Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Placer
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tom Torlakson
  3,167,212 votes 52.1%
• Marshall Tuck
  2,906,989 votes 47.9%

Governor

• Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Democratic
  4,388,368 votes 60.0%
• Neel Kashkari, Republican
  2,929,213 votes 40.0%

Lieutenant Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  4,107,051 votes 57.2%
• Ron Nehring, Republican
  3,078,039 votes 42.8%

Secretary of State

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,799,711 votes 53.6%
• Pete Peterson, Republican
  3,285,334 votes 46.4%

Controller

• Betty T. Yee, Democratic
  3,810,304 votes 54.0%
• Ashley Swearengin, Republican
  3,249,668 votes 46.0%

Treasurer

• John Chiang, Democratic
  4,176,793 votes 58.8%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  2,925,895 votes 41.2%

Attorney General

• Kamala D. Harris, Democratic
  4,102,649 votes 57.5%
• Ronald Gold, Republican
  3,033,476 votes 42.5%

Insurance Commissioner

• Dave Jones, Democratic
  4,038,165 votes 57.5%
• Ted Gaines, Republican
  2,981,951 votes 42.5%

State Board of Equalization; District 1

• George Runner, Republican
  984,604 votes 57.8%
• Chris Parker, Democratic
  718,129 votes 42.2%

US Congress

United States Representative; District 1

• Doug La Malfa, Republican
  132,052 votes 61.0%
• Heidi Hall, Democratic
  84,320 votes 39.0%

United States Representative; District 4

• Tom McClintock, Republican
  126,784 votes 60.0%
• Arthur "Art" Moore, Republican
  84,350 votes 40.0%

State Legislature

State Senator; District 4

• Jim Nielsen, Republican
  139,199 votes 63.7%
• CJ Jawahar, Democratic
  79,457 votes 36.3%

Member of the State Assembly; District 1

• Brian Dahle, Republican
  104,103 votes 70.2%
• Brigham Sawyer Smith, Democratic
  44,119 votes 29.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 5

• Frank Bigelow, Republican
  88,602 votes 74.2%
• Patrick D. Hogan, Libertarian
  30,735 votes 25.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 6

• Beth B. Gaines, Republican
  94,020 votes 65.7%
• Brian Caples, Democratic
  49,044 votes 34.3%

Judicial

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Kathryn Mickle Werdegar
  72.6% Yes (3,763,889) 27.4% No (1,422,314)
• Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
  67.7% Yes (3,605,251) 32.3% No (1,717,099)
• Goodwin Liu
  67.1% Yes (3,582,407) 32.9% No (1,755,381)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 3 (Yes/No)

• Andrea Lynn Hoch
  70.4% Yes (466,173) 29.6% No (195,977)
• Vance W. Raye
  69.9% Yes (463,297) 30.1% No (199,312)
• William J. Murray, Jr.
  70.7% Yes (461,677) 29.3% No (191,779)
• Ronald B. Robie
  68.6% Yes (451,172) 31.4% No (206,442)
• Elena J. Duarte
  66.4% Yes (437,640) 33.6% No (221,134)
• Louis Mauro
  66.3% Yes (431,721) 33.7% No (219,485)
• Jonathan K. Renner
  64.7% Yes (421,547) 35.3% No (230,314)

School

Board Member; Rocklin Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Susan Halldin
  9971 votes 29.46%
• Wendy Lang
  9843 votes 29.09%
• Todd Lowell
  9492 votes 28.05%
• William White
  4307 votes 12.73%
• (229 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.68%)

Board Member; East Nicolaus Joint Union High School District (2 Elected)

• David Adams
  20 votes 37.04%
• Darrell Bowen
  18 votes 33.33%
• Steve Willey
  16 votes 29.63%

Board Member; Placer Union High School District; Trustee Area 3

• David Mark Underwood
  14251 votes 55.14%
• Pete Klem
  11472 votes 44.39%
• (121 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.47%)

