Combined ballot

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

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  6,470,104 votes 59.2%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  4,462,914 votes 40.8%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  6,418,119 votes 59.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  4,332,602 votes 40.3%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  6,462,164 votes 60.1%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  4,298,530 votes 39.9%

Controller

• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  5,936,856 votes 55.3%
• Lanhee J. Chen, Republican
  4,789,345 votes 44.7%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  6,287,076 votes 58.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  4,405,781 votes 41.2%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  6,339,441 votes 59.1%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  4,390,428 votes 40.9%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  6,355,915 votes 59.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  4,249,391 votes 40.1%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  5,681,318 votes 63.7%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  3,237,785 votes 36.3%

State Board of Equalization; District 1

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  1,390,533 votes 55.5%
• Jose S. Altamirano, Democratic
  1,114,423 votes 44.5%

US Legislature

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,621,621 votes 61.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,222,029 votes 38.9%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,559,308 votes 60.9%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,212,450 votes 39.1%

United States Representative; District 20

• Kevin McCarthy, Republican
  153,847 votes 67.2%
• Marisa Wood, Democratic
  74,934 votes 32.8%

United States Representative; District 22

• David G. Valadao, Republican
  52,994 votes 51.5%
• Rudy Salas, Democratic
  49,862 votes 48.5%

United States Representative; District 23

• Jay Obernolte, Republican
  103,197 votes 61.0%
• Derek Marshall, Democratic
  65,908 votes 39.0%

State Senate

State Senator; District 12

• Shannon Grove, Republican
  196,017 votes 68.7%
• Susanne Gundy, Democratic
  89,471 votes 31.3%

State Senator; District 16

• Melissa Hurtado, Democratic
  68,460 votes 50.0%
• David Shepard, Republican
  68,438 votes 50.0%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 32

• Vince Fong, Republican
  129,326 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 34

• Tom Lackey, Republican
  63,840 votes 56.5%
• Thurston "Smitty" Smith, Republican
  49,183 votes 43.5%

Member of the State Assembly; District 35

• Jasmeet Bains, Democratic
  35,998 votes 60.3%
• Leticia Perez, Democratic
  23,709 votes 39.7%

Judicial

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Patricia Guerrero
  70.9% Yes (6,194,671) 29.1% No (2,537,627)
• Goodwin Liu
  69.3% Yes (5,908,904) 30.7% No (2,623,045)
• Martin J. Jenkins
  69.3% Yes (5,825,582) 30.7% No (2,576,601)
• Joshua P. Groban
  68.0% Yes (5,664,354) 32.0% No (2,661,668)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 5 (Yes/No)

• Brad R. Hill
  69.2% Yes (451,857) 30.8% No (200,838)
• Jennifer Detjen
  69.3% Yes (451,087) 30.7% No (200,108)
• Bert Levy
  68.2% Yes (443,243) 31.8% No (206,483)

School

Member; Kern County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1

• Ronald G. Froehlich
  23185 votes 57.10%
• Tara Carter
  17420 votes 42.90%

Member; Kern County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

• Joe Marcano
  8,057 votes 57.3%
• Joan McConnell Smith
  6,004 votes 42.7%

Member; Kern County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

• Mary Little
  13,505 votes 50.8%
• Dena Murphy
  13,072 votes 49.2%

Member; Kern County Board of Education; Trustee Area 7

• Lori Cisneros
  18,926 votes 59.7%
• Ernest M. Bell, Jr.
  12,777 votes 40.3%
• (15 Under Votes 0.0%)

Trustee; Antelope Valley Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Steve D. Buffalo
  8,248 votes 52.1%
• Miguel S. Coronado
  4,595 votes 29.0%
• Giovanni Christon-Pope
  2,980 votes 18.8%

Trustee; Kern Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Christina Scrivner
  20,075 votes 57.4%
• Jennifer Slayton
  14,778 votes 42.2%
• (129 Under Votes 0.4%)

Trustee; Kern Community College District; Trustee Area 3

• Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg
  9928 votes 52.82%
• John Antonaros
  8869 votes 47.18%

Trustee; Kern Community College District; Trustee Area 5

Board Member; West Kern Community College District (3 Elected)

