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November 8, 2022 Election

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County Results as of Aug 8 2:34pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (754/754)
54.5% Countywide Voter Turnout (550602/1009422)
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 Board of Equalization; District 2

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction

    US Legislature

    United States Senator; Full Term

    United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

    United States Representative; District 17

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 10

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 24

    Judicial

    California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

    Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 6 (Yes/No)

    School

    Member; Santa Clara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Maimona Afzal Berta
      25250 votes 57.12%
    • Magdalena Carrasco
      18953 votes 42.88%

    Trustee; San Jose-Evergreen Community College District; Trustee Area 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Tony Alexander
      20108 votes 65.46%
    • Leo Cortez
      10608 votes 34.54%

    Board Member; East Side Union High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Lorena Chavez
      70423 votes 30.32%
    • Van Le
      64583 votes 27.81%
    • J. Manuel Herrera
      53176 votes 22.90%
    • Peter Pham
      44075 votes 18.98%

    Board Member; Alum Rock Union Elementary School District; 4 Year Full TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Minh Pham
      9377 votes 24.80%
    • Linda Chávez
      9206 votes 24.35%
    • Andrés Quintero
      8203 votes 21.69%
    • Ricardo Garcia
      7531 votes 19.92%
    • Joseph R. Corona
      3494 votes 9.24%

    Board Member; Alum Rock Union Elementary School District; 2 Year Short TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ernesto A. Bejarano
      7439 votes 42.43%
    • Minh Nguyen
      7222 votes 41.19%
    • Omar Vasquez
      2873 votes 16.39%

    County

    Sheriff; County of Santa ClaraClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Robert "Bob" Jonsen
      230714 votes 50.81%
    • Kevin Jensen
      223363 votes 49.19%

    City

    Mayor; City of San JoseClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Matt Mahan
      128376 votes 51.21%
    • Cindy Chávez
      122329 votes 48.79%

    Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Peter Ortiz
      9074 votes 54.82%
    • Nora Campos
      7479 votes 45.18%

    District

    Director; Santa Clara Valley Water District; Division 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Antonio "Tony" Estremera
      18399 votes 44.41%
    • Diego R. Barragan
      12515 votes 30.21%
    • Chuck Cantrell
      10512 votes 25.38%

    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 I Charter Amendment -- City of San Jose (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 136560 / 58.03% Yes votes ...... 98766 / 41.97% No votes
    Shall the City Charter be amended to add the City's ethics and elections commission (Board of Fair Campaign and Political Practices) to the Charter; remove requirements that members of the Planning, Civil Service, and Salary Setting Commissions be electors and/or citizens; remove gender-specific language; and require the City Council to adopt equity values, standards, and assessments in making certain decisions?

    Measure N School Bond -- East Side Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 78303 / 66.63% Yes votes ...... 39215 / 33.37% No votes
    With funds that cannot be taken by the State and spent elsewhere, shall East Side Union High School District's measure to expand career/ technical education facilities, renovate science labs and upgrade technology at Andrew Hill, Calero, Evergreen Valley, Foothill, Independence, James Lick, Mt. Pleasant, Oak Grove, Piedmont Hills, Santa Teresa, Silver Creek, Verba Buena and W.C. Overfelt High Schools be adopted, authorizing $572 million in bonds with legal rates, projected levies below 3˘/$100 of assessed valuation ($35.7 million/year through 2050), annual audits, independent oversight and no increase in tax rates?

    Measure S School Bond -- Alum Rock Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 13352 / 71.28% Yes votes ...... 5381 / 28.72% No votes
    To improve science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) classrooms; increase student access to computers and modern classroom technology; build below-market teacher/ staff rental housing; and improve student safety/ campus security; shall Alum Rock Union Elementary School District's measure authorizing $71.5 million of bonds be adopted (reauthorizing bonds previously approved in November 2012), with legal rates, projected levies less than 2˘/ $100 of assessed valuation (raising $4.4 million/ year while bonds are outstanding), annual audits and independent citizen oversight?

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