Santa Cruz County
Statewide General Election
November 8, 2016

Registration & Turnout
157,204 Voters
  Vote Count Percent
Vote By Mail / Absentee Reporting Turnout 83,021 52.81%
Precinct Reporting Turnout 49,144 31.26%
total 132,165 84.07%


President and Vice President
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
DEM - HILLARY CLINTON 95,249 73.26%
REP - DONALD J. TRUMP 22,438 17.26%
GRN - JILL STEIN 4,485 3.45%
LIB - GARY JOHNSON 4,325 3.33%
WRITE-IN 2,888 2.22%
PAF - GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA 627 0.48%
total 130,012 100.00%


United States Senator
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
DEM - KAMALA D. HARRIS 81,443 71.34%
DEM - LORETTA L. SANCHEZ 32,720 28.66%
total 114,163 100.00%


U. S. Congress 18th District
100/100 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
DEM - ANNA G. ESHOO 20,248 71.23%
REP - RICHARD B. FOX 8,179 28.77%
total 28,427 100.00%


U. S. Congress 20th District
166/166 100%
  Vote Count Percent
DEM - JIMMY PANETTA 74,368 77.31%
REP - CASEY LUCIUS 21,831 22.69%
total 96,199 100.00%


State Senator 17th District
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
DEM - BILL MONNING 96,926 78.43%
REP - PALMER KAIN 26,658 21.57%
total 123,584 100.00%


State Assembly 29th District
235/235 100%
  Vote Count Percent
DEM - MARK STONE 82,198 77.91%
REP - SIERRA ROBERTS 23,304 22.09%
total 105,502 100.00%


State Assembly 30th District
31/31 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
DEM - ANNA CABALLERO 9,516 55.90%
DEM - KARINA CERVANTEZ ALEJO 7,506 44.10%
total 17,022 100.00%


County Bd of Ed - TA 2
33/33 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - BRUCE VAN ALLEN 9,988 63.72%
NPP - CHRISTOPHER CHARMAN 5,550 35.40%
WRITE-IN 138 0.88%
total 15,676 100.00%


Cabrillo Comm College TA 5
15/15 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - LETICIA MENDOZA 4,748 55.67%
NPP - DANIEL DODGE 3,664 42.96%
WRITE-IN 117 1.37%
total 8,529 100.00%


Pajaro Valley Unified TA 2
7/7 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - GEORGIA ACOSTA 3,023 58.72%
NPP - LUPE RIVAS 2,075 40.31%
WRITE-IN 50 0.97%
total 5,148 100.00%


Los Gatos-Saratoga High School
8/8 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - ROSEMARY ROSSI 1,234 31.82%
NPP - KATHERINE TSENG 975 25.14%
NPP - RON JONES 877 22.61%
NPP - KYLE PARK 783 20.19%
WRITE-IN 9 0.23%
total 3,878 100.00%


Scotts Valley Unified School District
35/35 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - MICHAEL SHULMAN 4,149 19.36%
NPP - KIM SHULTZ 4,062 18.95%
NPP - SUE RAINS 3,886 18.13%
NPP - SUE ROTH 3,571 16.66%
NPP - FARAH GALVEZ THEISSEN 3,206 14.96%
NPP - CATHIE SIMONOVICH 2,541 11.85%
WRITE-IN 20 0.09%
total 21,435 100.00%


Scotts Valley Unified Short Term
35/35 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - ROGER L. SNYDER 4,134 32.21%
NPP - COREY WARNER 3,049 23.75%
NPP - STEPHANIE ESPINOLA 3,021 23.54%
NPP - GIA SCHWARZER 2,608 20.32%
WRITE-IN 24 0.19%
total 12,836 100.00%


Aromas-San Juan Unified
1/1 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - MONICA MARTINEZ-GUARACHA 22 35.48%
NPP - DREW MCALISTER 15 24.19%
NPP - SHARY GREENE 15 24.19%
NPP - JENNIFER COLBY 10 16.13%
WRITE-IN 0 0.00%
total 62 100.00%


Live Oak School District
14/14 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - HEATHER RHODES 5,935 41.80%
NPP - JEREMY RAY 4,927 34.70%
NPP - MICHAEL D. LELIEUR 3,293 23.20%
WRITE-IN 42 0.30%
total 14,197 100.00%


Mountain Elementary School District
6/6 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - MARISSA FEREJOHN SWETT 554 34.78%
NPP - MARY NAVAS 386 24.23%
NPP - MARK H. SWAN 354 22.22%
NPP - SIMON FLETCHER 299 18.77%
WRITE-IN 0 0.00%
total 1,593 100.00%


