4199 CLARES ST, 95010
Every Party

See Also:   Information for the County of Santa Cruz
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

Governor; Democratic Party

• Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Democratic
  1,948,662 votes 84.3%
• Richard William Aguirre, Democratic
  93,228 votes 4.1%
• Charles "Chuck" Pineda, Jr., Democratic
  92,161 votes 4.0%
• Vibert Greene, Democratic
  52,659 votes 2.3%
• Joe Symmon, Democratic
  52,140 votes 2.3%
• Lowell Darling, Democratic
  38,981 votes 1.6%
• Peter Schurman, Democratic
  34,438 votes 1.4%
• Nadia B. Smalley, Democratic (Write-in)

Governor; Republican Party

• Meg Whitman, Republican
  1,485,562 votes 64.4%
• Steve Poizner, Republican
  616,202 votes 26.7%
• Lawrence "Larry" Naritelli, Republican
  52,794 votes 2.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  37,195 votes 1.7%
• Ken Miller, Republican
  35,243 votes 1.5%
• Bill Chambers, Republican
  33,208 votes 1.4%
• Douglas R. Hughes, Republican
  25,266 votes 1.0%
• David Tully-Smith, Republican
  24,189 votes 1.0%
• Steven Paul Mozena, Republican (Write-in)

Governor; American Independent Party

• Chelene Nightingale, American Independent
  23,120 votes 58.2%
• Markham Robinson, American Independent
  16,633 votes 41.8%

Governor; Green Party

• Laura Wells, Green
  16,583 votes 79.5%
• S. Deacon Alexander, Green
  4,299 votes 20.5%

Governor; Libertarian Party

• Dale F. Ogden, Libertarian
  16,749 votes 100.0%

Governor; Peace and Freedom Party

• Carlos Alvarez, Peace and Freedom
  1,835 votes 45.4%
• Stewart A. Alexander, Peace and Freedom
  1,625 votes 40.1%
• Mohammad Arif, Peace and Freedom
  589 votes 14.5%

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

Lieutenant Governor; Democratic Party

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  1,252,126 votes 55.4%
• Janice Hahn, Democratic
  762,954 votes 33.6%
• Eric Korevaar, Democratic
  249,115 votes 11.0%

Lieutenant Governor; Republican Party

• Abel Maldonado, Republican
  907,533 votes 43.3%
• Sam Aanestad, Republican
  652,472 votes 31.2%
• Dave Harris, Republican
  176,589 votes 8.5%
• Bert Davis, Republican
  127,324 votes 6.1%
• Scott L. Levitt, Republican
  123,214 votes 5.8%
• Yvonne R. Girard, Republican
  108,844 votes 5.1%

Lieutenant Governor; American Independent Party

• Jim King, American Independent
  37,100 votes 100.0%

Lieutenant Governor; Green Party

• James "Jimi" Castillo, Green
  18,398 votes 100.0%

Lieutenant Governor; Libertarian Party

• Pamela J. Brown, Libertarian
  17,508 votes 100.0%

Lieutenant Governor; Peace and Freedom Party

• C. T. Weber, Peace and Freedom
  3,659 votes 100.0%

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor)

Secretary of State; Democratic Party

• Debra Bowen, Democratic
  1,971,948 votes 100.0%

Secretary of State; Republican Party

• Damon Dunn, Republican
  1,435,573 votes 74.4%
• Orly Taitz, Republican
  495,034 votes 25.6%
• Roy V. Allmond, Jr., Republican (Write-in)

Secretary of State; American Independent Party

• Merton D. Short, American Independent
  38,968 votes 100.0%

Secretary of State; Green Party

• Ann Menasche, Green
  20,611 votes 100.0%

Secretary of State; Libertarian Party

• Christina Tobin, Libertarian
  17,437 votes 100.0%

Secretary of State; Peace and Freedom Party

• Marylou Cabral, Peace and Freedom
  3,883 votes 100.0%

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

Controller; Democratic Party

• John Chiang, Democratic
  1,992,075 votes 100.0%

Controller; Republican Party

• Tony Strickland, Republican
  1,188,555 votes 60.2%
• David Evans, Republican
  788,121 votes 39.8%

Controller; American Independent Party

• Lawrence G. Beliz, American Independent
  23,423 votes 56.2%
• Nathan E. Johnson, American Independent
  18,315 votes 43.8%

