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The June 2008 Primary
Election results are in

Thanks to everyone who took our recommendations and voted in June’s Primary. With less than 35% of Californians voting, (and about 15% of the potential Evangelical voters), this election had mixed results.

I’m happy to say some of our recommended family/values friendly candidates were winners, including many of the judicial candidates. For a complete judicial analysis, click here.

Below is how we did:

= Our candidate or issue won

= Our candidate or issue lost

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California statewide initiatives
Proposition 98—Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property
YES  Click here to read our complete review and analysis of Propositions 98 and 99.
 
Proposition 99—Eminent Domain. Acquisition of Owner-Occupied Residence
NO  Click here to read our complete review and analysis of Propositions 98 and 99.
 
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Superior Court
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here.
 To see our full ratings for each candidate, click here.)

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 4

• Ralph W. Dau

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 69

• Serena Raquel Murillo

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 72

Runoff Election 11/4/2008

• Marc Alain Chomel

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 82

Runoff Election 11/4/2008

• Mark Lee

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 84

Runoff Election 11/4/2008

• Bob Henry

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 94

Runoff Election 11/4/2008

• Eduard R. Abele

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 95

• Lance E. Winters

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 119

• Jared D. Moses

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 123

• Allan A. Nadir

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 125

• Based upon our research, we were going to recommend Bill Johnson. However, the Los Angeles Times claims this candidate is a racist…although the evidence is largely circumstantial. The candidate and his campaign manager deny the allegations. However, because of the confusion, and the fact the candidate will not speak with me directly to refute the allegations, we cannot make a recommendation.

Judge, Superior Court; County of Los Angeles; Office 154

Runoff Election 11/4/2008

• Michael V. Jesic
 
Los Angeles Representative

United States Representative; District 26

• Sonny Sardo Republican Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 29

• Charles Hahn Republican Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 33

• David Crowley, II Republican Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 34

• Wayne Miller Republican Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 35

• Ted Hayes Republican Recommend recommend
• Herb Peters Libertarian Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 36

• Brian Gibson Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend

United States Representative; District 39

• Diane Lenning Republican Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 46

• Dana Rohrabacher Republican Recommend recommend
 
Los Angeles State Senate
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

State Senator; District 17; Republican Party

• George Runner Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend

State Senator; District 19; Republican Party

• Tony Strickland Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend

State Senator; District 23; Republican Party

• Rick Montaine Republican Recommend recommend

State Senator; District 25; Republican Party

• Lydia Gutierrez Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend

State Senator; District 27; Republican Party

• Allen Wood Republican Recommend recommend

State Senator; District 29; Republican Party

• Dennis Mountjoy Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
• Robert Huff Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
—Both Mountjoy and Huff are good candidates. Huff is more effective,
   but Mountjoy is stronger on social issues.
 
Los Angeles State Assembly
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Member of the State Assembly; District 37; Republican Party

• Audra Strickland Republican Strongly recommend recommendrecommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 38; Republican Party

• Cameron Smyth Republican Strongly recommend recommendrecommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 49; Republican Party

• Esthela Torres Siegrist Republican Strongly recommend recommendrecommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 51; Republican Party

• Reece Pollack Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 52; Republican Party

• Gwen Patrick Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendrecommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 53; Republican Party

• Thomas Vidal Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 54; Republican Party

• Gabriella Holt Republican Recommend recommend
• Michael Jackson Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 60; Republican Party

• Larry Dick Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 61; Democratic Party

• Paul Avila Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 61; Republican Party

• Benjamin Lopez Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
 
Los Angeles County Contests

District Attorney; County of Los Angeles

• Steve Cooley

Supervisor; County of Los Angeles; District 2

Runoff Election 11/4/2008

• Bernard C. Parks

—We do not feel good about recommending Bernard Parks because he does not represent a Christian worldview in many respects. However, he is far better than his main opponent.

