November 5th, 2013 Election

Los Angeles County

City

Member, City Council; City of Bell Gardens(3 Elected)

Sergio Infanzon
Daniel Crespo
Yvette Silva
Jazmina Saavedra
Jose J. Mendoza
Priscilla Flores

Member, City Council; City of El Monte(2 Elected)

Norma Macias
Frank Amezcua
Juventino “J” Gomez

NO – Measure EM Extension of Mayoral Term to Four Years — City of El Monte (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required): Shall the term of office for the elected office of Mayor be extended from two (2) years to four (4) years, commencing with the 2015 General Municipal Election cycle?
NO – Measure GG Temporary Essential City Services Preservation Measure — City of El Monte
(Ordinance – Majority Approval Required): To preserve and stabilize funding for essential public services such as keeping the City’s four fire stations open; maintaining staffing levels for emergency response police services; street lighting and repair; senior services; and youth parks programs and to build the City’s “rainy day” general fund reserves, shall the City’s existing one half of one percent (1/2%) transactions and use tax be extended for five years?
YES – Measure RM Rotating Mayor Measure — City of El Monte (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required): Shall the City Council be reorganized to replace the current structure of one elected Mayor serving a two-year term and four elected Council Members serving staggered four-year terms with a structure composed of five elected City Council Members who will share the title of Mayor on a rotating basis subject to voter approved procedures for accomplishing the rotation?

Member, City Council; City of Hermosa Beach(3 Elected)

Carolyn Petty
Jeff Duclos
Nanette Barragan
Greg Savelli
John Bowler
H. S. Fangary
Patrick “Kit” Bobko

NO – Measure B Postmidnight Business Hours — City of Hermosa Beach (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required): Shall an ordinance be adopted to incrementally, over a five-year period, reduce the postmidnight operating hours of specified businesses in the downtown area of Hermosa Beach?

Council Member; City of Lomita(3 Elected)

James Thompson
Mark Waronek
Dave Albert
James Gazeley
Ben Traina
Cynthia Segawa

Mayor; City of Palmdale

Maggie Campbell
Mitcheal Toles
James C. Ledford
Lynn M. Minidis

Member, City Council; City of Palmdale(2 Elected)

Sir Duplechan
Tom Lackey
Fred Thompson
Richard Jesse Loa

Governing Board Member; Palmdale School District(3 Elected)

Joyce Ricks
Sandy Corrales
Carol A. Stanford
Jeffrey E. Ferrin
Nancy K. Smith
Michelle D. Whitaker
Jeffrey D. Moffatt
Don F. Wilson
Stacy Fournier
David Markov
Juan Carrillo

Member, City Council; City of Pico Rivera(2 Elected)

David W. Armenta
Gustavo Camacho
Adrian L. Diaz

Member, City Council; City of Rancho Palos Verdes(2 Elected)

Anthony Misetich
Brian Campbell
Ken Dyda

Note: Both Anthony and Ken would be good. It’s difficult to choose between the two.

Member, City Council; City of Rolling Hills Estates(2 Elected)

Clark Davis
Cat Spydell
Steve Zuckerman
Britt Huff

Member, City Council; City of South Pasadena(2 Elected)

Philip C. Putnam
Alan Reynolds
Diana Mahmud
Michael A. Cacciotti

Member, City Council; City of West Covina(3 Elected)

Kimberly Caceres
Mike Spence
Corey Warshaw
Armando D’Avila
Andrew “Andy” McIntyre
Rob Sotelo
Lloyd A. Johnson
Karin Armbrust
James Toma

Governing Board Member; West Covina Unified School District(2 Elected)

Eileen Miranda Jimenez
Jessica Shewmaker
Debbie J. Touhey

School

Governing Board Member; ABC Unified School District(3 Elected)

Olympia Chen
Daniel Fierro
Soo Y. Yoo
Ethan L. Robinson
Lynda Johnson

Governing Board Member; Antelope Valley Community College District(3 Elected)

Betty J. Wienke
Barbara E. Gaines
Steve D. Buffalo
Michael R. Adams
Richard S. Balogh

Governing Board Member; Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District(3 Elected)

Barbara Willibrand
R. Michael Dutton
James T. “Jim” Lott
Paul O. Scott
Dana F. Coleman
John Hutak

Governing Board Member; Culver City Unified School District(3 Elected)

Robert Zirgulis
Claudia Vizcarra
Kathy Paspalis
Karlo Silbiger
Steven Mark Levin
Susanne Robins
Vernon L. Taylor

Governing Board Member; El Camino Community College District; Trustee Area 2

John Vargas
Nilo Michelin

Governing Board Member; El Camino Community College District; Trustee Area 5

G. Rick Marshall
Cliff Numark
Aria Shafiee

Governing Board Member; El Rancho Unified School District(3 Elected)

Rachel D. Canchola
Joe Rivera
Aurora R. Villon
Fernando Centeno
Jose Lara
Magdalena “Maggie” Cardenas

Governing Board Member; El Segundo Unified School District(3 Elected)