Controller; Green Party

• Ross D. Frankel, Green
  19,691 votes 100.0%

Controller; Libertarian Party

• Andrew "Andy" Favor, Libertarian
  17,489 votes 100.0%

Controller; Peace and Freedom Party

• Karen Martinez, Peace and Freedom
  3,692 votes 100.0%

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

Treasurer; Democratic Party

• Bill Lockyer, Democratic
  1,978,882 votes 100.0%

Treasurer; Republican Party

• Mimi Walters, Republican
  1,711,917 votes 100.0%

Treasurer; American Independent Party

• Robert Lauten, American Independent
  38,104 votes 100.0%

Treasurer; Green Party

• Charles "Kit" Crittenden, Green
  19,795 votes 100.0%

Treasurer; Libertarian Party

• Edward M. Teyssier, Libertarian
  17,287 votes 100.0%

Treasurer; Peace and Freedom Party

• Debra L. Reiger, Peace and Freedom
  3,693 votes 100.0%

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

Attorney General; Democratic Party

• Kamala D. Harris, Democratic
  736,179 votes 33.5%
• Chris Kelly, Democratic
  341,715 votes 15.6%
• Alberto Torrico, Democratic
  338,986 votes 15.5%
• Ted W. Lieu, Democratic
  229,645 votes 10.4%
• Rocky Delgadillo, Democratic
  216,377 votes 9.8%
• Pedro Nava, Democratic
  214,612 votes 9.7%
• Mike Schmier, Democratic
  122,360 votes 5.5%

Attorney General; Republican Party

• Steve Cooley, Republican
  983,848 votes 47.3%
• John Eastman, Republican
  716,061 votes 34.4%
• Tom Harman, Republican
  382,644 votes 18.3%

Attorney General; American Independent Party

• Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
  37,580 votes 100.0%

Attorney General; Green Party

• Peter Allen, Green
  19,727 votes 100.0%

Attorney General; Libertarian Party

• Timothy J. Hannan, Libertarian
  17,211 votes 100.0%

Attorney General; Peace and Freedom Party

• Robert J. Evans, Peace and Freedom
  3,728 votes 100.0%

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Attorney General)

Insurance Commissioner; Democratic Party

• Dave Jones, Democratic
  1,210,048 votes 62.9%
• Hector De La Torre, Democratic
  714,570 votes 37.1%

Insurance Commissioner; Republican Party

• Mike Villines, Republican
  958,852 votes 50.4%
• Brian Fitzgerald, Republican
  946,833 votes 49.6%

Insurance Commissioner; American Independent Party

• Clay Pedersen, American Independent
  38,295 votes 100.0%

Insurance Commissioner; Green Party

• William Balderston, Green
  19,689 votes 100.0%

Insurance Commissioner; Libertarian Party

• Richard S. Bronstein, Libertarian
  17,265 votes 100.0%

Insurance Commissioner; Peace and Freedom Party

• Dina Josephine Padilla, Peace and Freedom
  3,845 votes 100.0%

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Insurance Commissioner)

State Board of Equalization; District 1; Democratic Party

• Betty T. Yee, Democratic
  525,412 votes 74.8%
• Ted Ford, Democratic
  138,008 votes 19.6%
• G. Alan Montgomery, Democratic
  39,758 votes 5.6%

State Board of Equalization; District 1; Republican Party

• Kevin R. Scott, Republican
  249,782 votes 68.7%
• Rae Williams, Republican
  114,140 votes 31.3%

State Board of Equalization; District 1; Libertarian Party

• Kennita Watson, Libertarian
  5,084 votes 100.0%

State Board of Equalization; District 1; Peace and Freedom Party

• Sherill Borg, Peace and Freedom
  1,380 votes 100.0%

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

US Senate

United States Senator; Democratic Party

• Barbara Boxer, Democratic
  1,887,629 votes 80.8%
• Brian Quintana, Democratic
  328,248 votes 14.1%
• Robert M. "Mickey" Kaus, Democratic
  120,394 votes 5.1%

United States Senator; Republican Party

• Carly Fiorina, Republican
  1,284,291 votes 56.7%
• Tom Campbell, Republican
  482,823 votes 21.3%
• Chuck DeVore, Republican
  440,723 votes 19.4%
• Al Ramirez, Republican
  41,074 votes 1.8%
• Tim Kalemkarian, Republican
  19,176 votes 0.8%

United States Senator; American Independent Party

• Edward C. Noonan, American Independent
  16,056 votes 39.5%
• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  13,672 votes 33.6%
• Al Salehi, American Independent
  10,962 votes 26.9%

United States Senator; Green Party

• Duane Roberts, Green
  18,937 votes 100.0%

United States Senator; Libertarian Party

• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  17,052 votes 100.0%

United States Senator; Peace and Freedom Party

• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  3,903 votes 100.0%

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

US Representative

United States Representative; District 17; Democratic Party

• Sam Farr, Democratic
  44,960 votes 88.4%
• Arthur V. Dunn, Democratic
  5,903 votes 11.6%

