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State Senator; District 9; Peace and Freedom Party

• Tom Condit, Peace and Freedom
  280 votes 100%

(Only Peace and Freedom party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 9)

State Senator; District 7; Democratic Party

• Tom Torlakson, Democratic
  104,450 votes 100%

(Only Democratic party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 7)

State Senator; District 9; Democratic Party

• Don Perata, Democratic
  114,220 votes 100%

State Senator; District 9; Republican Party

• Patricia Deutsche, Republican
  21,940 votes 100%

State Senator; District 9; Libertarian Party

• Peter Von Pinnon, Libertarian
  545 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 9)

President

President of the United States; Democratic Party

• John F. Kerry, Democratic
  1,975,043 votes 64.4%
• John Edwards, Democratic
  606,224 votes 19.8%
• Dennis J. Kucinich, Democratic
  143,162 votes 4.7%
• Howard Dean, Democratic
  129,063 votes 4.3%
• Al Sharpton, Democratic
  58,454 votes 2%
• Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  52,078 votes 1.6%
• Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  50,455 votes 1.6%
• Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  24,087 votes .7%
• Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  21,613 votes .7%
• Lyndon Larouche, Democratic
  7,846 votes .2%
• James Alexander-Pace, Democratic (Write-in)
• Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)
• David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
• Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
• John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)

President of the United States; Republican Party

• George W. Bush, Republican
  2,184,828 votes 100%
• Richard P. Bosa, Republican (Write-in)
• Doc Castellano, Republican (Write-in)
• Nancy Warrick, Republican (Write-in)
• Bradley J. Barton, Republican (Write-in)
• Richard Allen Holtz, Republican (Write-in)
• Bill Wyatt, Republican (Write-in)
• Blake Ashby, Republican (Write-in)

President of the United States; American Independent Party

• Michael A. Peroutka, American Independent
  25,950 votes 100%

President of the United States; Green Party

• Peter Miguel Camejo, Green
  33,255 votes 75.9%
• David Cobb, Green
  5,002 votes 11.5%
• Lorna Salzman, Green
  4,680 votes 10.6%
• Kent Mesplay, Green
  883 votes 2%

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

• Gary Nolan, Libertarian
  11,677 votes 59.3%
• Aaron Russo, Libertarian
  4,761 votes 24.2%
• Michael Badnarik, Libertarian
  3,266 votes 16.5%

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

• Leonard Peltier, Peace and Freedom
  2,767 votes 59.2%
• Walter F. "Walt" Brown, Peace and Freedom
  1,914 votes 40.8%
• Mumia Abu-Jamal, Peace and Freedom
• Israel Feuer, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)

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

US Senate

United States Senator; Democratic Party

• Barbara Boxer, Democratic
  2,532,621 votes 100%

United States Senator; Republican Party

• Bill Jones, Republican
  1,002,875 votes 44.9%
• Rosario Marin, Republican
  448,756 votes 20.1%
• Howard Kaloogian, Republican
  248,443 votes 11.2%
• Toni Casey, Republican
  139,835 votes 6.3%
• Tim Stoen, Republican
  123,182 votes 5.5%
• James Stewart, Republican
  77,111 votes 3.4%
• Barry L. Hatch, Republican
  70,307 votes 3.1%
• John M. Van Zandt, Republican
  56,143 votes 2.5%
• Danney Ball, Republican
  37,059 votes 1.6%
• Bill Quraishi, Republican
  32,022 votes 1.4%
• Louis E. Longoria, Republican (Write-in)

United States Senator; American Independent Party

• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  31,277 votes 100%

United States Senator; Libertarian Party

• James P. "Jim" Gray, Libertarian
  13,437 votes 57.5%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  9,959 votes 42.5%

United States Senator; Peace and Freedom Party

• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  4,778 votes 100%

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

US House

United States Representative; District 7; Democratic Party

• George Miller, Democratic
  69,686 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 7; Republican Party

• Charles Hargrave, Republican
  23,574 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 7)

United States Representative; District 10; Democratic Party

• Ellen O. Tauscher, Democratic
  74,811 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 10; Republican Party

• Jeff Ketelson, Republican
  45,032 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 10)

United States Representative; District 11; Democratic Party

• Gerald M. "Jerry" McNerney, Democratic (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 11; Republican Party

• Richard Pombo, Republican
  64,469 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 11)