Member, Capitola City Council
6/6 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - KRISTEN PETERSEN 3,237 44.10%
NPP - ED BOTTORFF 1,535 20.91%
WRITE-IN 1,527 20.80%
NPP - BOB EDGREN 1,041 14.18%
total 7,340 100.00%


Treasurer Capitola
6/6 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - PETER WILK 3,361 98.42%
WRITE-IN 54 1.58%
total 3,415 100.00%


Member, Santa Cruz City Council
38/38 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - MARTINE WATKINS 13,683 13.76%
NPP - CYNTHIA MATHEWS 13,500 13.58%
NPP - CHRIS KROHN 12,296 12.37%
NPP - SANDY BROWN 11,325 11.39%
NPP - DREW GLOVER 10,770 10.83%
NPP - ROBERT SINGLETON 10,704 10.76%
NPP - J.M. BROWN 10,609 10.67%
NPP - STEVE SCHNAAR 10,423 10.48%
NPP - STEVE PLEICH 2,461 2.47%
NPP - NATHANAEL A. KENNEDY 2,257 2.27%
NPP - JIM DAVIS 1,216 1.22%
WRITE-IN 195 0.20%
total 99,439 100.00%


Member, Scotts Valley City Council
11/11 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - DONNA R. LIND 3,472 22.58%
NPP - RANDY JOHNSON 3,351 21.79%
NPP - JACK DILLES 3,098 20.15%
NPP - ROSANNA HERRERA 2,808 18.26%
NPP - DENE BUSTICHI 2,623 17.06%
WRITE-IN 24 0.16%
total 15,376 100.00%


Member of Watsonville City Council 1
3/3 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - FELIPE HERNANDEZ 1,042 95.86%
WRITE-IN 45 4.14%
total 1,087 100.00%


Member of Watsonville City Council 2
3/3 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - OSCAR RIOS 678 49.93%
NPP - DAVID HERMOSILLO 675 49.71%
WRITE-IN 5 0.37%
total 1,358 100.00%


Member of Watsonville City Council 6
4/4 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - TRINA COFFMAN-GOMEZ 998 49.90%
NPP - DOREEN MARTINEZ 979 48.95%
WRITE-IN 23 1.15%
total 2,000 100.00%


Central Fire Protection District
41/41 100%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - JOHN P. LUCCHESI 15,789 22.65%
NPP - OWEN T. MILLER 15,497 22.23%
NPP - KEVIN WALTER 10,532 15.11%
NPP - DAVID BURNHAM 9,336 13.39%
NPP - CHARLES HOWARD 6,341 9.10%
NPP - RICHARD PHILLIPS 5,196 7.45%
NPP - BRUCE BETTENCOURT 4,105 5.89%
NPP - MICHAEL C. MITCHELL 2,826 4.05%
WRITE-IN 93 0.13%
total 69,715 100.00%


Scotts Valley Fire Protection District
37/37 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - DARON L. PISCIOTTA 6,231 31.17%
NPP - RUSS PATTERSON 3,822 19.12%
NPP - ALAN L. SMITH 2,936 14.69%
NPP - ARTHUR E. SMITH 2,806 14.04%
NPP - SHAWN MOSLEY 2,255 11.28%
NPP - PHILLIP WITT 1,907 9.54%
WRITE-IN 32 0.16%
total 19,989 100.00%


San Lorenzo Valley Water District
42/42 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - BILL SMALLMAN 7,155 38.16%
NPP - MARGARET V. BRUCE 6,591 35.15%
NPP - RANDALL C. BROWN 4,935 26.32%
WRITE-IN 70 0.37%
total 18,751 100.00%


Soquel Creek Water District
29/29 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - RACH�L LATHER 13,087 65.25%
NPP - JOHN EDWARD BARGETTO 6,906 34.43%
WRITE-IN 63 0.31%
total 20,056 100.00%


Santa Cruz Port Commissioner
73/73 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
NPP - DARREN GERTLER 16,678 17.87%
NPP - STEPHEN REED 13,924 14.92%
NPP - DENNIS (DENNY) L. SMITH 13,703 14.68%
NPP - BILL LEE 12,050 12.91%
NPP - NELI CARDOSO 11,491 12.31%
NPP - VICKI VANCE 10,232 10.96%
NPP - LENNY HEWITT 8,467 9.07%
NPP - BRYAN KRETSCH 6,586 7.06%
WRITE-IN 188 0.20%
total 93,319 100.00%


