Combined ballot

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

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  3,936,648 votes 55.9%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  1,249,438 votes 17.7%
• Michael Shellenberger, No Party Preference
  289,559 votes 4.1%
• Anthony Trimino, Republican
  245,867 votes 3.5%
• Jenny Rae Le Roux, Republican
  245,568 votes 3.5%
• Shawn Collins, Republican
  172,327 votes 2.4%
• Luis Javier Rodriguez, Green
  124,446 votes 1.8%
• Leo S. Zacky, Republican
  94,198 votes 1.3%
• Major Williams, Republican
  92,223 votes 1.3%
• Robert C. Newman, II, Republican
  82,551 votes 1.2%
• Joel Ventresca, Democratic
  66,686 votes 0.9%
• David Lozano, Republican
  66,381 votes 0.9%
• Ronald A. Anderson, Republican
  53,337 votes 0.8%
• Reinette Senum, No Party Preference
  52,761 votes 0.7%
• Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato, Democratic
  45,316 votes 0.6%
• Ron Jones, Republican
  38,212 votes 0.5%
• Daniel R. Mercuri, Republican
  36,256 votes 0.5%
• Heather Collins, Green
  29,554 votes 0.4%
• Anthony "Tony" Fanara, Democratic
  25,005 votes 0.4%
• Cristian Raul Morales, Republican
  22,252 votes 0.3%
• Lonnie Sortor, Republican
  20,906 votes 0.3%
• Frederic C. Schultz, No Party Preference
  17,458 votes 0.2%
• Woodrow "Woody" Sanders, III, No Party Preference
  16,163 votes 0.2%
• James G. Hanink, No Party Preference
  10,064 votes 0.1%
• Serge Fiankan, No Party Preference
  6,170 votes 0.1%
• Bradley Zink, No Party Preference
  5,974 votes 0.1%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  3,608,480 votes 52.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  1,361,541 votes 19.9%
• David Fennell, Republican
  919,472 votes 13.4%
• Clint W. Saunders, Republican
  305,301 votes 4.5%
• Jeffrey Highbear Morgan, Democratic
  228,465 votes 3.3%
• Mohammad Arif, Peace and Freedom
  182,836 votes 2.7%
• William Cavett "Skee" Saacke, Democratic
  171,475 votes 2.5%
• David Hillberg, No Party Preference
  74,024 votes 1.1%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  4,007,399 votes 58.9%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  1,278,207 votes 18.8%
• Rachel Hamm, Republican
  820,577 votes 12.1%
• James "JW" Paine, Republican
  253,063 votes 3.7%
• Gary N. Blenner, Green
  205,083 votes 3.0%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr., Republican
  175,324 votes 2.6%
• Matthew D. Cinquanta, No Party Preference
  59,270 votes 0.9%

Controller

• Lanhee Chen, Republican
  2,525,984 votes 37.2%
• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  1,539,038 votes 22.7%
• Yvonne Yiu, Democratic
  1,021,644 votes 15.1%
• Steve Glazer, Democratic
  754,338 votes 11.1%
• Ron Galperin, Democratic
  689,234 votes 10.2%
• Laura Wells, Green
  257,359 votes 3.8%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  3,891,266 votes 57.4%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  1,484,577 votes 21.9%
• Andrew Do, Republican
  1,154,804 votes 17.0%
• Meghann Adams, Peace and Freedom
  244,800 votes 3.6%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  3,747,697 votes 54.3%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  1,253,269 votes 18.2%
• Eric Early, Republican
  1,138,658 votes 16.5%
• Anne Marie Schubert, No Party Preference
  538,338 votes 7.8%
• Dan Kapelovitz, Green
  219,374 votes 3.2%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  2,409,149 votes 35.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  1,212,443 votes 18.1%
• Marc Levine, Democratic
  1,205,570 votes 18.0%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  1,083,583 votes 16.2%
• Vinson Eugene Allen, Democratic
  257,549 votes 3.8%
• Nathalie Hrizi, Peace and Freedom
  190,048 votes 2.8%
• Veronika Fimbres, Green
  129,231 votes 1.9%
• Jasper "Jay" Jackson, Democratic
  124,671 votes 1.9%
• Robert J. Molnar, No Party Preference
  93,814 votes 1.4%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  2,874,519 votes 45.9%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  743,325 votes 11.9%
• Ainye E. Long
  696,871 votes 11.1%
• George Yang
  691,849 votes 11.1%
• Marco Amaral
  546,183 votes 8.7%
• Jim Gibson
  466,794 votes 7.5%
• Joseph Guy Campbell
  241,163 votes 3.9%

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• Sally J. Lieber, Democratic
  1,028,665 votes 53.1%
• Peter Coe Verbica, Republican
  543,140 votes 28.1%
• Michela Alioto-Pier, Democratic
  363,757 votes 18.8%

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,717,390 votes 54.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,025,490 votes 14.9%
• Cordie Williams, Republican
  473,175 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  288,718 votes 4.2%
• Chuck Smith, Republican
  265,989 votes 3.9%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  234,863 votes 3.4%
• Douglas Howard Pierce, Democratic
  116,229 votes 1.7%
• John Thompson Parker, Peace and Freedom
  105,235 votes 1.5%
• Sarah Sun Liew, Republican
  76,777 votes 1.1%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  75,515 votes 1.1%
• Akinyemi Agbede, Democratic
  70,731 votes 1.0%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  65,916 votes 1.0%
• Timothy J. Ursich, Democratic
  58,155 votes 0.8%
• Robert George Lucero, Jr., Republican
  53,186 votes 0.8%
• James "Henk" Conn, Green
  35,823 votes 0.5%
• Eleanor Garcia, No Party Preference
  34,515 votes 0.5%
• Carlos Guillermo Tapia, Republican
  33,782 votes 0.5%
• Pamela Elizondo, Green
  31,834 votes 0.5%
• Enrique Petris, Republican
  31,618 votes 0.5%
• Obaidul Huq Pirjada, Democratic
  27,735 votes 0.4%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  26,799 votes 0.4%
• Don J. Grundmann, No Party Preference
  10,129 votes 0.1%
• Deon D. Jenkins, No Party Preference
  6,913 votes 0.1%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  3,731,965 votes 55.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  1,499,147 votes 22.1%
• James P. Bradley, Republican
  470,266 votes 6.9%
• Jon Elist, Republican
  402,447 votes 5.9%
• Timothy Ursich, Jr., Democratic
  225,820 votes 3.3%
• Dan O'Dowd, Democratic
  190,829 votes 2.8%
• Myron L. Hall, Republican
  142,618 votes 2.1%
• Daphne Bradford, No Party Preference
  111,750 votes 1.6%

United States Representative; District 18

• Zoe Lofgren, Democratic
  50,104 votes 56.1%
• Peter Hernandez, Republican
  27,935 votes 31.3%
• Luis Acevedo-Arreguin, Democratic
  11,253 votes 12.6%

United States Representative; District 19

• Jimmy Panetta, Democratic
  127,545 votes 67.3%
• Jeff Gorman, Republican
  44,181 votes 23.3%
• Dalila Epperson, Republican
  12,082 votes 6.4%
• Douglas Deitch, Democratic
  5,700 votes 3.0%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 28

• Gail Pellerin, Democratic
  41,575 votes 35.9%
• Liz Lawler, Republican
  34,065 votes 29.4%
• Rob Rennie, Democratic
  28,592 votes 24.7%
• Joe Thompson, Democratic
  11,664 votes 10.1%

Member of the State Assembly; District 29

• Robert Rivas, Democratic
  38,163 votes 64.3%
• Stephanie L. Castro, Republican
  21,148 votes 35.7%

Member of the State Assembly; District 30

• Dawn Addis, Democratic
  54,924 votes 40.8%
• Vicki Nohrden, Republican
  49,287 votes 36.6%
• Jon Wizard, Democratic
  14,090 votes 10.5%
• Zoë G. Carter, Democratic
  11,584 votes 8.6%
• John R. Drake, Democratic
  4,695 votes 3.5%

