Combined ballot

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President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
  7,737,735 votes 60.3%
• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
  4,778,337 votes 37.2%
• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
  140,220 votes 1.1%
• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
  83,234 votes 0.6%
• Roseanne Barr/Cindy Sheehan, Peace and Freedom
  52,742 votes 0.4%
• Thomas Hoefling/Robert Ornelas, American Independent
  37,754 votes 0.3%
• Virgil Goode/James Clymer (Write-In)
• Sheila "Samm" Tittle/Matthew Allen Turner (Write-In)
• Stewart Alexander/Alex Mendoza (Write-In)
• Stephen Durham/Christina Lopez (Write-In)
• Jerry White/Phyllis Scherrer (Write-In)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-In)
• Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez (Write-In)
• Ron Paul/Andrew Napolitano (Write-In)

US Congress

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  7,748,994 votes 62.5%
• Elizabeth Emken, Republican
  4,650,994 votes 37.5%

United States Representative; District 18

• Anna G. Eshoo, Democratic
  207,259 votes 70.4%
• Dave Chapman, Republican
  87,011 votes 29.6%

United States Representative; District 20

• Sam Farr, Democratic
  148,697 votes 72.7%
• Jeff Taylor, Republican
  55,777 votes 27.3%

State Senate

State Senator; District 17

• Bill Monning, Democratic
  208,097 votes 61.7%
• Larry Beaman, Republican
  129,255 votes 38.3%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 29

• Mark Stone, Democratic
  114,923 votes 67.6%
• Tom Walsh, Republican
  55,020 votes 32.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 30

• Luis Alejo, Democratic
  74,838 votes 64.7%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  40,850 votes 35.3%

School

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

• Sandra Nichols
  11,448 votes 79.51%
• James Spano
  2,787 votes 19.36%
• (164 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.14%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Karen S. Osmundson
  1,338 votes 54.6%
• Elsa Nuņez
  1,097 votes 44.8%
• (15 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.6%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Maria R. Orozco
  2,183 votes 55.99%
• Antonio Rivas
  1,665 votes 42.70%
• (51 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.31%)

Board Member; Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Katherine Tseng
  13,748 votes 37.7%
• Rosemary Rossi
  11,526 votes 31.6%
• Lorrie Wernick
  11,225 votes 30.7%
• (16 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Santa Cruz City High School District; Area 1

• Sheila Coonerty
  29,345 votes 66.00%
• George William Bettinger
  14,782 votes 33.25%
• (336 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.76%)

Board Member; Santa Cruz City High School District; Area 2 (2 Elected)

• Patty Threet
  21,801 votes 37.16%
• Claudia Vestal
  20,388 votes 34.75%
• Rafael Granados
  16,094 votes 27.43%
• (391 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.67%)

Board Member; Aromas-San Juan Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Jennifer Colby
  759 votes 32.4%
• Jose L. Flores
  604 votes 25.8%
• Mike A. Perez
  524 votes 22.4%
• Monica Martinez-Guaracha
  456 votes 19.5%

Board Member; Live Oak Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Jeremy Ray
  4,227 votes 36.80%
• Phyllis T. Greenleaf
  3,889 votes 33.86%
• Heather Rhodes
  3,318 votes 28.89%
• (52 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.45%)

Board Member; Soquel Union Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Lynette Hamby
  6,060 votes 29.99%
• Tory Tupper Delfavero
  5,437 votes 26.91%
• Judy McGooden
  5,364 votes 26.55%
• Antoinette Jardine
  3,248 votes 16.08%
• (96 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.48%)

County Supervisor; Santa Cruz County; Supervisorial District 5

• Bruce McPherson
  12,258 votes 50.10%
• Eric Hammer
  12,113 votes 49.51%
• (94 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.38%)

City

Council Member; City of Capitola (2 Elected)

• Edward Bottorff
  2,240 votes 35.70%
• Dennis R. Norton
  2,096 votes 33.40%
• Jacques Bertrand
  1,910 votes 30.44%
• (29 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.46%)

Treasurer; City of Capitola

• Kym Dewitt
  3,134 votes 98.49%
• (48 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.51%)

Council Member; City of Santa Cruz (4 Elected)

• Don Lane
  15,477 votes 19.20%
• Cynthia Mathews
  13,636 votes 16.91%
• Micah Posner
  12,593 votes 15.62%
• Pamela Comstock
  12,480 votes 15.48%
• Richelle Noroyan
  8,971 votes 11.13%
• Jake Fusari
  6,865 votes 8.51%
• Cece Pinheiro
  6,581 votes 8.16%
• Steve Pleich
  3,732 votes 4.63%
• Brad Snyder (Write-in)
• (294 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.36%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 1

