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President of the United States; Democratic Party

• Barack Obama, Democratic
  2,075,905 votes 100.0%
• Luis Alberto Ramos, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
• Michael W.R. Meyer, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
• Darcy Richardson, Democratic (Write-in)

President of the United States; Republican Party

• Mitt Romney, Republican
  1,530,513 votes 79.5%
• Ron Paul, Republican
  199,246 votes 10.4%
• Rick Santorum, Republican
  102,258 votes 5.3%
• Newt Gingrich, Republican
  72,022 votes 3.7%
• Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III, Republican
  12,520 votes 0.7%
• Fred Karger, Republican
  8,393 votes 0.4%
• Jeremy Hannon, Republican (Write-in)
• Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
• Sheldon Yeu Howard, Republican (Write-in)

President of the United States; American Independent Party

• Edward C. Noonan, American Independent
  16,926 votes 38.7%
• Laurie Roth, American Independent
  16,326 votes 37.4%
• Mad Max Riekse, American Independent
  10,430 votes 23.9%
• Raymond Delmond Smith, American Independent (Write-in)
• Andrew Abe Diaz, American Independent (Write-in)

President of the United States; Green Party

• Jill Stein, Green
  9,165 votes 49.4%
• Roseanne Barr, Green
  7,399 votes 39.8%
• Kent Mesplay, Green
  2,005 votes 10.8%

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

• Gary Johnson, Libertarian
  6,780 votes 50.0%
• Barbara Joy Waymire, Libertarian
  2,118 votes 15.6%
• Scott Keller, Libertarian
  1,208 votes 8.9%
• Bill Still, Libertarian
  670 votes 4.9%
• R. J. Harris, Libertarian
  670 votes 4.9%
• Roger Gary, Libertarian
  559 votes 4.1%
• James Ogle, Libertarian
  558 votes 4.1%
• Carl Person, Libertarian
  523 votes 3.9%
• Lee Wrights, Libertarian
  479 votes 3.5%

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

President of the United States, 1 Ele20cted; Peace and Freedom Party

• Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Peace and Freedom
  1,589 votes 43.4%
• Stewart Alexander, Peace and Freedom
  1,094 votes 29.9%
• Stephen Durham, Peace and Freedom
  971 votes 26.5%
• Leon Leo Ray, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Ronald Clinton Forbes, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Shelley Upchurch, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)

(Only Peace and Freedom party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States, 1 Ele20cted)

US Congress

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  2,392,822 votes 49.3%
• Elizabeth Emken, Republican
  613,613 votes 12.6%
• Dan Hughes, Republican
  323,840 votes 6.7%
• Rick Williams, Republican
  157,946 votes 3.3%
• Orly Taitz, Republican
  154,781 votes 3.2%
• Dennis Jackson, Republican
  137,120 votes 2.8%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  135,421 votes 2.8%
• Al Ramirez, Republican
  109,399 votes 2.3%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  101,648 votes 2.1%
• Diane Stewart, Democratic
  97,782 votes 2.0%
• Mike Strimling, Democratic
  97,024 votes 2.0%
• David Alex Levitt, Democratic
  76,482 votes 1.6%
• Oscar Alejandro Braun, Republican
  75,842 votes 1.6%
• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  57,720 votes 1.2%
• Robert Lauten, Republican
  56,524 votes 1.2%
• Colleen Shea Fernald, Democratic
  51,623 votes 1.1%
• Donald Krampe, Republican
  39,035 votes 0.8%
• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  33,037 votes 0.7%
• Dirk Allen Konopik, Republican
  29,997 votes 0.6%
• John Boruff, Republican
  29,357 votes 0.6%
• Nak Shah, Democratic
  27,203 votes 0.6%
• Rogelio T. Gloria, Republican
  22,529 votes 0.5%
• Nachum Shifren, Republican
  21,762 votes 0.4%
• Kabiruddin Karim Ali, Peace and Freedom
  12,269 votes 0.3%
• Linda R. Price, Republican (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 1

• Doug La Malfa, Republican
  66,527 votes 37.9%
• Jim Reed, Democratic
  43,409 votes 24.8%
• Sam Aanestad, Republican
  25,224 votes 14.4%
• Michael Dacquisto, Republican
  10,530 votes 6.0%
• Pete Stiglich, Republican
  10,258 votes 5.8%
• Nathan Arrowsmith, Democratic
  8,598 votes 4.9%
• Gary Allen Oxley
  5,901 votes 3.4%
• Gregory Cheadle, Republican
  4,939 votes 2.8%

United States Representative; District 4

• Tom McClintock, Republican
  114,311 votes 64.8%
• Jack Uppal, Democratic
  62,130 votes 35.2%

State Senate

State Senator; District 1

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  110,168 votes 48.2%
• Julie Griffith-Flatter, Democratic
  68,947 votes 30.2%
• Les Baugh, Republican
  37,442 votes 16.4%
• Bogdan I. "Bo" Ambrozewicz
  11,923 votes 5.2%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 1

