Combined ballot

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Governor
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  2,341,815 votes 33.7%
• John H. Cox, Republican
  1,764,919 votes 25.4%
• Antonio Villaraigosa, Democratic
  926,018 votes 13.3%
• Travis Allen, Republican
  657,147 votes 9.4%
• John Chiang, Democratic
  655,590 votes 9.4%
• Delaine Eastin, Democratic
  234,641 votes 3.4%
• Amanda Renteria, Democratic
  93,376 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  44,628 votes 0.6%
• Michael Shellenberger, Democratic
  31,666 votes 0.5%
• Peter Y. Liu, Republican
  27,297 votes 0.4%
• Yvonne Girard, Republican
  21,817 votes 0.3%
• Gloria Estela La Riva, Peace and Freedom
  19,059 votes 0.3%
• J. Bribiesca, Democratic
  18,027 votes 0.3%
• Josh Jones, Green
  16,092 votes 0.2%
• Zoltan Istvan, Libertarian
  14,447 votes 0.2%
• Albert Caesar Mezzetti, Democratic
  12,010 votes 0.2%
• Nickolas Wildstar, Libertarian
  11,547 votes 0.2%
• Robert Davidson Griffis, Democratic
  11,094 votes 0.2%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  9,373 votes 0.1%
• Thomas Jefferson Cares, Democratic
  8,940 votes 0.1%
• Christopher N. Carlson, Green
  7,310 votes 0.1%
• Klement Tinaj, Democratic
  5,363 votes 0.1%
• Hakan "Hawk" Mikado, No Party Preference
  5,338 votes 0.1%
• Johnny Wattenburg, No Party Preference
  4,961 votes 0.1%
• Desmond Silveira, No Party Preference
  4,630 votes 0.1%
• Shubham Goel, No Party Preference
  4,017 votes 0.1%
• Jeffrey Edward Taylor, No Party Preference
  3,967 votes 0.1%
• Veronika Fimbres (Write-In)

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  1,586,576 votes 24.2%
• Ed Hernandez, Democratic
  1,346,848 votes 20.6%
• Cole Harris, Republican
  1,142,957 votes 17.5%
• Jeff Bleich, Democratic
  647,335 votes 9.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  515,347 votes 7.9%
• Lydia Ortega, Republican
  419,092 votes 6.4%
• David R. Hernandez, Republican
  404,663 votes 6.2%
• Gayle McLaughlin, No Party Preference
  263,049 votes 4.0%
• Tim Ferreira, Libertarian
  99,835 votes 1.5%
• Cameron Gharabiklou, Democratic
  78,144 votes 1.2%
• Danny Thomas, No Party Preference
  44,068 votes 0.7%

Secretary of State

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,473,183 votes 52.6%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  2,046,084 votes 31.0%
• Ruben Major, Democratic
  354,733 votes 5.4%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  330,040 votes 5.0%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  155,659 votes 2.4%
• Michael Feinstein, Green
  136,571 votes 2.1%
• C. T. Weber, Peace and Freedom
  61,310 votes 0.9%
• Erik Rydberg, Green
  48,647 votes 0.7%

Controller

• Betty T. Yee, Democratic
  4,030,136 votes 62.1%
• Konstantinos Roditis, Republican
  2,198,777 votes 33.9%
• Mary Lou Finley, Peace and Freedom
  261,573 votes 4.0%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  2,898,389 votes 44.5%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,356,535 votes 20.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,256,007 votes 19.3%
• Vivek Viswanathan, Democratic
  847,342 votes 13.0%
• Kevin Akin, Peace and Freedom
  148,118 votes 2.3%

Attorney General

• Xavier Becerra, Democratic
  3,022,467 votes 45.8%
• Steven C. Bailey, Republican
  1,614,150 votes 24.5%
• Dave Jones, Democratic
  1,016,556 votes 15.4%
• Eric Early, Republican
  942,308 votes 14.3%

Insurance Commissioner

• Steve Poizner, No Party Preference
  2,566,849 votes 41.0%
• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,536,923 votes 40.5%
• Asif Mahmood, Democratic
  845,113 votes 13.5%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  315,828 votes 5.0%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Marshall Tuck
  2,221,908 votes 37.0%
• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,135,591 votes 35.6%
• Lily "Espinoza" Ploski
  984,039 votes 16.4%
• Steven Ireland
  658,037 votes 11.0%

