This is an archive of a past election.
See http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/kr/ for current information.
SMARTVOTER® by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund LWV
providing personalized comprehensive unbiased voter information any time you want it.
California
Smart Voter
Kern County Ballot

Combined ballot
Every Party

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

June 7, 2016 Election

--------
County Results as of Jul 20 12:19pm, 0.0% of Precincts Reporting (500/26)
40.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (138,893/340,603)
Statewide Results as of Jul 15 2:17pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (22356/22356)
47.7% Statewide Voter Turnout (8,548,301/17,915,053)

President | US Congress | State Assembly | Judicial | County | City | Party Committee | State Propositions | Local Measures
Click on Name of Contest below.
Polling Location on June 7, 7am - 8pm
See the official poll lookup to find where to vote.
[Poll data last updated 2016/04/28 12:16]
Showing a polling place for this address does not mean that you are registered to vote.
Vote-by-Mail ballots may be returned to a worker at any of the  polling places within your county on election day.
Contests for all precincts in Kern County, CA combined are shown below.
  • FAQs about Voting and this ballot page
  • How we got this information
  • Report problems or errors

  • President

    President of the United States; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Hillary Clinton, Democratic
      2,745,293 votes 53.1%
    • Bernie Sanders, Democratic
      2,381,714 votes 46.0%
    • Willie Wilson, Democratic
      12,014 votes 0.2%
    • Michael Steinberg, Democratic
      10,880 votes 0.2%
    • Roque De La Fuente, Democratic
      8,453 votes 0.2%
    • Henry Hewes, Democratic
      7,743 votes 0.1%
    • Keith Judd, Democratic
      7,201 votes 0.1%

    President of the United States; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Donald Trump, Republican
      1,665,126 votes 74.8%
    • John R. Kasich, Republican
      252,543 votes 11.3%
    • Ted Cruz, Republican
      211,574 votes 9.5%
    • Ben Carson, Republican
      82,258 votes 3.7%
    • Jim Gilmore, Republican
      15,691 votes 0.7%

    President of the United States; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Alan Spears, American Independent
      8,103 votes 19.2%
    • Arthur Harris, American Independent
      7,216 votes 17.1%
    • Robert Ornelas, American Independent
      7,164 votes 17.0%
    • Wiley Drake, American Independent
      5,476 votes 13.0%
    • J. R. Myers, American Independent
      5,475 votes 13.0%
    • James Hedges, American Independent
      4,462 votes 10.6%
    • Thomas Hoefling, American Independent
      4,345 votes 10.3%

    President of the United States; Green PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jill Stein, Green
      11,206 votes 76.2%
    • Darryl Cherney, Green
      1,475 votes 10.0%
    • Sedinam Moyowasifsa-Curry, Green
      839 votes 5.7%
    • William Kreml, Green
      595 votes 4.0%
    • Kent Mesplay, Green
      584 votes 4.0%

    President of the United States; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gary Johnson, Libertarian
      19,294 votes 61.9%
    • John McAfee, Libertarian
      3,139 votes 10.1%
    • Austin Petersen, Libertarian
      1,853 votes 5.9%
    • Rhett White Feather Smith, Libertarian
      1,531 votes 4.9%
    • Joy Waymire, Libertarian
      923 votes 3.0%
    • John Hale, Libertarian
      873 votes 2.8%
    • Marc Feldman, Libertarian
      867 votes 2.8%
    • Jack Robinson, Jr., Libertarian
      739 votes 2.4%
    • Steve Kerbel, Libertarian
      556 votes 1.8%
    • Darryl W. Perry, Libertarian
      521 votes 1.7%
    • Derrick M. Reid, Libertarian
      462 votes 1.5%
    • Cecil Ince, Libertarian
      417 votes 1.3%

    President of the United States; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gloria Estela La Riva, Peace and Freedom
      2,475 votes 49.5%
    • Monica Moorehead, Peace and Freedom
      1,487 votes 29.7%
    • Lynn S. Kahn, Peace and Freedom
      1,041 votes 20.8%

