Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of Tuolumne
(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 Superintendent of Public Instruction

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

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%

US Legislature

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; District 5

• Tom McClintock, Republican
  173,524 votes 61.3%
• Michael J. "Mike" Barkley, Democratic
  109,506 votes 38.7%

State Senate

State Senator; District 4

• Marie Alvarado-Gil, Democratic
  137,157 votes 52.7%
• Tim Robertson, Democratic
  123,210 votes 47.3%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 8

• Jim Patterson, Republican
  128,124 votes 74.2%
• Thomas Edward Nichols, Libertarian
  44,451 votes 25.8%

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 5 (Yes/No)

• Brad R. Hill
  69.2% Yes (451,857) 30.8% No (200,838)
• Jennifer Detjen
  69.3% Yes (451,087) 30.7% No (200,108)
• Bert Levy
  68.2% Yes (443,243) 31.8% No (206,483)

Board Member; Yosemite Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• Don Davis
  16,255 votes 55.1%
• Tyler Jackson
  5,455 votes 18.5%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%, 7,790 Under Votes 26.4%, 7 Over Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Sonora Union High School District; Trustee Area 1; Full Term

• Nancy Scott
  2,451 votes 54.49%
• Joanne Catherine McCullough
  2,047 votes 45.51%
• (1,398 Under Votes)

Board Member; Sonora Union High School District; Trustee Area 1; Unexpired Short Term

• David Wheeler
  2,411 votes 53.94%
• Kurt Bryant
  2,059 votes 46.06%
• (1,424 Under Votes, 2 Over Votes)

Board Member; Sonora Union High School District; Trustee Area 2 (2 Elected)

• Mike Holland
  4,375 votes 33.19%
• Keith Arnett
  3,194 votes 24.23%
• Tristan J. Kaiser
  3,001 votes 22.77%
• Jen Torres
  2,610 votes 19.80%
• (7,002 Under Votes, 48 Over Votes)

Board Member; Summerville High School District (3 Elected)

• Jake Hurst
  2,168 votes 32.90%
• Randy Richter
  1,996 votes 30.29%
• Andrea Ransom
  1,397 votes 21.20%
• Darren Daily
  1,029 votes 15.61%
• (6,190 Under Votes, 3 Over Votes)

Board Member; Curtis Creek Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Courtney Castle
  2,101 votes 30.13%
• Nikki Hiemstra
  1,976 votes 28.34%
• Zachary Levey
  1,522 votes 21.83%
• Maren Paris
  1,373 votes 19.69%
• (5,871 Under Votes, 3 Over Votes)

Board Member; Soulsbyville Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Christopher R. Lockhart
  1,065 votes 24.34%
• Dena Canaday
  1,001 votes 22.87%
• Sarah Garcia
  930 votes 21.25%
• Nadiia Solo
  853 votes 19.49%
• Josh Milbourn
  527 votes 12.04%
• (2,242 Under Votes)

Board Member; Summerville Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Brady Day
  990 votes 30.65%
• Kurt Bayers
  849 votes 26.28%
• Michael E. Brennan
  799 votes 24.74%
• Marta Mantzouranis
  592 votes 18.33%
• (1,960 Under Votes)

Special District

Board Member; Columbia Fire Protection District

• Barry Rudolph
  201 votes 69.55%
• Stan Steiner
  88 votes 30.45%
• (26 Under Votes, 1 Over Votes)

Board Member; Tuolumne Park & Recreation (3 Elected)

• Mark D. Ferreira
  973 votes 31.96%
• Gretchen Sullivan
  770 votes 25.30%
• Marty Anderson
  671 votes 22.04%
• Alexander Harold Horat
  630 votes 20.70%
• (2,074 Under Votes)

Board Member; Twain Harte Community Services District (2 Elected)

• M. Charlotte Bohlman
  298 votes 35.95%
• Eileen Mannix
  288 votes 34.74%
• Jay Canavan
  243 votes 29.31%
• (407 Under Votes)

Board Member; Lake Don Pedro Community Services District (2 Elected)

• Russ Warren
  210 votes 41.92%
• Mary C. Smith
  176 votes 35.13%
• Dennis Kluding
  115 votes 22.95%
• (259 Under Votes)

Board Member; Tuolumne Utilities District; Division 1

• Ron W. Ringen
  1,970 votes 55.10%
• Brian Kieth Shrigley
  1,605 votes 44.90%
• (790 Under Votes, 3 Over Votes)

Board Member; Tuolumne Utilities District; Division 4

• Jeff Kerns
  2,336 votes 67.38%
• Alexander Harold Horat
  1,131 votes 32.62%
• (539 Under Votes, 2 Over Votes)

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 X Transactions and Use Tax -- County of Tuolumne (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 9,725 / 47.97% Yes votes ...... 10,550 / 52.03% No votes

To protect and improve essential Sheriff, Fire, and Road services, shall an ordinance be adopted authorizing a one percent Transactions and Use Tax (sales tax) in the unincorporated areas of the County providing approximately $6,400,000 annually that exclusively funds and is split between Sheriff (40%), Fire (40%), and Road (20%) services with annual public audits and expiring after 10 years unless renewed by voters?

Measure Y Sales Tax -- City of Sonora (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 977 / 58.26% Yes votes ...... 700 / 41.74% No votes

Shall the measure to maintain the City of Sonora essential services such as Police, Fire, Street Repair, and other core services by establishing a 1 % sales and use tax ("Sales Tax"), providing the City of Sonora approximately $3.9 million dollars annually for a period of twenty (20) years until March 31, 2043, be adopted?