State Board of Equalization; District 4

• Joel Anderson, Republican
  492,122 votes 31.2%
• Mike Schaefer, Democratic
  269,044 votes 17.0%
• John F. Kelly, Republican
  263,294 votes 16.7%
• David Dodson, Democratic
  234,534 votes 14.9%
• Ken Lopez-Maddox, Democratic
  228,811 votes 14.5%
• Jim Stieringer, Republican
  58,642 votes 3.7%
• Nader F. Shahatit, Republican
  32,105 votes 2.0%

US Legislature

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  2,945,177 votes 44.2%
• Kevin De Leon, Democratic
  804,965 votes 12.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  555,738 votes 8.3%
• Arun K. Bhumitra, Republican
  350,554 votes 5.3%
• Paul A. Taylor, Republican
  323,313 votes 4.9%
• Erin Cruz, Republican
  267,213 votes 4.0%
• Tom Palzer, Republican
  204,924 votes 3.1%
• Alison Hartson, Democratic
  146,909 votes 2.2%
• Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Republican
  135,209 votes 2.0%
• Pat Harris, Democratic
  126,837 votes 1.9%
• John "Jack" Crew, Republican
  93,702 votes 1.4%
• Patrick Little, Republican
  89,800 votes 1.3%
• Kevin Mottus, Republican
  87,569 votes 1.3%
• Jerry Joseph Laws, Republican
  67,060 votes 1.0%
• Derrick Michael Reid, Libertarian
  59,922 votes 0.9%
• Adrienne Nicole Edwards, Democratic
  56,119 votes 0.8%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  42,574 votes 0.6%
• Mario Nabliba, Republican
  39,177 votes 0.6%
• David Hildebrand, Democratic
  30,259 votes 0.5%
• Donnie O. Turner, Democratic
  30,075 votes 0.5%
• Herbert G. Peters, Democratic
  27,411 votes 0.4%
• David Moore, No Party Preference
  24,601 votes 0.4%
• Ling Ling Shi, No Party Preference
  23,499 votes 0.4%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  22,788 votes 0.3%
• Lee Olson, No Party Preference
  20,378 votes 0.3%
• Gerald Plummer, Democratic
  18,167 votes 0.3%
• Jason M. Hanania, No Party Preference
  18,157 votes 0.3%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  15,096 votes 0.2%
• Colleen Shea Fernald, No Party Preference
  13,512 votes 0.2%
• Rash Bihari Ghosh, No Party Preference
  12,542 votes 0.2%
• Tim Gildersleeve, No Party Preference
  8,469 votes 0.1%
• Michael Fahmy Girgis, No Party Preference
  2,982 votes 0.0%

United States Representative; District 49

• Diane L. Harkey, Republican
  46,468 votes 25.5%
• Mike Levin, Democratic
  31,850 votes 17.5%
• Sara Jacobs, Democratic
  28,778 votes 15.8%
• Doug Applegate, Democratic
  23,850 votes 13.1%
• Kristin Gaspar, Republican
  15,467 votes 8.5%
• Rocky J. Chávez, Republican
  13,739 votes 7.5%
• Paul G. Kerr, Democratic
  8,099 votes 4.4%
• Brian Maryott, Republican
  5,496 votes 3.0%
• Mike Schmitt, Republican
  2,379 votes 1.3%
• Joshua Schoonover, Republican
  1,362 votes 0.7%
• Craig A. Nordal, Republican
  1,156 votes 0.6%
• David Medway, Republican
  1,066 votes 0.6%
• Robert Pendleton, No Party Preference
  905 votes 0.5%
• Danielle St John, Green
  690 votes 0.4%
• Joshua L. Hancock, Libertarian
  552 votes 0.3%
• Jordan P. Mills, Peace and Freedom
  233 votes 0.1%

United States Representative; District 50

• Duncan Hunter, Republican
  69,563 votes 47.4%
• Ammar Campa-Najjar, Democratic
  25,799 votes 17.6%
• Bill Wells, Republican
  18,951 votes 12.9%
• Josh Butner, Democratic
  18,944 votes 12.9%
• Patrick Malloy, Democratic
  8,607 votes 5.9%
• S. "Shamus" Sayed, Republican
  3,079 votes 2.1%
• Richard Kahle, No Party Preference
  1,714 votes 1.2%

