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March 5, 2002 Election

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County Results as of Apr 11 11:32am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (2/2)
52% Countywide Voter Turnout (120,502/231,595)

Statewide Results as of Apr 10 12:24pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (22976/22976)
34.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (5,285,587/15,280,808)

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    • State Executive

    Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    • Bill Simon, Republican
      1,126,197 votes 49.5%
    • Richard J. Riordan, Republican
      713,233 votes 31.4%
    • Bill Jones, Republican
      386,346 votes 17%
    • Nick Jesson, Republican
      19,251 votes .8%
    • Edie Bukewihge, Republican
      14,413 votes .6%
    • Danney Ball, Republican
      13,134 votes .5%
    • Jim Dimov, Republican
      5,582 votes .2%

    Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Reinhold Gulke, American Independent
      26,233 votes 100%

    Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Governor; State of California)

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Cruz M. Bustamante, Democratic
      1,931,980 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Jim King, American Independent
      25,206 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Reform Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Kalee Przybylak, Natural Law
      4,130 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor; State of California)

    Secretary of State; State of California; Democratic Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Republican Party

    • Keith Olberg, Republican
      1,223,393 votes 62.1%
    • Mike Schaefer, Republican
      408,189 votes 20.7%
    • Barbara Jean Marr, Republican
      340,995 votes 17.2%

    Secretary of State; State of California; American Independent Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Green Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Reform Party

    • Valli Sharpe-Geisler, Reform
      7,225 votes 100%

    Secretary of State; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Secretary of State; State of California)

    State Controller; State of California; Democratic Party

    State Controller; State of California; Republican Party

    • Tom McClintock, Republican
      945,706 votes 45.8%
    • Dean Andal, Republican
      733,486 votes 35.5%
    • W. Snow Hume, Republican
      194,370 votes 9.4%
    • Nancy Beecham, Republican
      194,136 votes 9.3%

    State Controller; State of California; American Independent Party

    State Controller; State of California; Green Party

    • Laura Wells, Green
      29,374 votes 84.2%
    • David Delano Blanco, Green
      5,550 votes 15.8%

    State Controller; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • J. Carlos Aguirre, Natural Law
      4,452 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Controller; State of California)

    State Treasurer; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Philip Angelides, Democratic
      1,879,813 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Republican Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Nathan E. Johnson, American Independent
      26,692 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Libertarian Party

    • Marian Smithson, Libertarian
      19,172 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Green Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Sylvia Valentine, Natural Law
      4,300 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Treasurer; State of California)

    Attorney General; State of California; Democratic Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Republican Party

    • Dick Ackerman, Republican
      1,831,813 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
      27,085 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Green Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Attorney General; State of California)

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Democratic Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Republican Party

    • Gary Mendoza, Republican
      804,772 votes 41.8%
    • Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch, Republican
      702,479 votes 36.4%
    • Wes Bannister, Republican
      422,132 votes 21.8%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Steve Klein, American Independent
      27,066 votes 100%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Green Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Insurance Commissioner; State of California)

    State Board of Equalization

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1; Democratic Party

    • Carole Migden, Democratic
      601,755 votes 100%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1; Republican Party

    • Mark S. Bendick, Republican
      210,107 votes 56.1%
    • Max Woods, Republican
      164,492 votes 43.9%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1; Libertarian Party

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 1)

    US Congress

    United States Representative; District 1; Democratic Party

    • Mike Thompson, Democratic
      64,401 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 1; Republican Party

    • Lawrence R. Wiesner, Republican
      42,616 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 1; Libertarian Party

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 1)

    United States Representative; District 6; Democratic Party

    United States Representative; District 6; Republican Party

    • Paul L. Erickson, Republican
      40,621 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 6; Libertarian Party

    • Richard O. Barton, Libertarian
      709 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 6; Reform Party

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 6)

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 2; Democratic Party

    • Wesley Chesbro, Democratic
      86,742 votes 100%

    State Senator; District 2; Republican Party

    State Senator; District 2; Libertarian Party

    • Laura Jean Likover, Libertarian
      964 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 2)

    State Assembly

    Member; California State Assembly; District 1; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 1; Republican Party

