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President of the United States; Democratic Party

• Barack Obama, Democratic
  2,075,905 votes 100.0%
• Michael W.R. Meyer, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)
• Darcy Richardson, Democratic (Write-in)
• Luis Alberto Ramos, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)

President of the United States; Republican Party

• Mitt Romney, Republican
  1,530,513 votes 79.5%
• Ron Paul, Republican
  199,246 votes 10.4%
• Rick Santorum, Republican
  102,258 votes 5.3%
• Newt Gingrich, Republican
  72,022 votes 3.7%
• Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III, Republican
  12,520 votes 0.7%
• Fred Karger, Republican
  8,393 votes 0.4%
• Donald James Gonzales, Republican (Write-in)
• Jeremy Hannon, Republican (Write-in)
• Sheldon Yeu Howard, Republican (Write-in)

President of the United States; American Independent Party

• Edward C. Noonan, American Independent
  16,926 votes 38.7%
• Laurie Roth, American Independent
  16,326 votes 37.4%
• Mad Max Riekse, American Independent
  10,430 votes 23.9%
• Andrew Abe Diaz, American Independent (Write-in)
• Raymond Delmond Smith, American Independent (Write-in)

President of the United States; Green Party

• Jill Stein, Green
  9,165 votes 49.4%
• Roseanne Barr, Green
  7,399 votes 39.8%
• Kent Mesplay, Green
  2,005 votes 10.8%

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

• Gary Johnson, Libertarian
  6,780 votes 50.0%
• Barbara Joy Waymire, Libertarian
  2,118 votes 15.6%
• Scott Keller, Libertarian
  1,208 votes 8.9%
• R. J. Harris, Libertarian
  670 votes 4.9%
• Bill Still, Libertarian
  670 votes 4.9%
• Roger Gary, Libertarian
  559 votes 4.1%
• James Ogle, Libertarian
  558 votes 4.1%
• Carl Person, Libertarian
  523 votes 3.9%
• Lee Wrights, Libertarian
  479 votes 3.5%

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

• Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Peace and Freedom
  1,589 votes 43.4%
• Stewart Alexander, Peace and Freedom
  1,094 votes 29.9%
• Stephen Durham, Peace and Freedom
  971 votes 26.5%
• Ronald Clinton Forbes, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Leon Leo Ray, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Shelley Upchurch, 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 Congress

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  2,392,822 votes 49.3%
• Elizabeth Emken, Republican
  613,613 votes 12.6%
• Dan Hughes, Republican
  323,840 votes 6.7%
• Rick Williams, Republican
  157,946 votes 3.3%
• Orly Taitz, Republican
  154,781 votes 3.2%
• Dennis Jackson, Republican
  137,120 votes 2.8%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  135,421 votes 2.8%
• Al Ramirez, Republican
  109,399 votes 2.3%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  101,648 votes 2.1%
• Diane Stewart, Democratic
  97,782 votes 2.0%
• Mike Strimling, Democratic
  97,024 votes 2.0%
• David Alex Levitt, Democratic
  76,482 votes 1.6%
• Oscar Alejandro Braun, Republican
  75,842 votes 1.6%
• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  57,720 votes 1.2%
• Robert Lauten, Republican
  56,524 votes 1.2%
• Colleen Shea Fernald, Democratic
  51,623 votes 1.1%
• Donald Krampe, Republican
  39,035 votes 0.8%
• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  33,037 votes 0.7%
• Dirk Allen Konopik, Republican
  29,997 votes 0.6%
• John Boruff, Republican
  29,357 votes 0.6%
• Nak Shah, Democratic
  27,203 votes 0.6%
• Rogelio T. Gloria, Republican
  22,529 votes 0.5%
• Nachum Shifren, Republican
  21,762 votes 0.4%
• Kabiruddin Karim Ali, Peace and Freedom
  12,269 votes 0.3%
• Linda R. Price, Republican (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 17