United States Representative; District 51

• Juan Vargas, Democratic
  50,132 votes 64.0%
• Juan M. Hidalgo, Jr., Republican
  11,979 votes 15.3%
• John R. Renison, Jr., Republican
  10,972 votes 14.0%
• Juan Carlos "Charlie" Mercado, No Party Preference
  2,452 votes 3.1%
• Kevin Mitchell, No Party Preference
  1,473 votes 1.9%
• Louis A. Fuentes, Republican
  1,310 votes 1.7%

United States Representative; District 52

• Scott Peters, Democratic
  98,744 votes 59.0%
• Omar Qudrat, Republican
  25,530 votes 15.3%
• James Veltmeyer, Republican
  19,040 votes 11.4%
• Danny Casara, Republican
  7,680 votes 4.6%
• Michael Allman, Republican
  6,561 votes 3.9%
• John Horst, Republican
  5,654 votes 3.4%
• Jeffrey Cullen, Republican
  4,027 votes 2.4%

United States Representative; District 53

• Susan A. Davis, Democratic
  93,051 votes 64.1%
• Morgan Murtaugh, Republican
  20,827 votes 14.3%
• Matt Mendoza, Republican
  19,710 votes 13.6%
• Shawn Gino Kane, Republican
  5,319 votes 3.7%
• Bryan Kim, No Party Preference
  3,460 votes 2.4%
• Brett A. Goda, Republican
  2,898 votes 2.0%

State Senate

State Senator; District 36

• Patricia C. "Pat" Bates, Republican
  124,966 votes 54.4%
• Marggie Castellano, Democratic
  104,791 votes 45.6%

State Senator; District 38

• Brian W. Jones, Republican
  114,270 votes 57.2%
• Jeff Griffith, Democratic
  79,862 votes 40.0%
• Antonio Salguero, Libertarian
  5,576 votes 2.8%

State Senator; District 40

• Ben Hueso, Democratic
  70,649 votes 60.1%
• Luis R. Vargas, Republican
  46,850 votes 39.9%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 71

• Randy Voepel, Republican
  41,561 votes 43.6%
• James Elia, Democratic
  30,672 votes 32.2%
• Larry A. Wilske, Republican
  23,106 votes 24.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 75

• Marie Waldron, Republican
  56,646 votes 61.6%
• Alan Geraci, Democratic
  35,324 votes 38.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 76

• Elizabeth Warren, Democratic
  28,755 votes 26.2%
• Tasha Boerner Horvath, Democratic
  27,566 votes 25.1%
• Philip "Phil" Graham, Republican
  23,155 votes 21.1%
• Maureen "Mo" Muir, Republican
  9,642 votes 8.8%
• Thomas E. Krouse, Republican
  8,675 votes 7.9%
• Amanda Rigby, Republican
  5,919 votes 5.4%
• Jerome Stocks, Republican
  5,119 votes 4.7%
• Brian Wimmer, Republican
  840 votes 0.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 77

• Brian Maienschein, Republican
  63,269 votes 56.1%
• Sunday Gover, Democratic
  49,554 votes 43.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 78

• Todd Gloria, Democratic
  79,738 votes 71.2%
• Maggie J. Campbell, Republican
  32,250 votes 28.8%

Member of the State Assembly; District 79

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  51,395 votes 63.7%
• John Moore, Republican
  29,324 votes 36.3%

Member of the State Assembly; District 80

• Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, Democratic
  38,449 votes 70.5%
• Lincoln Pickard, Republican
  16,107 votes 29.5%
• Joseph Viveiros (Write-In)

Superior Court Judge; County of San Diego; Office 28

• Herbert J. Exarhos
  363093 votes 53.9%
• Vicki Rothman
  200338 votes 29.7%
• (1678 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Superior Court Judge; County of San Diego; Office 37
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Gary Kreep
  173274 votes 25.7%
• Matt Brower
  149704 votes 22.2%
• Steve Miller
  97838 votes 14.5%
• Victor Torres
  86221 votes 12.8%
• Tim Nader
  61011 votes 9.1%
• (1195 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

School

Member; San Diego County Board of Education; District 3

• Alicia Munoz
  61361 votes 50.2%
• Eric J. Lund
  43630 votes 35.7%
• (223 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Member; San Diego County Board of Education; District 5