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

    US Congress

    United States SenatorClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2016

    • Kamala D. Harris, Democratic
      3,000,689 votes 39.9%
    • Loretta L. Sanchez, Democratic
      1,416,203 votes 18.9%
    • Duf Sundheim, Republican
      584,251 votes 7.8%
    • Phil Wyman, Republican
      352,821 votes 4.7%
    • Thomas G. Del Beccaro, Republican
      323,614 votes 4.3%
    • Greg Conlon, Republican
      230,944 votes 3.1%
    • Steve Stokes, Democratic
      168,805 votes 2.2%
    • George C. Yang, Republican
      112,055 votes 1.5%
    • Karen Roseberry, Republican
      110,557 votes 1.5%
    • Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
      99,761 votes 1.3%
    • Massie Munroe, Democratic
      98,150 votes 1.3%
    • Pamela Elizondo, Green
      95,677 votes 1.3%
    • Tom Palzer, Republican
      93,263 votes 1.2%
    • Ron Unz, Republican
      92,325 votes 1.2%
    • Don Krampe, Republican
      69,635 votes 0.9%
    • Eleanor García
      65,084 votes 0.9%
    • Jarrell Williamson, Republican
      64,120 votes 0.9%
    • Von Hougo, Republican
      63,609 votes 0.8%
    • President Cristina Grappo, Democratic
      63,330 votes 0.8%
    • Jerry J. Laws, Republican
      53,023 votes 0.7%
    • Mark Matthew Herd, Libertarian
      41,344 votes 0.6%
    • John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
      35,998 votes 0.5%
    • Ling Ling Shi
      35,196 votes 0.5%
    • Herbert G. Peters, Democratic
      32,638 votes 0.4%
    • Emory Rodgers, Democratic
      31,485 votes 0.4%
    • Mike Beitiks
      31,450 votes 0.4%
    • Clive Grey
      29,418 votes 0.4%
    • Jason Hanania
      27,715 votes 0.4%
    • Paul Merritt
      24,031 votes 0.3%
    • Jason Kraus
      19,318 votes 0.3%
    • Don J. Grundmann
      15,317 votes 0.2%
    • Scott A. Vineberg
      11,843 votes 0.2%
    • Tim Gildersleeve
      9,798 votes 0.1%
    • Gar Myers
      8,726 votes 0.1%
    • Billy Falling, Republican (Write-in)
      87 votes 0.0%
    • Ric M. Llewellyn (Write-in)
      32 votes 0.0%
    • Alexis Stuart, Republican (Write-in)
      10 votes 0.0%

    United States Representative; District 21Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2016

    • David Valadao, Republican
      37,367 votes 54.0%
    • Emilio Jesus Huerta, Democratic
      16,743 votes 24.2%
    • Daniel Parra, Democratic
      15,056 votes 21.8%

    United States Representative; District 23Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2016

    • Kevin McCarthy, Republican
      76,166 votes 55.5%
    • Wendy Reed, Democratic
      37,696 votes 27.4%
    • Ken Mettler, Republican
      17,738 votes 12.9%
    • Gerald Morris, Republican
      5,734 votes 4.2%

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 26Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2016

    • Devon Mathis, Republican
      28,563 votes 42.4%
    • Ruben Macareno, Democratic
      20,536 votes 30.5%
    • Rudy Mendoza, Republican
      18,216 votes 27.1%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 32Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2016

    • Rudy Salas, Democratic
      30,806 votes 98.9%
    • Manuel Ramirez, Republican (Write-in)
      334 votes 1.1%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 34Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2016

    • Vince Fong, Republican
      57,915 votes 60.3%
    • Perrin Swanlund, Democratic
      23,429 votes 24.4%
    • Ernie Gollehon, Republican
      8,779 votes 9.1%
    • Michael Garcia Biglay, Republican
      5,886 votes 6.1%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 36Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 11/8/2016

    • Tom Lackey, Republican
      35,019 votes 48.2%
    • Steve Fox, Democratic
      21,541 votes 29.6%
    • Darren W. Parker, Democratic
      11,236 votes 15.5%
    • Ollie M. McCaulley, Democratic
      4,891 votes 6.7%

    Judicial

    Judge, Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 20Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Wolf
      84249 votes 68.63%
    • W. Steven Shayer
      38500 votes 31.36%
    • (437 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.91%)

    Judge, Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 33Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Kenneth R. Green
      105784 votes 99.98%
    • (937 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.21%)

    Judge, Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 34Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 2016/11/08

    • Tiffany Organ-Bowles
      49920 votes 41.56%
    • Cory J. Woodward
      48858 votes 40.67%
    • J. Arturo Revelo
      21346 votes 17.77%
    • (448 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.96%)

    County

    Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • M. "Mick" Gleason
      22292 votes 99.98%
    • (255 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.71%)

    Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Couch
      23166 votes 74.95%
    • Robert Owen
      7735 votes 25.03%
    • (70 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

    Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Leticia Perez
      11086 votes 100.00%
    • (314 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.17%)

    City

    Mayor; City of BakersfieldClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Runoff Election 2016/11/08