• Mike Honda, Democratic
  60,252 votes 66.7%
• Evelyn Li, Republican
  24,916 votes 27.6%
• Charles Richardson
  5,163 votes 5.7%

United States Representative; District 18

• Anna G. Eshoo, Democratic
  86,851 votes 61.5%
• Dave Chapman, Republican
  42,174 votes 29.8%
• William Parks, Democratic
  6,504 votes 4.6%
• Carol Brouillet, Green
  5,777 votes 4.1%

United States Representative; District 19

• Zoe Lofgren, Democratic
  60,726 votes 65.2%
• Robert Murray, Republican
  21,421 votes 23.0%
• Phat Nguyen, Republican
  7,192 votes 7.7%
• Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera
  3,829 votes 4.1%

United States Representative; District 20

• Sam Farr, Democratic
  68,895 votes 64.4%
• Jeff Taylor, Republican
  23,905 votes 22.3%
• Mike LeBarre, Republican
  5,487 votes 5.1%
• Art Dunn, Democratic
  4,095 votes 3.8%
• Eric Petersen, Green
  2,211 votes 2.1%
• Ronald Paul Kabat
  1,733 votes 1.6%
• Dan Caudle
  703 votes 0.7%

State Senate

State Senator; District 13

• Jerry Hill, Democratic
  76,033 votes 51.1%
• Sally J. Lieber, Democratic
  33,566 votes 22.5%
• John H. Webster, Libertarian
  23,003 votes 15.4%
• Christopher Kent Chiang, Democratic
  16,317 votes 11.0%

State Senator; District 15

• Jim Beall, Democratic
  69,179 votes 55.5%
• Joe Coto, Democratic
  55,387 votes 44.5%

State Senator; District 17

• Bill Monning, Democratic
  110,890 votes 59.4%
• Larry Beaman, Republican
  75,713 votes 40.6%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 24

• Richard S. Gordon, Democratic
  42,018 votes 57.0%
• Chengzhi "George" Yang, Republican
  20,949 votes 28.4%
• Geby E. Espinosa, Democratic
  7,654 votes 10.4%
• Joseph Antonelli Rosas
  3,129 votes 4.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 25

• Bob Wieckowski, Democratic
  22,112 votes 41.6%
• Arlyne Diamond, Republican
  16,077 votes 30.2%
• Pete "Primo" McHugh, Democratic
  14,970 votes 28.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 27

• Nora Campos, Democratic
  34,217 votes 70.6%
• Roger F. Lasson, Republican
  14,238 votes 29.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 28

• Paul Fong, Democratic
  43,965 votes 54.3%
• Chad Walsh
  37,060 votes 45.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 29

• Mark Stone, Democratic
  52,471 votes 54.0%
• Tom Walsh, Republican
  31,476 votes 32.4%
• Bob Fultz, Democratic
  13,194 votes 13.6%

Member of the State Assembly; District 30

• Luis Alejo, Democratic
  29,136 votes 58.7%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  20,462 votes 41.3%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; State Assembly District 24 (6 Elected)

• Diane H. Rolfe, Democratic
  13,596 votes 15.56%
• Alyson L. Abramowitz, Democratic
  12,728 votes 14.57%
• Jim Thurber, Democratic
  9,572 votes 10.96%
• Bill James, Democratic
  9,523 votes 10.90%
• Marcene Van Dierendonck, Democratic
  9,307 votes 10.65%
• Gilbert Wong, Democratic
  8,663 votes 9.92%
• Peter Y. Chiu, Democratic
  8,257 votes 9.45%
• Phil Olmstead, Democratic
  7,978 votes 9.13%
• Brandon L. Sulser, Democratic
  7,743 votes 8.86%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; State Assembly District 25 (6 Elected)

