CALIFORNIA STATE Election Discussion Thread

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CALIFORNIA STATE ELECTION DISCUSSION THREAD

WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE ELECTION DISCUSSION THREAD

Here are the statewide races and propositions, along with California’s U.S. Congressional races. Feel free to discuss other issues here as well such as state assembly and senate races, the proposition to split Los Angeles, mayoral races or local ballot initiatives of note, whatevah.

Polls open at 7am and close at 8pm (supposedly), so get your butt out there and vote. Then sit right back, have a warm cup of cocoa or whatever beverage of choice, and follow the results and early erroneous exit polling data.

Here’s a listing of your candidates…

REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	3rd PARTY
California Governor
Bill Simon	Gray Davis (Inc)	Reinhold Gulke (AI) Gary David Copeland (L) Peter Miguel Camejo (G) Iris Adam (NL)
California Lieutenant Governor
Bruce McPherson	Cruz Bustamante (Inc)	Jim King (AI) Pat Wright (L) Paul Jerry Hannosh (Ref) Kalee Przybylak (NL) Donna J. Warren (G)
California Secretary of State
Keith Olberg	Kevin Shelley	Edward C. Noonan (AI) Gail K. Lightfoot (L) Valli Sharpe-Geisler (Ref) Louise Marie Allison (NL) Larry Shoup (G)
California Attorney General
Dick Ackerman	Bill Lockyer (Inc)	Diane Beall Templin (AI) Ed Kuwatch (L) Glen Freeman Mowrer (G)
California Controller
Tom McClintock	Steve Westly	Ernest F. Vance (AI) J. Carlos Aguirre (NL) Laura Wells (G)
California Treasurer
Greg Conlon	Phil Angelides (Inc)	Nathan E. Johnson (AI) Marian Smithson (L) Sylvia Valentine (NL) Jeanne-Marie Rosenmeier (G)
California Insurance Commissioner
Gary Mendoza	John Garamendi	Steve Klein (AI) Dale F. Ogden (L) Raul Calderon, Jr. (NL) David I. Sheidlower (G)
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Katherine Smith	Jack O'Connell

REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	3rd PARTY
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 1
Lawrence R. Wiesner	Mike Thompson (Inc)	Kevin Bastian (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 2
Wally Herger (Inc)	Mike Johnson	Charles R. Martin (L) Patrice Thiessen (NL)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 3
Doug Ose (Inc)	Howard Beeman	Douglas Arthur Tuma (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 4
John T. Doolittle (Inc)	Mark A. Norberg	Bill Kirby (Write-in) Philip James Parisius (Write-in) Allen M. Roberts (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 5
Richard Frankhuizen	Robert T. Matsui (Inc)	Timothy E. Roloff (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 6
Paul L. Erickson	Lynn Woolsey (Inc)	Richard O. Barton (L) Jeff Rainforth (Ref)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 7
Charles R. Hargrave	George Miller (Inc)	Scott A. Wilson (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 8
G. Michael German	Nancy Pelosi (Inc)	Ira Spivack (L) Deborah Liatos (Write-in) Jay Pond (G)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 9
Jerald Udinsky	Barbara Lee (Inc)	Hector "Reno" Reyna (Write-in) James M. Eyer (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 10
	Ellen O. Tauscher (Inc)	Sonia E. Alonso Harden (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 11
Richard W. Pombo (Inc)	Elaine Shaw
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 12
Michael J. Moloney	Tom Lantos (Inc)	Maad Abu-Ghazalah (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 13
Syed R. Mahmood	Fortney "Pete" Stark (Inc)	John J. Bambey (Ref) Don J. Grundmann (AI) Mark W. Stroberg (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 14
Joe Nixon	Anna G. Eshoo (Inc)	Andrew B. Carver (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 15
Linda Rae Hermann	Mike Honda (Inc)	Jeff Landauer (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 16
Douglas Adams McNea	Zoe Lofgren (Inc)	Dennis Michael Umphress (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 17
Clint Engler	Sam Farr	Ray Glock-Grueneich (G) Alan Shugart (Write-in) Jascha Lee (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 18
Dick Monteith	Dennis A. Cardoza	Kevin H. Cripe (AI) Linda De Groat (L) Donna Crowder (Write-in)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 19
George Radanovich (Inc)	John Veen	Patrick Lee McHargue (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 20
Andre Minuth	Cal Dooley (Inc)	Varrin Swearingen (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 21
Devin Nunes	David G. LaPere	Jonathan Richter (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 22
Bill Thomas (Inc)	Jaime A. Corvera	Frank Coates (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 23
Beth Rogers	Lois Capps (Inc)	James E. Hill (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 24
Elton Gallegly (Inc)	Fern Rudin	Gary Harber (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 25
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (Inc)	Bob Conaway	Frank M. Consolo, Jr. (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 26
David Dreier (Inc)	Marjorie Musser Mikels	Randall Weissbuch (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 27
Robert M. Levy	Brad Sherman (Inc)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 28
David R. Hernandez, Jr.	Howard L. Berman (Inc)	Kelley L. Ross (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 29
Jim Scileppi	Adam B. Schiff (Inc)	Ted Brown (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 30
Tony D. Goss	Henry A. Waxman (Inc)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 31
Luis Vega	Xavier Becerra (Inc)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 32
Emma E. Fischbeck	Hilda L. Solis (Inc)	Michael "Mick" McGuire (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 33
Andrew Kim	Diane E. Watson (Inc)	Charles Tate (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 34
Wayne Miller	Lucille Roybal-Allard (Inc)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 35
Ross Moen	Maxine Waters (Inc)	Gordon Michael Mego (AI)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 36
Stuart Johnson	Jane Harman (Inc)	Mark McSpadden (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 37
Oscar A. Velasco	Juanita Millender-McDonald (Inc)	Herb Peters (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 38
Alex A. Burrola	Grace F. Napolitano (Inc)	Al Cuperus (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 39
Tim Escobar	Linda T. Sanchez	Richard G. Newhouse (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 40
Ed Royce	Christina Avalos	Charles R. "Chuck" McGlawn (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 41
Jerry Lewis (Inc)	Keith A. Johnson	Kevin Craig (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 42
Gary G. Miller (Inc)	Richard Waldron	Donald Yee (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 43
Wendy C. Neighbor	Joe Baca (Inc)	Ethel M. Mohler (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 44
Ken Calvert (Inc)	Louis Vandenberg	Phill Courtney (G)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 45
Mary Bono (Inc)	Elle K. Kurpiewski	Rod Miller-Boyer (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 46
Dana Rohrabacher (Inc)	Gerrie Schipske	Keith Gann (L) Thomas Lash (Write-in)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 47
Jeff Chavez	Loretta Sanchez (Inc)	Michael J. Monge (Write-in) Kenneth M. Valenzuela Fisher (Write-in) Paul Marsden (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 48
Christopher Cox (Inc)	John Graham	Joe Michael Cobb (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 49
Darrell Issa (Inc)	Michael P. Byron (Write-in)	Karl W. Dietrich (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 50
Randy "Duke" Cunningham (Inc)	Del G. Stewart	Richard M. Fontanesi (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 51
Maria Guadalupe Garcia	Bob Filner	Jeffrey S. Keup (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 52
Duncan Hunter (Inc)	Peter Moore-Kochlacs	Michael Benoit (L)
U.S. Congress - California Congressional District 53
Bill Vandeweghe	Susan A. Davis (Inc)	Jim Dorenkott (Write-in)

CALIFORNIA STATE PROPOSITION	YES	NO
46. Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 (Bond Measure) Should the state create a trust fund by selling two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) in general obligation funds to fund twenty-one types of housing programs--including multifamily, individual and farmworker housing?
47. Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002 (Bond Measure) Should the state sell thirteen billion fifty million dollars ($13,050,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?
48. Court Consolidation (Legislative Constitutional Amendment) Should the California Constitution be amended to delete references to the municipal courts?
49. Before and After School Programs. State Grants (Initiative Statute) Should funding for before and after school programs be substantially increased, and starting in 2004-05, should general funds be permanently earmarked for this program?
50. Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection (Initiative Statute) Should the state borrow three billion four hundred forty million dollars ($3,440,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for a variety of water projects including coastal protection, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, integrated regional water management, safe drinking water, and water quality?
51. Distribution of Existing Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax (Initiative Statute) Should the sales and use taxes raised from the sale or lease of motor vehicles be permanently allocated to specific transportation projects?
52. Election Day Voter Registration (Initiative Statute) Should legally eligible California residents presenting proof of current residence be allowed to register to vote on Election Day?

[eureka!]

Bump for later reading of the tea leaves. Go Simon Go...

