arrowsmith, Democratic
      8,598 votes 4.9%
    • Gary Allen Oxley
      5,901 votes 3.4%
    • Gregory Cheadle, Republican
      4,939 votes 2.8%

    United States Representative; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tom McClintock, Republican
      114,311 votes 64.8%
    • Jack Uppal, Democratic
      62,130 votes 35.2%

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ted Gaines, Republican
      110,168 votes 48.2%
    • Julie Griffith-Flatter, Democratic
      68,947 votes 30.2%
    • Les Baugh, Republican
      37,442 votes 16.4%
    • Bogdan I. "Bo" Ambrozewicz
      11,923 votes 5.2%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Brian Dahle, Republican
      41,384 votes 34.2%
    • Rick Bosetti, Republican
      34,457 votes 28.5%
    • Robert Meacher, Democratic
      31,120 votes 25.8%
    • David Edwards, Green
      7,381 votes 6.1%
    • Charley Hooper, Libertarian
      6,503 votes 5.4%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Rico Oller, Republican
      34,673 votes 33.9%
    • Frank Bigelow, Republican
      29,584 votes 28.9%
    • Tim K. "Timothy" Fitzgerald, Democratic
      18,138 votes 17.7%
    • Marc Boyd, Democratic
      13,583 votes 13.3%
    • Mark Belden
      4,158 votes 4.1%
    • Kevin Lancaster, Republican
      2,151 votes 2.1%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Party Committee

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    • Rene Aguilera, Democratic
      2412 votes 15.63%
    • Linda C. Hall, Democratic
      2338 votes 15.15%
    • Theresa A. Bermudez, Democratic
      2139 votes 13.86%
    • Gary Miller, Democratic
      2060 votes 13.35%
    • David C. Larson, Democratic
      2045 votes 13.25%
    • Jamey M. Harden, Democratic
      1812 votes 11.74%
    • Horfa Aguilera, Democratic
      1330 votes 8.62%
    • Chinnaian "Cj" Jawahar, Democratic
      1220 votes 7.91%
    • (77 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    • Phil Ozenick, Republican
      4263 votes 15.96%
    • Jim D'Orso, Republican
      4198 votes 15.72%
    • Gordon James Hinkle, Republican
      3870 votes 14.49%
    • Carole A. Vaillancourt, Republican
      3484 votes 13.05%
    • Ryan J. Pinney, Republican
      3398 votes 12.72%
    • Eric Eisenhammer, Republican
      3096 votes 11.59%
    • Tom Hudson, Republican
      3055 votes 11.44%
    • Scott Jefferson, Republican
      1242 votes 4.65%
    • (101 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.38%)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    • Ken Campbell, Republican
      5552 votes 15.87%
    • Phyllis Wing, Republican
      4631 votes 13.23%
    • Spencer D. Short, Republican
      4613 votes 13.18%
    • Carol R. Wilson, Republican
      3540 votes 10.12%
    • Roger L. Salstrom, Republican
      3376 votes 9.65%
    • Gary Hall, Republican
      3262 votes 9.32%
    • Dan Catania, Republican
      3021 votes 8.63%
    • David Patterson, Republican
      2571 votes 7.35%
    • Damian Armitage, Republican
      2225 votes 6.36%
    • Noreen S. Skillman, Republican
      1212 votes 3.46%
    • Christopher Schaff, Republican
      876 votes 2.50%
    • (116 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.33%)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    • Bill Halldin, Republican
      3974 votes 12.28%
    • Jon Philip Green, Republican
      3879 votes 11.98%
    • Maria Trunzo, Republican
      3578 votes 11.05%
    • Greg Janda, Republican
      3509 votes 10.84%
    • Tim Buescher, Republican
      2932 votes 9.06%
    • Murriel Oles, Republican
      2697 votes 8.33%
    • Ken Hubert, Republican
      2605 votes 8.05%
    • Aaron F. Park, Republican
      2585 votes 7.99%
    • Ed Rowen, Republican
      2418 votes 7.47%
    • Bryan C. Taylor, Republican
      2035 votes 6.29%
    • Hayley Voudouris, Republican
      1998 votes 6.17%
    • (162 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    • Mary Conkey, Republican
      4109 votes 13.65%
    • Mike Frey, Republican
      3434 votes 11.41%
    • Joseph E. Dorr, Republican
      3245 votes 10.78%
    • George Edwin Park, Jr., Republican
      3142 votes 10.44%
    • Jeffrey A. Atteberry, Republican
      3055 votes 10.15%
    • Cheryl Bly-Chester, Republican
      2948 votes 9.79%
    • Lynn McCaleb, Republican
      2648 votes 8.80%
    • Lynn P. Kyme, Republican
      2598 votes 8.63%
    • Jeff Short, Republican
      2561 votes 8.51%
    • Scott Johnson, Republican
      2157 votes 7.17%
    • (200 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (7 Elected)

    • Mike Holmes, Republican
      5266 votes 16.38%
    • Gary T. Johnson, Republican
      4864 votes 15.13%
    • Bonnie L. McAdams, Republican
      3777 votes 11.75%
    • Dianne Foster, Republican
      3345 votes 10.41%
    • Leah Cavanaugh, Republican
      3248 votes 10.11%
    • Mark Wright, Republican
      3195 votes 9.94%
    • Beth Wright, Republican
      3030 votes 9.43%
    • Fred Eichenhofer, Republican
      2728 votes 8.49%
    • Ken Higgins, Republican
      2471 votes 7.69%
    • (217 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.68%)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 1 (5 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 2 (8 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 3 (4 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 4 (4 Elected)