• Anna E. Song, Democratic
  10,590 votes 15.30%
• David Cohen, Democratic
  8,931 votes 12.90%
• Anthony "Tony" Alexander, Democratic
  8,811 votes 12.73%
• Chris Stampolis, Democratic
  8,313 votes 12.01%
• Aldyth Parle, Democratic
  6,975 votes 10.07%
• Craig Dunkerley, Democratic
  6,892 votes 9.95%
• Bill Ferguson, Democratic
  6,853 votes 9.90%
• Deepka Lalwani, Democratic
  6,821 votes 9.85%
• Rob Means, Democratic
  5,048 votes 7.29%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; State Assembly District 27 (6 Elected)

• Andres Quintero, Democratic
  9,854 votes 9.56%
• Darcie Green, Democratic
  9,825 votes 9.53%
• Javier Gonzalez, Democratic
  9,815 votes 9.52%
• Ash Kalra, Democratic
  9,674 votes 9.39%
• Steve Preminger, Democratic
  9,209 votes 8.94%
• Omar Torres, Democratic
  8,712 votes 8.45%
• Carol Garvey, Democratic
  8,429 votes 8.18%
• Claudia Shope, Democratic
  8,104 votes 7.86%
• Tom Cochran, Democratic
  7,734 votes 7.50%
• Emilie G. Gatfield, Democratic
  7,655 votes 7.43%
• David Parker, Democratic
  7,319 votes 7.10%
• Jesus Gomez, Democratic
  6,736 votes 6.54%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; State Assembly District 28 (6 Elected)

• Ken Yeager, Democratic
  18,539 votes 13.24%
• Pierluigi Oliverio, Democratic
  12,653 votes 9.03%
• Evan Low, Democratic
  11,565 votes 8.26%
• Phyllis A. Ward, Democratic
  10,810 votes 7.72%
• Richard Waterman, Democratic
  10,334 votes 7.38%
• Hope Cahan, Democratic
  9,989 votes 7.13%
• Bill Roth, Democratic
  8,906 votes 6.36%
• Monica Tong, Democratic
  7,994 votes 5.71%
• Jordan Daniel Eldridge, Democratic
  7,716 votes 5.51%
• Drina Collins, Democratic
  7,258 votes 5.18%
• Herb Engstrom, Democratic
  7,146 votes 5.10%
• Peter J. Allen, Democratic
  6,801 votes 4.86%
• Jill Chesler, Democratic
  6,240 votes 4.46%
• Jason Baker, Democratic
  5,048 votes 3.60%
• Noelani Sallings, Democratic
  3,544 votes 2.53%
• Shaian Mohammadi, Democratic
  2,857 votes 2.04%
• Eric T. Crane, Democratic
  2,664 votes 1.90%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; Supervisorial District 1 (6 Elected)

• John Cunningham, Republican
  12,670 votes 15.92%
• Jim Divittorio, Republican
  11,420 votes 14.35%
• Helen Wang, Republican
  10,108 votes 12.70%
• Matt McDonald, Republican
  9,584 votes 12.04%
• Lisa Marshik, Republican
  8,708 votes 10.94%
• Gail Desmet, Republican
  8,620 votes 10.83%
• Debra Janssen-Martinez, Republican
  5,143 votes 6.46%
• Kerri Dunlay, Republican
  4,888 votes 6.14%
• Norman R. Nedde, Republican
  4,708 votes 5.92%
• Fred Vela, Republican
  3,721 votes 4.68%

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

• Pat Waite, Republican
  7,181 votes 22.46%
• Robert "Bob" Nunez, Republican
  6,405 votes 20.03%
• David Mac, Republican
  5,755 votes 18.00%
• Ed Riffle, Republican
  5,262 votes 16.46%
• Roger F. Lasson, Republican
  4,299 votes 13.44%
• Ty Greaves, Republican
  3,075 votes 9.62%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; Supervisorial District 4 (5 Elected)

