Combined ballot

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

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  6,470,104 votes 59.2%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  4,462,914 votes 40.8%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  6,418,119 votes 59.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  4,332,602 votes 40.3%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  6,462,164 votes 60.1%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  4,298,530 votes 39.9%

Controller

• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  5,936,856 votes 55.3%
• Lanhee J. Chen, Republican
  4,789,345 votes 44.7%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  6,287,076 votes 58.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  4,405,781 votes 41.2%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  6,339,441 votes 59.1%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  4,390,428 votes 40.9%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  6,355,915 votes 59.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  4,249,391 votes 40.1%

State Board of Equalization; District 1

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  1,390,533 votes 55.5%
• Jose S. Altamirano, Democratic
  1,114,423 votes 44.5%

United States Senator

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,621,621 votes 61.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,222,029 votes 38.9%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,559,308 votes 60.9%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,212,450 votes 39.1%

United States Representative

United States Representative; District 1

• Doug LaMalfa, Republican
  152,839 votes 62.1%
• Max Steiner, Democratic
  93,386 votes 37.9%

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 3

• James Gallagher, Republican
  98,475 votes 65.4%
• David Leon Zink, Democratic
  52,198 votes 34.6%

Judicial

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Patricia Guerrero
  70.9% Yes (6,194,671) 29.1% No (2,537,627)
• Goodwin Liu
  69.3% Yes (5,908,904) 30.7% No (2,623,045)
• Martin J. Jenkins
  69.3% Yes (5,825,582) 30.7% No (2,576,601)
• Joshua P. Groban
  68.0% Yes (5,664,354) 32.0% No (2,661,668)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 3 (Yes/No)

• Harry Hull
  65.6% Yes (687,775) 34.4% No (360,277)
• Stacy Boulware Eurie
  64.1% Yes (679,624) 35.9% No (380,741)
• Laurie Earl
  62.1% Yes (658,789) 37.9% No (401,262)
• Peter Krause
  62.2% Yes (650,499) 37.8% No (394,873)

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  5,681,318 votes 63.7%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  3,237,785 votes 36.3%

Board Member; Biggs Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Melissa A. Atteberry
  757 votes 34.28%
• M. America Navarro
  488 votes 22.10%
• Sean Avram
  488 votes 22.10%
• Vaughna Schooler
  475 votes 21.51%

Trustee; Chico Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Rebecca Konkin
  3906 votes 59.62%
• Scott Thompson
  2645 votes 40.38%

Trustee; Chico Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Thomas M. Lando
  4610 votes 57.71%
• Matt Tennis
  3378 votes 42.29%

Trustee; Chico Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Eileen L. Robinson
  4924 votes 50.98%
• Logan Wilson
  4735 votes 49.02%

Board Member; Durham Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Buzz Landon
  1306 votes 39.33%
• Jennie M. Dubose
  1199 votes 36.10%
• Lance R. Smith
  816 votes 24.57%

Trustee; Gridley Unified School District; Trustee Area 2 (2 Elected)

• Drew Becker
  1715 votes 33.13%
• Joseph H. Dewsnup
  1397 votes 26.98%
• Kirsten Storne-Piazza
  1048 votes 20.24%
• Stacy Anthony
  1017 votes 19.64%

Trustee; Marysville Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Brett Butler
  65 votes 53.28%
• Seth Stemen
  57 votes 46.72%

Board Member; Manzanita Elementary School District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Jake Wilson
  218 votes 41.44%
• Brenda Roach Donnahoe
  178 votes 33.84%
• Marc Tillotson
  130 votes 24.71%

Board Member; Palermo Union Elementary School District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Cody Nissen
  1021 votes 28.98%
• Kimberly Tyler
  944 votes 26.80%
• Justin K. Younger
  874 votes 24.81%
• William Bynum
  684 votes 19.42%

Board Member; Palermo Union Elementary School District; 2 Year Short Term

• Mark McClarren
  956 votes 56.24%
• Loretta Long
  744 votes 43.76%

Board Member; Thermalito Union Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Darlene Fultz
  1338 votes 27.51%
• Jaymes Lackey
  1270 votes 26.12%
• Mark W. Walker
  1232 votes 25.33%
• Robert E. Stevens
  1023 votes 21.04%

Council Member; City of Biggs; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Chuck Nuchols
  316 votes 29.10%
• Brian Bassett
  308 votes 28.36%
• James Theo "Bo" Sheppard
  290 votes 26.70%
• Edmund Punzo
  172 votes 15.84%

