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President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
  8,063,473 votes 61.1%
• John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
  4,902,278 votes 37.1%
• Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Peace and Freedom
  105,375 votes 0.8%
• Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
  65,654 votes 0.5%
• Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr., American Independent
  39,620 votes 0.3%
• Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente, Green
  37,432 votes 0.2%
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 44

• Ken Calvert, Republican
  125,269 votes 51.8%
• Bill Hedrick, Democratic
  116,931 votes 48.2%

State Senate

State Senator; District 33

• Mimi Walters, Republican
  218,777 votes 58.2%
• Gary Pritchard, Democratic
  157,679 votes 41.8%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 73

• Diane Harkey, Republican
  87,822 votes 53.1%
• Judy Jones, Democratic
  67,449 votes 40.8%
• Andrew Favor, Libertarian
  10,158 votes 6.1%

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Orange; Office 12

• Debra Carrillo
  581,954 votes 64.0%
• Kermit Marsh
  327,065 votes 36.0%

Trustee; South Orange County Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• David B. Lang
  154,516 votes 52.5%
• Carolyn Inmon
  139,879 votes 47.5%

Trustee; South Orange County Community College District; Trustee Area 3

• William "Bill" Jay
  181,885 votes 62.5%
• Arlene Greer
  109,017 votes 37.5%

Trustee; South Orange County Community College District; Trustee Area 6

• Thomas A. "Tom" Fuentes
  168,530 votes 57.0%
• Bob Bliss
  126,936 votes 43.0%

Trustee; South Orange County Community College District; Trustee Area 7

• John S. Williams
  171,950 votes 60.0%
• Carl Christensen
  76,342 votes 26.6%
• Mo Entezampour
  38,312 votes 13.4%

Trustee; Capistrano Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Jack Brick
  63,259 votes 51.3%
• Erin Kutnick
  59,978 votes 48.7%

Trustee; Capistrano Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Sue Palazzo
  71,661 votes 58.7%
• Andrea Kooiman
  50,460 votes 41.3%

Trustee; Capistrano Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Mike Winsten
  79,261 votes 65.7%
• Duane Stiff
  41,464 votes 34.3%

Trustee; Capistrano Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Ken Maddox
  65,989 votes 55.9%
• Gary V. Miller
  52,055 votes 44.1%

City

Council Member; City of San Clemente (2 Elected)

• Jim Dahl
  10,594 votes 21.5%
• Robert "Bob" Baker
  10,308 votes 20.9%
• Steve Knoblock
  9,635 votes 19.5%
• Charles Mann
  9,346 votes 19.0%
• Chris McCormack
  3,170 votes 6.4%
• John M. Alpay
  2,645 votes 5.4%
• Patrick "Moose" Crosby
  1,625 votes 3.3%
• Gary Chronister
  1,119 votes 2.3%
• Patrick Powers
  857 votes 1.7%

City Clerk; City of San Clemente

• Joanne Baade
  21,384 votes 100.0%

City Treasurer; City of San Clemente

• T. Pall Gudgeirsson
  21,181 votes 100.0%

Special District

Board Member; Santa Margarita Water District (3 Elected)

• Charley Wilson
  35,155 votes 31.9%
• Betty H. Olson
  32,369 votes 29.3%
• Bill Lawson
  31,365 votes 28.4%
• Gary Kephart
  11,433 votes 10.4%

Board Member; Municipal Water District of Orange County; Division 6

• Ergun "Eric" Bakall
  35,179 votes 41.4%
• Glenn Acosta
  32,258 votes 37.9%
• Donald Ritze
  17,577 votes 20.7%

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?

Measure J Voter Approval of Pension Benefits -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 768,374 / 75.2% Yes votes ...... 253,331 / 24.8% No votes

Shall the ordinance amending the County Charter to require voter approval for certain increases in retirement benefits for County employees and officials be adopted?

Measure V Redesignate Open Space Lands to Non-Open Space Uses -- City of San Clemente (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 20,486 / 71.8% Yes votes ...... 8,056 / 28.2% No votes

Shall an ordinance amending the Land Use Element of the City of San Clemente General Plan to require City voter approval of General Plan Amendments, Specific Plan Amendments, Specific Plan adoptions and Zoning Amendments that change the permitted uses of open space lands to non-open space uses be adopted?

Measure W Advisory Vote on LAB North Beach project -- City of San Clemente (Advisory Vote Only)
Pass: 15,726 / 53.4% Yes votes ...... 13,734 / 46.6% No votes

Should the City approve the LAB North Beach project, with Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, consisting of retail and restaurant uses, and public areas on City-owned property, including the triangular North Beach parking lot area, subject to: conforming to North Beach Parking and Traffic Master Plans, City scenic view policies, and land sale price based on City-approved direction?