• Mike Eveland
  2006 votes 25.63%
• Jeremy Gregory
  1776 votes 22.69%
• Dawn Cole
  1705 votes 21.78%
• Michael Long
  1382 votes 17.66%
• Alisa Ramirez
  958 votes 12.24%

Trustee; Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District; Trustee Area 1

• Charles F. Hughes
  11,297 votes 54.4%
• Susan Strom
  9,458 votes 45.6%

Board Member; Delano Joint Union High School District (3 Elected)

• Lionel Reyna
  3,212 votes 25.5%
• Art Armendariz
  2,902 votes 23.1%
• Valerie Jasso Gorospe
  2,280 votes 18.1%
• Eloise Carrillo
  2,139 votes 17.0%
• Ann E. McBride
  2,053 votes 16.3%

Trustee; Kern High School District; Trustee Area 1

• Derek L. Tisinger
  24799 votes 70.54%
• Cynthia L. Brakeman
  10356 votes 29.46%

Trustee; Kern High School District; Trustee Area 4

• Kathy Scrivner
  17351 votes 49.82%
• Janice H. Graves
  9292 votes 26.68%
• Lillian Lopez
  6069 votes 17.43%
• Martin Higuera
  2112 votes 6.06%

Trustee; Kern High School District; Trustee Area 5

• Bryan Batey
  11725 votes 51.29%
• Michelle R. Shaw
  11134 votes 48.71%

Board Member; Wasco Union High School District (3 Elected)

• Juan Bernal
  1641 votes 25.88%
• Mario Juarez
  1516 votes 23.90%
• Carl Joe Hively
  1399 votes 22.06%
• James Adams
  915 votes 14.43%
• Tony Perez
  871 votes 13.73%

Trustee; El Tejon Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

Board Member; McFarland Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Jim Beltran
  678 votes 28.44%
• Joana Martinez
  664 votes 27.85%
• Tim Gonzales
  537 votes 22.53%
• David Arguello
  505 votes 21.18%

Trustee; Muroc Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 2, Seat B

Board Member; Sierra Sands Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Robert Campbell
  4,499 votes 17.5%
• Mary Campbell
  4,355 votes 16.9%
• Kurt D. Rockwell
  3,471 votes 13.5%
• Tim Johnson
  3,175 votes 12.3%
• T. Chad Houck
  2,936 votes 11.4%
• Darrell "Coach Eddins" Eddins
  2,850 votes 11.1%
• Nicole Harper
  2,563 votes 9.9%
• Karen Taggart
  1,878 votes 7.3%
• (55 Under Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Southern Kern Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Mario Gutierrez
  2399 votes 31.77%
• Adrienne Rendon
  2103 votes 27.85%
• Sunni Hepburn
  1600 votes 21.19%
• Jim Bender
  1449 votes 19.19%

Trustee; Tehachapi Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Cassandra Sweeney
  673 votes 37.12%
• Ben Dewell
  649 votes 35.80%
• Cora Gutierrez
  491 votes 27.08%

Trustee; Tehachapi Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Deborah Du-Sorenson
  617 votes 51.63%
• Dana Lee Christensen
  508 votes 42.51%
• Erika Jole Gunn
  70 votes 5.86%

Trustee; Tehachapi Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• W. Wayne Cooper
  434 votes 40.49%
• Lisa Lopez
  296 votes 27.61%
• Peter Franco
  194 votes 18.10%
• Nathanael Benton Harbison
  148 votes 13.81%

Trustee; Tehachapi Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Paul Kaminski
  559 votes 47.74%
• J. Jeff Schulstad
  442 votes 37.75%
• Angie Cortes
  170 votes 14.52%

Board Member; Arvin Union School District (3 Elected)

• Toni Pichardo
  815 votes 27.13%
• Maria L. Ramos
  797 votes 26.53%
• Elvira Moreno
  749 votes 24.93%
• Geri Rivera
  643 votes 21.40%

Trustee; Bakersfield City School District; Trustee Area 2

• Anthony Fuentes
  1909 votes 42.39%
• Judy Olsson
  1479 votes 32.84%
• Pamela Baugher
  1115 votes 24.76%

Trustee; Bakersfield City School District; Trustee Area 4

• Laura Guerrero-Salgado
  1546 votes 39.64%
• Mary E. Poehner
  1288 votes 33.03%
• Isai Jimenez
  1066 votes 27.33%