United States Representative; District 17; Republican Party

• Jeff Taylor, Republican
  16,073 votes 61.9%
• Gary Richard Arnold, Republican
  5,289 votes 20.4%
• Pete Andresen, Republican
  4,619 votes 17.7%
• Michael Robert Le Barre, Republican (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 17; Green Party

• Eric Petersen, Green
  503 votes 100.0%

United States Representative; District 17; Libertarian Party

• Mary V. Larkin, Libertarian
  284 votes 100.0%

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

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 27; Democratic Party

• Bill Monning, Democratic
  36,209 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 27; Republican Party

• Linda "Ellie" Black, Republican
  18,864 votes 100.0%

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

Judicial

Superior Court Judge; County of Santa Cruz; Office 3

• John Gallagher
  23,590 votes 52.92%
• Philip J. Crawford
  11,736 votes 26.33%
• James B. Sibley
  8,979 votes 20.14%
• (268 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Superior Court Judge; County of Santa Cruz; Office 10

• Rebecca Connolly
  24,533 votes 53.99%
• Steve Wright
  20,635 votes 45.41%
• (270 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.59%)

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Runoff Election 11/2/2010

• Larry Aceves
  807,940 votes 19.2%
• Tom Torlakson
  779,857 votes 18.6%
• Gloria Romero
  712,186 votes 17.0%
• Lydia A. Gutierrez
  371,623 votes 8.9%
• Grant McMicken
  297,293 votes 7.1%
• Karen Blake
  290,056 votes 6.9%
• Diane A. Lenning
  262,423 votes 6.3%
• Daniel M. Nusbaum
  209,964 votes 4.9%
• Alexia L. Deligianni
  205,869 votes 4.8%
• Henry Williams, Jr.
  121,539 votes 2.8%
• Leonard James Martin
  120,297 votes 2.8%
• Faarax Dahir Sheikh-Noor
  32,471 votes 0.7%

County Superintendent of Schools; County of Santa Cruz

• Michael Watkins
  37,725 votes 98.3%
• (658 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.7%)

County

Assessor-Recorder; County of Santa Cruz

• Sean Saldavia
  35,703 votes 98.46%
• (558 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.54%)

Auditor-Controller; County of Santa Cruz

• Mary Jo Walker
  35,866 votes 98.58%
• (516 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.42%)

County Clerk; County of Santa Cruz

• Gail L. Pellerin
  37,080 votes 98.74%
• (472 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.26%)

District Attorney-Public Administrator; County of Santa Cruz

• Bob Lee
  37,698 votes 98.41%
• (610 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.59%)

Sheriff-Coroner; County of Santa Cruz

• Phil Wowak
  37,013 votes 98.65%
• (506 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.35%)

Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Santa Cruz

• Fred Keeley
  38,085 votes 98.12%
• (731 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.88%)

Party Committee

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 1 (5 Elected)

• Kevin Moon, Republican
  1,566 votes 19.79%
• Derrick Seaver, Republican
  1,327 votes 16.77%
• Josh Stiles, Republican
  1,319 votes 16.67%
• Bonnie Herdocia, Republican
  1,101 votes 13.91%
• Michael "Mike" Pisenti, Republican
  956 votes 12.08%
• Joseph Leight, Republican
  835 votes 10.55%
• Martin Anding, Republican
  775 votes 9.79%
• (35 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.44%)

Proposition 13 Limits on Property Tax Assessment. Seismic Retrofitting of Existing Buildings
Pass: 4,310,719 / 84.9% Yes votes ...... 764,423 / 15.1% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to provide that all earthquake safety upgrades be exempt from property tax reassessment until the property is sold?

Proposition 14 Elections. Increases Right to Participate in Primary Elections
Pass: 2,760,477 / 53.6% Yes votes ...... 2,387,356 / 46.4% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to require that all candidates for statewide or congressional office run in a single primary open to all registered voters, with only the top two vote-getters, regardless of their political party preference, advancing to the general election?

Proposition 15 California Fair Elections Act
Fail: 2,130,147 / 42.5% Yes votes ...... 2,878,694 / 57.5% No votes

Should California lift the ban on public funding of political campaigns and establish public funding for Secretary of State candidates in the 2014 and 2018 elections?

Proposition 16 Imposes New Two-Thirds Voter Approval Requirement for Local Public Electricity Providers
Fail: 2,449,993 / 47.5% Yes votes ...... 2,705,131 / 52.5% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to require two-thirds voter approval before local governments can start up or expand electric service?

Proposition 17 Allows Auto Insurance Companies to Base Their Prices in Part on a Driver's History of Insurance Coverage
Fail: 2,491,026 / 48.2% Yes votes ...... 2,672,729 / 51.8% No votes

Should insurance companies be permitted to reduce or increase the cost of auto insurance depending on whether a driver has a history of continuous insurance coverage?