• Felipe Hernandez
  737 votes 94.01%
• (47 Total Other Write-In Votes 5.99%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 2

• Karina Cervantez
  865 votes 93.51%
• (60 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.49%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 6

• Trina Coffman-Gomez
  1,216 votes 91.36%
• (115 Total Other Write-In Votes 8.64%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 3

• Lowell Hurst
  1,310 votes 95.76%
• (58 Total Other Write-In Votes 4.24%)

Special District

Director; Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Michael Weatherford
  7,736 votes 30.37%
• Robert "Bob" Spisak
  7,563 votes 29.69%
• Andrew Johnston
  7,050 votes 27.68%
• Rich McInnis
  3,061 votes 12.02%
• (60 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.24%)

Director; Branciforte Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Ryan Torchio
  722 votes 36.78%
• Benjamin F. Cahill
  478 votes 24.35%
• Robert Echols
  423 votes 21.55%
• Neal Austin
  196 votes 9.98%
• Antoinette Jardine
  138 votes 7.03%
• (6 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Director; Scotts Valley Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Jane Armstrong
  5,214 votes 28.12%
• Arthur Smith
  4,525 votes 24.40%
• Alan L. Smith
  4,456 votes 24.03%
• Lisa Ann Bustichi
  4,323 votes 23.31%
• (27 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.15%)

Director; Lompico County Water District (3 Elected)

• Bill Smallman
  344 votes 22.50%
• Richard Harrington
  326 votes 21.32%
• Lois Henry
  321 votes 20.99%
• Gail A. Jones
  194 votes 12.69%
• Duane R. Davis
  191 votes 12.49%
• Cheryl Trapp
  150 votes 9.81%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.20%)

Director; San Lorenzo Valley Water District (2 Elected)

• Margaret Bruce
  6,014 votes 39.97%
• Randall C. Brown
  3,624 votes 24.08%
• Stephen Swan
  3,426 votes 22.77%
• Craig Austin
  1,924 votes 12.79%
• (60 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.40%)

Director; Boulder Creek Recreation and Park District (3 Elected)

• Tess E. Fitzgerald
  2,436 votes 26.55%
• Kimberly Main
  2,250 votes 24.52%
• Brian Valdivia
  2,215 votes 24.14%
• Michael Watson
  1,218 votes 13.28%
• Richard Chatoff
  1,024 votes 11.16%
• (32 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Proposition 30 Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding
Pass: 6,902,562 / 55.3% Yes votes ...... 5,584,785 / 44.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to (a) temporarily increase sales and personal income tax rates; (b) guarantee certain revenue transfers to local governments; and (c) eliminate state funding of certain mandates to local governments?

Proposition 31 State Budget. State and Local Government
Fail: 4,579,061 / 39.5% Yes votes ...... 7,014,491 / 60.5% No votes

Should the state constitution and law be amended to require government performance reviews and two-year budget cycles, to prohibit the Legislature from creating certain expenditures unless offsetting revenues or spending cuts are identified, and to make changes in certain responsibilities of local governament, the Legislature and the Governor?

Proposition 32 Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction. Contributions to Candidates
Fail: 5,328,207 / 43.4% Yes votes ...... 6,940,282 / 56.6% No votes

Should unions, corporations, government contractors and state and local government employers be prohibited from using payroll-deducted funds, or in some instances their own funds, for political expenditures?

Proposition 33 Auto Insurance Companies. Prices Based on Driver's History of Insurance Coverage
Fail: 5,441,219 / 45.1% Yes votes ...... 6,633,713 / 54.9% No votes

Should automobile insurance companies be permitted to offer a discount to drivers who have continuously maintained their insurance coverage, even if they change their insurance company?

Proposition 34 Death Penalty
Fail: 5,885,080 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,372,996 / 52.0% No votes

Should the death penalty be repealed and replaced with life imprisonment without possibility of parole when someone is convicted of murder with specified special circumstances?

Proposition 35 Human Trafficking. Penalties
Pass: 9,935,574 / 81.4% Yes votes ...... 2,277,560 / 18.6% No votes

Should the definition of human trafficking be expanded, penalties for traffickers be increased, convicted sexual traffickers be required to register as sex offenders, and additional training for law enforcement officers be required?