Board Member; Blake School District (2 Elected)

Board Member; Delano Union School District (3 Elected)

• Irene Martinez
  3613 votes 31.72%
• Ignacio "Iggy" Ayon
  2609 votes 22.90%
• Efrain Rodriguez
  2591 votes 22.75%
• Ramon Mario Cardenas
  2578 votes 22.63%

Board Member; Elk Hills School District

Board Member; Fairfax School District (3 Elected)

• Cora Padilla
  665 votes 16.31%
• Mario Barron
  624 votes 15.30%
• Jeffrey A. Crisler
  613 votes 15.03%
• Alma Rios
  599 votes 14.69%
• Victoria "Vicki" Garza
  526 votes 12.90%
• Victoria Coronel
  452 votes 11.08%
• Javier Moreno
  412 votes 10.10%
• Palmer C. Moland
  187 votes 4.59%

Board Member; Gorman Joint Elementary School District

Board Member; Kernville Union School District; 4 Year Full Term (3 Elected)

• Scott B. Wells
  1814 votes 22.62%
• Gene Parks, Jr.
  1774 votes 22.12%
• Wendy Russ
  1739 votes 21.69%
• Diane Moss
  1689 votes 21.06%
• Charity Quinn
  1003 votes 12.51%

Board Member; Lamont School District (3 Elected)

• Gilberto Lopez, Jr.
  554 votes 21.86%
• Jesse Atondo
  529 votes 20.88%
• Pablo Trevino
  500 votes 19.73%
• Alexsis Love Garay
  485 votes 19.14%
• Elizabeth Naty Santana-Garibaldo
  466 votes 18.39%

Board Member; Maple School District (2 Elected)

• Joel Ackerknecht
  109 votes 40.82%
• Ty Rogers
  81 votes 30.34%
• Phillip Esnoz
  77 votes 28.84%

Trustee; Panama-Buena Vista Union School District; Trustee Area 5

• Linda Garcia
  2741 votes 51.34%
• Elynor Cherie Olgin
  2598 votes 48.66%

Board Member; South Fork Union School District (3 Elected)

• Jacob Rudnick
  541 votes 28.73%
• Tony Cain
  455 votes 24.16%
• Michael Morgan
  451 votes 23.95%
• Tate W. Nagle
  436 votes 23.15%

Board Member; Taft City School District (2 Elected)

• Les Clark
  1866 votes 42.05%
• James Carter
  1410 votes 31.77%
• Renee Bitzer Hill
  1162 votes 26.18%

Board Member; Vineland School District (3 Elected)

• Alejandra Segura
  148 votes 28.63%
• Tiffany Castillo-Gonzalez
  131 votes 25.34%
• Francisco Segura
  125 votes 24.18%
• Mario M. Pena
  113 votes 21.86%

Board Member; Wasco Union School District; 4 Year Full Term (3 Elected)

• Ernie Sanchez
  1570 votes 28.96%
• Richard K. Reding
  1327 votes 24.47%
• Cherylee Wegman
  1308 votes 24.12%
• Anna J. Poggi
  1217 votes 22.45%

Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 3

• Jeffrey Flores
  19805 votes 52.49%
• Brian Smith
  17927 votes 47.51%

City

Council Member; City of Arvin (3 Elected)

• Susana Reyes
  1000 votes 34.90%
• Donny Horton
  835 votes 29.14%
• Juan Murillo
  547 votes 19.09%
• Cesar Moreno
  483 votes 16.86%

Council Member; City of Bakersfield; Ward 1

• Eric Arias
  5343 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of Bakersfield; Ward 3

• Ken Weir
  6160 votes 48.76%
• Boyd Binninger
  4561 votes 36.10%
• Lonnie Daddow
  1016 votes 8.04%
• Zeferino Barron
  896 votes 7.09%

Council Member; City of Bakersfield; Ward 4

• Bob Smith
  14155 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of Bakersfield; Ward 7

• Manpreet Kaur
  5918 votes 53.80%
• Tim Collins
  4355 votes 39.59%
• Rajvir Singh Gill
  728 votes 6.62%