[CounterCounterCulture]

BTW, I just tried touch-screen voting on this thread and somehow voted for Pat Buchanan in each race. Whasupwitdat?

;-)

[WalterSkinner]

Here in Western Riverside County, I have seen many more Simon stickers and signs than Davis (a.k.a Mr. Energy).

If only there weren't a Lost Angeles county...well I have my Simon sticker in my car window.

[NormsRevenge]

BUMP

Dump Davi$

[TheAngryClam]

I voted first thing in the morning bump!

GO SIMON!

[bonesmccoy]

GO VOTE!

[Inspectorette]

Up here in NORTHERN Santa Barbara County, there are a lot more Simon signs than Davis. Unfortunately, we get cancelled out by the brie-and-croissant crowd in Santa Barbara, along with the transients (UCSB) .

(Actually, I kind of like brie and croissants myself, but I'm a staunch Republican ;-)

[ErnBatavia]

Here in Western Riverside County, I have seen many more Simon stickers and signs than Davis (a.k.a Mr. Energy).

Ditto here in eastern Riverside County (Coachella Valley)....also tons of Mary Bono signs, nary-a-nary for Elle the Stewardess.

[ErnBatavia]

I voted first thing in the morning bump!

With a 7:19a.m. posting time, you must live next door to your polling place...and then bolted right home to Freep!

[NormsRevenge]

From the sac bee

Dan Walters: Today's winner will stare into bottomless pit of budget deficits

Davis, Simon woo voters down to wire

[tubebender]

We voted here in Eureka a few minutes ago and I must say that there were more voters queued up then normal. We have a hot Mayors race and it's Rs vs the 'Rats. I am a retired Senior Citizen so I am qualified to profile the voters there...Not good my FRiends...75% 'Rats.

Will be gone the rest of the day so I'll see you tonite.

[daviddennis]

I voted on my way to work. Of the four people in the polling booth, I saw one obvious Republican. The rest were not clearly identifiable.

There were six people there including me. I had to wait longer (in fact, much longer) to vote in the Republican primary. I think I voted pretty early both times, but I was probably a bit earlier today than during the primary, since I anticipated a longer wait.

For entertainment while we're waiting for results, you might want to check out my web site, which has my freeper videos on display (look at What's New on the left). I just put up Gray & Me, my humourous look at Davis and Simon, with footage from five different events.

I'm amazed I actually finished that by election day! What a long strange trip it's been. Wouldn't have missed it for the world, win or lose.

Preferably win, of course :-).

D

[daviddennis]

I'd like to toss in my support for Measures F and H, the Valley and Hollywood secession initiatives.

The advertising opposing it on the radio has been horribly deceptive, and that alone should make you wonder what's going on.

The truth:

• Valley citizens currently pay more in taxes than we receive in services.

• So the initiative makes the Valley independent and pays that difference as "alimony" to the old city. The alimony decreases by 5% a year, so it's gone after 20 years.

• So as you can see, we are not actually being asked to come up with new money, as the ads imply. This is money that was already there. Now it's going to be gradually transferred back to us. In the short run, this means no change. In the long run, it's a major improvement.

• There's no question that Los Angeles is terribly managed; just compare it to Orange County. Orange County taxes are lower, schools are better, and police come when they're called.

A vote for Measures F and H is a vote for local control and responsibility. I urge everyone to vote for them if they can.

D

[CounterCounterCulture]

Santa Clara Valley mini-report...

Good ol' fashioned punch-ballot (chad) ballots still in use in my precinct. Didn't have to wait in line and only one other in a voting booth.

[Tony in Hawaii]

Just got back from the polls, having braved 49 degree weather. :)

I wish F and H voting had been restricted to the affected areas, so it would have had a chance. I voted "yes" on both, of course.

One more vote in the box for Bill Simon, I made sure of that. No hanging, pregnant, or dimpled chads.

[daviddennis]

I wonder how F and H will affect the governor's race - I would suspect most people who support them are Simon supporters as well, so it might attract more of us to the polls.

But the union thugs are always going to vote against. I'm going to guess that if F and H are successful, Simon will be elected. If they fail, it's a toss-up.

D

[TheAngryClam]

One block away. I was there ten minutes early- first one in the door.

[SteveH]

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[CounterCounterCulture]

Please submit any corrections to my candidate listing

CORRECTION:

Sam Farr (D-17th) and Ed Royce (R-new 40th) are both incumbents.