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November 4, 2008 Election

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County Results as of Jan 24 10:31am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (159/159)
68.7% Countywide Voter Turnout (84448/122842)
Statewide Results as of Nov 26 1:08pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25423/25423)
77.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (13,412,761/17,304,091)

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  • President

    President/Vice President of the United StatesClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    US Legislative

    United States Representative; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Representative; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tom McClintock
      184,543 votes 50.3%
    • Charlie Brown
      182,967 votes 49.7%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jim Nielsen
      105,140 votes 65.4%
    • Paul Singh
      55,772 votes 34.6%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Dan Logue
      98,714 votes 55.9%
    • Michael Harrington
      78,122 votes 44.1%

    Judicial

    School

    Board Member; Biggs Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Kari L. Wheeler
      872 votes 50.99%
    • Kris Scott
      574 votes 33.57%
    • Casey B. Ackerman
      258 votes 15.09%
    • (6 Total Write-In Votes 0.35%)

    Board Member; Chico Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Jann Reed
      22931 votes 39.08%
    • Elizabeth Griffin
      14916 votes 25.42%
    • Zane Schreder
      8594 votes 14.65%
    • David Pollak
      6634 votes 11.31%
    • Jjon Mohr
      5428 votes 9.25%
    • (176 Total Write-In Votes 0.30%)

    Board Member; Durham Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Robert Bultema
      1676 votes 34.00%
    • Mark Kimmelshue
      977 votes 19.82%
    • Greg Johnson
      880 votes 17.85%
    • Bruce Book
      787 votes 15.96%
    • (610 Total Write-In Votes 12.37%)

    Board Member; Gridley Unified School District; Trustee Area 2; Full TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Kathleen "Kathy" Wheeler
      2424 votes 49.07%
    • Eric Waterbury
      1478 votes 29.92%
    • Robert L. Zunino
      1006 votes 20.36%
    • (32 Total Write-In Votes 0.65%)

    Board Member; Marysville Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bernard Rechs
      111 votes 58.12%
    • Val Haskell
      78 votes 40.84%
    • (2 Total Write-In Votes 1.05%)

    Board Member; Paradise Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Donna Nichols
      7081 votes 17.85%
    • Tom Conry
      7075 votes 17.83%
    • Lisa Nelson
      6953 votes 17.52%
    • Gary Manwill
      5575 votes 14.05%
    • Jim Westmoreland
      5047 votes 12.72%
    • Judith Peters
      3160 votes 7.96%
    • Glenn A. Stankis
      2653 votes 6.69%
    • Justin D. Meyers
      2062 votes 5.20%
    • (73 Total Write-In Votes 0.18%)

    Board Member; Oroville Union High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Craig Domeyer
      9031 votes 38.54%
    • Scott Damon
      7540 votes 32.18%
    • Edward Hottell
      6803 votes 29.03%
    • (59 Total Write-In Votes 0.25%)

    Board Member; Bangor Union Elementary School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Michael L. Warren
      253 votes 39.35%
    • Alyse Hickman
      196 votes 30.48%
    • Tim Miller
      189 votes 29.39%
    • (5 Total Write-In Votes 0.78%)

    City

    Council Member; City of Biggs; Full TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Roger Frith
      308 votes 51.16%
    • John Busch
      254 votes 42.19%
    • (40 Total Write-In Votes 6.64%)

    Council Member; City of Biggs; Unexpired Short TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Angela M. Thompson
      294 votes 66.67%
    • John Rummel
      144 votes 32.65%
    • (3 Total Write-In Votes 0.68%)

    Council Member; City of ChicoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)

    • Ann Schwab
      14261 votes 14.94%
    • Andy Holcombe
      14235 votes 14.92%
    • Jim Walker
      14047 votes 14.72%
    • Larry Wahl
      13245 votes 13.88%
    • Mark Sorensen
      12917 votes 13.54%
    • Joe Valente
      10862 votes 11.38%
    • Ali Sarsour
      10056 votes 10.54%
    • Cynthia Van Auken
      5592 votes 5.86%
    • (217 Total Write-In Votes 0.23%)

    Council Member; City of GridleyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Owen Stiles
      849 votes 22.90%
    • Dan Boeger
      746 votes 20.12%
    • David C. Garner
      554 votes 14.94%
    • Marlena Sparks
      526 votes 14.19%
    • Frank Hall
      511 votes 13.78%
    • Pedro Mota
      510 votes 13.75%
    • (12 Total Write-In Votes 0.32%)

    Council Member; City of OrovilleClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • David W. Pittman
      1790 votes 19.46%
    • Allen "Jr" Simpson
      1528 votes 16.61%
    • Thil Chan-Wilcox
      1262 votes 13.72%
    • Steven E. Harvey
      1207 votes 13.12%
    • Jack Berry
      1066 votes 11.59%
    • William "Bill" Coots
      898 votes 9.76%
    • Jim Prouty
      856 votes 9.31%
    • Mike Howard
      582 votes 6.33%
    • (9 Total Write-In Votes 0.10%)