Supervisor; County of Los Angeles; District 4

• Don Knabe

Supervisor; County of Los Angeles; District 5

• Michael D. Antonovich

 
Los Angeles County Local Measures & City Council
 
City of Torrance
Measure T Utility User Tax Ratification and Update
NO
 
Council Member

• Gavin Hachiya Wasserman

• Charles Michel Deemer

• Rod Guyton

• Mike Mauno

 
City of Lawndale
Measure A School Improvement—Centinela Valley Union High School District
NO
 
City of Covina
Measure C Utility User Tax Extension
NO
 
City of Hermosa Beach
Measure E School Improvement
NO
 
City of Hawthorne
Measure H Improving Educational Opportunities—Hawthorne Elementary School District
NO
 
City of Whittier
Measure M School Improvement—Los Nietos Elementary School District
NO
 
City of South Gate
Measure P The South Gate Vital City Services Measure
NO
 
Los Angeles County Party Committee Contests

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 36

• Diana Love

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 36

• Steve Knight

• Earl L. Allen

• John W. Yount

• Mike Dispenza

• Sherry Marquez

• Larry Grooms

• Andy Visokey

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 38

• B. J. Atkins

• Bob Haueter

• Michael W. Hildebrand, Jr.

• Kevin D. Korenthal

• Steve E. Lunetta

• Joe Messina

• Scott T. Wilk

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 40

• Armineh Chelebian

• Dennis De Young

• Kathleen Suzy Evans

• Brenda R. Montaine

• Rick Montaine

• Mark B. Vafiades

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 42

• Gary A. Aminoff

• Clark Warren Baker

• Patricia E. Dixon

• M. "Mell" Flynn

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 43

• Michael A. Graves

• D. "Doffie" Lewis

• Nikki S. Pelley

• Kyle Tanner

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 44

• Peter M. Amundson

• Steven M. Johnson

• Alison Kettenhofen

• Gene Masuda

• Peggy Mew

• Julie A. Vallante

• Robert W. Vaughn

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 47

• Beatrice M. Jett

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 51

• Jason C. Wilkins

• Douglas G. Ehlers

• Robert L. Duitsman

• Carl F. Davis, Jr.

• David F. Coffin

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 51

• Daniel M. Medina

• Drayfus G. Trotter

• Leroy N. Fisher

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 53

• Edward F. “Ed” Cross

• Patrick Kit Bobko

• Peter Scott Kesterson

• Charles Robert “Bob” Holmes

• Richard P. Montgomery

• Julius D. Wilson

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 53

• Cathie Lynn English

• Muriel Montoya

• Todd Dipaola

• Abel Pacheco

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 54

• Al Han

• Elissa M. Jackson

• C. D. “Chuck” Michel

• Robert Acherman

• Davina M. Keiser

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 57

• Kathy Howard

• Ian Jones

• Anne M. Moll

• Paul T. O’Brien

• Mike Spence

• Kevin Stapleton

• Andrew J. Wilson

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 58

• Wendy E. Brubaker

• Alaina A. Niemann

• Sylvia Granados-Southerland

• Rita Topalian

• Sidney W. Street

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Los Angeles; Assembly District 58

• Victoria Aguilera “Vikki” Galarza

• Arthur P. Ochoa

• Louise Samaniego

• Lorraine Morales De Lao

Orange County
Orange County Superior Court
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here.
 To see our full ratings for each candidate, click here.)

Superior Court Judge; County of Orange; Office 25

• John Nho Trong Nguyen

Superior Court Judge; County of Orange; Office 4

• Michael J. “Mike” Bartlett

• Nick Thompson

Superior Court Judge; County of Orange; Office 8

• Jon Fish

• Barry Collins

Note: Very close rating on Jon Fish and Barry Collins, but I lean toward Barry Collins.

Superior Court Judge; County of Orange; Office 12

• Kermit Marsh

• KC Jones

 
Orange County Representative

United States Representative; District 40

• Ed Royce Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend
• Tom Kennedy Democratic Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 42

• Michael Williamson Democratic Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 47; Republican Party

• Rosemarie Avila Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend

United States Representative; District 48; Republican Party

• John Campbell Republican Recommend  recommend
 
Orange County State Senate
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

State Senator; District 33; Republican Party

• Mimi Walters Republican recommend recommend
• Harry Sidhu Republican recommend recommend

State Senator; District 35; Republican Party

• Tom Harman Republican recommend recommend
 
Orange County State Assembly
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Member of the State Assembly; District 56; Republican Party

• Roger Garrett Republican Recommend Recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 67; Republican Party

• Jim Silva Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 70; Republican Party

• Chuck DeVore Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 71; Republican Party

• Neil Blais Republican Recommend Recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 72; Republican Party

• Michael Duvall Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 73; Republican Party

• Diane Harkey Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend
• Mark Patlan Republican Recommend recommend
 
Orange County School Contests
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Member; County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

• Ken L. Williams, Jr.