• Rick Shea
  71815 votes 42.9%
• Cheryl James-Ward
  67040 votes 40.0%
• (326 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Trustee; Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District; Trustee Area 1
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Linda Cartwright
  10101 votes 45.0%
• Jonathan "John" Olsen
  6271 votes 27.9%
• Edwin Hiel
  2983 votes 13.3%
• (34 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Trustee; Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District; Trustee Area 2
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Debbie Justeson
  11488 votes 48.3%
• Bill Exeter
  5256 votes 22.1%
• Jonathan M. Bowman
  2095 votes 8.8%
• (48 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Trustee; Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District; Trustee Area 5
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Brad Monroe
  5712 votes 35.5%
• Teresa A. Rosiak
  4418 votes 27.4%
• Wesley S. Thomas, Jr.
  3198 votes 19.8%
• (37 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Trustee; San Diego Community College District; Trustee Area A
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Maria Nieto Senour
  17079 votes 33.4%
• Diane Hickman
  13206 votes 25.8%
• Janette Williams
  7892 votes 15.4%
• (134 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Trustee; San Diego Community College District; Trustee Area C
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Craig Milgrim
  17879 votes 34.2%
• Loren S. Casuto
  7264 votes 13.9%
• John B. Watson
  7093 votes 13.6%
• Aviva Angel
  6183 votes 11.8%
• (298 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.6%)

Trustee; San Diego Community College District; Trustee Area E
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• David Alvarez
  10692 votes 39.2%
• Sean Elo
  4857 votes 17.8%
• Rafael A. Perez
  4834 votes 17.7%
• Allan Candelore
  2391 votes 8.8%
• (65 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Trustee; San Diego Unified School District; Trustee Area B

• Kevin Beiser
  36038 votes 66.7%
• Tom Keliinoi (Write-In)
• (3573 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.6%)

Trustee; San Diego Unified School District; Trustee Area C

• Michael McQuary
  29447 votes 59.7%
• Marcia Nordstrom (Write-In)
• (3207 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.5%)

County

Board of Supervisors; County of San Diego; District 4
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Nathan Fletcher
  36513 votes 26.4%
• Bonnie Dumanis
  32554 votes 23.5%
• Lori Saldańa
  27038 votes 19.5%
• Omar Passons
  23557 votes 17.0%
• Ken Malbrough
  5267 votes 3.8%
• (164 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

Board of Supervisors; County of San Diego; District 5
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Jim Desmond
  58417 votes 38.5%
• Michelle Gomez
  29662 votes 19.5%
• Jerome M. "Jerry" Kern
  24804 votes 16.3%
• Jacqueline Arsivaud
  16482 votes 10.9%
• (256 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Assessor/Recorder/Clerk; County of San Diego

• Ernest J. "Ernie" Dronenburg, Jr.
  353460 votes 52.5%
• Matt Strabone
  216248 votes 32.1%
• (1119 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

District Attorney; County of San Diego

• Summer Stephan
  383807 votes 57.0%
• Geneviéve Jones Wright
  228020 votes 33.8%
• (1087 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Sheriff; County of San Diego

• Bill Gore
  334995 votes 49.7%
• Dave Myers
  271598 votes 40.3%
• (1574 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Treasurer/Tax Collector; County of San Diego

• Dan McAllister
  542765 votes 80.6%
• (7972 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.2%)

City

Council Member; City of Chula Vista; District 2
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Steve Stenberg
  2521 votes 24.2%
• Jill M. Galvez
  2411 votes 23.1%
• Patrick MacFarland
  1798 votes 17.3%
• Steve Castaneda
  1399 votes 13.4%
• Jesse Navarro
  1041 votes 10.0%
• Max Zaker
  579 votes 5.6%
• (24 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Mayor; City of Chula Vista

• Mary Casillas Salas
  24572 votes 59.5%
• Hector Raul Gastelum
  6676 votes 16.2%
• Daniel Schreck
  4408 votes 10.7%
• Arthur Kende
  3547 votes 8.6%
• (124 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Council Member; City of San Diego; District 2
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Lorie Zapf
  13786 votes 38.5%
• Jennifer Campbell
  6871 votes 19.2%
• Bryan Pease
  6375 votes 17.8%
• Jordan Beane
  3190 votes 8.9%
• Daniel "Danny" Smiechowski
  847 votes 2.4%
• Kevin D. Melton
  737 votes 2.1%
• Randy Hahn
  367 votes 1.0%
• (40 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

Council Member; City of San Diego; District 4
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Monica Montgomery
  7424 votes 36.5%
• Myrtle Cole
  7418 votes 36.4%
• Tony Villafranca
  3273 votes 16.1%
• Neal Arthur
  978 votes 4.8%
• (29 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.1%)