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 11; Democratic Party

• Joe Canciamilla, Democratic
  43,987 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 11; Republican Party

• Paul Santiago, Republican
  18,965 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 11; Libertarian Party

• Frank Manske, Libertarian
  300 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 11)

Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Democratic Party

• Loni Hancock, Democratic
  70,394 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Republican Party

• Lance Montauk, Republican
  15,225 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Libertarian Party

• Kevin O'Neal, Libertarian
  347 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 14)

Member of the State Assembly; District 15; Democratic Party

• Elaine D. Shaw, Democratic
  39,400 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 15; Republican Party

• Guy S. Houston, Republican
  48,088 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 15)

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Contra Costa

• John Sugiyama
  139,238 votes 68.3%
• Denise Marie Schmidt
  64,747 votes 31.7%

County

Supervisor; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 2

• Gayle B. Uilkema
  40,495 votes 74.4%
• Greg Young
  13,929 votes 25.6%

Supervisor; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 3

• Millie Greenberg
  22,923 votes 40.8%
• Mary Nejedly Piepho
  21,252 votes 37.8%
• Dave Hudson
  12,067 votes 21.5%

Supervisor; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 5

• Federal Glover
  18,871 votes 55.4%
• Erik Nunn
  15,191 votes 44.6%

City

Member, City Council; City of Oakley (3 Elected)

• Pat Anderson
  3,182 votes 31.4%
• Brad Nix
  2,882 votes 28.4%
• Kevin Romick
  2,555 votes 25.2%
• Carlos Gustavo Fierros
  1,520 votes 15.0%

Party Committee

Democratic Party Central Committee; County of Contra Costa; Supervisorial District 2 (5 Elected)

• Diddo Clark
  15,259 votes 19.6%
• Terry J. Leach
  15,118 votes 19.4%
• Steve B. McCoy
  14,194 votes 18.2%
• Richard "Rich" Verrilli
  13,555 votes 17.4%
• Herman Blackmon
  12,601 votes 16.2%
• Nadine Grace Peyrucain
  7,174 votes 9.2%

Green Party County Council At Large; County of Contra Costa (7 Elected)

• Juan Reardon
  1,051 votes 16.0%
• David Marin
  990 votes 15.0%
• Evan Blickenstaff
  781 votes 11.9%
• Sharon Peterson
  736 votes 11.2%
• Jeanne-Marie Rosenmeier
  709 votes 10.8%
• Christy Lynn Gale
  706 votes 10.7%
• Craig D. Peterson
  601 votes 9.1%
• Tyler Snortum-Phelps
  508 votes 7.7%
• Michael Ray Ritter
  498 votes 7.6%

Proposition 55 Kindergarten -University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004
3,181,725 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 3,076,099 / 49.2% No votes

Should the state sell twelve billion three hundred million dollars ($12,300,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?

Proposition 56 State Budget, Related Taxes, Reserve, Voting Requirements, Penalties
2,151,359 / 34.3% Yes votes ...... 4,113,036 / 65.7% No votes

Should the State Constitution and certain statutes be amended to allow the state legislature to pass the state budget and budget-related tax and appropriation bills with a 55 percent vote, and to make other changes to the budget process?

Proposition 57 The Economic Recovery Bond Act
3,991,044 / 63.3% Yes votes ...... 2,312,254 / 36.7% No votes

Should the state of California borrow 15 billion dollars ($15,000,000,000) through the sale of bonds to provide financing for California's budget deficit?

Proposition 58 The California Balanced Budget Act
4,461,157 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 1,813,507 / 28.9% No votes

Should the state Constitution be amended to require that the state adopt a balanced budget and provide for mid-year adjustments if the budget falls out of balance? Should the Constitution also include state budget reserve requirements and limits on future borrowing to finance budget deficits?