    • Karen Goh
      20116 votes 33.03%
    • Kyle Carter
      19369 votes 31.80%
    • G. Alex Merrill
      3139 votes 5.15%
    • Anthony "T. J." Esposito
      2470 votes 4.06%
    • Tony Martinez
      1983 votes 3.26%
    • Gregory Tatum
      1570 votes 2.58%
    • Gilberto De La Torre
      1567 votes 2.57%
    • Nannette Gonzalez
      1477 votes 2.43%
    • Marc Deleon
      1364 votes 2.24%
    • Addison Chavez
      1250 votes 2.05%
    • Kevin Blanton
      1232 votes 2.02%
    • Tanner Thompson
      865 votes 1.42%
    • Tyrone Smith
      722 votes 1.19%
    • Opal Morland
      554 votes 0.91%
    • Brett Vigil
      463 votes 0.76%
    • Roy Charles Keenan
      415 votes 0.68%
    • Michael Harmon
      392 votes 0.64%
    • Valiant Robinson
      379 votes 0.62%
    • Kenneth Whitchard
      363 votes 0.60%
    • Scott Monroe
      327 votes 0.54%
    • Joseph Crotwell
      274 votes 0.45%
    • Benjamin Weigel
      265 votes 0.44%
    • William M. Minnick
      174 votes 0.29%
    • Kameron Kephart
      119 votes 0.20%
    • Nathan Nemnich
      58 votes 0.10%
    • (150 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%)

    Party Committee

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (5 Elected)

    • Tom Edmonds
      8611 votes 23.97%
    • Clayton Campbell
      7696 votes 21.42%
    • Michael A. Caves
      7287 votes 20.28%
    • Laurel K. Sheffield
      5557 votes 15.47%
    • Allan J. Fakler
      3424 votes 9.53%
    • Ralph I. Robles
      3347 votes 9.32%
    • (37 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.24%)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    • Vince Fong
      14441 votes 24.30%
    • Ken Mettler
      8281 votes 13.94%
    • Greg White
      7328 votes 12.33%
    • D. Mark Abernathy
      7060 votes 11.88%
    • M. Dean Haddock
      6470 votes 10.89%
    • Jeff Tkac
      5849 votes 9.84%
    • Craig A. Henderson
      5769 votes 9.71%
    • Ernie Gollehon
      4217 votes 7.10%
    • (22 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.09%)

    State Propositions

    Proposition 50 Suspension of Legislators
    Pass: 5,468,515 / 75.5% Yes votes ...... 1,775,327 / 24.5% No votes

    Authorizes each house of Legislature to suspend one of its Members by two-thirds vote, and to require Member to forfeit salaryand benefits while suspended.

    Prohibits suspended Member from exercising rights, privileges, duties, or powers of office, or using any legislative resources.

    Provides suspension may end on specified date, or upon two-thirds vote of Member’s house.

    Local Measures

    Measure A Bonds -- Beardsley School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 1621 / 62.66% Yes votes ...... 966 / 37.34% No votes
    Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?

    Measure B Bonds -- Fairfax School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 955 / 69.91% Yes votes ...... 411 / 30.09% No votes
    Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?

    Measure C Bonds -- General Shafter School District (55% Approval Required)
    Fail: 80 / 54.42% Yes votes ...... 67 / 45.58% No votes
    Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?

    Measure D Bonds -- Wasco Union School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 1346 / 68.60% Yes votes ...... 616 / 31.40% No votes
    Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?

    Measure E Bonds -- Wasco Union School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 1303 / 67.30% Yes votes ...... 633 / 32.70% No votes
    Shall the sale of bonds be authorized?

    Measure F Library Transactions & Use Tax -- County of Kern (2/3 Approval Required)
    Fail: 69375 / 51.68% Yes votes ...... 64860 / 48.32% No votes
    Shall the ordinance establishing the LIBRARY TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX be adopted?

    Measure G Tax -- Bear Valley Community Services District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Fail: 1049 / 41.07% Yes votes ...... 1505 / 58.93% No votes

    Measure H Management Agreement -- Tehachapi Valley Health Care District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 8427 / 89.25% Yes votes ...... 1015 / 10.75% No votes
    Shall the agreement be approved?

    The order of the contests and candidates on this ballot representation is NOT necessarily the same as your county's official ballot.
    If you print and mark your choices on this page and take it to the polls instead of an official sample ballot, be very careful.


    Home || Kern Home Page || About Smart Voter || Feedback || Donate to Us
    Data Created: August 17, 2016 08:52 PDT
    Smart Voter <http://www.smartvoter.org/>
    Copyright © League of Women Voters of California Education Fund   http://cavotes.org
    The League of Women Voters neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office or political parties.