Mayor; City of California City

• Kelly Kulikoff
  1187 votes 45.15%
• Joe Barragan
  719 votes 27.35%
• Jeanie O'Laughlin

Council Member; City of California City (2 Elected)

• Ronald V. Smith, Jr.
  889 votes 19.48%
• Michael Kulikoff
  808 votes 17.70%
• Kim D. Welling
  715 votes 15.67%
• Mark Goodell
  561 votes 12.29%
• Marcus Fair
  544 votes 11.92%
• Shawn Bradley
  539 votes 11.81%
• Donald L. Parris
  508 votes 11.13%

Treasurer; City of California City

• Keith Middleton
  2159 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of Delano (2 Elected)

• Liz Morris
  2491 votes 28.41%
• Mario Nunez, Jr.
  2455 votes 28.00%
• Bryan Osorio
  2324 votes 26.50%
• Claribel Gutierrez
  1499 votes 17.09%

Council Member; City of Maricopa; 4 Year Full Term (2 Elected)

• Cory Morse
  156 votes 40.41%
• Virgil L. Bell
  127 votes 32.90%
• Johnny L. Horn, Jr.
  103 votes 26.68%
• Crystal T. Harris

Treasurer; City of Maricopa

• Dorine B. Horn
  201 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of Maricopa; 2 Year Short Term

• James Charles Owens
  141 votes 59.49%
• Crystal T. Harris
  96 votes 40.51%

Mayor; City of McFarland

• Saul Ayon
  895 votes 65.47%
• Robert Gonzalez
  472 votes 34.53%

Council Member; City of McFarland (2 Elected)

• Amador Ayon
  633 votes 28.49%
• Anita Gonzalez
  584 votes 26.28%
• Maria T. Perez
  568 votes 25.56%
• Sally Tafoya
  437 votes 19.67%

Mayor; City of Ridgecrest

• Eric A. Bruen
  4567 votes 57.76%
• Thomas R. Wiknich
  3163 votes 40.00%
• John "Jd" Zipp
  177 votes 2.24%

Council Member; City of Ridgecrest (2 Elected)

• Loren Scott Hayman
  3911 votes 30.95%
• John P. "Skip" Gorman
  3541 votes 28.02%
• Christopher Ellis
  3372 votes 26.68%
• Scott K. Miller
  1814 votes 14.35%

Council Member; City of Shafter (2 Elected)

• Cathy L. Prout
  1713 votes 34.14%
• Gustavo Olvera, Jr.
  1222 votes 24.35%
• Cesar Lopez
  1186 votes 23.63%
• Rafael S. Zamudio
  897 votes 17.88%

Council Member; City of Taft (3 Elected)

• Josh Bryant
  1199 votes 30.70%
• Carlos Chavira
  900 votes 23.04%
• Ronald W. Waldrop
  627 votes 16.05%
• Edward Whiting
  625 votes 16.00%
• Ryan Wade
  555 votes 14.21%

Council Member; City of Wasco; Council District 1

• Gilberto Reyna
  395 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of Wasco; Council District 3

• Valentin Medina
  191 votes 55.04%
• John P. Pallares
  156 votes 44.96%

Council Member; City of Wasco; Council District 4

• Eduardo "Eddie" Saldana
  260 votes 55.56%
• Myron E. Williams, II
  104 votes 22.22%
• Michael "Mike" Lynch
  104 votes 22.22%

City Clerk; City of Wasco

• Maria O. Martinez
  2184 votes 100.00%

Treasurer; City of Wasco

• Lamar Rodriguez
  2170 votes 100.00%

District

Director; Mojave Air and Space Port District (2 Elected)

• Jimmy Balentine
  2378 votes 54.86%
• Terry Allred
  1409 votes 32.50%
• Bruce Evans
  548 votes 12.64%

Director; Bear Valley Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Terry Eugene Quinn
  1571 votes 22.20%
• Martin Hernandez
  1493 votes 21.09%
• Geva Frevert
  1382 votes 19.53%
• Leana Mitchell
  1374 votes 19.41%
• Jerry Pittenger
  1258 votes 17.77%

Director; Golden Hills Community Services District (2 Elected)

• Scott Wyatt
  1655 votes 32.93%
• John C. Buckley
  1268 votes 25.23%
• Marilyn White
  1259 votes 25.05%
• Connor Harris
  844 votes 16.79%