51 - School Bonds-All State Props Majority to Pass
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 70,836 57.02%
No 53,402 42.98%
total 124,238 100.00%


52 - Medi-Cal
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 90,286 73.96%
No 31,793 26.04%
total 122,079 100.00%


53 - Revenue Bonds
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
No 71,496 59.67%
Yes 48,316 40.33%
total 119,812 100.00%


54 - Legislature
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 70,251 58.51%
No 49,815 41.49%
total 120,066 100.00%


55 - Tax Extension Health and Ed
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 91,539 73.49%
No 33,029 26.51%
total 124,568 100.00%


56 - Cigarette Tax
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 92,068 72.15%
No 35,530 27.85%
total 127,598 100.00%


57 - Criminal Sentences
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 93,822 75.05%
No 31,191 24.95%
total 125,013 100.00%


58 - English Proficiency
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 99,237 79.64%
No 25,364 20.36%
total 124,601 100.00%


59 - Corporations
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 80,321 68.08%
No 37,651 31.92%
total 117,972 100.00%


60 - Adult Films
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
No 77,590 64.00%
Yes 43,653 36.00%
total 121,243 100.00%


61 - State Drug Purchases
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 64,537 53.91%
No 55,173 46.09%
total 119,710 100.00%


62 - Death Penalty
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 79,046 63.65%
No 45,152 36.35%
total 124,198 100.00%


63 - Firearms
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 90,483 71.73%
No 35,668 28.27%
total 126,151 100.00%


64 - Marijuana Legalization
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 89,253 69.89%
No 38,450 30.11%
total 127,703 100.00%


65 - Carryout Bags
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
No 63,683 51.37%
Yes 60,291 48.63%
total 123,974 100.00%


66 - Death Penalty Procedures
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
No 71,941 61.56%
Yes 44,914 38.44%
total 116,855 100.00%


67 - Plastic Bags
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 93,850 74.68%
No 31,815 25.32%
total 125,665 100.00%


A - Santa Cruz City High Schools Bond -55% to Pass
112/112 100%
  Vote Count Percent
BONDS YES 45,033 75.80%
BONDS NO 14,377 24.20%
total 59,410 100.00%


B - Santa Cruz City Elementary Bonds-55% to Pass
53/53 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
BONDS YES 24,522 79.50%
BONDS NO 6,324 20.50%
total 30,846 100.00%


C - Soquel Elementary Bond - 55% to Pass
27/27 100%
  Vote Count Percent
BONDS YES 10,064 71.56%
BONDS NO 4,000 28.44%
total 14,064 100.00%


D - County Transportation Sales Tax - 2/3 to Pass
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 83,816 67.78%
No 39,839 32.22%
total 123,655 100.00%


E - County Cannabis Business Tax Majority to Pass
266/266 100%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 95,016 80.41%
No 23,143 19.59%
total 118,159 100.00%


F - Capitola Sales Tax Extension Majority to Pass
6/6 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 4,081 81.08%
No 952 18.92%
total 5,033 100.00%


G - Santa Cruz City Mayor - Majority to Pass
38/38 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 18,423 81.77%
No 4,106 18.23%
total 22,529 100.00%


H - Santa Cruz City Water - Majority to Pass
38/38 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 18,077 80.65%
No 4,336 19.35%
total 22,413 100.00%


I - Santa Cruz City Cannabis Tax Majority to Pass
38/38 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 22,637 84.08%
No 4,287 15.92%
total 26,924 100.00%


J - Watsonville TOT - Majority to Pass
23/23 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 9,628 75.24%
No 3,169 24.76%
total 12,797 100.00%


K - Watsonville Utility Tax - Majority to Pass
23/23 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 9,057 72.54%
No 3,429 27.46%
total 12,486 100.00%


L - Watsonville Cannabis Tax - Majority to Pass
23/23 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 9,136 74.20%
No 3,176 25.80%
total 12,312 100.00%


M - Watsonville Cannabis Advisory Majority to Pass
23/23 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 8,949 74.19%
No 3,113 25.81%
total 12,062 100.00%


N - Boulder Creek Fire Parcel Tax - 2/3 to Pass
7/7 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 4,457 83.84%
No 859 16.16%
total 5,316 100.00%


O - Zayante Fire Parcel Tax - 2/3 to Pass
17/17 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
Yes 1,565 80.13%
No 388 19.87%
total 1,953 100.00%


S - Aromas Tri-County Fire Parcel Tax 2/3 to Pass
2/2 100.00%
  Vote Count Percent
No 22 55.00%
Yes 18 45.00%
total 40 100.00%