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November 8, 2022 Election

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County Results as of Jun 18 9:23am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (762/762)
43.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (190,715/435,872)
Statewide Results as of Jan 18 3:44pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (25554/25554)
50.8% Statewide Voter Turnout (11,146,620/21,940,274)

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    State Executive

    Governor

    Lieutenant Governor

    Secretary of State

    Controller

    Treasurer

    Attorney General

    Insurance Commissioner

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction

    State Board of Equalization; District 1

    US Legislature

    United States Senator; Full Term

    United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

    United States Representative; District 20

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 12

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 32

    Judicial

    California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 5 (Yes/No)

    School

    Member; Kern County Board of Education; Trustee Area 7Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lori Cisneros
      18,874 votes 59.6%
    • Ernest M. Bell, Jr.
      12,754 votes 40.3%
    • (15 Under Votes 0.0%)

    Trustee; Kern Community College District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Christina Scrivner
      20,075 votes 57.4%
    • Jennifer Slayton
      14,778 votes 42.2%
    • (129 Under Votes 0.4%)

    Trustee; Tehachapi Unified School District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Cassandra Sweeney
      673 votes 37.12%
    • Ben Dewell
      649 votes 35.80%
    • Cora Gutierrez
      491 votes 27.08%

    District

    Director; Bear Valley Community Services DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Terry Eugene Quinn
      1571 votes 22.20%
    • Martin Hernandez
      1493 votes 21.09%
    • Geva Frevert
      1382 votes 19.53%
    • Leana Mitchell
      1374 votes 19.41%
    • Jerry Pittenger
      1258 votes 17.77%

    Director; Tehachapi Cummings County Water District; Division 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Delbert Jones
      6487 votes 63.80%
    • Nathanael Benton Harbison
      3680 votes 36.20%

    Director; Tehachapi Cummings County Water District; Division 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Robert W. Schultz
      5315 votes 51.31%
    • Ben Dewell
      2821 votes 27.23%
    • Joel Peel
      2223 votes 21.46%

    State Propositions

    Proposition 1 Reproductive Freedom
    Pass: 7,176,888 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 3,553,564 / 33.1% No votes
    Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

    Proposition 26 Sports Betting in Casinos
    Fail: 3,514,597 / 33.0% Yes votes ...... 7,129,127 / 67.0% No votes
    Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

    Proposition 27 Online Sports Betting
    Fail: 1,906,342 / 17.7% Yes votes ...... 8,849,206 / 82.3% No votes
    Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

    Proposition 28 Funding Arts and Music Education
    Pass: 6,924,618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 3,827,971 / 35.6% No votes
    Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

    Proposition 29 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
    Fail: 3,364,407 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 7,281,201 / 68.4% No votes
    Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

    Proposition 30 Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars
    Fail: 4,560,488 / 42.4% Yes votes ...... 6,203,810 / 57.6% No votes
    Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

    Proposition 31 Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
    Pass: 6,803,431 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 3,923,385 / 36.6% No votes
    A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

    Local Measures

    Measure J Board of Supervisors Term Limits -- County of Kern (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 129296 / 70.40% Yes votes ...... 54369 / 29.60% No votes
    Question needed.

    Measure K County of Kern Tax -- County of Kern Unincorporated Area (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 33849 / 50.98% Yes votes ...... 32554 / 49.02% No votes
    To maintain vital local services such as law enforcement, fire, medical emergency 911 response; crime prevention; recruiting/retaining firefighters/sheriff deputies; attracting industries/jobs; addressing mental health/addiction challenges; for general government use; shall the measure be adopted establishing a 1¢ sales tax in unincorporated Kern County, providing approximately $54,000,000 annually until ended by voters; requiring audits, oversight/public spending disclosures, and no money for the State?

    Measure V Gate Operations Tax -- Bear Valley Community Services District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1473 / 46.81% Yes votes ...... 1674 / 53.19% No votes
    Question needed.

    Measure W Police Services Tax -- Bear Valley Community Services District (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1334 / 42.32% Yes votes ...... 1818 / 57.68% No votes
    Question needed.

    Measure X Bond -- Tehachapi Valley Health Care District (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 9783 / 78.53% Yes votes ...... 2674 / 21.47% No votes
    Question needed.

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