Director; Mountain Meadows Community Services District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Nathaniel Mitchell
  53 votes 31.18%
• Sheridan Nicholas
  48 votes 28.24%
• James Faber
  37 votes 21.76%
• Manuel M. Jaramillo
  32 votes 18.82%

Director; Rosamond Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Rick L. Webb
  1839 votes 28.85%
• Benjamin Stewart
  1594 votes 25.01%
• Gregory C. Washington
  1570 votes 24.63%
• Greg Wood
  1371 votes 21.51%

Director; Kern Valley Health Care District (2 Elected)

• Gene Parks, Sr.
  2632 votes 38.56%
• Ross Elliott
  2597 votes 38.05%
• John E. Seals
  1597 votes 23.40%

Director; Southwest Health Care District (2 Elected)

• Patricia Maillis
  964 votes 35.61%
• Tanya Long
  936 votes 34.58%
• Iris Lapple
  796 votes 29.41%
• Militsa Brennan
  11 votes 0.41%

Director; Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District; Division 5

• David Bloemhof, III
  770 votes 53.73%
• Davin Jensen
  663 votes 46.27%

Director; Buttonwillow Recreation and Park District (3 Elected)

• Cindy M. Banducci
  136 votes 30.36%
• John Parsons
  122 votes 27.23%
• Regina K. Houchin
  83 votes 18.53%
• Chad Ramay
  61 votes 13.62%
• Michael B. Burleson
  46 votes 10.27%

Director; McFarland Recreation and Park District (2 Elected)

• Jim Price
  719 votes 31.48%
• Tim Gonzales
  707 votes 30.95%
• Francisco Silva
  482 votes 21.10%
• Juan Zamora
  376 votes 16.46%

Director; Lost Hills Utility District (2 Elected)

• Rosario Villasana Velasquez
  33 votes 40.24%
• Daisy Solorio
  32 votes 39.02%
• Pioquinto Garza
  17 votes 20.73%

Director; Kern County Water Agency; Division 4

• Eric L. Averett
  18735 votes 65.81%
• Philip John Cerro, II
  9732 votes 34.19%

Director; Tehachapi Cummings County Water District; Division 3

• Delbert Jones
  6487 votes 63.80%
• Nathanael Benton Harbison
  3680 votes 36.20%

Director; Tehachapi Cummings County Water District; Division 5

• Robert W. Schultz
  5315 votes 51.31%
• Ben Dewell
  2821 votes 27.23%
• Joel Peel
  2223 votes 21.46%

Special District

Director; Boron Community Services District (3 Elected)

Director; Inyokern Community Services District (2 Elected)

Director; Lake Isabella Community Services District (2 Elected)

Director; Mountain Meadows Community Services District; 2 Year Short Term (2 Elected)

Director; Muroc Health Care District (2 Elected)

Director; South San Joaquin Municipal Utility District; Ward 2

Director; Enos Lane Public Utility District; Office 1

Director; Enos Lane Public Utility District; Office 3

Director; Enos Lane Public Utility District; Office 5

Director; Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency; Division 1

Director; North Edwards Water District (3 Elected)

Director; Rand Communities Water District; 2 Year Short Term

Director; Lamont Storm Water District (2 Elected)

Proposition 1 Reproductive Freedom
Pass: 7,176,888 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 3,553,564 / 33.1% No votes

Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

Proposition 26 Sports Betting in Casinos
Fail: 3,514,597 / 33.0% Yes votes ...... 7,129,127 / 67.0% No votes

Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 27 Online Sports Betting
Fail: 1,906,342 / 17.7% Yes votes ...... 8,849,206 / 82.3% No votes

Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 28 Funding Arts and Music Education
Pass: 6,924,618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 3,827,971 / 35.6% No votes

Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

Proposition 29 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
Fail: 3,364,407 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 7,281,201 / 68.4% No votes

Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 30 Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars
Fail: 4,560,488 / 42.4% Yes votes ...... 6,203,810 / 57.6% No votes

Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

Proposition 31 Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
Pass: 6,803,431 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 3,923,385 / 36.6% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

Measure E Bond -- Kern High School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 75067 / 56.06% Yes votes ...... 58842 / 43.94% No votes

Question needed.

