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Mayor; City of Ceres

• Chris Vierra
  2,441 votes 97.25%
• (69 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.75%)

Council Member; City of Ceres (2 Elected)

• Bret Durossette
  1,807 votes 38.99%
• Mike Kline
  1,713 votes 36.97%
• Don Cool
  714 votes 15.41%
• Melvin E. Yeakley
  375 votes 8.09%
• (25 Total Other Write-In Votes .54%)

Treasurer; City of Ceres

• Harry Herbert
  2,182 votes 98.11%
• (42 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.89%)

Mayor; City of Modesto
Runoff Election 2/2/2016

• Garrad Marsh
  9,053 votes 39.07%
• Ted Brandvold
  7,027 votes 30.33%
• Dave Lopez
  4,667 votes 20.14%
• Carmen Sabatino
  2,115 votes 9.13%
• Armando Arreola
  255 votes 1.10%
• (52 Total Other Write-In Votes .22%)

Council Member; City of Modesto; District 1

• Mani Grewal
  2,792 votes 69.64%
• John Lane Gunderson
  646 votes 16.11%
• Ron Hurst
  565 votes 14.09%
• (6 Total Other Write-In Votes .15%)

Council Member; City of Modesto; District 3

• Kristi Ah You
  2,419 votes 51.16%
• Patricia Gillum
  1,827 votes 38.64%
• Joe Williams
  464 votes 9.81%
• (18 Total Other Write-In Votes .38%)

Council Member; City of Modesto; District 6

• Doug Ridenour, Sr.
  2,336 votes 59.46%
• David Wright
  1,586 votes 40.37%
• (7 Total Other Write-In Votes .18%)

School

Board Member; Denair Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Kathi Dunham-Filson
  578 votes 26.09%
• John Plett
  571 votes 25.78%
• Ray Prock, Jr.
  566 votes 25.55%
• T. J. Lake
  497 votes 22.44%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes .14%)

Board Member; Gratton Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Ruth Villarreal
  69 votes 30.13%
• Kristin Stackhouse-Johns
  63 votes 27.51%
• Mark Threet
  60 votes 26.20%
• Ken Rocha
  37 votes 16.16%

Board Member; Modesto City Schools (3 Elected)

• Amy Elliott Neumann
  15,342 votes 31.09%
• Steven Grenbeaux
  12,256 votes 24.84%
• John Walker
  11,307 votes 22.92%
• Chad W. Brown
  10,263 votes 20.80%
• (175 Total Other Write-In Votes .35%)

Board Member; Oakdale Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Larry Betschart
  2,139 votes 57.67%
• Michael Tozzi
  1,558 votes 42.01%
• (12 Total Other Write-In Votes .32%)

Board Member; Patterson Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Alyssa Homen
  55 votes 49.55%
• Angelica Reyes
  54 votes 48.65%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.80%)

Board Member; Patterson Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Jose Reynoso
  90 votes 51.43%
• Jeffrey Nosek
  81 votes 46.29%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.29%)

Board Member; Patterson Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

• James Leonard
  114 votes 60.96%
• Jeffrey Cross
  71 votes 37.97%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.07%)

Board Member; Keyes Community Services District (2 Elected)

• Davie Landers
  103 votes 38.87%
• Mike Bernal
  89 votes 33.58%
• Antonio "Tony" Aguilar
  68 votes 25.66%
• (5 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.89%)

Board Member; Riverdale Park Tract Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Kelland Murphy
  21 votes 36.21%
• Diana M. Culwell-Caro
  19 votes 32.76%
• Timi Horn
  10 votes 17.24%
• Rudy Caro
  8 votes 13.79%

Board Member; Riverdale Park Tract Community Services District; Unexpired Short Term (2 Elected)

• George Bixler
  19 votes 43.18%
• Duane Shugart
  13 votes 29.55%
• Rita M. Hodges
  12 votes 27.27%

Board Member; Hughson Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Jeffrey Serpa
  659 votes 28.75%
• Justin Vincent
  641 votes 27.97%
• David S. Absher
  583 votes 25.44%
• Miguel Oseguera
  406 votes 17.71%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes .13%)

Board Member; Oakdale Irrigation District; Division 1

• Gail Altieri
  1,034 votes 62.36%
• Frank Clark
  621 votes 37.45%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes .18%)

Board Member; Oakdale Irrigation District; Division 4

• Linda Santos
  258 votes 59.72%
• Al Bairos, Jr.
  171 votes 39.58%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes .69%)

Board Member; Oakdale Irrigation District; Division 5

• Gary Osmundson
  459 votes 71.61%
• Daniel Medina
  168 votes 26.21%
• (14 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.18%)

Board Member; Patterson Irrigation District; Division 5

• Steve Prevostini
  38 votes 57.58%
• Dan Robinson
  28 votes 42.42%

Board Member; Turlock Irrigation District; Division 1

• Michael Frantz
  3,730 votes 83.18%
• Tracy Sunde
  741 votes 16.53%
• (13 Total Other Write-In Votes .29%)

Board Member; Empire Sanitary District (2 Elected)

• Thomas Burns
  97 votes 31.70%
• Kathy Hankins
  83 votes 27.12%
• Richard L. Burks, Jr.
  68 votes 22.22%
• Valery Williams
  58 votes 18.95%

Measure D Election of City Council Members by District -- City of Ceres (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,846 / 68.04% Yes votes ...... 867 / 31.96% No votes

Shall Chapter 1 of Title II of the Ceres Municipal Code be amended to establish electoral districts for election of members of the City Council by districts and election of the Mayor of Ceres at large?

Measure E Proposed Transient Occupancy Tax Increase -- City of Ceres (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,571 / 57.82% Yes votes ...... 1,146 / 42.18% No votes

Shall Chapter 3.24 of the Ceres Municipal Code be amended to raise the Transient Occupancy Tax from five percent (5%) to ten percent (10%)?

Measure F Election of School Board Members by District/Trustee Area or At Large -- City of Modesto (Majority Approval Required)

Shall the Charter of the City of Modesto be amended to allow the Board of Education to choose the method of electing school board members by either the At-Large OR the District or Trustee Area method?

Measure G Temporary 0.50% Transaction and Use Tax -- City of Modesto (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,302 / 44.06% Yes votes ...... 13,078 / 55.94% No votes

Shall the City levy a temporary one-half of one percent (0.50%) local transactions and use tax, increasing the City's ability to restore general city services that have been cut since the economic recession began in 2008, including implementing the Safer Neighborhoods Initiative by funding: police and fire services, crime prevention, gang suppression, youth development efforts, removing tagging, reducing nuisance properties, and increasing neighborhood collaboration?

Measure H Extension of Sewer Service -- City of Modesto (Advisory Vote Only)
Pass: 12,769 / 56.67% Yes votes ...... 9,764 / 43.33% No votes

Is it acceptable to extend sewer service to unincorporated, residentially-developed areas that are adjacent to or wholly surrounded by Modesto City's boundaries, and are within the City's sphere of influence?

Measure I New General Plan Policies Limiting Development -- City of Modesto (General Plan Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 11,311 / 49.53% Yes votes ...... 11,526 / 50.47% No votes

Shall new policies be added to Modesto's General Plan to limit development outside the "Urban Limit" and "Residential Urban Limit" boundaries?