• Pete Constant, Republican
  9,578 votes 18.84%
• Eric Shooter Hickok, Republican
  7,426 votes 14.61%
• Robert Varich, Republican
  6,546 votes 12.88%
• Phil Reynolds, Jr., Republican
  6,527 votes 12.84%
• Jerad Ferguson, Republican
  6,244 votes 12.28%
• Chris Mays, Republican
  5,081 votes 10.00%
• Kirsten Williams, Republican
  4,200 votes 8.26%
• Peter S. Soule, Republican
  3,158 votes 6.21%
• Paria F. Amini, Republican
  2,067 votes 4.07%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara; Supervisorial District 5 (6 Elected)

• Chuck Page, Republican
  11,140 votes 16.64%
• Jayne Ham, Republican
  10,292 votes 15.38%
• D. Joann Barr, Republican
  10,229 votes 15.28%
• Luis Buhler, Republican
  10,143 votes 15.15%
• Charles Thomas Munger, Jr., Republican
  9,291 votes 13.88%
• Roger Riffenburgh, Republican
  9,194 votes 13.74%
• Deborah Kerwin-Peck, Republican
  6,642 votes 9.92%

Member, Peace and Freedom Party County Central Committee; County of Santa Clara (12 Elected)

• Susan Muysenberg, Peace and Freedom
  178 votes 34.50%
• Steven Patt, Peace and Freedom
  123 votes 23.84%
• Jon Britton, Peace and Freedom
  108 votes 20.93%
• Dave Kadlecek, Peace and Freedom
  107 votes 20.74%

Judicial

Judge - Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 5

• Paul Colin
  124,808 votes 55.07%
• Chris Cobey
  64,589 votes 28.50%
• Alexis Cerul
  37,253 votes 16.44%

Judge - Superior Court; County of Santa Clara; Office 7

• Cynthia A. Sevely
  168,304 votes 74.37%
• Steven R. Pogue
  57,998 votes 25.63%

County

County Supervisor; Santa Clara County; Supervisorial District 2

• George Shirakawa
  24,950 votes 100.00%

County Supervisor; Santa Clara County; Supervisorial District 3

• Dave Cortese
  40,360 votes 100.00%

County Supervisor; Santa Clara County; Supervisorial District 5

• Joe Simitian
  39,131 votes 58.27%
• Kris Huyilan Wang
  15,367 votes 22.88%
• Barry Chang
  12,654 votes 18.84%

City

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 2

• Ash Kalra
  6,671 votes 53.03%
• Tim Murphy
  5,909 votes 46.97%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 4

• Kansen Chu
  7,089 votes 54.48%
• Tam Truong
  4,975 votes 38.23%
• Rafael Sabic
  948 votes 7.29%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 6

• Pierluigi Oliverio
  11,209 votes 67.78%
• Steve Kline
  4,148 votes 25.08%
• Bill Chew
  1,180 votes 7.14%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 8
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Rose Herrera
  7,242 votes 47.87%
• Jimmy Nguyen
  4,278 votes 28.27%
• Patricia Martinez-Roach
  3,610 votes 23.86%

Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 10
Runoff Election 11/06/2012

• Johnny Khamis
  3,483 votes 19.71%
• Robert Braunstein
  3,482 votes 19.70%
• Edesa Bitbadal
  3,392 votes 19.19%
• Leslie Reynolds
  3,174 votes 17.96%
• Brian O'Neill
  2,152 votes 12.18%
• Denelle Fedor
  1,990 votes 11.26%

Proposition 28 Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office
Pass: 3,081,174 / 61.0% Yes votes ...... 1,967,888 / 39.0% No votes

Proposition 29 Imposes Additional Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research
Fail: 2,568,715 / 49.8% Yes votes ...... 2,592,791 / 50.2% No votes

Measure A Operating Jails -- County of Santa Clara (County Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 199,301 / 77.59% Yes votes ...... 57,566 / 22.41% No votes

To provide the Board of Supervisors with flexibility in operating the County jails to ensure continued cost-savings and improvement of efficiencies, shall section 509 of the Charter of the County of Santa Clara be amended to read as follows:

On June 7, 1988, County voters approved Measure A adding section 509 to the County Charter to reduce the cost of operating the County jails. Pursuant to this section, the Board of Supervisors established the Department of Correction and appointed a Chief Officer (now known as the Chief of Correction) to operate the county jails and to carry out such other functions as the Board determines. This section also required the Board to ensure that an adequate number of law enforcement personnel were authorized to carry firearms to guard and transport prisoners. The Board has met this requirement by having the Department of Correction operate the jail in conjunction and cooperation with the Sheriff.