    • Rob Brown, Republican
      12,378 votes 35.4%
    • Tim Stoen, Republican
      12,284 votes 35%
    • Clay Romero, Republican
      10,392 votes 29.6%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 1; Green Party

    • Doug Riley Thron, Green
      3,567 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Green, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 1)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 6; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 6; Republican Party

    • Kenneth A. Hitt, Republican
      25,926 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 6; Libertarian Party

    • Richard Olmstead, Libertarian
      463 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 6)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 7; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Assembly; District 7; Libertarian Party

    • David Kozlowski, Libertarian
      346 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Libertarian party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 7)

    School

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California

    County Superintendent of Schools; County of Sonoma

    • Carl Wong
      61,796 votes 59.1%
    • Yancey Forest-Knowles
      42,539 votes 40.7%

    County

    County Supervisor; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 2

    • Mike Kerns
      12,916 votes 60.8%
    • Ray Peterson
      8,303 votes 39.1%

    County Supervisor; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 4

    • Paul L. Kelley
      13,289 votes 58.0%
    • Fred Euphrat
      9,619 votes 42.0%

    Auditor-Controller; County of Sonoma

    • Rodney A. Dole
      88,023 votes 99.3%

    County Clerk-Recorder- Assessor-Public Administrator; County of Sonoma

    • Eeve T. Lewis
      88,375 votes 99.3%

    District Attorney; County of Sonoma

    • Stephan R. Passalacqua
      63,070 votes 57.3%
    • J. Michael Mullins
      46,802 votes 42.5%

    Sheriff-Coroner; County of Sonoma

    • Bill Cogbill
      88,762 votes 99.3%

    Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Sonoma

    • Tom Ford
      88,335 votes 99.4%

    Party Committee

    Member, Democratic Central Committee; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 5 (4 Elected)

    • Marian McDonald, Democratic
      6,665 votes 23.3%
    • Gail Tucker, Democratic
      6,610 votes 23.1%
    • Francie Moeller, Democratic
      6,224 votes 21.7%
    • Dan Perdios, Democratic
      5,178 votes 18.1%
    • Charles Cuney Gabriel, Democratic
      3,930 votes 13.7%

    Member, Republican Central Committee; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 1 (5 Elected)

    • William W. Pisenti, Republican
      6,968 votes 20.0%
    • Robert Matthews, Republican
      6,445 votes 18.5%
    • Thomas "Obie" Obuchowski, Republican
      6,277 votes 18.1%
    • Curtis Askim, Republican
      5,794 votes 16.7%
    • E. Orlean Koehle, Republican
      4,941 votes 14.2%
    • John D. Flitner, Republican
      4,306 votes 12.4%

    Member, Republican Central Committee; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 2 (4 Elected)

    • Mike Harris, Republican
      4,232 votes 23.8%
    • John C. Mills, Republican
      4,074 votes 22.9%
    • Audrey Ruth Thompson, Republican
      3,795 votes 21.4%
    • Rob McGaughey, Jr., Republican
      3,059 votes 17.2%
    • Floyd G. Sampson, Republican
      2,596 votes 14.6%

    Member, Republican Central Committee; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 3 (4 Elected)

    • Casidy A. Ward, Republican
      2,806 votes 20.8%
    • John Bugbee, Republican
      2,690 votes 20.0%
    • Clay J. Christianson, Republican
      2,679 votes 19.9%
    • Al Spencer, Republican
      2,664 votes 19.8%
    • David Swint, Republican
      2,602 votes 19.3%

    Member, Republican Central Committee; County of Sonoma; Supervisorial District 4 (5 Elected)

    • Terry Fowler, Republican
      4,503 votes 16.7%
    • Gary W. Plass, Republican
      4,501 votes 16.7%
    • Louis T. Jenkins, Republican
      4,254 votes 15.8%
    • Rosalie K. Parks, Republican
      3,916 votes 14.5%
    • Lisa Wittke Schaffner, Republican
      3,822 votes 14.2%
    • Kirk H. Veale, Republican
      3,508 votes 13.0%
    • Vera B. Klinge, Republican
      2,450 votes 9.1%

    State Propositions

    Proposition 40 The California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
    2,769,178 / 56.9% Yes votes ...... 2,101,516 / 43.1% No votes
    Should the state borrow two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for development, restoration, and acquisition of state and local parks, recreation areas and historical resources, and for land, air, and water conservation programs?

