Santa Cruz County Elections

Santa Cruz County Election Results

Summary Report
Last Updated: 11/16/18 03:49 PM

Registration & Turnout
159,228 Voters
	Vote Count	Percent
Total..	92,721	58.23%
Vote By Mail / Absentee Reporting Turnout	59,495	37.36%
Precinct Reporting Turnout	33,226	20.87%

Governor
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - GAVIN NEWSOM	69,435	76.33%
REP - JOHN H. COX	21,526	23.67%

Lieutenant Governor
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - ELENI KOUNALAKIS	51,723	65.06%
DEM - ED HERNANDEZ	27,777	34.94%

Secretary of State
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - ALEX PADILLA	70,381	78.40%
REP - MARK P. MEUSER	19,386	21.60%

State Controller
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - BETTY T. YEE	70,874	79.10%
REP - KONSTANTINOS RODITIS	18,721	20.90%

State Treasurer
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - FIONA MA	69,655	78.06%
REP - GREG CONLON	19,582	21.94%

Attorney General
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - XAVIER BECERRA	69,571	77.57%
REP - STEVEN C BAILEY	20,118	22.43%

Insurance Commissioner
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - RICARDO LARA	54,774	63.76%
NPP - STEVE POIZNER	31,127	36.24%

Board of Equalization 2nd District
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - MALIA COHEN	67,909	77.39%
REP - MARK BURNS	19,836	22.61%

United States Senator
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - DIANNE FEINSTEIN	49,197	57.82%
DEM - KEVIN DE LEON	35,893	42.18%

U. S. Congress 18th District
101 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - ANNA G. ESHOO	14,284	72.55%
REP - CHRISTINE RUSSELL	5,405	27.45%

U. S. Congress 20th District
165 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - JIMMY PANETTA	59,269	85.58%
NPP - RONALD PAUL KABAT	9,989	14.42%

State Assembly 29th District
232 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - MARK STONE	59,798	77.21%
REP - VICKI L. NOHRDEN	17,646	22.79%

State Assembly 30th District
34 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - ROBERT RIVAS	9,317	79.45%
REP - NEIL G. KITCHENS	2,410	20.55%

State Sup of Public Instruction
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - TONY K. THURMOND	46,639	59.82%
NPP - MARSHALL TUCK	30,862	39.59%
WRITE-IN	460	0.59%

Santa Clara County BOE TA 2
11 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - KATHLEEN M. KING	1,008	78.02%
NPP - BARRY CHANG	277	21.44%
WRITE-IN	7	0.54%

Cabrillo Community Coll TA 6
42 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - J. DAN ROTHWELL	9,736	70.10%
NPP - LOUIS TUOSTO	4,096	29.49%
WRITE-IN	57	0.41%

Pajaro Valley Unified TA 4
6 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - WILLIAM ''WILLIE'' YAHIRO	770	41.26%
NPP - DANIEL DODGE, JR	757	40.57%
NPP - JENNI VEITCH-OLSON	319	17.10%
WRITE-IN	20	1.07%

Pajaro Valley Unified TA 5
7 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - JENNIFER SCHACHER	1,902	68.12%
NPP - LESLIE L. DE ROSE	852	30.52%
WRITE-IN	38	1.36%

Pajaro Valley Unified TA 7
19 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - JENNIFER HOLM	4,527	72.30%
NPP - BILL BEECHER	1,707	27.26%
WRITE-IN	27	0.43%

Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High: Vote for 3
15 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - CYNTHIA CHANG	951	32.28%
NPP - DENISE RAMON HERRERA	824	27.97%
NPP - PETER L. HERTAN	661	22.44%
NPP - DAVID GUIDRY	499	16.94%
WRITE-IN	11	0.37%

Santa Cruz City Schools TA1 (inside): Vote for 2
101 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - DEB TRACY-PROULX	22,569	39.21%
NPP - JEREMY SHONICK	19,178	33.32%
NPP - ROCCO CAPPALLA	15,594	27.09%
WRITE-IN	214	0.37%

Santa Cruz City Schools TA 3 (at large)
101 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - CINDY RANII	20,855	61.91%
NPP - ABRAHAM ''ABE'' WOLCOTT	12,663	37.59%
WRITE-IN	167	0.50%

Scotts Valley Unified: Vote for 2
37 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - ROGER L. SNYDER	3,588	36.41%
NPP - COREY WARNER	3,306	33.55%
NPP - GEORGE ST. CLAIR	2,934	29.77%
WRITE-IN	26	0.26%

Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary: Vote for 3
10 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - DEANA ARNOLD	836	31.03%
NPP - BEN ABELN	773	28.69%
NPP - RONALD A BOURQUE	601	22.31%
NPP - LEAH ROGERS	475	17.63%
WRITE-IN	9	0.33%

Loma Prieta Joint Union Short Term
10 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - MARCO V. MENENDEZ	395	37.98%
NPP - LILA JONES TURKALJ	359	34.52%
NPP - KEVIN HAGEDORN	284	27.31%
WRITE-IN	2	0.19%

Soquel Union Elementary: Vote for 2
28 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - CAROLYN FREEDMAN	5,121	38.88%
NPP - PHIL RODRIGUEZ	3,644	27.66%
NPP - BRIAN PHELPS	2,414	18.33%
NPP - CHARLES H. JOLISSAINT	1,963	14.90%
WRITE-IN	29	0.22%

County Supervisor 4th District
25 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - GREG CAPUT	4,960	53.66%
NPP - JIMMY DUTRA	4,197	45.40%
WRITE-IN	87	0.94%

Member, City Council Capitola: Vote for 3
7 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - YVETTE BROOKS	2,457	29.99%
NPP - SAM STOREY	2,287	27.91%
NPP - JACQUES BERTRAND	2,089	25.49%
NPP - JACK DIGBY	1,351	16.49%
WRITE-IN	10	0.12%

Member, City Council Santa Cruz: Vote for 3
35 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - DONNA MEYERS	9,836	16.14%
NPP - JUSTIN CUMMINGS	9,672	15.88%
NPP - GREG LARSON	8,673	14.24%
NPP - RICHELLE NOROYAN	8,469	13.90%
NPP - DREW GLOVER	8,463	13.89%
NPP - CYNTHIA HAWTHORNE	5,270	8.65%
NPP - ASHLEY SCONTRIANO	3,621	5.94%
NPP - PHILIP CRAWFORD	2,927	4.80%
NPP - PAIGE CONCANNON	2,635	4.32%
NPP - DAVE LANE	1,267	2.08%
WRITE-IN	92	0.15%

Member, City Council Scotts Valley: Vote for 2
17 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - DEREK TIMM	2,518	34.11%
NPP - JIM REED	2,488	33.70%
NPP - STEPHANY E. AGUILAR	2,354	31.88%
WRITE-IN	23	0.31%

Watsonville City Council Dist 3
3 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - LOWELL HURST	1,183	94.94%
WRITE-IN	63	5.06%

Watsonville City Council Dist 4
6 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - FRANCISCO ESTRADA	826	56.58%
NPP - JENNY T. SARMIENTO	623	42.67%
WRITE-IN	11	0.75%

Watsonville City Council Dist 5
2 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - REBECCA J. GARCIA	722	67.41%
NPP - CASEY CLARK	333	31.09%
WRITE-IN	16	1.49%

Watsonville City Council Dist 7
5 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - ARI PARKER	1,056	51.19%
NPP - LUPE RIVAS	515	24.96%
NPP - STEVE TRUJILLO	488	23.65%
WRITE-IN	4	0.19%

Aptos/La Selva Fire: Vote for 2
21 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - JOHN SCANLON	6,330	42.83%
NPP - ORBRAD DARBRO	5,533	37.44%
NPP - RUSSELL BORELLI	2,855	19.32%
WRITE-IN	60	0.41%

San Lorenzo Valley Water District: Vote for 3
40 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - BOB FULTZ	4,547	20.07%
NPP - LOIS HENRY	4,358	19.23%
NPP - STEPHEN SWAN	4,295	18.96%
NPP - GENE RATCLIFFE	3,317	14.64%
NPP - CHARLES ''CHUCK'' BAUGHMAN	3,061	13.51%
NPP - JOHN HAYES	3,030	13.37%
WRITE-IN	49	0.22%