 
Orange County City Contests

Supervisor; County of Orange; Supervisorial District 3

• Bill Campbell

 
Orange County Special District Contests

Board Member; Serrano Water District; Division 1

• Richard A. “Rich” Freschi

 
Orange County Party Committee Contests

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 60

• Ken L. Williams, Jr.

• Fred M. Whitaker

• Carol J. Gibbs

• Alexia L. Deligianni

• Deborah Pauly

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 67

• Mike McGill

• Jerry Jackson

• Kristine Alonzo

• Scott Baugh

• Devin Dwyer

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 68

• Steve Sarkis

• Jon Aiken

• Allan R. Mansoor

• Kermit Marsh

• Ed Royce

• Truong Diep

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 69

• Lupe Moreno

• Cuong Sinh Cao

• Timothy Ryan “Tim” Whitacre

• Oscar Garza

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 70

• Linda Ackerman

• Dick Nichols

• Allan Bartlett

• Mary Young

• Bob Bliss

• Jon Steven Fleischman

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 71

• Jack J. Anderson

• Ann Hagerty

• Tony Beall

• Todd Spitzer

• Mark William Bucher

• John S. Williams

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 72

• Zonya E. Townsend

• Stanley Interrante

• Rick Rios

• Marilyn R. Davenport

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Orange; State Assembly District 73

• Alice Anderson

• Craig P. Alexander

• Nancy Padberg

• Anna Bryson

• Norm Dickinson

• Paul G. Glaab

 
San Diego County
San Diego County Superior Court
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here.
 To see our full ratings for each candidate, click here.)

Superior Court Judge; County of San Diego; Office 3

• Blaine K. Bowman

Superior Court Judge; County of San Diego; Office 19

• Paul E. Cooper

Superior Court Judge; County of San Diego; Office 45

• Robert Faigin

 
San Diego County Representative

United States Representative; District 49; Republican Party

• Darrell Issa

United States Representative; District 51; Democratic Party

• Daniel Ramirez

United States Representative; District 51; Republican Party

• Daniel Felzer

United States Representative; District 52; Republican Party

• Brian Jones

• Duncan Hunter

United States Representative; District 53; Republican Party

• Michael Crimmins

 
San Diego County State Assembly
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Member of the State Assembly; District 66; Republican Party

• Kevin Jeffries

Member of the State Assembly; District 76; Republican Party

• Kim Tran

Member of the State Assembly; District 79; Democratic Party

• Jesse Albritten

 
San Diego County City Council
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Council Member; City of San Diego; Council District 3

• James Hartline

Council Member; City of San Diego; Council District 5

• George George

Council Member; City of San Diego; Council District 7

• Bill Daniel

 
San Diego County Contests

Supervisor; County of San Diego; Supervisorial District 1

• Greg Cox

Supervisor; County of San Diego; Supervisorial District 2

• Dianne Jacob

Supervisor; County of San Diego; Supervisorial District 3

• John Van Doorn

 
San Diego County School Contests
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Member; San Diego County Board of Education; District 1

• John Witt

Member; San Diego County Board of Education; District 2

• Jerry R. Rindone

Member; San Diego County Board of Education; District 4

• Rose Urdahl

Trustee; San Diego Community College District; Trustee Area B

• Ryan P. Mulvey

Trustee; San Diego Community College District; Trustee Area D

• Autumn Frank

 
San Diego County Party Committee Contests

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of San Diego; Assembly District 76

• James Hartline

• Robert Sutton

• Kim Tran

• John “Woody” Woodrum

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of San Diego; Assembly District 79

• Donald Hamer

• Joseph Hamer

• Camille Cowlishaw

• Jean Roesch

• Sheryl J. Rosander

San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County Superior Court
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here.
 To see our full ratings for each candidate, click here.)