Council Member; City of San Diego; District 6
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Chris Cate
  15316 votes 49.7%
• Tommy Hough
  4728 votes 15.3%
• Matt Valenti
  2655 votes 8.6%
• Fayaz Nawabi
  1838 votes 6.0%
• Jeremiah Blattler
  1490 votes 4.8%
• Kevin Lee Egger
  1111 votes 3.6%
• (76 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Council Member; City of San Diego; District 8
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Vivian Moreno
  5327 votes 33.3%
• Antonio Martinez
  4087 votes 25.6%
• Christian Ramirez
  4084 votes 25.6%
• Zachary Lazarus
  1365 votes 8.5%
• (100 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.6%)

Proposition 68 Bonds for Natural Resources Protection
Pass: 3,455,226 / 57.6% Yes votes ...... 2,544,854 / 42.4% No votes

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for: parks, natural resources protection, climate adaptation, water quality and supply, and flood protection. Fiscal Impact: Increased state bond repayment costs averaging $200 million annually over 40 years. Local government savings for natural resources-related projects, likely averaging several tens of millions of dollars annually over the next few decades.

Proposition 69 Transportation Funding
Pass: 4,886,924 / 81.3% Yes votes ...... 1,121,924 / 18.7% No votes

Requires that certain revenues generated by a 2017 transportation funding law be used only for transportation purposes and generally prohibits Legislature from diverting funds to other purposes. Fiscal Impact: No direct effect on the amount of state and local revenues or costs but could affect how some monies are spent.

Proposition 70 Cap-and-Trade Reserve Fund
Fail: 2,017,549 / 35.0% Yes votes ...... 3,746,434 / 65.0% No votes

Beginning in 2024, requires that cap-and-trade revenues accumulate in a reserve fund until the Legislature, by a two-thirds majority, authorizes use of the revenues. Fiscal Impact: Beginning in 2024, potential temporary increase in state sales tax revenue, ranging from none to a few hundred million dollars annually, and possible changes in how revenue from sale of greenhouse gas emission permits is spent.

Proposition 71 Sets Effective Sate for Ballot Measures
Pass: 4,527,073 / 77.8% Yes votes ...... 1,288,385 / 22.2% No votes

Provides that ballot measures approved by a majority of voters shall take effect five days after the Secretary of State certifies the results of the election. Fiscal Impact: Likely little or no effect on state and local finances.

Proposition 72 Legislature to Exclude Newly Constructed Rain-Capture Systems From Property-Tax Reassessment Requirement
Pass: 4,979,651 / 84.2% Yes votes ...... 932,263 / 15.8% No votes

Permits Legislature to allow construction of rain-capture systems, completed on or after January 1, 2019, without requiring property-tax reassessment. Fiscal Impact: Probably minor reduction in annual property tax revenues to local governments.

Measure A The Chula Vista One-Half Cent Transaction and Use Tax Ordinance -- City of Chula Vista (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 21126 / 52.6% Yes votes ...... 19070 / 47.4% No votes

Shall the measure to provide: faster responses to 9-1-1 emergency calls, increase neighborhood police patrols, reduce gang and drug-related crimes, address homelessness, improve firefighter, paramedic and emergency medical response, and general city services, by enacting a ˝ cent sales tax, until the voters decide otherwise, generating an estimated $17 million annually for City services, with all funds staying in Chula Vista, with citizen oversight and independent audits, be adopted?

Measure B Term Limits and Accountability for All Elected Officials Initiative -- City of National City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 3023 / 48.6% Yes votes ...... 3200 / 51.4% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted repealing the existing voter-approved limit of three consecutive four-year terms upon the office of the Mayor, and in its place, imposing a limit of two consecutive four-year terms upon the offices of the Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Clerk, and City Treasurer?

Measure C Expand and Strengthen Term Limits Initiative -- City of National City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3407 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 2775 / 44.9% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted preserving the existing voter-approved term limit of three consecutive four-year terms upon the office of the Mayor, imposing a limit of three consecutive four-year terms upon the offices of City Councilmembers, City Clerk, and City Treasurer, and limiting the offices of the Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Clerk and City Treasurer to a lifetime total of six four-year terms in all of those offices combined?

Measure D Ordinance Amendment -- County Service Area 113 San Pasqual Fire Protection District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 128 / 83.7% Yes votes ...... 25 / 16.3% No votes

Shall the County Board of Supervisors adopt an Ordinance to repeal Ordinance 6735 and remove the Fire Protection Tax levy from the properties within the original County Service Area 113?