Council Member; City of Biggs; 2 Year Short Term

• Michael Buck
  228 votes 50.67%
• Anita Wilks
  222 votes 49.33%

Council Member; City of Chico; Council District 2

• Kasey Reynolds
  2470 votes 55.79%
• Morgan Kennedy
  1957 votes 44.21%

Council Member; City of Chico; Council District 4

• Addison Winslow
  2333 votes 57.70%
• Nichole Nava
  1710 votes 42.30%

Council Member; City of Chico; Council District 6

• Tom Van Overbeek
  3441 votes 58.77%
• Jesica Giannola
  2414 votes 41.23%

Council Member; City of Chico; Council District 3-2020

• Dale Bennett
  3156 votes 51.92%
• Monica McDaniel
  2922 votes 48.08%

Mayor; City of Oroville

• David Pittman
  2226 votes 51.23%
• Chuck Reynolds
  2119 votes 48.77%

Council Member; City of Oroville; Council District A

• Tracy Johnstone
  329 votes 54.74%
• Art Hatley
  272 votes 45.26%

Council Member; City of Oroville; Council District F

• Shawn Webber
  331 votes 51.96%
• Natalie Sheard
  306 votes 48.04%

Treasurer; City of Oroville

• Karolyn Fairbanks
  3001 votes 76.38%
• August Lincoln
  928 votes 23.62%

Council Member; Town of Paradise (2 Elected)

• Steve Crowder
  2700 votes 47.90%
• Ron Lassonde
  1747 votes 30.99%
• Stuart Lee Bannister
  1190 votes 21.11%

District

Director; Paradise Recreation and Park District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Mary Bellefeuille
  4341 votes 26.31%
• Steve Rodowick
  3662 votes 22.20%
• Albert "Al" McGreehan
  3256 votes 19.74%
• Donna Yutzy
  1939 votes 11.75%
• Kathleen T. Hiatt
  1899 votes 11.51%
• William H. "Bill" Reeves
  1401 votes 8.49%

Director; Paradise Recreation and Park District; 2 Year Short Term

• Jenni Goodlin
  3443 votes 57.41%
• Tony Everts
  2554 votes 42.59%

Director; North Yuba Water District; Division 1

• Alton Wright
  48 votes 64.86%
• Douglas J. Neilson
  20 votes 27.03%
• Renee Wood
  6 votes 8.11%

Director; South Feather Water and Power Agency; Division 1

• Brad Hemstalk
  3769 votes 52.64%
• Tod Hickman
  3391 votes 47.36%

Special District

Proposition 1 Reproductive Freedom
Pass: 7,176,888 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 3,553,564 / 33.1% No votes

Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

Proposition 26 Sports Betting in Casinos
Fail: 3,514,597 / 33.0% Yes votes ...... 7,129,127 / 67.0% No votes

Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 27 Online Sports Betting
Fail: 1,906,342 / 17.7% Yes votes ...... 8,849,206 / 82.3% No votes

Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 28 Funding Arts and Music Education
Pass: 6,924,618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 3,827,971 / 35.6% No votes

Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

Proposition 29 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
Fail: 3,364,407 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 7,281,201 / 68.4% No votes

Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 30 Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars
Fail: 4,560,488 / 42.4% Yes votes ...... 6,203,810 / 57.6% No votes

Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

Proposition 31 Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
Pass: 6,803,431 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 3,923,385 / 36.6% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

Measure H Sales and Use Tax -- City of Chico (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 17320 / 52.72% Yes votes ...... 15530 / 47.28% No votes

To support vital city services including: maintaining/repairing streets, storm drains, sidewalks, and fixing potholes; addressing homelessness; protecting 911 emergency response times; preserving the number of on-duty police officers and fire fighters; maintaining/improving Bidwell Park, neighborhood parks, and funding other general services and essential activity; shall an ordinance establishing a 1 percent sales tax, providing approximately $24,000,000 annually until ended by voters, subject to annual audits, with all funds staying local, be adopted?

Measure J School Bond -- Gridley Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1922 / 60.19% Yes votes ...... 1271 / 39.81% No votes

To improve educational facilities at Gridley High School; repair/replace leaky roofs; modernize/renovate classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and replace outdated heating, ventilation and cooling systems; shall the Gridley Unified School District measure authorizing $16,300,000 of bonds at legal rates, levying approximately 4 cents per $100 assessed value, generating on average $870,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, NO money for salaries and no money taken by the State?

Measure K Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program -- County of Butte (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 49121 / 71.25% Yes votes ...... 19822 / 28.75% No votes

Should the Butte County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program and associated fees (one dollar per vehicle and an additional three dollars for certain commercial vehicles) be renewed for a ten year term under California Vehicle Code Sections 9250.7 and 22710, or any successor statutes thereto, for purposes of removal and disposal of abandoned and wrecked vehicles?

Measure L Public Nuisance Law -- City of Chico (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 18934 / 60.08% Yes votes ...... 12582 / 39.92% No votes

Shall an ordinance which requires the City of Chico be held to abide by the same public nuisance laws it imposes on private landowners by establishing a right for residents uniquely harmed by a public nuisance to demand the abatement of public nuisances by the City on City-owned public property; and requires the City to respond to the demand by abating the alleged nuisance or providing the reason for its refusal, limited to prescribed justifications, be adopted?