    Proposition 41 Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002
    2,474,372 / 51.6% Yes votes ...... 2,325,348 / 48.4% No votes
    Should the state borrow $200 million ($200,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of updated voting systems?

    Proposition 42 Transportation Congestion Improvement Act
    3,345,877 / 69.1% Yes votes ...... 1,499,475 / 30.9% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require gasoline and diesel fuel sales tax revenues be allocated for specified transportation purposes, including highways, streets and roads, and transit improvements?

    Proposition 43 Right to Have Vote Counted
    3,382,174 / 71.5% Yes votes ...... 1,346,926 / 28.5% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require that every vote legally cast in an election be counted?

    Proposition 44 Chiropractors. Unprofessional Conduct
    3,758,718 / 79.8% Yes votes ...... 952,790 / 20.2% No votes
    Should the Chiropractic Act be amended to alter procedures and penalties in cases of various specified offenses, including insurance fraud?

    Proposition 45 Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions
    2,043,448 / 42.3% Yes votes ...... 2,782,039 / 57.7% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to allow voters to submit petitions to permit their incumbent legislators to run for reelection and to serve for a maxiumum of four more years beyond their presently allowed terms?

    Local Measures

    Measure A Classoom And Facility Improvement -- Sonoma County Community College District (Bond requiring 55% approval of voters who vote on the measure)
    76,586 / 67.9% Yes votes ...... 36,264 / 32.1% No votes
    Shall Santa Rosa Junior College (Santa Rosa, Petaluma, all locations) prepare students for jobs and four year colleges by acquiring, constructing, furnishing, repairing deteriorating classrooms, libraries, laboratories, sites, parking; upgrading fire safety, ventilation/plumbing, electrical, computer technology wiring; replacing portables; completing and upgrading training centers for firefighters, police, nurses, paramedics, technology; by Sonoma County Junior College District issuing $251,700,000 of bonds at legal rates, with Citizens' Oversight Committee, annual audits and no money for operations or administrators' salaries?

    Measure B School Classrooms and Facilities -- Santa Rosa High School District (Bond requiring approval of 55% of voters who vote on the measure)
    29,726 / 66.5% Yes votes ...... 14,981 / 33.5% No votes
    To improve classroom technology and internet access and make campus safety repairs and renovations to Santa Rosa's middle and high schools, install new fire safety systems, remove asbestos and lead-based paint, replace deteriorating portable classrooms, upgrade heating, plumbing and other systems to current State standards, and to qualify for State matching funds, shall the Santa Rosa High School District issue $77,230,000 of bonds at interest rates within the legal limit, and establish an independent citizens'committee to monitor spending?

    Measure C Classroom and Facilities -- Santa Rosa Elementary School District (Bond requiring approval of 55% of the voters who vote on the measure)
    9,204 / 70.4% Yes votes ...... 3,870 / 29.6% No votes
    In order to upgrade elementary school campus safety, remove asbestos and lead-based paint, replace deteriorating portable classrooms, renovate classrooms for new techology and internet access, repair and renovate heating, lighting, plumbing, fire safety, security and other campus systems and structures, and to qualify for State matching funds, shall the Santa Rosa Elementary School District issue $19,125,ooo of bonds at interest rates within the legal limit, and establish an independent citizens' committee to monitor district spending?

    Measure D Hospital Parcel Tax -- Sonoma Valley Health Care District
    11,017 / 84.0% Yes votes ...... 2,098 / 16.0% No votes
    Shall the Sonoma Valley Health Care District levy a special tax on each taxable parcel of land within the District, at an annual rate of up to $130 per parcel for five (5) years, to ensure continued local access to emergency room care, acute hospital care, and other medical services for residents of the District and visitors to the area, and correspondingly establish the District's appropriations limit in an amount equal to the available funding during the first year of the parcel tax at the rate of $130 per parcel?

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