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President of the United States; Democratic Party

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

President of the United States; Republican Party

• 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%
• Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
• Jeremy Hannon, Republican (Write-in)
• Sheldon Yeu Howard, Republican (Write-in)

President of the United States; American Independent Party

• 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%
• Andrew Abe Diaz, American Independent (Write-in)
• Raymond Delmond Smith, American Independent (Write-in)

President of the United States; Green Party

• 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 Party

• 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%
• R. J. Harris, Libertarian
  670 votes 4.9%
• Bill Still, 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%

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

• 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)
• Shelley Upchurch, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Ronald Clinton Forbes, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)

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

United States Senator

United States Senator

• 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

United States Representative; District 36

• Mary Bono Mack, Republican
  52,474 votes 58.1%
• Raul Ruiz, Democratic
  37,847 votes 41.9%

United States Representative; District 41

• John Tavaglione, Republican
  25,379 votes 44.6%
• Mark Takano, Democratic
  20,860 votes 36.7%
• Anna Nevenic, Democratic
  4,991 votes 8.8%
• Vince Sawyer, Republican
  4,723 votes 8.3%
• George Pearne, Republican
  956 votes 1.7%

United States Representative; District 42

• Ken Calvert, Republican
  35,392 votes 51.3%
• Michael Williamson, Democratic
  9,860 votes 14.3%
• Cliff Smith, Democratic
  7,377 votes 10.7%
• Clayton Thibodeau, Republican
  6,374 votes 9.2%
• Eva Johnson, Republican
  5,678 votes 8.2%
• Curt Novak
  4,254 votes 6.2%

United States Representative; District 50

• Duncan D. Hunter, Republican
  76,818 votes 67.4%
• David B. Secor, Democratic
  19,142 votes 16.8%
• Connie Frankowiak, Democratic
  8,553 votes 7.5%
• Michael Benoit, Libertarian
  6,160 votes 5.4%
• Terri Linnell, Republican
  3,275 votes 2.9%

State

State Senator; District 23

• Bill Emmerson, Republican
  70,465 votes 65.0%
• Melissa Ruth O'Donnell, Democratic
  37,939 votes 35.0%

State Senator; District 31

• Jeff Miller, Republican
  38,641 votes 51.1%
• Richard Roth, Democratic
  21,812 votes 28.8%
• Steve Clute, Democratic
  15,191 votes 20.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 42

• Brian Nestande, Republican
  41,217 votes 61.2%
• Mark Anthony Orozco, Democratic
  26,107 votes 38.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 56

• V. Manuel Perez, Democratic
  23,661 votes 57.1%
• Corky Reynaga-Emett, Republican
  17,763 votes 42.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 60

• José Luis Pérez, Democratic
  11,411 votes 32.4%
• Eric Linder, Republican
  10,000 votes 28.4%
• Stan Skipworth, Republican
  7,058 votes 20.0%
• Greg Kraft, Republican
  6,749 votes 19.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 61

• Jose Medina, Democratic
  17,473 votes 44.6%
• Bill Batey, Republican
  13,713 votes 35.0%
• Joe Ludwig, Republican
  6,254 votes 15.9%
• Fredy R. De Leon
  1,757 votes 4.5%
• Thomas Carlos Ketcham, Republican (Write-in)

Member of the State Assembly; District 67

• Phil Paule, Republican
  11,951 votes 27.7%
• Melissa Melendez, Republican
  10,084 votes 23.3%
• Bob Magee, Republican
  8,672 votes 20.1%
• Kenneth C. Dickson, Republican
  8,216 votes 19.0%
• William T. Akana, Republican
  4,291 votes 9.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 71

• Brian W. Jones, Republican
  36,424 votes 46.7%
• Patrick J. Hurley, Democratic
  23,510 votes 30.2%
• John McLaughlin, Republican
  17,987 votes 23.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 75

• Marie Waldron, Republican
  44,013 votes 68.6%
• Matthew Herold, Democratic
  20,180 votes 31.4%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; State Assembly District 42 (6 Elected)