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 5 (4 Elected)

    Member, Green Party County Council; County of Placer (7 Elected)

    Peace and Freedom Central Committee; County of Placer (7 Elected)

    Judicial

    Superior Court Judge; County of Placer; Office 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Garen Horst
      57944 votes 98.74%
    • (741 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.26%)

    Superior Court Judge; County of Placer; Office 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Suzanne Gazzaniga
      57860 votes 98.68%
    • (773 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.32%)

    School

    Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John Dexter
      9,144 votes 53.9%
    • Michelle Rivas
      7,759 votes 45.8%
    • (52 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Rebecca Sandoval
      6,477 votes 38.3%
    • Annette Emery
      5,648 votes 33.4%
    • Roger Westrup
      4,727 votes 28.0%
    • (46 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Michael Baker
      9,923 votes 58.3%
    • Janis R. Green
      7,048 votes 41.4%
    • (59 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Walter Garcia Kawamoto
      6,679 votes 39.3%
    • Christine Jefferson
      5,984 votes 35.2%
    • John Berchielli
      4,259 votes 25.1%
    • (55 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

    Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Cortez Quinn
      8,389 votes 50.4%
    • Miriam "Mimi" Chernow
      8,174 votes 49.2%
    • (66 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%)

    Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 7Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Linda Fowler
      9,052 votes 53.8%
    • Francisco R. Garcia
      7,700 votes 45.8%
    • (62 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%)

    County

    Supervisor; Placer County; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jim Holmes
      8871 votes 65.40%
    • Robert Grigas
      4626 votes 34.10%
    • (68 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

    Supervisor; Placer County; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Kirk Uhler
      9018 votes 60.50%
    • Pam Tobin
      5845 votes 39.21%
    • (43 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.29%)

    Supervisor; Placer County; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jennifer Montgomery
      10123 votes 54.14%
    • Jerry Johnson
      3131 votes 16.75%
    • Richard A. Johnson
      2603 votes 13.92%
    • Mark Wright
      1448 votes 7.74%
    • Gary T. Johnson
      1340 votes 7.17%
    • (53 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.28%)

    State Propositions

    Proposition 28 Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office
    Pass: 3,081,174 / 61.0% Yes votes ...... 1,967,888 / 39.0% No votes

    Proposition 29 Imposes Additional Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research
    Fail: 2,568,715 / 49.8% Yes votes ...... 2,592,791 / 50.2% No votes

    Local Measures

    Measure A Proposal to Adopt Auburn Charter 2012 -- City of Auburn (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1457 / 35.82% Yes votes ...... 2610 / 64.18% No votes
    Shall the Home Rule for Auburn Charter of 2012 be adopted?

    Measure C Repeal Measure B -- Foresthill Public Utility District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1407 / 69.38% Yes votes ...... 621 / 30.62% No votes
    Shall Measure B, which rolled back the District's water rates, be repealed to allow the District to set rates sufficient to meet the costs of providing water service?

    Measure D Special Tax for North Auburn-Ophir Fire (CSA 28, Zone 193) Area -- Placer County Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Fail: 2450 / 41.27% Yes votes ...... 3487 / 58.73% No votes
    Shall an ordinance be adopted to increase existing direct charges for residential development by $40 per unit; for mobile home parks by $20 per unit; for commercial/ industrial development by $0.046 per square foot for fire protection, emergency medical, prevention services and equipment replacement in North Auburn - Ophir Fire (CSA 28, Zone 193) (Charges approved in this measure are subject to an annual cost of living adjustment not to exceed 3% in any year)?

    Measure E Special Tax to Maintain Services and Make Repairs -- Placer Hills Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Fail: 2077 / 53.63% Yes votes ...... 1796 / 46.37% No votes
    Shall Placer Hills Fire Protection District be allowed to impose a Special Tax to maintain the current level of fire and life safety services and replace essential equipment, vehicles and facilities?

    Measure F Reauthorize the Transient Occupancy Tax -- Tahoe Transient Occupancy Tax (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2378 / 84.57% Yes votes ...... 434 / 15.43% No votes
    NORTH LAKE TAHOE T-O-T CONTINUATION MEASURE WITH NO TAX INCREASE. To reduce traffic congestion/tourist impacts, support transportation services, build/maintain local bike trails, parks, indoor recreation opportunities, sidewalks, and beaches, and other public services, shall Placer County continue for 10 additional years, with no increase, the existing 2% North Lake Tahoe portion of the Transient Occupancy Tax + paid only by lodging guests, not by local taxpayers + with annual independent audits, continued local oversight, and all funds exclusively for North Lake Tahoe?

    Measure G Change the Method of Electing School District Trustees -- Twin Rivers Unified School District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 10,818 / 61.5% Yes votes ...... 6,767 / 38.5% No votes
       10,756 (61.49%) Yes / 6,737 (38.51%) No in Sacramento County
       62 (67.39%) Yes / 30 (32.61%) No in Placer County
    For the election of one member of the governing board of the Twin Rivers Unified School District residing in each trustee area elected by the registered voters in that trustee area.

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