Combined ballot

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

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)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 4

• Tom McClintock, Republican
  184,543 votes 50.3%
• Charlie Brown, Democratic
  182,967 votes 49.7%

State Senate

State Senator; District 1

• Dave Cox, Republican
  265,356 votes 62.3%
• Anselmo Chavez, Democratic
  160,845 votes 37.7%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 4

• Ted Gaines, Republican
  166,582 votes 100.0%

Member of the State Assembly; District 10

• Alyson Huber, Democratic
  88,219 votes 46.7%
• Jack Sieglock, Republican
  87,714 votes 46.4%
• Janice Bonser, Libertarian
  13,089 votes 6.9%

County

Supervisor; County of El Dorado; Supervisorial District 1

• John R. Knight
  7234 votes 52.39%
• Harry Norris
  6516 votes 47.19%

Supervisor; County of El Dorado; Supervisorial District 2

• Ray Nutting
  11954 votes 67.74%
• Barbara Smiley
  5627 votes 31.89%

City

City Council Member; City of Placerville (2 Elected)

• David Machado
  1584 votes 34.38%
• Mark A. Acuna
  1570 votes 34.07%
• Cathy Nerwinski
  1426 votes 30.95%

City Treasurer; City of Placerville

• Kathleen M. Trumbly
  2399 votes 99.01%

City Council Member; City of South Lake Tahoe (2 Elected)

• Hal Cole
  939 votes 25.30%
• Bruce Grego
  752 votes 20.26%
• Jonnie Crawford
  610 votes 16.44%
• Austin C. Sass
  531 votes 14.31%
• Ted Long
  445 votes 11.99%
• John Spinola
  267 votes 7.19%
• Warren Kessler
  151 votes 4.07%

Governing Board Member; Black Oak Mine Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Greg Dales
  1881 votes 36.59%
• Michele Kringel
  1861 votes 36.20%
• Richard Otterstad
  825 votes 16.05%
• David Justice
  557 votes 10.83%

Governing Board Member; Black Oak Mine Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Steve M. De Pue
  3471 votes 68.14%
• Richard Palmiere, Jr.
  1603 votes 31.47%

Governing Board Member; Buckeye Union School District (2 Elected)

• Kirk Seal
  5879 votes 31.28%
• Lyle Eickert
  5697 votes 30.31%
• Donald Sacco
  5516 votes 29.35%
• Nazy "Naz" Rabban
  1641 votes 8.73%

Governing Board Member; Latrobe School District

• Janet Saitman
  789 votes 74.15%
• Terri Hendrickson
  269 votes 25.28%

Governing Board Member; Los Rios Community College District; Trustee Area 3

• Terry Cochran
  38,326 votes 56.7%
• Todd Braun
  29,107 votes 43.0%
• (209 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Governing Board Member; Mother Lode Union School District; Full Term (2 Elected)

• Shaun Verner
  2771 votes 38.89%
• Davia Weiner
  2668 votes 37.44%
• Len Kay Rinard
  1643 votes 23.06%

Governing Board Member; Mother Lode Union School District; Unexpired Short Term (2 Elected)

• Karen Jones
  2527 votes 50.61%
• E. Diane Maloney
  2429 votes 48.65%

Trustee; Placer County Board of Education; Area 4

• Pam Robie Hart
  117 votes 65.73%
• Don Brophy
  60 votes 33.71%

Governing Board Member; Rescue Union School District

• Nancy Sady Brownell
  4889 votes 46.89%
• Steve Trout
  3685 votes 35.34%
• Ron Collins
  1810 votes 17.36%

Governing Board Member; Sierra Joint Community College District; Trustee Area 4

• Elaine Rowen
  7,193 votes 56.4%
• Dennis Michael Cota
  5,471 votes 42.9%
• (89 Total Write-In Votes 0.7%)

Governing Board Member; Sierra Joint Community College District; Trustee Area 7

• Aaron Klein
  6,501 votes 54.2%
• John Vodonick
  5,390 votes 45.0%
• (94 Total Write-In Votes 0.8%)

Governing Board Member; Silver Fork School District

• Mary Erba
  45 votes 72.58%
• Nancy Clampitt
  14 votes 22.58%

Governing Board Member; Tahoe Truckee Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Kirsten Livak
  116 votes 59.79%
• Monty S. Folsom
  76 votes 39.18%

Governing Board Member; Tahoe Truckee Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Lisa Mohun
  128 votes 63.05%
• Nancy Gisko
  74 votes 36.45%

Special District

Director; Cameron Estates Community Services District (2 Elected)

• Angela Johnson
  281 votes 42.71%
• Dana P. Murphy
  236 votes 35.87%
• Blaine "Smokey" Riggert
  138 votes 20.97%

Director; Cameron Park Community Services District (2 Elected)

• Richard K. Green
  2905 votes 30.65%
• Alan Clarke
  2850 votes 30.07%
• Bill Randall
  2514 votes 26.53%
• Joe Fuller
  1155 votes 12.19%