• Mary Ann Andreas
  8,703 votes 12.76%
• Kenneth A. Hampton
  7,999 votes 11.72%
• Nancy Gall
  7,119 votes 10.43%
• David A. Sanchez
  7,018 votes 10.29%
• Sue Ann M. Young
  6,725 votes 9.86%
• Linda Stevens
  6,622 votes 9.71%
• Greg Rodriguez
  6,224 votes 9.12%
• Clark McCartney
  6,114 votes 8.96%
• Lanny Swerdlow
  6,103 votes 8.95%
• Ralph A. Young
  3,553 votes 5.21%
• Carene Riale
  2,048 votes 3.00%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; State Assembly District 61 (6 Elected)

• Katherine Underwood
  8,744 votes 13.44%
• Christopher Baca
  5,968 votes 9.17%
• Clarence S. Williams
  5,933 votes 9.12%
• Ruthee Goldkorn
  5,862 votes 9.01%
• Gwendolyn Cross
  5,838 votes 8.97%
• Sheila Kay Riley
  5,559 votes 8.54%
• Robert Melsh
  5,358 votes 8.23%
• Veronica Burnett-Burton
  5,134 votes 7.89%
• Tisa I. Rodriguez
  5,091 votes 7.82%
• Nina Ramos Hiers
  3,394 votes 5.22%
• Jayson D. Sandoval
  3,259 votes 5.01%
• Gregory A. Williams
  2,860 votes 4.40%
• Gregory Hagans
  2,072 votes 3.18%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; State Assembly District 67 (6 Elected)

• Bonita "Bonnie" Connoley
  7,434 votes 17.54%
• Conrad L. Melton
  6,810 votes 16.06%
• Gail Ferrell
  5,859 votes 13.82%
• Shirley Walton
  5,760 votes 13.59%
• Susan J. Dye
  5,752 votes 13.57%
• Douglas P. Dye
  5,640 votes 13.30%
• Boyd Roberts
  3,188 votes 7.52%
• Chuck Reutter
  1,950 votes 4.60%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; State Assembly District 60 (6 Elected)

• Eric Linder
  8,475 votes 19.96%
• Nathan A. Miller
  6,504 votes 15.32%
• Connor Duckworth
  6,480 votes 15.26%
• Vince Sawyer
  6,175 votes 14.54%
• Nicole Cooper
  5,369 votes 12.64%
• Kirk A. Beck
  4,869 votes 11.47%
• Jeannette Singh
  4,593 votes 10.82%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; State Assembly District 67 (6 Elected)

• Dan Hollingsworth
  17,054 votes 18.21%
• Scott A. Mann
  15,269 votes 16.30%
• Steve Rawlings
  13,693 votes 14.62%
• Harvey R. Ryan
  10,672 votes 11.39%
• Robert Seibert
  9,731 votes 10.39%
• Randon Lane
  8,840 votes 9.44%
• Darcy Kuenzi
  7,124 votes 7.60%
• Diana Serafin
  5,705 votes 6.09%
• Francis Burns
  5,589 votes 5.97%

Member, Peace and Freedom Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; Supervisorial District 1 (3 Elected)

• Margie Akin
• Kevin Akin

Judicial

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 1

• Victoria Cameron
  126,925 votes 63.53%
• Tom Eckhardt
  72,851 votes 36.47%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 2

• James "Jim" Cox
  112,754 votes 57.29%
• Michael J. Kennedy
  84,059 votes 42.71%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 9

• Craig G. Riemer
  100,997 votes 50.76%
• John A. Henry
  97,966 votes 49.24%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 12

• Gary B. Tranbarger
  112,545 votes 57.71%
• Richard T. Nixon
  82,457 votes 42.29%

School

Member; Riverside County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

• Susan J. Rainey
  17,635 votes 69.60%
• Gwendolyn Cross
  7,703 votes 30.40%

Member; Riverside County Board of Education; Trustee Area 4

• Bruce N. Dennis
  15,604 votes 54.96%
• William "Bill" Gould
  12,786 votes 45.04%

Member; Riverside County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Ralph R. Villani
  13,719 votes 43.8%
• Adolfo Mediano, Jr.
  10,741 votes 34.3%
• Gregory Hagans
  6,891 votes 22.0%

Member; Riverside County Board of Education; Trustee Area 6

• Elizabeth Romero Toledo
  15,574 votes 51.06%
• Carl R.V. Brown
  14,929 votes 48.94%