• Brian Dahle, Republican
  41,384 votes 34.2%
• Rick Bosetti, Republican
  34,457 votes 28.5%
• Robert Meacher, Democratic
  31,120 votes 25.8%
• David Edwards, Green
  7,381 votes 6.1%
• Charley Hooper, Libertarian
  6,503 votes 5.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 5

• Rico Oller, Republican
  34,673 votes 33.9%
• Frank Bigelow, Republican
  29,584 votes 28.9%
• Tim K. "Timothy" Fitzgerald, Democratic
  18,138 votes 17.7%
• Marc Boyd, Democratic
  13,583 votes 13.3%
• Mark Belden
  4,158 votes 4.1%
• Kevin Lancaster, Republican
  2,151 votes 2.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 6

• Beth B. Gaines, Republican
  38,827 votes 37.1%
• Andy Pugno, Republican
  33,382 votes 31.9%
• Regy Bronner, Democratic
  32,573 votes 31.1%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 1 (6 Elected)

• Rene Aguilera, Democratic
  2412 votes 15.63%
• Linda C. Hall, Democratic
  2338 votes 15.15%
• Theresa A. Bermudez, Democratic
  2139 votes 13.86%
• Gary Miller, Democratic
  2060 votes 13.35%
• David C. Larson, Democratic
  2045 votes 13.25%
• Jamey M. Harden, Democratic
  1812 votes 11.74%
• Horfa Aguilera, Democratic
  1330 votes 8.62%
• Chinnaian "Cj" Jawahar, Democratic
  1220 votes 7.91%
• (77 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 1 (7 Elected)

• Phil Ozenick, Republican
  4263 votes 15.96%
• Jim D'Orso, Republican
  4198 votes 15.72%
• Gordon James Hinkle, Republican
  3870 votes 14.49%
• Carole A. Vaillancourt, Republican
  3484 votes 13.05%
• Ryan J. Pinney, Republican
  3398 votes 12.72%
• Eric Eisenhammer, Republican
  3096 votes 11.59%
• Tom Hudson, Republican
  3055 votes 11.44%
• Scott Jefferson, Republican
  1242 votes 4.65%
• (101 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.38%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 2 (7 Elected)

• Ken Campbell, Republican
  5552 votes 15.87%
• Phyllis Wing, Republican
  4631 votes 13.23%
• Spencer D. Short, Republican
  4613 votes 13.18%
• Carol R. Wilson, Republican
  3540 votes 10.12%
• Roger L. Salstrom, Republican
  3376 votes 9.65%
• Gary Hall, Republican
  3262 votes 9.32%
• Dan Catania, Republican
  3021 votes 8.63%
• David Patterson, Republican
  2571 votes 7.35%
• Damian Armitage, Republican
  2225 votes 6.36%
• Noreen S. Skillman, Republican
  1212 votes 3.46%
• Christopher Schaff, Republican
  876 votes 2.50%
• (116 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.33%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 3 (7 Elected)

• Bill Halldin, Republican
  3974 votes 12.28%
• Jon Philip Green, Republican
  3879 votes 11.98%
• Maria Trunzo, Republican
  3578 votes 11.05%
• Greg Janda, Republican
  3509 votes 10.84%
• Tim Buescher, Republican
  2932 votes 9.06%
• Murriel Oles, Republican
  2697 votes 8.33%
• Ken Hubert, Republican
  2605 votes 8.05%
• Aaron F. Park, Republican
  2585 votes 7.99%
• Ed Rowen, Republican
  2418 votes 7.47%
• Bryan C. Taylor, Republican
  2035 votes 6.29%
• Hayley Voudouris, Republican
  1998 votes 6.17%
• (162 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 4 (7 Elected)

• Mary Conkey, Republican
  4109 votes 13.65%
• Mike Frey, Republican
  3434 votes 11.41%
• Joseph E. Dorr, Republican
  3245 votes 10.78%
• George Edwin Park, Jr., Republican
  3142 votes 10.44%
• Jeffrey A. Atteberry, Republican
  3055 votes 10.15%
• Cheryl Bly-Chester, Republican
  2948 votes 9.79%
• Lynn McCaleb, Republican
  2648 votes 8.80%
• Lynn P. Kyme, Republican
  2598 votes 8.63%
• Jeff Short, Republican
  2561 votes 8.51%
• Scott Johnson, Republican
  2157 votes 7.17%
• (200 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%)

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 5 (7 Elected)

• Mike Holmes, Republican
  5266 votes 16.38%
• Gary T. Johnson, Republican
  4864 votes 15.13%
• Bonnie L. McAdams, Republican
  3777 votes 11.75%
• Dianne Foster, Republican
  3345 votes 10.41%
• Leah Cavanaugh, Republican
  3248 votes 10.11%
• Mark Wright, Republican
  3195 votes 9.94%
• Beth Wright, Republican
  3030 votes 9.43%
• Fred Eichenhofer, Republican
  2728 votes 8.49%
• Ken Higgins, Republican
  2471 votes 7.69%
• (217 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.68%)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 1 (5 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 2 (8 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 3 (4 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 4 (4 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Placer; Supervisorial District 5 (4 Elected)

