Combined ballot

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

Governor
Runoff Election 11/4/2014

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  2,341,815 votes 33.7%
• John H. Cox, Republican
  1,764,919 votes 25.4%
• Antonio Villaraigosa, Democratic
  926,018 votes 13.3%
• Travis Allen, Republican
  657,147 votes 9.4%
• John Chiang, Democratic
  655,590 votes 9.4%
• Delaine Eastin, Democratic
  234,641 votes 3.4%
• Amanda Renteria, Democratic
  93,376 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  44,628 votes 0.6%
• Michael Shellenberger, Democratic
  31,666 votes 0.5%
• Peter Y. Liu, Republican
  27,297 votes 0.4%
• Yvonne Girard, Republican
  21,817 votes 0.3%
• Gloria Estela La Riva, Peace and Freedom
  19,059 votes 0.3%
• J. Bribiesca, Democratic
  18,027 votes 0.3%
• Josh Jones, Green
  16,092 votes 0.2%
• Zoltan Istvan, Libertarian
  14,447 votes 0.2%
• Albert Caesar Mezzetti, Democratic
  12,010 votes 0.2%
• Nickolas Wildstar, Libertarian
  11,547 votes 0.2%
• Robert Davidson Griffis, Democratic
  11,094 votes 0.2%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  9,373 votes 0.1%
• Thomas Jefferson Cares, Democratic
  8,940 votes 0.1%
• Christopher N. Carlson, Green
  7,310 votes 0.1%
• Klement Tinaj, Democratic
  5,363 votes 0.1%
• Hakan "Hawk" Mikado, No Party Preference
  5,338 votes 0.1%
• Johnny Wattenburg, No Party Preference
  4,961 votes 0.1%
• Desmond Silveira, No Party Preference
  4,630 votes 0.1%
• Shubham Goel, No Party Preference
  4,017 votes 0.1%
• Jeffrey Edward Taylor, No Party Preference
  3,967 votes 0.1%
• Veronika Fimbres (Write-In)

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  1,586,576 votes 24.2%
• Ed Hernandez, Democratic
  1,346,848 votes 20.6%
• Cole Harris, Republican
  1,142,957 votes 17.5%
• Jeff Bleich, Democratic
  647,335 votes 9.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  515,347 votes 7.9%
• Lydia Ortega, Republican
  419,092 votes 6.4%
• David R. Hernandez, Republican
  404,663 votes 6.2%
• Gayle McLaughlin, No Party Preference
  263,049 votes 4.0%
• Tim Ferreira, Libertarian
  99,835 votes 1.5%
• Cameron Gharabiklou, Democratic
  78,144 votes 1.2%
• Danny Thomas, No Party Preference
  44,068 votes 0.7%

Secretary of State

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,473,183 votes 52.6%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  2,046,084 votes 31.0%
• Ruben Major, Democratic
  354,733 votes 5.4%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  330,040 votes 5.0%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  155,659 votes 2.4%
• Michael Feinstein, Green
  136,571 votes 2.1%
• C. T. Weber, Peace and Freedom
  61,310 votes 0.9%
• Erik Rydberg, Green
  48,647 votes 0.7%

Controller

• Betty T. Yee, Democratic
  4,030,136 votes 62.1%
• Konstantinos Roditis, Republican
  2,198,777 votes 33.9%
• Mary Lou Finley, Peace and Freedom
  261,573 votes 4.0%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  2,898,389 votes 44.5%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,356,535 votes 20.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,256,007 votes 19.3%
• Vivek Viswanathan, Democratic
  847,342 votes 13.0%
• Kevin Akin, Peace and Freedom
  148,118 votes 2.3%

Attorney General

• Xavier Becerra, Democratic
  3,022,467 votes 45.8%
• Steven C. Bailey, Republican
  1,614,150 votes 24.5%
• Dave Jones, Democratic
  1,016,556 votes 15.4%
• Eric Early, Republican
  942,308 votes 14.3%

Insurance Commissioner

• Steve Poizner, No Party Preference
  2,566,849 votes 41.0%
• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,536,923 votes 40.5%
• Asif Mahmood, Democratic
  845,113 votes 13.5%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  315,828 votes 5.0%

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• Malia Cohen, Democratic
  719,446 votes 38.6%
• Mark Burns, Republican
  499,736 votes 26.8%
• Cathleen Galgiani, Democratic
  472,531 votes 25.4%
• Barry Chang, Democratic
  170,711 votes 9.2%

