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League of Women Voters of California Education Fund

November 4, 2008 Election

City Contests
for Contra Costa County, CA

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County Results as of Nov 25 11:09am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (854/854)
84.2% Countywide Voter Turnout (443,691/527,145)

Statewide Results as of Nov 26 1:08pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25423/25423)
77.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (13,412,761/17,304,091)
City

Mayor; City of Antioch

James "Jim" Davis .......... 14912 votes 46.26%

Donald P. Freitas .......... 14437 votes 44.79%

Allen D. Payton (Write-in)

(2883 Total Write-In Votes 8.94%)

Council Member; City of Antioch (2 Elected)

Mary Helen Rocha .......... 15254 votes 33.85%

Brian Kalinowski .......... 15153 votes 33.62%

Arne Simonsen .......... 14378 votes 31.90%

(283 Total Write-In Votes 0.63%)

City Clerk; City of Antioch

L. Jolene Martin .......... 24910 votes 98.45%

(393 Total Write-In Votes 1.55%)

Treasurer; City of Antioch

Donna Conley .......... 13232 votes 45.49%

Janet L. Davis .......... 6568 votes 22.58%

Robert "Bob" Kalafate .......... 4703 votes 16.17%

Anthony Puccio .......... 4471 votes 15.37%

(114 Total Write-In Votes 0.39%)

Mayor; City of Brentwood

Robert "Bob" Taylor .......... 13394 votes 70.54%

Teresa J. Wooten .......... 5513 votes 29.03%

(81 Total Write-In Votes 0.43%)

Council Member; City of Brentwood (2 Elected)

Erick A. Stonebarger .......... 11488 votes 44.02%

Bob Brockman .......... 10006 votes 38.34%

Roger F. Short .......... 4523 votes 17.33%

(80 Total Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Council Member; City of Clayton (3 Elected)

Julie Pierce .......... 3810 votes 26.00%

Joe Medrano .......... 2435 votes 16.62%

Howard Geller .......... 2211 votes 15.09%

Daniel Richardson .......... 1997 votes 13.63%

Keith Haydon .......... 1843 votes 12.58%

Jim Diaz .......... 1351 votes 9.22%

Harun R. Simbirdi .......... 708 votes 4.83%

Allen Lampo .......... 264 votes 1.80%

(36 Total Write-In Votes 0.25%)

Council Member; City of Concord (2 Elected)

Mark Peterson .......... 25974 votes 41.98%

William "Bill" Shinn .......... 24066 votes 38.90%

La Shawn B. Wells .......... 11566 votes 18.69%

(267 Total Write-In Votes 0.43%)

Council Member; Town of Danville (3 Elected)

Newell Arnerich .......... 15779 votes 30.46%

Michael J. "Mike" Doyle .......... 15401 votes 29.73%

Candace Andersen .......... 15394 votes 29.72%

Marianne Bordogna .......... 5052 votes 9.75%

(169 Total Write-In Votes 0.33%)

Council Member; City of El Cerrito (3 Elected)

Ann Cheng .......... 6852 votes 26.14%

Bill Jones .......... 6362 votes 24.27%

Greg Lyman .......... 6115 votes 23.33%

David Boisvert .......... 3420 votes 13.05%

Andrew W. Ting .......... 3411 votes 13.01%

(49 Total Write-In Votes 0.19%)

Council Member; City of Hercules (3 Elected)

Ed Balico .......... 5778 votes 30.03%

Joanne Ward .......... 5556 votes 28.87%

Donald L. Kuehne .......... 3935 votes 20.45%

John J. Delgado .......... 3909 votes 20.31%

(65 Total Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Council Member; City of Lafayette (3 Elected)

Mike Anderson .......... 8781 votes 29.37%

Carol Federighi .......... 8469 votes 28.33%

Carl Anduri .......... 7997 votes 26.75%

Gabriel Froymovich .......... 4469 votes 14.95%

(183 Total Write-In Votes 0.61%)

Council Member; Town of Moraga (3 Elected)

Karen L. Mendonca .......... 4589 votes 23.50%

Michael Metcalf .......... 4588 votes 23.49%

Howard Harpham .......... 3444 votes 17.63%

Janice Kolbe .......... 3412 votes 17.47%

Dennis Wanken .......... 1749 votes 8.96%

Brad Kvederis .......... 1652 votes 8.46%

(96 Total Write-In Votes 0.49%)

Council Member; City of Martinez (2 Elected)

Mark Ross .......... 10650 votes 39.64%

Janet Haroutunian Kennedy .......... 7877 votes 29.32%

Bradley Jackson .......... 5581 votes 20.77%

Michael Alford .......... 2648 votes 9.86%

(110 Total Write-In Votes 0.41%)

City Clerk; City of Martinez

Gary Hernandez .......... 13058 votes 98.26%

(231 Total Write-In Votes 1.74%)

Treasurer; City of Martinez

Carolyn L. Robinson .......... 9514 votes 62.92%

Charles Martin .......... 5556 votes 36.74%

(51 Total Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Council Member; City of Oakley (3 Elected)

Jim Frazier .......... 5655 votes 25.60%

Kevin Romick .......... 4230 votes 19.15%

Pat Anderson .......... 3913 votes 17.71%

Rodger McKeon .......... 3635 votes 16.45%

Brad Nix .......... 3065 votes 13.87%

Bob Caughron .......... 1538 votes 6.96%

(57 Total Write-In Votes 0.26%)

Council Member; City of Orinda (2 Elected)

Victoria Smith .......... 6355 votes 38.66%

Steven M. Glazer .......... 6102 votes 37.12%

Robert "Bob" Larsen .......... 3885 votes 23.63%

(98 Total Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Council Member; City of Pinole (2 Elected)

Peter Murray .......... 5548 votes 45.42%

Roy V. Swearingen .......... 4202 votes 34.40%

Maria Alegria .......... 2397 votes 19.63%

(67 Total Write-In Votes 0.55%)

Treasurer; City of Pinole

Judy Lee .......... 4593 votes 63.44%

Ivette Ricco .......... 2618 votes 36.16%

(29 Total Write-In Votes 0.40%)

Council Member; City of Pleasant Hill (3 Elected)

Karen Mitchoff .......... 9163 votes 27.62%

John Hanecak .......... 8093 votes 24.39%

David E. Durant .......... 6758 votes 20.37%

Keith Hunt .......... 4712 votes 14.20%

Bruce Weissenberger .......... 4345 votes 13.10%

(107 Total Write-In Votes 0.32%)

City Clerk; City of Pleasant Hill

Marty McInturf .......... 11005 votes 98.74%

(140 Total Write-In Votes 1.26%)

Treasurer; City of Pleasant Hill

Mark W. Celio .......... 11058 votes 98.70%

(146 Total Write-In Votes 1.30%)

Council Member; City of Richmond (3 Elected)

Jeff Ritterman .......... 12180 votes 16.20%

Nathaniel "Nat" Bates .......... 11555 votes 15.37%

Tom Butt .......... 11548 votes 15.36%

Jovanka D. Beckles .......... 11090 votes 14.75%

John E. Marquez .......... 9627 votes 12.80%

Courtland "Corky" Booze .......... 7372 votes 9.80%

Harpreet S. Sandhu .......... 5735 votes 7.63%

Rock Brown .......... 2661 votes 3.54%

Chris Tallerico .......... 1781 votes 2.37%

Navdeep K. Garcha .......... 1495 votes 1.99%

(157 Total Write-In Votes 0.21%)

Council Member; City of San Pablo (3 Elected)

Cecilia Valdez .......... 2375 votes 22.27%

Arturo Maldonado Cruz .......... 2301 votes 21.58%

Leonard McNeil .......... 2224 votes 20.86%

Charles A. "Nick" Nicholas .......... 1647 votes 15.44%

Jerry L. Sattler .......... 1584 votes 14.85%

Espo .......... 492 votes 4.61%

(41 Total Write-In Votes 0.38%)

Council Member; City of Walnut Creek (3 Elected)

Gary Skrel .......... 19904 votes 28.80%

Bob Simmons .......... 18406 votes 26.64%

Kish Rajan .......... 17514 votes 25.34%

Sol Henik .......... 13067 votes 18.91%

(212 Total Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Cancelled Contests not on the Ballot
The following elected offices are not on the ballot because an insufficient number of candidates applied. All candidates that file win since they are uncontested.

Council Member; City of Pittsburg (2 Elected)

Ben Johnson

Will Casey

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