Combined ballot
Every Party

See Also:   Information for the County of Santa Cruz
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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• Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)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• Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)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• Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)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• Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)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%
• Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
• David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
• John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
• Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)
• James Alexander-Pace, 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)
• Richard Allen Holtz, Republican (Write-in)
• Blake Ashby, Republican (Write-in)
• Bill Wyatt, Republican (Write-in)
• Bradley J. Barton, Republican (Write-in)
• Doc Castellano, Republican (Write-in)
• Nancy Warrick, 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%
• Israel Feuer, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Mumia Abu-Jamal, Peace and Freedom

(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 14; Democratic Party

• Anna G. Eshoo, Democratic
  81,551 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 14; Republican Party

• Chris Haugen, Republican
  33,548 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 14; Libertarian Party

• Brian Holtz, Libertarian
  871 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 14)

United States Representative; District 17; Democratic Party

• Sam Farr, Democratic
  65,805 votes 91.2%
• Art Dunn, Democratic
  6,401 votes 8.8%

United States Representative; District 17; Republican Party

• Mark Risley, Republican
  23,139 votes 75%
• Connor Vlakancic, Republican
  7,751 votes 25%

United States Representative; District 17; Green Party

• Ray Glock-Grueneich, Green
  1,656 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 17; Libertarian Party

• Joel Smolen, Libertarian
  482 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 17; Peace and Freedom Party

• Joe Williams, Peace and Freedom
  141 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 17)

State Senate

State Senator; District 11; Democratic Party

• Joe Simitian, Democratic
  65,306 votes 57.5%
• Ted Lempert, Democratic
  48,360 votes 42.5%

State Senator; District 11; Republican Party

• Jon Zellhoefer, Republican
  42,704 votes 100%

State Senator; District 11; Libertarian Party

• Allen M. Rice, Libertarian
  1,058 votes 100%

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

State Senator; District 15; Democratic Party

• Peg Pinard, Democratic
  70,973 votes 100%

State Senator; District 15; Republican Party

• Abel Maldonado, Republican
  79,994 votes 100%

State Senator; District 15; Green Party

• Brook Madsen, Green
  1,397 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Green, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 15)

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 27; Democratic Party

• John Laird, Democratic
  55,190 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 27; Republican Party

• Jack D. Barlich, Republican
  26,041 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 27)

Member of the State Assembly; District 28; Democratic Party

• Simon Salinas, Democratic
  25,890 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 28; Republican Party

• Bob Perkins, Republican
  15,862 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 28)

Judicial

School

County

County Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 1

• Janet K. Beautz
  10,963 votes 97.2%
• (319 Writein Votes 2.8%)

County Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 2

• Ellen Pirie
  9,205 votes 58.7%
• Peter Truman
  6,458 votes 41.1%
• (31 Writein Votes 0.2%)

County Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 5

• Mark W. Stone
  5,722 votes 36.8%
• Stephany E. Aguilar
  3,308 votes 21.3%
• Randy Johnson
  2,881 votes 18.5%
• Tod Landis
  1,864 votes 12.0%
• Denese Matthes
  1,751 votes 11.3%
• (25 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Party Committee

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 3 (6 Elected)

• Carol Fuller
  4,401 votes 15.0%
• Janet Singer
  4,129 votes 14.1%
• Darrell Darling
  3,946 votes 13.5%
• Joyce Malone
  3,698 votes 12.6%
• Judy Warner
  3,560 votes 12.1%
• Patricia Pfremmer
  3,511 votes 12.0%
• Robert De Freitas
  3,314 votes 11.3%
• Brian T. Murtha
  2,707 votes 9.2%
• (42 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 4 (3 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 1 (6 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 3 (5 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 4 (2 Elected)

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 5 (7 Elected)

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz (7 Elected)

Member, Natural Law Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz (7 Elected)

Member, Peace and Freedom Party Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz (7 Elected)

• Jennifer Ann Gosk
  103 votes 17.5%
• Shushannah Akin
  95 votes 16.1%
• Michael J. Smith
  94 votes 15.9%
• Maureen Smith
  93 votes 15.8%
• Joe Williams
  91 votes 15.4%
• Steve Argue
  70 votes 11.9%
• (44 Writein Votes 7.5%)

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 D Bonds -- Cabrillo Community College District (55% Majority Approval Required)
43,470 / 62.0% Yes votes ...... 26,643 / 38.0% No votes

To train and prepare students for jobs and transfer to four-year universities and improve safety by providing: Classrooms for healthcare and job training programs; a university and career readiness center; improved math, science, arts, English and other instructional facilities; and by upgrading, acquiring, constructing, equipping buildings, sites and classrooms, shall Cabrillo Community College District issue $118,500,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with citizen oversight, guaranteed annual audits and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure E Bonds -- Live Oak Elementary School District (55% Majority Required)
4,446 / 72.9% Yes votes ...... 1,654 / 27.1% No votes

In order to upgrade electrical, heating and plumbing systems; replace fire alarms and other safety systems; modernize classrooms; fix leaky roofs, and to qualify for state matching funds, shall the Live Oak School District be authorized to renovate, repair, modernize and acquire property for school/joint-use facilities and issue $14,500,000 in bonds at interest rates within the legal limit with no funds for administrator salaries and an appointed Independent Citizens Oversight Committee to monitor all bond expenditures?

Measure F City Sales Tax -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
12,995 / 69.0% Yes votes ...... 5,828 / 31.0% No votes

Shall a temporary sales tax rate increase of one-quarter of one percent, which will end after five years, be adopted to help limit further budget cuts in the City's General Fund?

Measure I Parcel Tax -- Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District (Majority Approval Required)
901 / 64.5% Yes votes ...... 495 / 35.5% No votes

Shall the Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District continue for four years (July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008) the Gann Appropriations Limit increase approved by the voters in 2000, thus allowing the district to continue to use the revenue generated by the existing special tax of $150 per parcel?