Emilee M. Layne
Robin K. Funk
James C. Garza
Bill Watkins

Governing Board Member; Garvey Elementary School District(3 Elected)

John Yuen
Maureen Chin
Ronald Trabanino
Antonio “Tony” Ramos
Bob Bruesch

Governing Board Member; Lancaster School District(3 Elected)

William “Bill” Buck
Keith Giles
Diane V. Grooms
Chris Grado
John Michael Rosario
Sandy Price

Governing Board Member; San Gabriel Unified School District(3 Elected)

Maribel Arreola-Gonzalez
Ken K. Tcheng
Gary Thomas Scott
Philip Hu

Governing Board Member; Torrance Unified School District(3 Elected)

John Paul Tabakian
Michael Patrick Wermers
Martha Deutsch
Mark Steffen

Governing Board Member; Westside Union School District(3 Elected)

R. Steven Derryberry
Anthony M. Borquez
Angela Costleigh
John K. Curiel
Joan C. Sodergren
Linda Kaye Jones

Special District

Member, Board of Directors; Newhall County Water District(3 Elected)

Maria A. Gutzeit
Kathy Colley
B. J. Atkins
Carl Puckett

Local Measures

NO – Measure A Four-Year Term for Mayor — City of Hawthorne (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required): Shall the directly elected mayor for the City of Hawthorne serve a four-year term of office rather than a two-year term of office, so that all members of the City Council of the City of Hawthorne serve four-year terms of office, effective for the 2015 election?
NO – Measure S Oil Extraction Tax — City of Santa Fe Springs (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required): Shall Ordinance No. 1044, which would increase the oil barrel tax charged to operators of oil wells in the City from $.20 per barrel to an amount ranging from a minimum of $.41 to a maximum of $.52 per barrel, be adopted?
YES – Measure W Formation of a Wiseburn Unified School District — Proposed Wiseburn Unified School District
(Ordinance – Majority Approval Required): Shall the Wiseburn School District be reorganized to form the Wiseburn Unified School District from part of the territory formerly covered by the Centinela Valley Union High School District?

July 23, 2013 Election

Los Angeles County

City

Treasurer; City of Redondo Beach

Steve Diels
Dawn Esser

Ontario

Member of the State Assembly, 52

Danielle Soto
Jason Rothman
Manuel Saucedo
Tom Haughey
Doris Louise Wallace
Freddie Rodriguez
Dorothy Pineda
Paul Leon

Central Valley

Member of the State Senate; 16

Leticia Perez
Andy Vidak

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President, Statewide Offices, Senator,
CA Supreme Court, etc.

President

President of the United States; Democractic Party

Barack Obama, Democratic

President of the United States; Republican Party Party

Charles Roemer, III, Republican
Ron Paul, Republican
Newt Gingrich, Republican
Rick Santorum, Republican
Mitt Romney, Republican
Fred Krager, Republican

President of the United States; American Independent Party

Edward Noonan, American Independent
Laurie Roth, American Independent
Mad Max Riekse, American Independent

President of the United States; Green Party

Jill Stein, Green
Kent Mesplay, Green
Roseanne Barr, Green

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

Gary Johnson, Libertarian
James Ogle, Libertarian
Bill Still, Libertarian
R. J. Harris, Libertarian
Roger Gray, Libertarian
Lee Wrights, Libertarian
Barbara Waymire, Libertarian
Scott Keller, Libertarian
Carl Person, Libertarian

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

Ross Anderson, Peace and Freedom
Stephen Durham, Peace and Freedom
Stewart Alexander, Peace and Freedom

United States Senator

Kabiruddin, Ali, Peace and Freedom
Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
Elizabeth Emken, Republican
Oscar Braun, Republican
Colleen Fernald, Democratic
Daniel Hughes, Republican
Dirk Konopik, Republican
John Boruff, Republican
Robert Lauten, Republican
Al Ramirez, Republican
Michael Strimling, Democratic
Orly Taitz, Republican
Rick Williams, Republican
Phillip Conlon, Republican
Nachum Shifren, Republican
Rogelio Gloria, Republican
Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
Nak Shah, Democratic
Don Krampe, Republican
Dennis Jackson, Republican
Don Grundmann, American Independent
Gail Lightfoot, Libertarian
David Levitt, Democratic
Diane Stewart, Democratic

US Congress by District

United States Representative; District 23

Terry Phillips
Eric Parker, Republican
Kevin McCarthy, Republican

United States Representative; District 25

Lee Rogers, Democratic
Howard McKeon, Republican
Dante Acosta, Republican
Catherine Wright, Republican

United States Representative; District 26

Linda Parks
Jess Herrera, Democratic
Albert Goldberg, Democratic
Julia Brownley, Democratic
David Thayne, Democratic
Tony Strickland, Republican

United States Representative; District 27

Robert Duran, Republican
Judy Chu, Democratic
Jack Orswell, Republican

United States Representative; District 28

Jenny Worman, Republican
Massie Munroe, Democratic
Garen Mailyan, Republican
Sal Genovese, Democratic
Jonathan Kalbfeld, Democratic
Adam Schiff, Democratic
Phil Jennerjahn, Republican