Scotts Valley Water District: Vote for 3
11 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - WILLIAM ''BILL'' EKWALL	1,998	27.65%
NPP - WADE LEISHMAN	1,791	24.79%
NPP - RUTH STILES	1,748	24.19%
NPP - DAVID T. ''DAVE'' HODGIN	1,671	23.13%
WRITE-IN	17	0.24%

Soquel Creek Water District: Vote for 3
32 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - BRUCE JAFFE	11,295	34.17%
NPP - CARLA CHRISTENSEN	8,866	26.82%
NPP - RACHEL LATHER	8,499	25.71%
NPP - GARY LINDSTRUM	4,313	13.05%
WRITE-IN	79	0.24%

Santa Cruz Commissioner Port: Vote for 2
67 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
NPP - NELI CARDOSO	15,788	32.91%
NPP - TOBY GODDARD	14,635	30.50%
NPP - REED GEISREITER	12,736	26.55%
NPP - DICK STARR	4,694	9.78%
WRITE-IN	125	0.26%

Associate Justice Supreme Court Corrigan
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	46,088	69.19%
No	20,523	30.81%

Associate Justice Supreme Court Kruger
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	53,507	81.99%
No	11,751	18.01%

Presiding Justice COA, 6th Greenwood
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	53,110	83.79%
No	10,276	16.21%

Associate Justice COA, 6th Danner
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	52,450	82.93%
No	10,799	17.07%

Associate Justice COA, 6th Mihara
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	45,949	75.24%
No	15,122	24.76%

1 - Affordable housing bond
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	54,748	61.76%
No	33,904	38.24%

2 - Housing for persons with mental illness
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	60,388	67.61%
No	28,924	32.39%

3 - Water bond
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	46,843	53.40%
No	40,884	46.60%

4 - Children's hospital bond
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	55,200	62.98%
No	32,444	37.02%

5 - Property tax transfer
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
No	58,480	66.87%
Yes	28,979	33.13%

6 - Eliminates transportation tax
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
No	66,129	74.20%
Yes	22,988	25.80%

7 - Permanent daylight savings
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	55,068	62.79%
No	32,628	37.21%

8 - Regulates kidney dialysis clinics
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
No	48,720	55.62%
Yes	38,867	44.38%

10 - Local government rent control
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
No	51,742	57.88%
Yes	37,657	42.12%

11 - On-call ambulance employees
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	44,663	50.92%
No	43,050	49.08%

12 - Standards for farm animal cages
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	58,759	66.88%
No	29,095	33.12%

W-West Valley-Mission Community College bond: 55%
8 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
BONDS YES	856	52.48%
BONDS NO	775	47.52%

A-Scotts Valley Unified parcel tax: 2/3
37 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	4,932	69.55%
No	2,159	30.45%

B-Soquel Union Elementary School parcel tax: 2/3
28 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	6,283	64.68%
No	3,431	35.32%

G-Santa Cruz County sales tax: majority
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	57,549	65.39%
No	30,463	34.61%

H-Santa Cruz County affordable housing: 2/3
266 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
BONDS YES	48,152	54.29%
BONDS NO	40,547	45.71%

I-Capitola Cannabis business tax: majority
7 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	2,898	75.35%
No	948	24.65%

J-Capitola transient occupancy tax: 2/3
7 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	2,858	74.70%
No	968	25.30%

K-Capitola treasurer elected to appointed:majority
7 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	2,391	65.10%
No	1,282	34.90%

L-Capitola Greenway initiative: majority
7 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	1,986	51.65%
No	1,859	48.35%

M-Santa Cruz City rent control: majority
35 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
No	15,568	64.26%
Yes	8,658	35.74%

N-Scotts Valley transient occupancy tax: majority
17 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	2,969	68.10%
No	1,391	31.90%

O-Watsonville transient occupancy tax: majority
27 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	6,675	75.20%
No	2,201	24.80%

P-La Selva Beach Recreation parcel tax: 2/3
1 Precincts
	Vote Count	Percent
Yes	679	79.69%
No	173	20.31%