Measure 2 Regional Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano (Majority Approval Require)
631,304 / 58.5% Yes votes ...... 448,771 / 41.5% No votes
   178,464 (59.55%) Yes / 121,206 (40.45%) No in Santa Clara County
   164,497 (55.6%) Yes / 131,098 (44.4%) No in Alameda County
   121,167 (51.4%) Yes / 114,766 (48.6%) No in Contra Costa County
   51285 (64.29%) Yes / 28487 (35.71%) No in Marin County
   115,891 (68.53%) Yes / 53,214 (31.47%) No in San Francisco County
   Yes / No in Solano County

Measure B College Bond -- Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (2/3 Approval Required)
65,195 / 59.0% Yes votes ...... 45,398 / 41.0% No votes
   65,155 (59.0%) Yes / 45,364 (41.0%) No in Alameda County
   40 (54.1%) Yes / 34 (45.9%) No in Contra Costa County

To prepare students for jobs/four-year colleges, improve safety, accommodate increasing enrollment at Chabot and Las Positas Colleges by:

• Repairing leaky roofs;
• Upgrading fire safety, campuss security, plumbing/ventilation systems and electrical wiring for computer technology;
• Removing asbestos;
• Upgrading nursing/paramedics/job training classrooms;
• Repairing, constructing, acquiring, equipping classrooms, labs, sites and facilities;

shall Cahbot-Las Positas Community College District issue $498,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with guaranteed annual audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure J Parcel Tax -- West Contra Costa Unified School District (2/3 Approval Required)
28,785 / 62.7% Yes votes ...... 17,138 / 37.3% No votes

To maintain reduced class sizes; purchase textbooks and teaching materials, attract and retain qualified teachers, aides and counselors; enhance core subjects including reading, writing, math and science, and improve custodial services, shall West Contra Costa Unified School District be authorized to levy, for 5 years only beginning July 1, 2004, an annual tax of 6.8 cents per square foot of total building area or $6.80 per vacant parcel, with an exemption for eligible seniors?

Measure K Parcel Tax -- Moraga School District (2/3 Approval Required)
4,443 / 66.8% Yes votes ...... 2,208 / 33.2% No votes

To provide funding for Moraga's K-8 schools to maintain small class sizes, to protect strong academics, and to hire and retain qualified teachers and staff; shall the Moraga School District be authorized to replace its existing parcel tax with a levy of $325.00 per year per taxable parcel of real property with an annual independent audit and exemption for eligible low-income seniors?

Measure L Large Scale Retail Business Ordinance -- County of Contra Costa (Majority Approval Required)
108,770 / 46.3% Yes votes ...... 126,055 / 53.7% No votes

Shall the Large-Scale Retail Businesses Ordinance, Contra Costa County Ordinance No. 2003-18, be adopted?

Measure M Redevelopement Agency -- City of Martinez (Advisory Measure Only)
6,336 / 51.9% Yes votes ...... 5,877 / 48.1% No votes

Shall Martinez City Council establish a Redevelopment Agency within the City of Martinez in accordance with State law, including the statutory provisions requiring public notice and hearing before the Redevelopment Agency can be established and its goals implemented?

Measure N Expand Los Vaqueros -- Contra Costa County Water District (Advisory Measure Only)
59,094 / 61.8% Yes votes ...... 36,578 / 38.2% No votes

Shall Contra Costa Water District work with public water agencies to expand Los Vaqueros Reservoir, at no cost to District ratepayers, to: (1) increase water supplies for drought protection; (2) improve drinking water quality; and (3) protect endangered fish in the Delta, on condition that: (a) CCWD water rates will not increase; (b) no water will be exported to Southern California or a peripheral canal; and (c) CCWD will still operate the expanded reservoir?

Measure O Parcel Tax, Blackhawk Police Services -- County Service Area P-2, Zone A (2/3 Approval Required)
1,095 / 50.7% Yes votes ...... 1,065 / 49.3% No votes

Shall Contra Costa County Ordinance 2003-31 be approved to authorize a special tax increase on property in County Service Area P-2 (Zone A), to a maximum of $270 per parcel for residential property (single and multiple), a maximum of $1620 per parcel for commercial/industrial/institutional property, and a maximum of $8100 per parcel for commercial/theater property, to provide additional funding for police protection?

Measure P Appropriations Limit, Alamo Park & Recreation -- County Service Area R-7, Zone A (Majority Approval Require)
3,444 / 73.5% Yes votes ...... 1,239 / 26.5% No votes

Shall the appropriations limit under California Article XII-B for County Service Area R-7A (Alamo Parks and Recreation) be increased to $675,000 and adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living and population, with the increase effective for the fiscal years 2002/2003 through 2005/2006 (inclusive) to provide for the expenditure of funds that will be available to the Service Area during the stated fiscal years?