United States Senator

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  2,945,177 votes 44.2%
• Kevin De Leon, Democratic
  804,965 votes 12.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  555,738 votes 8.3%
• Arun K. Bhumitra, Republican
  350,554 votes 5.3%
• Paul A. Taylor, Republican
  323,313 votes 4.9%
• Erin Cruz, Republican
  267,213 votes 4.0%
• Tom Palzer, Republican
  204,924 votes 3.1%
• Alison Hartson, Democratic
  146,909 votes 2.2%
• Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Republican
  135,209 votes 2.0%
• Pat Harris, Democratic
  126,837 votes 1.9%
• John "Jack" Crew, Republican
  93,702 votes 1.4%
• Patrick Little, Republican
  89,800 votes 1.3%
• Kevin Mottus, Republican
  87,569 votes 1.3%
• Jerry Joseph Laws, Republican
  67,060 votes 1.0%
• Derrick Michael Reid, Libertarian
  59,922 votes 0.9%
• Adrienne Nicole Edwards, Democratic
  56,119 votes 0.8%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  42,574 votes 0.6%
• Mario Nabliba, Republican
  39,177 votes 0.6%
• David Hildebrand, Democratic
  30,259 votes 0.5%
• Donnie O. Turner, Democratic
  30,075 votes 0.5%
• Herbert G. Peters, Democratic
  27,411 votes 0.4%
• David Moore, No Party Preference
  24,601 votes 0.4%
• Ling Ling Shi, No Party Preference
  23,499 votes 0.4%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  22,788 votes 0.3%
• Lee Olson, No Party Preference
  20,378 votes 0.3%
• Gerald Plummer, Democratic
  18,167 votes 0.3%
• Jason M. Hanania, No Party Preference
  18,157 votes 0.3%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  15,096 votes 0.2%
• Colleen Shea Fernald, No Party Preference
  13,512 votes 0.2%
• Rash Bihari Ghosh, No Party Preference
  12,542 votes 0.2%
• Tim Gildersleeve, No Party Preference
  8,469 votes 0.1%
• Michael Fahmy Girgis, No Party Preference
  2,982 votes 0.0%

United States Representative; District 5

• Mike Thompson, Democratic
  119,350 votes 79.6%
• Anthony Mills, No Party Preference
  13,127 votes 8.8%
• Nils Palsson, No Party Preference
  12,153 votes 8.1%
• Jason Kishineff, Green
  5,359 votes 3.6%

United States Representative; District 9

• Jerry McNerney, Democratic
  55,923 votes 53.2%
• Marla Livengood, Republican
  43,242 votes 41.1%
• Mike A. Tsarnas, American Independent
  6,038 votes 5.7%

United States Representative; District 11

• Mark Desaulnier, Democratic
  107,115 votes 68.3%
• John Fitzgerald, Republican
  36,279 votes 23.1%
• Dennis Lytton, Democratic
  8,695 votes 5.5%
• Chris Wood, No Party Preference
  4,789 votes 3.1%

United States Representative; District 15

• Eric Swalwell, Democratic
  90,971 votes 70.5%
• Rudy L. Peters, Jr., Republican
  33,771 votes 26.2%
• Brendan St John, No Party Preference
  4,322 votes 3.3%

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 11

• Jim Frazier, Democratic
  39,095 votes 48.3%
• Lisa Romero, Republican
  30,623 votes 37.8%
• Diane Stewart, Democratic
  11,224 votes 13.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 14

• Tim Grayson, Democratic
  67,272 votes 83.6%
• Aasim Yahya, Democratic
  13,231 votes 16.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 15

• Buffy Wicks, Democratic
  37,141 votes 31.4%
• Jovanka Beckles, Democratic
  18,733 votes 15.8%
• Dan Kalb, Democratic
  18,007 votes 15.2%
• Judy Appel, Democratic
  13,591 votes 11.5%
• Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, Democratic
  9,826 votes 8.3%
• Pranav Jandhyala, Republican
  6,946 votes 5.9%
• Andy Katz, Democratic
  6,209 votes 5.2%
• Ben Bartlett, Democratic
  3,949 votes 3.3%
• Cheryl Sudduth, Democratic
  1,493 votes 1.3%
• Raquella Thaman, Democratic
  1,007 votes 0.9%
• Owen Poindexter, Democratic
  819 votes 0.7%
• Sergey Vikramsingh Piterman, Democratic
  689 votes 0.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 16