Board Member; Roseville Joint Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Scott E. Huber
  23,873 votes 34.0%
• Linda M. Park
  23,125 votes 33.0%
• Maria E. Henry
  10,987 votes 15.7%
• Jay Song
  8,937 votes 12.7%
• (286 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%, 2,922 Under Votes 4.2%, 14 Over Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Auburn Union School District (3 Elected)

• Julann L. Brown
  5484 votes 28.37%
• Deborah Goodrich
  5013 votes 25.93%
• Michelle Sierra-Sammons
  4759 votes 24.62%
• Lashaun Byer
  3901 votes 20.18%
• (173 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.89%)

Board Member; Colfax Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• David Ackerman
  798 votes 29.90%
• Michelle C. Gibbs
  646 votes 24.20%
• Debbie Lindh
  619 votes 23.19%
• Karen M. Sheets
  576 votes 21.58%
• (30 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.12%)

Board Member; Loomis Union School District; Trustee Area 3

• Jeanne M. Duvall
  3696 votes 55.95%
• Shad M. Derifield
  2873 votes 43.49%
• (37 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.56%)

Board Member; Loomis Union School District; Trustee Area 4

• Mike Edwards
  3688 votes 58.85%
• Robert Saunders
  2553 votes 40.74%
• (26 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.41%)

Board Member; Placer Hills Union School District (3 Elected)

• Joyce G. Bradshaw
  2451 votes 23.50%
• Melody M. Thomasson
  1775 votes 17.01%
• Andrew Robert Drysdale
  1754 votes 16.81%
• Norma J. Taylor
  1571 votes 15.06%
• Christene M. Sunding
  1476 votes 14.15%
• Amber Jantz
  1362 votes 13.06%
• (43 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.41%)

Board Member; Pleasant Grove Joint Union School District (2 Elected)

• John A. Cooper
  19 votes 34.55%
• Leo Hoyt
  18 votes 32.73%
• Joseph Gutierrez
  18 votes 32.73%

Board Member; Roseville City School District (3 Elected)

• Susan Elizabeth Duane
  11944 votes 27.98%
• Hallie Romero
  11099 votes 26.00%
• James "Brian" Vlahos
  11023 votes 25.82%
• Darin Hughes
  8373 votes 19.61%
• (250 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.59%)

Council Member; City of Auburn (3 Elected)

• Matt Spokely
  3087 votes 27.64%
• Bridget Powers
  2961 votes 26.51%
• Daniel Berlant
  2644 votes 23.67%
• Mike Holmes
  2392 votes 21.42%
• (84 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.75%)

Council Member; City of Colfax (3 Elected)

• Kenneth A. Delfino
  210 votes 20.25%
• Stephen L. Harvey
  172 votes 16.59%
• Tony Hesch
  166 votes 16.01%
• Will Stockwin
  152 votes 14.66%
• Kelly K. Molloy
  143 votes 13.79%
• Christopher Flaten
  84 votes 8.10%
• Chuck Burke
  62 votes 5.98%
• Will Wortell
  40 votes 3.86%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.77%)

Council Member; City of Lincoln (2 Elected)

• Stan Nader
  8336 votes 32.23%
• Gabriel Hydrick
  4283 votes 16.56%
• Christine Colvin
  4089 votes 15.81%
• Dan Cross
  3936 votes 15.22%
• Keela Rodriguez
  2905 votes 11.23%
• Bill Lyons
  2165 votes 8.37%
• (148 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.57%)

Council Member; Town of Loomis (3 Elected)

• Brian Baker
  1376 votes 26.89%
• Robert Black
  1193 votes 23.31%
• Miguel Ucovich
  1080 votes 21.11%
• Sandy Calvert
  724 votes 14.15%
• Vic Markey
  705 votes 13.78%
• (39 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.76%)

Council Member; City of Roseville (2 Elected)

• Susan Rohan
  21560 votes 42.50%
• Tim Herman
  16259 votes 32.05%
• Rene Aguilera
  9151 votes 18.04%
• Yuriy Seretskiy
  3531 votes 6.96%
• (233 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.46%)