Proposition 36 Three Strikes Law. Repeat Felony Offenders. Penalties
Pass: 8,447,576 / 69.3% Yes votes ...... 3,750,222 / 30.7% No votes

Should California law be amended to provide that a life sentence should not be imposed for a third felony conviction unless the third conviction is for a serious or violent felony?

Proposition 37 Genetically Engineered Foods. Labeling
Fail: 5,986,652 / 48.5% Yes votes ...... 6,365,236 / 51.5% No votes

Should labeling be required on foods containing genetically modified ingredients when such foods (whether raw or processed, plant or animal) are offered for sale to consumers in California?

Proposition 38 Tax to Fund Education and Early Childhood Programs
Fail: 3,485,443 / 28.7% Yes votes ...... 8,671,851 / 71.3% No votes

Should California's personal income tax rates be increased during 2013-24 to provide funds for public schools, early childhood education programs, and state debt payments?

Proposition 39 Tax Treatment for Multistate Businesses. Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Funding
Pass: 7,273,367 / 61.0% Yes votes ...... 4,641,745 / 39.0% No votes

Should the California tax code be changed to require multistate firms to pay income taxes based on a percentage of their sales in California, with roughly half of the resulting tax increase to be used to fund clean/efficient energy projects for five years?

Proposition 40 Redistricting. State Senate Districts
Pass: 8,235,698 / 71.9% Yes votes ...... 3,215,335 / 28.1% No votes

Should the current state Senate districts be retained?

Measure L Repair aging Schools -- Pajaro Valley Unified School District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 22,171 / 68.94% Yes votes ...... 9,990 / 31.06% No votes

To repair aging schools, which support quality education in the Aptos and Watsonville areas, with funding that cannot be taken by the State, shall Pajaro Valley Unified School District upgrade classrooms in all schools, repair leaking roofs and aging schools, upgrade computers and instructional technology in all schools, and construct, repair and acquire classrooms, sites and equipment, by issuing $150,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with independent citizens' oversight, no money for administrators, independent audits, all funds staying local?

Measure M Improve schools -- Pacific Elementary School District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 292 / 78.07% Yes votes ...... 82 / 21.93% No votes

To improve the quality of education; replace deteriorating roofs; increase student access to computers and modern technology; replace aging portable classroom for pre-school children; and renovate the multi-purpose building for school and community use; shall the Pacific Elementary School District issue $830,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee, have NO money used for administrative salaries or taken by the state, and have all funds spent only on Pacific School?

Measure N Transient Occupancy Tax increase 1.5%... to 11% -- County of Santa Cruz (tax increase - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 80,990 / 72.77% Yes votes ...... 30,303 / 27.23% No votes

Additional One and One-Half Percent Transient Occupancy Tax Rate. To protect the quality of life in Santa Cruz County by limiting further cuts to police, fire, emergency services, health services, parks and recreation, economic development, job creation, and other essential county services; shall Santa Cruz County be authorized to levy an additional tax of one and one-half of one percent in the Transient Occupancy Tax on people staying at lodging facilities in the unincorporated areas of the county?

Measure O Sales Tax increase to 8.5% -- City of Capitola (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,343 / 50.75% Yes votes ...... 2,274 / 49.25% No votes

Shall a City of Capitola permanent sales tax increase of one quarter of one percent be adopted to pay for disaster recovery and to maintain general services including public safety and street improvements?

Measure P Desalination Projects -- City of Santa Cruz (Charter Ammendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 19,124 / 72.13% Yes votes ...... 7,389 / 27.87% No votes

Shall an amendment to the Charter of the City of Santa Cruz "Requiring Voter Approval for Desalination Projects" be adopted?

Measure Q Transient Occupancy Tax increase 1%... to 11% -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 22,399 / 82.23% Yes votes ...... 4,840 / 17.77% No votes

In order to protect the quality of life in the City of Santa Cruz by supporting efforts to create jobs for local residents; investing in a vibrant local economy; and supporting police, fire, parks and recreation, and other essential city services, shall the City of Santa Cruz be authorized to augment the city's General Fund by levying an additional tax of one percent in the Transient Occupancy Tax on people staying at local hotels and motels?

Measure R Mobile Home Parks..rent control fee -- City of Watsonville (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 5,715 / 55.45% Yes votes ...... 4,591 / 44.55% No votes

Shall the City impose upon and collect a rent control fee from persons occupying a space in a mobile home park to partly reimburse the City for the cost of defending challenges to its mobile home rent control ordinance and allow a person occupying space in a mobile home park to recover attorney's fees as additional damages from a person who demands or receives rent in excess of that allowed by the Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance?