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President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
  8,063,473 votes 61.1%
• John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
  4,902,278 votes 37.1%
• Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Peace and Freedom
  105,375 votes 0.8%
• Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
  65,654 votes 0.5%
• Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr., American Independent
  39,620 votes 0.3%
• Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente, Green
  37,432 votes 0.2%
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)

US Legislative

United States Representative; District 23

• Lois Capps, Democratic
  168,665 votes 68.0%
• Matt Kokkonen, Republican
  79,589 votes 32.0%

State Senate

State Senator; District 15

• Abel Maldonado, Republican
  215,687 votes 63.1%
• James "Jim" Fitzgerald, Independent
  126,652 votes 36.9%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 33

• Sam Blakeslee, Republican
  114,310 votes 63.9%
• Robert Cuthbert, Democratic
  64,729 votes 36.1%

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Santa Barbara; Office 5

• Jed Beebe
  72144 votes 51.64%
• John Mackinnon
  66960 votes 47.93%

Trustee; Allan Hancock Joint Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• Henry M. Grennan
  5280 votes 55.75%
• Samuel Marin
  4153 votes 43.85%

Board Member; Santa Maria-Bonita School District (3 Elected)

• Craig M. Beebe
  9,205 votes 23.1%
• Ken Milo
  8,076 votes 20.3%
• Ike Ochoa
  7,986 votes 20.0%
• David Riloquio
  7,596 votes 19.1%
• Daniel A. Cadena, Jr.
  6,993 votes 17.5%

City

Mayor; City of Santa Maria

• Larry Lavagnino
  15774 votes 76.55%
• Ernest S. Armenta
  4713 votes 22.87%

Council Member; City of Santa Maria (2 Elected)

• Mike Cordero
  12949 votes 41.31%
• Bob Orach
  9166 votes 29.24%
• Lionel G. "Leo" Trujillo
  9118 votes 29.09%

City Clerk; City of Santa Maria

• Patti M. Rodriguez
  17992 votes 98.82%

Treasurer; City of Santa Maria

• Teressa L. Hall
  17898 votes 98.93%

Special District

Board Member; Santa Maria Public Airport District (3 Elected)

• Hugh Rafferty
  21202 votes 29.27%
• Chuck Adams
  19031 votes 26.28%
• Carl Engel, Jr.
  16854 votes 23.27%
• Girard "Geoff" Brenneman
  15042 votes 20.77%

Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
Pass: 6,512,189 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 5,887,181 / 47.5% No votes

To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Pass: 8,009,556 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,622,352 / 36.6% No votes

Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
Pass: 6,805,649 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 5,536,987 / 44.9% No votes

Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 6,071,863 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,570,777 / 52.0% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Fail: 5,015,080 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 7,407,454 / 59.6% No votes

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Fail: 3,728,495 / 30.8% Yes votes ...... 8,365,052 / 69.2% No votes

Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation
Fail: 4,376,814 / 35.4% Yes votes ...... 7,984,617 / 64.6% No votes

Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Pass: 6,838,107 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 6,246,463 / 47.7% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
Pass: 6,518,511 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 5,602,596 / 46.2% No votes

Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
Fail: 4,966,867 / 40.5% Yes votes ...... 7,303,418 / 59.5% No votes

Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

Proposition 11 Redistricting
Pass: 5,957,057 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 5,759,932 / 49.2% No votes

Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008
Pass: 7,618,136 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 4,385,715 / 36.5% No votes

Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?

Measure A2008 Road Repair/Traffic Relief/Transportation Improvements -- County of Santa Barbara (Continues existing half-cent sales tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 130278 / 79.15% Yes votes ...... 34309 / 20.85% No votes

Shall voters approve an ordinance to:

• Repair potholes;
• Provide safe routes to school;
• Widen Highway 101 south of Santa Barbara to relieve congestion;
• Implement local street/highway safety improvements;
• Expand public bus services/passenger rail, with increased senior/disabled accessibility;
• Synchronize traffic signals;
• Earthquake retrofit bridges/overpasses;
• Increase pedestrian/bike safety; by continuing, but not increasing, the existing half-cent sales tax for 30 years with local control, independent financial audits and public review of expenditures? Yes_______ No______