Special District

Director; San Juan Water District (3 Elected)

• Edward J. "Ted" Costa
  18,552 votes 13.6%
• Dan Rich
  17,398 votes 12.8%
• Robert G. "Bob" Walters
  15,347 votes 11.3%
• Martin Hanneman
  14,927 votes 11.0%
• Marcia L. Fritz
  9,870 votes 7.3%
• Charles T. Rose
  4,006 votes 2.9%
• Art Starkovich
  3,938 votes 2.9%
• (215 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%, 51,762 Under Votes 38.0%, 102 Over Votes 0.1%)

Board Member; Foresthill Fire Protection District (2 Elected)

• Kevin M. Greene
  1342 votes 42.55%
• Walter Reed
  1070 votes 33.93%
• Willard "Al" Fiske
  716 votes 22.70%
• (26 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.82%)

Board Member; Newcastle Fire Protection District; District 2

• Rocky Robinson
  1239 votes 77.20%
• Robert W. Stearns
  360 votes 22.43%
• (6 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.37%)

Director; Penryn Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Steven Paul Pilz
  635 votes 21.67%
• Mike Posehn
  617 votes 21.06%
• Thomas A. Bowling
  602 votes 20.55%
• Cheryl Hotaling
  548 votes 18.70%
• Brian David Myers
  509 votes 17.37%
• (19 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.65%)

Director; Truckee Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Victor R. Hernandez
  266 votes 26.21%
• Gerald W. Herrick
  262 votes 25.81%
• Gary Botto
  251 votes 24.73%
• Paul Wilford
  230 votes 22.66%
• (6 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.59%)

Director; Tahoe Forest Hospital District (3 Elected)

• Dale Chamblin
  1445 votes 16.71%
• Charles Zipkin
  1412 votes 16.33%
• Mark Spohr
  1397 votes 16.15%
• Ned Hughes
  1350 votes 15.61%
• Ronda Brooks
  1058 votes 12.23%
• Greg Jellinek
  1026 votes 11.86%
• John R. Falk
  930 votes 10.75%
• (30 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Director; Citrus Heights Water District; Division 2

• Joseph M. Dion
  7,300 votes 46.4%
• Bret Daniels
  3,404 votes 21.6%
• (47 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%, 4,967 Under Votes 31.6%, 8 Over Votes 0.1%)

Director; Nevada Irrigation District; Division 4

• Jim Bachman
  6114 votes 83.56%
• Robert Wells Vizzard
  1177 votes 16.09%
• (26 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.36%)

Board Member; Auburn Area Recreation & Park District (2 Elected)

• Scott Holbrook
  9029 votes 43.07%
• Curt Smith
  6603 votes 31.50%
• Monique Margaux
  5201 votes 24.81%
• (131 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.62%)

Board Member; North Tahoe Public Utility District; Seat 3

• Susan "Sue" Daniels
  659 votes 50.85%
• Sarah Coolidge
  634 votes 48.92%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.23%)

Board Member; Tahoe City Public Utility District (3 Elected)

• John Pang
  826 votes 32.2%
• Dan Wilkins
  703 votes 27.4%
• Paul Joslin
  431 votes 16.8%
• Lou Reinkens
  389 votes 15.2%
• Stu Dalie
  206 votes 8.0%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Sierra Lakes County Water District (3 Elected)

• William Oudegeest
  231 votes 25.2%
• Dan Stockton
  230 votes 25.1%
• Dennis P. Fisco
  201 votes 21.9%
• Michael Lindquist
  139 votes 15.1%
• Tom Burns
  115 votes 12.5%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Proposition 1 Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014
Pass: 4,771,350 / 67.1% Yes votes ...... 2,336,676 / 32.9% No votes

Should the state sell $7.1 billion in additional general obligation bonds--as well as redirect $425 million in unsold general obligation bonds that were previously approved by voters for resource-related uses--to fund various water-related programs?