    Council Member; Town of ParadiseClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Alan White
      5487 votes 19.87%
    • Steve "Woody" Culleton
      5197 votes 18.82%
    • Joe Di Duca
      4451 votes 16.11%
    • Dave "Grumpy" Davis
      4092 votes 14.81%
    • Robin Huffman
      3702 votes 13.40%
    • Elaine Baltierra
      2799 votes 10.13%
    • Stan McEtchin
      1089 votes 3.94%
    • David A. Anderson
      763 votes 2.76%
    • (41 Total Write-In Votes 0.15%)

    Special District

    Board Member; South Feather Water & Power Agency; Division 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lou Lodigiani
      4948 votes 72.82%
    • George Menas
      1814 votes 26.70%
    • (33 Total Write-In Votes 0.49%)

    Board Member; Chico Area Recreation & Park DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Mark T. Sweany
      17281 votes 36.12%
    • Jerry Hughes
      15874 votes 33.18%
    • Ken Burkhart
      14502 votes 30.31%
    • (186 Total Write-In Votes 0.39%)

    Board Member; Feather River Recreation & Park DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Jennifer Kremen
      6619 votes 19.62%
    • Jan Hill
      6582 votes 19.51%
    • Jill Andoe
      6333 votes 18.78%
    • Russ Watts
      5871 votes 17.41%
    • John Thomas Allen
      4953 votes 14.68%
    • Tony Rushing
      3318 votes 9.84%
    • (55 Total Write-In Votes 0.16%)

    State Propositions

    Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
    Pass: 6,512,189 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 5,887,181 / 47.5% No votes
    To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

    Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
    Pass: 8,009,556 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,622,352 / 36.6% No votes
    Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

    Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
    Pass: 6,805,649 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 5,536,987 / 44.9% No votes
    Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

    Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
    Fail: 6,071,863 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,570,777 / 52.0% No votes
    Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

    Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
    Fail: 5,015,080 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 7,407,454 / 59.6% No votes
    Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

    Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
    Fail: 3,728,495 / 30.8% Yes votes ...... 8,365,052 / 69.2% No votes
    Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

    Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation
    Fail: 4,376,814 / 35.4% Yes votes ...... 7,984,617 / 64.6% No votes
    Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

    Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
    Pass: 6,838,107 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 6,246,463 / 47.7% No votes
    Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

    Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
    Pass: 6,518,511 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 5,602,596 / 46.2% No votes
    Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

    Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
    Fail: 4,966,867 / 40.5% Yes votes ...... 7,303,418 / 59.5% No votes
    Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

    Proposition 11 Redistricting
    Pass: 5,957,057 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 5,759,932 / 49.2% No votes
    Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

    Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008
    Pass: 7,618,136 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 4,385,715 / 36.5% No votes
    Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?

    Local Measures

    Measure B Emergency Response and Fire Protection -- El Medio Fire Protection District (2/3 Vote for approval)
    Pass: 779 / 73.01% Yes votes ...... 288 / 26.99% No votes
    To provide local fire protection and rapid emergency response services for the El Medio community, so victims of heart attacks, strokes, car accidents and other medical emergencies can receive rapid response care, to protect our homes and businesses from fire, to receive matching state funds, and to keep insurance rates manageable, shall an annual special property tax be authorized with all revenue staying in our community for local fire protection and emergency medical response services?

    Measure E Schools Safety and Repair -- Biggs Unified School District (55% for Approval)
    Fail: 531 / 44.40% Yes votes ...... 665 / 55.60% No votes
    To improve the quality of education, qualify for $4,000,000 state matching funds, fix leaky roofs, improve fire safety, repair and modernize classrooms, upgrade electrical, plumbing, heating/ventilation systems for energy efficiency, and update science and computer technology, shall Biggs Unified School District issue $6,900,000 of bonds at legal rates to renovate, acquire, construct and equip neighborhood schools, sites and facilities, with required independent financial audits, citizens' oversight and no money for administrators' salaries?

    Measure G Athletic Facilities Improvement Bonds -- Oroville Union High School District
    9456 / 58.24% Yes votes ...... 6781 / 41.76% No votes
    Shall the Oroville Union High School District issue $12,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates with an independent citizen's oversight committee, annual audits and NO money for administrator salaries?

    Measure P School Bond Measure -- Marysville Joint Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 138 / 61.06% Yes votes ...... 88 / 38.94% No votes
    To continue improving the quality of education in local schools and protecting the safety of our children, by repairing, replacing or updating fire alarm systems, worn-out roofs, outdated classrooms and science labs, plumbing and heating/air conditioning systems; and to help qualify for State matching funds for school modernization and construction, shall the Marysville Joint Unified School District issue $47,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, with independent citizens' oversight and audits, and no money for administrators' salaries?

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