Superior Court Judge; County of San Bernardino; Office 7

• James R. Gass

Superior Court Judge; County of San Bernardino; Office 10

• Cheryl Kersey

 
San Bernardino County Representative

United States Representative; District 26; Republican Party

• Sonny Sardo Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend

United States Representative; District 42

• Gary Miller Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend
• Michael Williamson Democratic Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 43; Republican Party

• Scott Folkens Republican Strongly recommend Strongly recommendStrongly recommend
 
San Bernardino County State Senate
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

State Senator; District 29; Republican Party

• Dennis Mountjoy Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
• Robert Huff Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
—Both Mountjoy and Huff are good candidates. Huff is more effective,
   but Mountjoy is stronger on social issues. 

State Senator; District 31; Republican Party

• Robert Dutton Republican Recommend recommend
 
San Bernardino County State Assembly
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Member of the State Assembly; District 32; Republican Party

• Jean Fuller Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 34; Republican Party

• Jon Zellhoefer Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
• Rebecca “Becky” Maze Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
• Connie Conway Republican Recommend recommend
• Bob Smith Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 36

• Steve Knight Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
• James Ledford, Jr. Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
• Linda Jones Democratic Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 59; Republican Party

• Anthony Adams Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 60; Republican Party

• Larry Dick Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 61; Republican Party

• Benjamin Lopez Republican Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 63

• Bill Emmerson Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendstrongly recommend
• Jonathan Abraham Democratic Recommend recommend

Member of the State Assembly; District 65; Republican Party

• Paul Cook Republican Recommend recommend
 
San Bernardino County City Contests

Supervisor; County of San Bernardino; Supervisorial District 3

• Neil Derry

Council Member; City of Loma Linda

• Robert H. Christman

Oppose Colton Recall; City of Colton

• YES

 
San Bernardino County Party Committee Contests

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of San Bernardino; Assembly District 3

• Neil Derry

• Scott Folkens

• April Haverty

• Roy Hernandez

• Kirk Larson

• Larry McCallon

• John D. Mitchell

• Robert F. Rego

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of San Bernardino; Assembly District 4

• James Na

• Benjamin Lopez

• Earl De Vries

 
Riverside County
Riverside County Superior Court
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 6

• Michael J. Rushton

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 18

• John Molloy

 
Riverside County Representative

United States Representative; District 41; Republican Party

• Jerry Lewis Republican Recommend recommend

United States Representative; District 44; Republican Party

• Ken Calvert Republican Recommend recommend
 
Riverside County State Senate
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

State Senator; District 37; Republican Party

• Russell Bogh

 
Riverside County State Assembly
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Member of the State Assembly; District 65; Republican Party

• Paul Cook

Member of the State Assembly; District 66; Republican Party

• Kevin Jeffries

Member of the State Assembly; District 80; Democratic Party

• Richard Gutierrez

 
Riverside County Party Committee Contests

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; State Assembly District 64

• Tom Rogers

• Gerald S. Burchell

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; State Assembly District 66

• Casey Evans

• Kevin Pape

• Kenneth C. Dickson

• Leonard Hollingsworth

• Daniel F. Hollingsworth

• Robert Seibert

 
Ventura County
 
Ventura County Representative

United States Representative; District 23; Republican Party

• Matt Kokkonen Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendrecommend

United States Representative; District 24; Republican Party

• Elton Gallegly Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendrecommend
 
Ventura County Superior Court
(To see the questionnaires we provided the candidates, click here)

Judge, Superior Court; County of Ventura; Office 5

• Roberto Orellana Republican Strongly recommend strongly recommendrecommend
• Jeff Bennett Republican Recommend recommend
Other counties

Alameda County

Superior Court Judge; County of Alameda; Seat 9

• Phil Daly

Alpine County

Superior Court Judge; County of Alpine

• Karen Dustman

El Dorado County

Superior Court Judge; County of El Dorado; Office 4

• Steven Bailey

Fresno County

Superior Court Judge; County of Fresno; Office 10

• Glenn Lostracco

Kern County

Judge, Superior Court; County of Kern; Office 30

• Matt Brady

Kings County

Judge, Superior Court; County of Kings

• James LaPorte

San Francisco County

Superior Court Judge; San Francisco County; Seat 12

• Thomas Mellon

San Joaquin County

Superior Court Judge; County of San Joaquin; Office 10

• Phil Urie

Santa Barbara County

Superior Court Judge; County of Santa Barbara; Office 5

• John Mackinnon

Shasta County

Superior Court Judge; County of Shasta

• Dan Flynn

Trinity County

Superior Court Judge; County of Trinity

• James Woodward

 

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