• Catharine Baker, Republican
  69,360 votes 56.6%
• Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Democratic
  53,269 votes 43.4%

Judicial

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Runoff Election 11/4/2014

• Marshall Tuck
  2,221,908 votes 37.0%
• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,135,591 votes 35.6%
• Lily "Espinoza" Ploski
  984,039 votes 16.4%
• Steven Ireland
  658,037 votes 11.0%

County Superintendent of Schools; County of Contra Costa
Runoff Election 11/6/2018

• Lynn Mackey
  87580 votes 46.53%
• Cheryl Hansen
  57131 votes 30.35%
• Ronald E. "Ron" Leone
  43511 votes 23.12%
• (310 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.22%)

County

Supervisor; Contra Costa County; Supervisorial District 1

• John "Joya" Gioia
  29229 votes 100.00%
• (198 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.90%)

Supervisor; Contra Costa County; Supervisorial District 4

• Karen Mitchoff
  31471 votes 73.46%
• Harmesh Kumar
  11372 votes 26.54%
• (84 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.26%)

Assessor; County of Contra Costa

• Gus S. Kramer
  171805 votes 100.00%
• (924 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.71%)

Auditor-Controller; County of Contra Costa

• Robert Campbell
  143473 votes 79.70%
• Ayore Riaunda
  36551 votes 20.30%
• (264 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.20%)

Clerk-Recorder; County of Contra Costa

• Joseph E. Canciamilla
  165392 votes 100.00%
• (562 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.45%)

District Attorney-Public Administrator; County of Contra Costa

• Diana Becton
  100004 votes 50.67%
• Paul Graves
  82636 votes 41.87%
• Lawrence Steven Strauss
  14736 votes 7.47%
• (146 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.10%)

Sheriff-Coroner; County of Contra Costa

• David Livingston
  160926 votes 100.00%
• (1531 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.25%)

Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Contra Costa

• Russell V. Watts
  165563 votes 100.00%
• (520 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.42%)

Proposition 68 Bonds for Natural Resources Protection
Pass: 3,455,226 / 57.6% Yes votes ...... 2,544,854 / 42.4% No votes

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for: parks, natural resources protection, climate adaptation, water quality and supply, and flood protection. Fiscal Impact: Increased state bond repayment costs averaging $200 million annually over 40 years. Local government savings for natural resources-related projects, likely averaging several tens of millions of dollars annually over the next few decades.

Proposition 69 Transportation Funding
Pass: 4,886,924 / 81.3% Yes votes ...... 1,121,924 / 18.7% No votes

Requires that certain revenues generated by a 2017 transportation funding law be used only for transportation purposes and generally prohibits Legislature from diverting funds to other purposes. Fiscal Impact: No direct effect on the amount of state and local revenues or costs but could affect how some monies are spent.

Proposition 70 Cap-and-Trade Reserve Fund
Fail: 2,017,549 / 35.0% Yes votes ...... 3,746,434 / 65.0% No votes

Beginning in 2024, requires that cap-and-trade revenues accumulate in a reserve fund until the Legislature, by a two-thirds majority, authorizes use of the revenues. Fiscal Impact: Beginning in 2024, potential temporary increase in state sales tax revenue, ranging from none to a few hundred million dollars annually, and possible changes in how revenue from sale of greenhouse gas emission permits is spent.

Proposition 71 Sets Effective Sate for Ballot Measures
Pass: 4,527,073 / 77.8% Yes votes ...... 1,288,385 / 22.2% No votes

Provides that ballot measures approved by a majority of voters shall take effect five days after the Secretary of State certifies the results of the election. Fiscal Impact: Likely little or no effect on state and local finances.

Proposition 72 Legislature to Exclude Newly Constructed Rain-Capture Systems From Property-Tax Reassessment Requirement
Pass: 4,979,651 / 84.2% Yes votes ...... 932,263 / 15.8% No votes

Permits Legislature to allow construction of rain-capture systems, completed on or after January 1, 2019, without requiring property-tax reassessment. Fiscal Impact: Probably minor reduction in annual property tax revenues to local governments.