Member; Riverside County Board of Education; Trustee Area 7

• Jay N. Hoffman
  17,652 votes 64.35%
• Joseph E. Bloom
  9,778 votes 35.65%

County

County Supervisor; Riverside County; Supervisorial District 1
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Bob Buster
  16,335 votes 38.22%
• Kevin Jeffries
  13,540 votes 31.68%
• Mike Soubirous
  12,868 votes 30.11%

County Supervisor; Riverside County; Supervisorial District 3

• Jeff Stone
  29,883 votes 66.17%
• Joe Scarafone
  15,275 votes 33.83%

City

Mayor; City of Riverside
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Rusty Bailey
  10,112 votes 32.63%
• Ed Adkison
  8,345 votes 26.93%
• Mike Gardner
  5,144 votes 16.60%
• Andy Melendrez
  4,461 votes 14.39%
• Dvonne M. Pitruzzello
  1,138 votes 3.67%
• Aurora Chavez
  1,123 votes 3.62%
• Peter Benavidez
  668 votes 2.16%

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

Measure E Appoint City Auditor -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 13,947 / 45.96% Yes votes ...... 16,399 / 54.04% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to include a new Charter officer, the City Auditor, appointed by the City Council, with the powers and duties of the City Auditor set by ordinance of the City Council?

Measure F Create A Commission on Sustainability -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,683 / 35.16% Yes votes ...... 19,704 / 64.84% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended by adding a new section 811, entitled "Commission on Sustainability," which would create a new commission to advise the Mayor and City Council on matters of sustainability as it pertains to environmental stewardship, economic development, and regional advantages as a means of pursuing a higher quality of life, with the powers and duties of that commission set by ordinance of the City Council?

Measure G Change Election Date for Run-Offs -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,738 / 35.26% Yes votes ...... 19,713 / 64.74% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to provide that if in the June election for City Council, no candidate for City Council receives a majority of the total votes cast, that the run-off election be held on the last Tuesday in August instead of on the first Tuesday in November?

Measure H Amend Authority of City Manager -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 16,665 / 55.35% Yes votes ...... 13,444 / 44.65% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to eliminate the authority of the City Manager to approve or disapprove appointments and removals of subordinate employees of any Charter officer, including the City Clerk and City Attorney?

Measure I Amend Maintenance Oversightfor Parks & Recreation -- City of Riverside (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 13,575 / 45.21% Yes votes ...... 16,449 / 54.79% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to remove oversight of the maintenance of parkways, shrubs, and trees within street right-of-way from the Park and Recreation Commission?

Measure J Electronic Bids for Public Works Contracts -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 14,126 / 46.29% Yes votes ...... 16,392 / 53.71% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to provide that bids for public works contracts be advertised by electronic means instead of in the newspaper?

Measure K Non Substaintive Language Changes -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 15,389 / 51.95% Yes votes ...... 14,236 / 48.05% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended by making certain non-substantive updates, related to change of position titles, elimination of paper copy distribution of certain documents to City officials, posting of certain documents (budget, external audit) on the internet, word corrections, deletion of obsolete language, reflection of current practices, elimination of references to taxes no longer being collected, adding "accessible" before "website" throughout the Charter, and timing of the Charter Review process?

Measure L School Improvement Bonds -- Val Verde Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 2,758 / 61.91% Yes votes ...... 1,697 / 38.09% No votes

To protect the quality of education in our local schools, relieve overcrowding and provide safe/modern schools, shall the Val Verde Unified School District update computers/technology in classrooms/science labs/libraries; provide facilities/equipment for career training/education; make funds available to attract/retain qualified teachers and protect academic instruction; construct new high school facilities to relieve overcrowding by issuing $178 million in bonds at legal interest rates with annual audits, independent oversight and all funds staying local?

Measure M School Improvement Bonds -- Jurupa Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 3,703 / 52.03% Yes votes ...... 3,414 / 47.97% No votes

Without increasing tax rates, to provide quality education, improve safety, and train students for today's jobs, shall Jurupa Unified School District repair aging, leaky roofs, remove asbestos; improve fire safety/security; improve career training technology/facilities/equipment; upgrade classrooms/science laboratories/libraries technology for 21st-Century skills,; ensure safe, adequate student restrooms; renovate or repair elementary , middle and high school facilities by issuing $125 million in bonds at legal rates with independent oversight and all funds used locally?