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June 5, 2012 Election

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County Results as of Jul 3 3:58pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (874/874)
38.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (292,713/755,117)
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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Polling Location on June 5, 7am - 8pm

Vineland Library Community Room
Between Meridian Ave & Camden Ave
1450 Blossom Hill Rd
San Jose, CA 95118

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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%
    • Michael W.R. Meyer, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
    • Darcy Richardson, Democratic (Write-in)
    • Luis Alberto Ramos, Jr., 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%
    • Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
    • Jeremy Hannon, 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%
    • Andrew Abe Diaz, American Independent (Write-in)
    • Raymond Delmond Smith, 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%
    • 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 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%
    • Ronald Clinton Forbes, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
    • Leon Leo Ray, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
    • Shelley Upchurch, 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)

    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 18Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Anna G. Eshoo, Democratic
      86,851 votes 61.5%
    • Dave Chapman, Republican
      42,174 votes 29.8%
    • William Parks, Democratic
      6,504 votes 4.6%
    • Carol Brouillet, Green
      5,777 votes 4.1%

    State Senate

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

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 28Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Paul Fong, Democratic
      43,965 votes 54.3%
    • Chad Walsh
      37,060 votes 45.7%

    Party Committee

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; State Assembly District 28Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    • Ken Yeager, Democratic
      18,539 votes 13.24%
    • Pierluigi Oliverio, Democratic
      12,653 votes 9.03%
    • Evan Low, Democratic
      11,565 votes 8.26%
    • Phyllis A. Ward, Democratic
      10,810 votes 7.72%
    • Richard Waterman, Democratic
      10,334 votes 7.38%
    • Hope Cahan, Democratic
      9,989 votes 7.13%
    • Bill Roth, Democratic
      8,906 votes 6.36%
    • Monica Tong, Democratic
      7,994 votes 5.71%
    • Jordan Daniel Eldridge, Democratic
      7,716 votes 5.51%
    • Drina Collins, Democratic
      7,258 votes 5.18%
    • Herb Engstrom, Democratic
      7,146 votes 5.10%
    • Peter J. Allen, Democratic
      6,801 votes 4.86%
    • Jill Chesler, Democratic
      6,240 votes 4.46%
    • Jason Baker, Democratic
      5,048 votes 3.60%
    • Noelani Sallings, Democratic
      3,544 votes 2.53%
    • Shaian Mohammadi, Democratic
      2,857 votes 2.04%
    • Eric T. Crane, Democratic
      2,664 votes 1.90%

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

    • John Cunningham, Republican
      12,670 votes 15.92%
    • Jim Divittorio, Republican
      11,420 votes 14.35%
    • Helen Wang, Republican
      10,108 votes 12.70%
    • Matt McDonald, Republican
      9,584 votes 12.04%
    • Lisa Marshik, Republican
      8,708 votes 10.94%
    • Gail Desmet, Republican
      8,620 votes 10.83%
    • Debra Janssen-Martinez, Republican
      5,143 votes 6.46%
    • Kerri Dunlay, Republican
      4,888 votes 6.14%
    • Norman R. Nedde, Republican
      4,708 votes 5.92%
    • Fred Vela, Republican
      3,721 votes 4.68%

    Member, Peace and Freedom Party County Central Committee; County of Santa ClaraClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (12 Elected)

    • Susan Muysenberg, Peace and Freedom
      178 votes 34.50%
    • Steven Patt, Peace and Freedom
      123 votes 23.84%
    • Jon Britton, Peace and Freedom
      108 votes 20.93%
    • Dave Kadlecek, Peace and Freedom
      107 votes 20.74%

    Judicial

    Judge - Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Judge - Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 7Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City

    Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 10Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/06/2012

    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 Operating Jails -- County of Santa Clara (County Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 199,301 / 77.59% Yes votes ...... 57,566 / 22.41% No votes
    To provide the Board of Supervisors with flexibility in operating the County jails to ensure continued cost-savings and improvement of efficiencies, shall section 509 of the Charter of the County of Santa Clara be amended to read as follows:

    On June 7, 1988, County voters approved Measure A adding section 509 to the County Charter to reduce the cost of operating the County jails. Pursuant to this section, the Board of Supervisors established the Department of Correction and appointed a Chief Officer (now known as the Chief of Correction) to operate the county jails and to carry out such other functions as the Board determines. This section also required the Board to ensure that an adequate number of law enforcement personnel were authorized to carry firearms to guard and transport prisoners. The Board has met this requirement by having the Department of Correction operate the jail in conjunction and cooperation with the Sheriff.

    To continue to reduce the cost of operating the jails, to ensure that an adequate number of law enforcement personnel are authorized to carry firearms to guard and transport prisoners, and/or to provide flexibility to address changed circumstances, the Board may, by ordinance supported by a 4/5ths vote of the Board, convey jurisdiction over any or all jail operations to the Sheriff, to the Department of Correction, to any other department or agency that may lawfully exercise such jurisdiction, or to any of these entities jointly as the Board may determine.

    Measure B Pension Reform -- City of San Jose (City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 95,716 / 69.02% Yes votes ...... 42,964 / 30.98% No votes
    Shall the Charter be amended to modify retirement benefits of City employees and retirees by: increasing employees' contributions, establishing a voluntary reduced pension plan for current employees, establish pension cost and benefit limitations for new employees, modify disability retirement procedures, temporarily suspend retiree COLAs during emergencies, require voter approval for increases in future pension benefits?
    Yes
    No

    Measure C Bonds -- West Valley-Mission Community College District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 42,498 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 28,522 / 40.2% No votes
       41,679 (59.89%) Yes / 27,916 (40.11%) No in Santa Clara County
       819 (57.47%) Yes / 606 (42.53%) No in Santa Cruz County
    To provide affordable education at West Valley and Mission Colleges by updating academic facilities and technology to prepare students for 21st century jobs/transfer to universities, upgrading healthcare, public safety and job-training facilities, and aging buildings for earthquake safety, and acquiring, constructing, repairing and equipping sites, buildings, classrooms and facilities, shall West Valley-Mission Community College District issue $350,000,000 of bonds, at legal rates with citizens' oversight, no money for Sacramento, administrators' salaries or employee pensions?
    Bonds - Yes
    Bonds - No

    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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