Member, Green Party County Council; County of Placer (7 Elected)

Peace and Freedom Central Committee; County of Placer (7 Elected)

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Placer; Office 2

• Garen Horst
  57944 votes 98.74%
• (741 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.26%)

Superior Court Judge; County of Placer; Office 4

• Suzanne Gazzaniga
  57860 votes 98.68%
• (773 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.32%)

School

Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• John Dexter
  9,144 votes 53.9%
• Michelle Rivas
  7,759 votes 45.8%
• (52 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Rebecca Sandoval
  6,477 votes 38.3%
• Annette Emery
  5,648 votes 33.4%
• Roger Westrup
  4,727 votes 28.0%
• (46 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Michael Baker
  9,923 votes 58.3%
• Janis R. Green
  7,048 votes 41.4%
• (59 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Walter Garcia Kawamoto
  6,679 votes 39.3%
• Christine Jefferson
  5,984 votes 35.2%
• John Berchielli
  4,259 votes 25.1%
• (55 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Cortez Quinn
  8,389 votes 50.4%
• Miriam "Mimi" Chernow
  8,174 votes 49.2%
• (66 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%)

Trustee; Twin Rivers Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

• Linda Fowler
  9,052 votes 53.8%
• Francisco R. Garcia
  7,700 votes 45.8%
• (62 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.4%)

County

Supervisor; Placer County; Supervisorial District 3

• Jim Holmes
  8871 votes 65.40%
• Robert Grigas
  4626 votes 34.10%
• (68 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

Supervisor; Placer County; Supervisorial District 4

• Kirk Uhler
  9018 votes 60.50%
• Pam Tobin
  5845 votes 39.21%
• (43 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.29%)

Supervisor; Placer County; Supervisorial District 5

• Jennifer Montgomery
  10123 votes 54.14%
• Jerry Johnson
  3131 votes 16.75%
• Richard A. Johnson
  2603 votes 13.92%
• Mark Wright
  1448 votes 7.74%
• Gary T. Johnson
  1340 votes 7.17%
• (53 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.28%)

Proposition 28 Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office
Pass: 3,081,174 / 61.0% Yes votes ...... 1,967,888 / 39.0% No votes

Proposition 29 Imposes Additional Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research
Fail: 2,568,715 / 49.8% Yes votes ...... 2,592,791 / 50.2% No votes

Measure A Proposal to Adopt Auburn Charter 2012 -- City of Auburn (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1457 / 35.82% Yes votes ...... 2610 / 64.18% No votes

Shall the Home Rule for Auburn Charter of 2012 be adopted?

Measure C Repeal Measure B -- Foresthill Public Utility District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1407 / 69.38% Yes votes ...... 621 / 30.62% No votes

Shall Measure B, which rolled back the District's water rates, be repealed to allow the District to set rates sufficient to meet the costs of providing water service?

Measure D Special Tax for North Auburn-Ophir Fire (CSA 28, Zone 193) Area -- Placer County Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 2450 / 41.27% Yes votes ...... 3487 / 58.73% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted to increase existing direct charges for residential development by $40 per unit; for mobile home parks by $20 per unit; for commercial/ industrial development by $0.046 per square foot for fire protection, emergency medical, prevention services and equipment replacement in North Auburn - Ophir Fire (CSA 28, Zone 193) (Charges approved in this measure are subject to an annual cost of living adjustment not to exceed 3% in any year)?

Measure E Special Tax to Maintain Services and Make Repairs -- Placer Hills Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 2077 / 53.63% Yes votes ...... 1796 / 46.37% No votes

Shall Placer Hills Fire Protection District be allowed to impose a Special Tax to maintain the current level of fire and life safety services and replace essential equipment, vehicles and facilities?

Measure F Reauthorize the Transient Occupancy Tax -- Tahoe Transient Occupancy Tax (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2378 / 84.57% Yes votes ...... 434 / 15.43% No votes

NORTH LAKE TAHOE T-O-T CONTINUATION MEASURE WITH NO TAX INCREASE. To reduce traffic congestion/tourist impacts, support transportation services, build/maintain local bike trails, parks, indoor recreation opportunities, sidewalks, and beaches, and other public services, shall Placer County continue for 10 additional years, with no increase, the existing 2% North Lake Tahoe portion of the Transient Occupancy Tax + paid only by lodging guests, not by local taxpayers + with annual independent audits, continued local oversight, and all funds exclusively for North Lake Tahoe?

Measure G Change the Method of Electing School District Trustees -- Twin Rivers Unified School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10,818 / 61.5% Yes votes ...... 6,767 / 38.5% No votes
   10,756 (61.49%) Yes / 6,737 (38.51%) No in Sacramento County
   62 (67.39%) Yes / 30 (32.61%) No in Placer County

For the election of one member of the governing board of the Twin Rivers Unified School District residing in each trustee area elected by the registered voters in that trustee area.