Measure 3 Bay Area Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma and Solano (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 883,703 / 55.0% Yes votes ...... 722,971 / 45.0% No votes
   173,275 (53.89%) Yes / 148,245 (46.11%) No in Alameda County
   101070 (44.54%) Yes / 125851 (55.46%) No in Contra Costa County
   48090 (60.52%) Yes / 31366 (39.48%) No in Marin County
   17,350 (50.76%) Yes / 16,828 (49.24%) No in Napa County
   212661 (61.44%) Yes / 133488 (38.56%) No in Santa Clara County
   153,812 (65.4%) Yes / 81,383 (34.6%) No in San Francisco County
   24182 (30.0%) Yes / 56334 (70.0%) No in Solano County
   86,257 (54.88%) Yes / 70,920 (45.12%) No in San Mateo County
   67,006 (53.4%) Yes / 58,556 (46.6%) No in Sonoma County

Shall voters authorize a plan to reduce auto and truck traffic, relieve crowding on BART, unclog freeway bottlenecks, and improve bus, ferry, BART and commuter rail service as specified in the plan in this voter pamphlet, with a $1 toll increase effective in 2019, a $1 increase in 2022, and a $1 increase in 2025, on all Bay Area toll bridges except the Golden Gate Bridge, with independent oversight of all funds?

Measure E Youth Programs and Services -- City of Richmond (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 12843 / 76.63% Yes votes ...... 3916 / 23.37% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Richmond be amended to provide that a portion of general fund money shall be set aside for funding youth programs and services?

Measure F Open Space and Parks -- City of Martinez (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5349 / 50.51% Yes votes ...... 5240 / 49.49% No votes

Shall the City of Martinez adopt the Measure Designating and Protecting Public Permanent Open Space and Park and Recreation Lands and Requiring Voter Approval of any Changes to those protections?

Measure I Protected Open Space and Parks -- City of Martinez (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5452 / 51.89% Yes votes ...... 5055 / 48.11% No votes

Shall the City of Martinez adopt the Initiative Measure Amending the Martinez General Plan to Create a Protected Open Space and Parks Overlay Designation, Apply the Overlay to Certain Properties as Set Forth in the 1973 General Plan and Adopt Land Use Regulations Relating Thereto?

Measure J Orinda Library -- City of Orinda (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 5488 / 74.86% Yes votes ...... 1843 / 25.14% No votes

To maintain hours and services; replace worn and outdated materials; undertake building maintenance and repairs; and continue library programs for children, families, and seniors, shall the City of Orinda be authorized to modify the existing thirty-nine dollar annual tax, adding thirty dollars per single family residential parcel, or equivalent unit, so that the amended tax raises a total of five hundred fourteen thousand dollars annually for the Orinda Library, until amended by voters, with audits and oversight?

Measure K Kids First Initiative -- City of Richmond (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10888 / 67.45% Yes votes ...... 5255 / 32.55% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Richmond, if amended by passage of the Kids First Initiative, be further amended to: revise the dates in the Kids First Initiative to reflect implementation on July 1, 2018, remove the 20% restriction on funding to public entities to perform the services specified in the Kids First Initiative, and provide that funding obligations beginning on July 1, 2021, are contingent on passage of a general tax measure for the City of Richmond?

Measure L Deer Hill Project -- City of Lafayette (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 4421 / 45.48% Yes votes ...... 5300 / 54.52% No votes

Shall the legislative actions in Ordinance #641 approving the Homes at Deer Hill Project, which include a rezone from Administrative/Professional Office (35 units/acre) to Single Family Residential District-20 (2 units/acre) and to Planned Unit Development to provide 44 single-family homes, and a Development Agreement to provide 11 acres, which include parklands, a sports field, a dog park, a tot-lot and a multi-use trail, be adopted?

Measure P City Council Term Limits -- City of Pinole (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 924 / 21.14% Yes votes ...... 3446 / 78.86% No votes

Shall the City's ordinance limiting the number of successive terms of members of the Pinole City Council be eliminated? A "yes" vote will eliminate the City's existing term limits for Council members. A "no" vote will keep the City's existing term limits for Council members in effect.

Measure S Parcel Tax -- County Service Area P-5 (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 261 / 42.72% Yes votes ...... 350 / 57.28% No votes

Shall County of Contra Costa Ordinance No. 2018-08 be approved to authorize an increase in the special tax on property located in County Service Area P-5 from a maximum of $732 per parcel for parcels used for recreational purposes, and a maximum of $330 per parcel for all other parcels, to an initial amount of $812 per parcel for all parcels, with annual CPI adjustments, to provide additional funding for police protection services?