School

County Superintendent of Schools; County of Santa Cruz

• Faris Sabbah
  52533 votes 97.21%
• (1510 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.79%, 24847 Under Votes, 12 Over Votes)

County

Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 3
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson
  6308 votes 43.06%
• Justin Cummings
  5823 votes 39.75%
• Ami Chen Mills
  2436 votes 16.63%
• (83 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.57%, 1586 Under Votes, 13 Over Votes)

Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 4
Runoff Election 11/8/2022

• Jimmy Dutra
  3003 votes 45.95%
• Felipe Hernandez
  2539 votes 38.85%
• Ed Acosta
  962 votes 14.72%
• (32 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.49%, 285 Under Votes, 4 Over Votes)

Assessor-Recorder; County of Santa Cruz

• Sheri Thomas
  52302 votes 98.17%
• (977 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.83%, 25614 Under Votes, 9 Over Votes)

Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector; County of Santa Cruz

• Edith Driscoll
  52515 votes 98%
• (1074 Total Other Write-In Votes 2%, 25295 Under Votes, 18 Over Votes)

County Clerk; County of Santa Cruz

• Tricia Webber
  53045 votes 98.3%
• (920 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.7%, 24928 Under Votes, 9 Over Votes)

District Attorney -Public Administrator; County of Santa Cruz

• Jeff Rosell
  52184 votes 97.83%
• (1156 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.17%, 25512 Under Votes, 50 Over Votes)

Sheriff-Coroner; County of Santa Cruz

• Jim Hart
  53543 votes 97.35%
• (1457 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.65%, 23897 Under Votes, 5 Over Votes)

Measure B Transient Occupancy Tax -- County of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 52823 / 69.23% Yes votes ...... 23478 / 30.77% No votes

To fund Santa Cruz County essential public services including wildfire prevention, emergency response/recovery, street repair, public/mental health services, homelessness programs, and affordable housing, shall Santa Cruz County increase its existing Transient Occupancy Tax, paid by tourists and others staying overnight at lodging facilities in unincorporated areas, from 11% to 12% for hotels/motels/inns, and to 14% for vacation rental properties, providing approximately $2,300,000 annually, until ended by voters?

Measure C County Disposable Cup Tax -- County of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 52957 / 69.64% Yes votes ...... 23082 / 30.36% No votes

To reduce pollution, trash and plastics entering local waters and beaches; protect water quality, public health and marine life; address illegal dumping; help prevent wildfires; clean/maintain parks and public areas; and provide environmental education and other general services, shall 12.5 cents of Santa Cruz County's existing single-use cup charge be collected as a tax until ended by voters, raising approximately $700,000 annually and requiring public spending reports?

Measure D Greenway Initiative -- County of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 20616 / 26.79% Yes votes ...... 56342 / 73.21% No votes

Shall voters adopt the measure to amend the Circulation Element of the County's General Plan related to use of the Santa Cruz Branch Line Rail Corridor as set forth in the Santa Cruz County Greenway Initiative Petition?

Measure E District Elections -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11490 / 66.55% Yes votes ...... 5774 / 33.45% No votes

In order to comply with the California Voting Rights Act and promote more diversity and provide greater accountability of elected officials to residents in all City neighborhoods, while maintaining City leadership focused on the interests of the whole community, shall the Santa Cruz City Charter be amended to provide for a directly-elected at-large Mayor, six council districts, updated rules on term limits, and runoff elections?

Measure F Sales and Use Tax Question -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 8563 / 49.85% Yes votes ...... 8613 / 50.15% No votes

To protect quality of life in the City of Santa Cruz by supporting resources to mitigate the impacts of homelessness, create affordable housing, reduce wildfire risk, maintain City facilities and essential infrastructure, fix streets, support downtown, maintain parks and recreation facilities for youth and seniors, fight climate change, and prevent reductions in important city services, shall the City of Santa Cruz be authorized to augment its General Fund by levying one-half of one percent sales tax, raising about $6 million annually?