Proposition 2 State Budget. Budget Stabilization Account
Pass: 4,831,045 / 69.1% Yes votes ...... 2,158,004 / 30.9% No votes

Should the State Constitution be amended to change how the state pays down debt and saves money in reserves?

Proposition 45 Healthcare Insurance. Rate Changes
Fail: 2,917,882 / 41.1% Yes votes ...... 4,184,416 / 58.9% No votes

Should changes in some health insurance rates require the Insurance Commissioner's approval before going into effect?

Proposition 46 Drug and Alcohol Testing of Doctors. Medical Negligence Lawsuits
Fail: 2,376,817 / 33.2% Yes votes ...... 4,774,364 / 66.8% No votes

Should California require random drug testing of doctors, require doctors to check a statewide database before prescribing certain drugs, and raise the cap on noneconomic damages in medical negligence lawsuits?

Proposition 47 Criminal Sentences. Misdemeanor Penalties
Pass: 4,238,156 / 59.6% Yes votes ...... 2,871,943 / 40.4% No votes

Should the penalties for certain offenders convicted of nonserious, nonviolent crimes be reduced from felonies to misdemeanors?

Proposition 48 Indian Gaming Compacts
Fail: 2,702,157 / 39.0% Yes votes ...... 4,219,881 / 61.0% No votes

Should the tribal gaming compacts negotiated by Governor Brown with the North Fork and Wiyot Tribes and ratified by legislative statute be allowed to go into effect?

Measure A School Bonds -- Western Placer Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 10742 / 61.67% Yes votes ...... 6676 / 38.33% No votes

To protect quality education, shall Western Placer Unified School District construct a new high school, and improve Lincoln High School by updating/replacing aging classrooms and support facilities, and instructional technology needed for improved teaching, replacing portable classrooms, repairing/replacing roofs, worn-out floors, electrical systems, seismic upgrades and improving energy efficiency to save money and support instruction by issuing $60,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with independent oversight, no money for administrators and all money staying local?

Measure B Charter Amendment -- County of Placer (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 66902 / 62.62% Yes votes ...... 39935 / 37.38% No votes

In order to provide an effective representative government, restrict future pay increases, pension and healthcare costs, shall Placer County amend Article II, Section 207 of the County Charter to limit the Board of Supervisors salary to no more than the average salary of County Supervisors in the neighboring Counties of El Dorado, Nevada, and Sacramento, with any change in this methodology subject to a vote of the citizens of Placer County?

Measure E School Bond -- Tahoe Truckee Unified School Improvement District 2 (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1934 / 60.66% Yes votes ...... 1254 / 39.34% No votes

To improve Tahoe area schools with local funding that the State cannot take away, repair/replace roofs, plumbing and electrical systems, provide classrooms, science labs and technology meeting modern academic safety standards and providing a wellrounded education, construct, equip, repair, acquire school facilities/equipment to prepare students for college/high-demand jobs, shall Schools Facilities Improvement District No. 2 of the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District issue $62,000,000 in bonds at legal rates with independent audits, citizen oversight, and no funds for administrators' salaries?

Measure U School Bond -- Tahoe Truckee Unified School Improvement District 1 (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 318 / 53.72% Yes votes ...... 274 / 46.28% No votes

To improve Truckee area schools with funding that the State cannot take away, repair/replace roofs, plumbing and electrical systems, help local schools qualify for State matching funds, and construct, equip, repair/acquire classrooms, science labs, career technical education facilities to provide a well-rounded education and prepare students for college/high-demand jobs, shall Schools Facilities Improvement District No. 1 of the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District issue $114,000,000 in bonds at legal rates with independent audits, citizen oversight, and no funds for administrators' salaries?

Measure W School Bonds -- East Nicolaus Joint Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 18 / 48.65% Yes votes ...... 19 / 51.35% No votes

To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; repair or replace leaky roofs; modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; replace outdated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; make health and safety improvements; and replace temporary portables with permanent classrooms; shall the East Nicolaus High School District issue $4,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for administrative salaries?