To continue to reduce the cost of operating the jails, to ensure that an adequate number of law enforcement personnel are authorized to carry firearms to guard and transport prisoners, and/or to provide flexibility to address changed circumstances, the Board may, by ordinance supported by a 4/5ths vote of the Board, convey jurisdiction over any or all jail operations to the Sheriff, to the Department of Correction, to any other department or agency that may lawfully exercise such jurisdiction, or to any of these entities jointly as the Board may determine.

Measure B Pension Reform -- City of San Jose (City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 95,716 / 69.02% Yes votes ...... 42,964 / 30.98% No votes

Shall the Charter be amended to modify retirement benefits of City employees and retirees by: increasing employees' contributions, establishing a voluntary reduced pension plan for current employees, establish pension cost and benefit limitations for new employees, modify disability retirement procedures, temporarily suspend retiree COLAs during emergencies, require voter approval for increases in future pension benefits?
Yes
No

Measure C Bonds -- West Valley-Mission Community College District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 42,498 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 28,522 / 40.2% No votes
   41,679 (59.89%) Yes / 27,916 (40.11%) No in Santa Clara County
   819 (57.47%) Yes / 606 (42.53%) No in Santa Cruz County

To provide affordable education at West Valley and Mission Colleges by updating academic facilities and technology to prepare students for 21st century jobs/transfer to universities, upgrading healthcare, public safety and job-training facilities, and aging buildings for earthquake safety, and acquiring, constructing, repairing and equipping sites, buildings, classrooms and facilities, shall West Valley-Mission Community College District issue $350,000,000 of bonds, at legal rates with citizens' oversight, no money for Sacramento, administrators' salaries or employee pensions?
Bonds - Yes
Bonds - No

Measure E Bonds -- Milpitas Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 5,412 / 64.05% Yes votes ...... 3,037 / 35.95% No votes

To continue providing high quality education for local students by repairing and upgrading classrooms and science labs, updating learning technology, replacing leaky roofs, providing classrooms for growing student enrollment, upgrading fire/earthquake safety, maximizing energy efficiency, improving disabled access, and repairing, constructing, acquiring or equipping classrooms, sites and facilities, shall Milpitas Unified School District issue $95,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizen oversight, annual audits, no funds for administrator salaries and all funds staying in local schools?
Bonds - Yes
Bonds - No

Measure G Bonds -- Mountain View Whisman School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 7,341 / 67.58% Yes votes ...... 3,522 / 32.42% No votes

To protect quality education in Mountain View, provide safe and modern classrooms, and make schools operate more efficiently, shall the Mountain View Whisman School District remove hazardous lead/asbestos materials, improve earthquake safety, upgrade fire alarms/security, replace outdated and inefficient plumbing/electrical/ heating/ventilation, update computers/technology, and upgrade, acquire, construct schools, sites, facilities and equipment by issuing $198 million in bonds at legal rates, with independent oversight and all funds spent on local elementary and middle schools?

Measure H Bonds -- Cupertino Union School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 17,510 / 66.25% Yes votes ...... 8,922 / 33.75% No votes

To continue providing high quality education for local students by fixing leaky school roofs, upgrading earthquake/fire safety, removing potentially hazardous materials from old structures, keeping schools clean and well-maintained, updating science labs/educational technology, providing classrooms for student enrollment growth, and renovating, acquiring, constructing, equipping classrooms/sites/facilities, shall Cupertino Union School District issue $220,000,000 in bonds at legal rates with citizen oversight, annual audits, no funds for administrators' salaries, all funds staying in local schools?