Measure G Bond -- Edison School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 557 / 64.47% Yes votes ...... 307 / 35.53% No votes

Question needed.

Measure H Bond -- Fruitvale School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 3304 / 52.86% Yes votes ...... 2947 / 47.14% No votes

Question needed.

Measure I Bond -- Panama-Buena Vista Union School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 20158 / 59.65% Yes votes ...... 13633 / 40.35% No votes

Question needed.

Measure J Board of Supervisors Term Limits -- County of Kern (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 129296 / 70.40% Yes votes ...... 54369 / 29.60% No votes

Question needed.

Measure K County of Kern Tax -- County of Kern Unincorporated Area (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 33849 / 50.98% Yes votes ...... 32554 / 49.02% No votes

To maintain vital local services such as law enforcement, fire, medical emergency 911 response; crime prevention; recruiting/retaining firefighters/sheriff deputies; attracting industries/jobs; addressing mental health/addiction challenges; for general government use; shall the measure be adopted establishing a 1¢ sales tax in unincorporated Kern County, providing approximately $54,000,000 annually until ended by voters; requiring audits, oversight/public spending disclosures, and no money for the State?

Measure L Amendment of City Charter -- City of Bakersfield (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 45050 / 52.45% Yes votes ...... 40848 / 47.55% No votes

Shall the Bakersfield City Charter be amended to remove all requirements that the Fire Chief and Police Chief be appointed from within their respective Departments?

Measure M General Sales Tax -- City of McFarland (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 879 / 62.08% Yes votes ...... 537 / 37.92% No votes

To provide funding for essential city services and projects in the City of McFarland such as: police patrols, crime prevention, and quick 9-1-1 emergency response; fire service; repairing roads, potholes and infrastructure, maintaining streets, revitalizing the downtown area, and improving community facilities, parks, senior services, and other general city services, shall the measure establishing a one percent sales tax providing approximately $579,662 annually until ended by voters, requiring citizen oversight, independent audits, and all funds controlled locally, be adopted?

Measure O Cannabis Tax -- City of McFarland (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 861 / 63.59% Yes votes ...... 493 / 36.41% No votes

Question needed.

Measure P Tax -- City of Ridgecrest (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4641 / 55.22% Yes votes ...... 3763 / 44.78% No votes

To provide funding, that cannot be taken by the State, for maintaining services, such as fire services/keeping both fire stations open full-time; 911 response times; replacing Pinney pool; emergency medical response; pothole/ street repair; recreation programs for all; other city services; shall the City of Ridgecrest measure be adopted levying a 1¢ sales tax, ending in 9 years, providing $5,900,000 annually, requiring all funds stay local, independent citizens' oversight/annual audits?

Measure Q Regarding the Appointment of City Clerk -- City of Taft (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 853 / 54.54% Yes votes ...... 711 / 45.46% No votes

Question needed.

Measure S Tax -- City of Tehachapi (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1570 / 58.34% Yes votes ...... 1121 / 41.66% No votes

To protect Tehachapi's financial stability/maintain general City services such as fire protection, local 9-1-1 response, crime prevention; protect drinking water; prepare for/respond to natural disasters, earthquakes /fires; help retain businesses/jobs; repair streets/ potholes; keep public areas safe/clean; shall an ordinance establishing a 1¢ sales tax providing approximately $4,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring spending disclosure, funds controlled locally/ no money for Sacramento, be adopted?

Measure T Regarding the Appointment of City Clerk -- City of Wasco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1294 / 52.75% Yes votes ...... 1159 / 47.25% No votes

Question needed.

Measure U Regarding the Appointment of City Treasurer -- City of Wasco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1248 / 51.51% Yes votes ...... 1175 / 48.49% No votes

Question needed.

Measure V Gate Operations Tax -- Bear Valley Community Services District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1473 / 46.81% Yes votes ...... 1674 / 53.19% No votes

Question needed.

Measure W Police Services Tax -- Bear Valley Community Services District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1334 / 42.32% Yes votes ...... 1818 / 57.68% No votes

Question needed.

Measure X Bond -- Tehachapi Valley Health Care District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 9783 / 78.53% Yes votes ...... 2674 / 21.47% No votes

Question needed.