Director; El Dorado County Fire Protection District; Division 4

• Tom Mahach
  2362 votes 59.96%
• Larry R. McCarty
  1552 votes 39.40%

Director; El Dorado Hills Community Services District (2 Elected)

• Guy Gertsch
  6848 votes 40.41%
• Noelle Mattock
  6243 votes 36.84%
• Myrlys Stockdale
  3733 votes 22.03%

Director; Georgetown Divide Public Utility District; Seat 4

• Bonnie L. Neeley
  1587 votes 34.92%
• Michael Kenoyer
  1332 votes 29.31%
• Douglas Pickell
  1249 votes 27.48%
• Eric Biersteker
  364 votes 8.01%

Director; Georgetown Divide Public Utility District; Seat 5

• Norman A. Krizl
  2671 votes 59.85%
• Douglas R. Renzoni
  1780 votes 39.88%

Director; Lake Valley Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Robert Bettencourt
  849 votes 28.51%
• Gregory Herback
  839 votes 28.17%
• Ryan Wagoner
  826 votes 27.74%
• Vernon Parker
  452 votes 15.18%

Director; Pioneer Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Lulu Silva-Manuel
  1326 votes 27.39%
• Walt Tyler
  1094 votes 22.60%
• Gretchen Fretter
  1022 votes 21.11%
• Harry F. Kohaut, III
  737 votes 15.22%
• Eric Rasbold
  645 votes 13.32%

Director; Tahoe City Public Utility District; Seat 3

• Judy Friedman
  76 votes 30.77%
• Christine L. McMorrow
  72 votes 29.15%
• Wendy Wood
  59 votes 23.89%
• Merrill Milner
  38 votes 15.38%

Director; Tahoe City Public Utility District; Seat 4

• Erik Henrikson
  131 votes 61.79%
• Guy Perman
  78 votes 36.79%

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 E District School Construction and Improvement Measure -- Gold Oak Union School District (School Bond Authorization - 55% Approval Required)
Fail: 1793 / 54.61% Yes votes ...... 1490 / 45.39% No votes

To acquire, construct, modernize, and improve school facilities, including improving access to computers and modern technology, replacing outdated heating, air conditioning, and plumbing systems, fixing leaky roofs, and improving handicapped access, shall Gold Oak Union School District be authorized to issue up to $8,950,000 in bonds at legal interest rates, with a citizens' oversight committee, annual audits, and provided no funds are spent on administrator salaries?

Measure G Bond measure to provide for repairs, modernization and growth -- Lake Tahoe Unified School District (School District General Obligation Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 5477 / 58.54% Yes votes ...... 3879 / 41.46% No votes

To improve health, safety and the quality of education at every school by repairing, updating, and constructing facilities; including furnishing equipment and technology; replacing outdated portables; electrical / plumbing / heating systems; and qualifying for $15.4 Million Dollars in state matching funds, shall Lake Tahoe Unified School District issue $64.5 Million in bonds at legal interest rate with citizen's oversight committee, annual financial audits, and funds only for school and classroom facility improvements, with no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure H Parcel tax to maintain, upgrade and improve roads -- Cameron Estates Community Services District (Special Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 239 / 57.31% Yes votes ...... 178 / 42.69% No votes

Shall a special tax be levied within the Cameron Estates Community Services District pursuant to Board Resolution No. 2007-04 for road improvements, upgrades, and maintenance according to the following schedule:

A. Residential property: a maximum increase of $250.00 over the current assessment of $250.00 for a total amount of $500.00 per year per residential parcel?

B. Commercial property, described as parcels 109-111-14-100, 109-111-15-100, 109-111-16-100, 109-111-17-100 and 109-111-18-100: a maximum of $1,000.00 per year?

Measure M Bond Measure to finance building of classrooms, facilities and labs -- Los Rios Community College District (School Bond Authorization - 55%)
Pass: 291,780 / 57.7% Yes votes ...... 214,169 / 42.3% No votes
   263,876 (58.75%) Yes / 185,252 (41.25%) No in Sacramento County
   27904 (49.11%) Yes / 28917 (50.89%) No in El Dorado County

Shall the Los Rios Community College District be authorized to issue $475,000,000 million in bonds at the lowest available interest rates to improve student academic performance by building classrooms, facilities and labs throughout the district including for teaching green technologies; nursing and health care programs; architecture, engineering and construction management; computer sciences; early childhood development; and fire and police public safety programs at the American River, Cosumnes River, El Dorado, Folsom, and Sacramento City College campuses?

Measure Y Shall the current Meas. Y be amended and extended for ten years? -- El Dorado County (Amendment to the 2004 El Dorado County General Plan - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 48333 / 71.47% Yes votes ...... 19293 / 28.53% No votes

Shall the voter-enacted Measure Y General Plan policies be extended ten years and amended to provide: (1) Traffic from major single-family residential subdivisions shall not result in, or worsen, Level of Service F (gridlock) traffic congestion; (2) No additional county roadways may operate at Level of Service F without voter approval or 4/5ths vote of County Supervisors; (3) Developer-paid traffic fees, combined with any other funding source, shall pay to build necessary road improvements?