United States Representative; District 29

David Hernandez
Tony Cardenas, Democratic
Richard Valdez, Democratic

United States Representative; District 30

Susan Shelley, Republican
Navraj Singh, Republican
Vince Gilmore, Democratic
Brad Sherman, Democratic
Howard Berman, Democratic
Mark Reed, Republican
Michael Powelson, Green

United States Representative; District 32

G. Gonzalez, Democratic
David Miller, Republican
Grace Napolitano, Democratic

United States Representative; District 33

David Steinman, Green
William Bloomfield, Jr.
Timothy Pape, Democratic
Christopher David, Republican
Steve Collett, Libertarian
Bruce Margolin, Democratic
Henry Waxman, Democratic
Zein Obagi, Democratic

United States Representative; District 34

Stephen Smith, Republican
Howard Johnson, Peace and Freedom
Xavier Becerra, Democratic

United States Representative; District 35

Gloria McLeod, Democratic
Joe Baca, Democratic
Anthony Vieyra, Green

United States Representative; District 37

Karen Bass, Democratic

United States Representative; District 38

Benjamin Campos, Republican
Jorge Robles, Republican
Linda Sánchez, Democratic

United States Representative; District 39

Ed Royce, Republican
Jay Chen, Democratic
D’Marie Mulattieri

United States Representative; District 40

David Sanchez, Democratic
Lucille Roybal-Allard, Democratic

United States Representative; District 42

Ken S. Calvert, Republican
Eva S. Johnson, Republican
Clayton Thibodeau, Republican

United States Representative; District 43

Maxine Waters, Democratic
Bob Flores, Democratic

United States Representative; District 44

Janice Hahn, Democratic
Laura Richardson, Democratic

Unites States Representative; District 45

John Webb, Republican
John Campbell, Republican
Sukhee Kang, Democrat

United States Representative; District 47

Steve Foley, Republican
Alan Lowenthal, Democratic
Jay Shah, Democratic
Gary DeLong, Republican
Sanford Kahn, Republican
Steven Kuykendall, Republican
Peter Mathews, Democratic
Usha Shah, Democratic

State Assembly

Assembly; District 35

Gerald “Gerry” Manata, Democrat
K.H. “Katcho” Achadjian, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 36

Thomas Lackey, Republican
Steve Fox, Democratic
Ron Smith, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 38

Edward Headington, Democratic
Patricia McKeon, Republican
Paul Strickland, Republican
Scott Wilk, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 39

Omar Cuevas, Republican
Raul Bocanegra, Democratic
John Paul Lindblad, Green
Richard Alarcon, Democratic
Ricardo Benitez, Republican
Margie Carranza, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 41

Ed Colton, Republican
Michael Cacciotti, Democratic
Donna Lowe, Republican
Victoria Rusnak, Democratic
Chris Holden, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 43

Mike Gatto, Democratic
Greg Krikorian, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 44

Eileen MacEnery, Democratic
Jeffrey Gorell, Republican
Thomas Mullens, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 45

Bob Blumenfield, Democratic
Chris Kolski, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 46

Jay Stern, Republican
Adrin Nazarian, Democratic
Andrew Lachman, Democratic
Adriano Lecaros, Democratic
Laurette Healey, Democratic
Brian Johnson, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 48

Michael Meza
Roger Hernandez, Democratic
Joe Gardner, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 49

Matthew Lin, Republican
Edwin Chau, Democratic
Mitchell Ing, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 50

Richard Bloom, Democratic
Torie Osborn, Democratic
Betsy Butler, Democratic
Bradly Torgan, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 51

Oscar Gutierrez, Democratic
Arturo Chavez, Democratic
Luis Lopez, Democratic
Jimmy Gomez, Democratic
Richard Friedberg, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 52

Norma Torres, Democratic
Ray Moors, Democratic
Paul Avila, Democratic
Kenny Coble, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 53

Michael Aldapa, Democratic
John Pérez, Democratic
Roger Young, Democratic
Jose Aguilar, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 54

Keith McCowen, Republican
Holly Mitchell, Democratic
Ed Nicoletti, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 55

Gregg Fritchle, Democratic
Curt Hagman, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 56

Corky Reynaga-Emett, Republican
V. Manuel Perez, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 57

Rudy Bermudez, Democratic
Ian Calderon, Democratic
Noel Jaimes, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 58

Sultan Ahmad, Democratic
Cristina Garcia, Democratic
Daniel Crespo, Democratic
Patricia Kotze-Ramos, Republican
Luis Marquez, Democratic
Tom Calderon, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 59

Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Democratic
Greg Akili, Democratic
Rodney Robinson, Democratic
Armenak Nouridjanian, Democratic
Gertrude Holmes-Magee, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 60

Jeff Miller, Republican (Incumbent)
Stan Skipworth, Republican
JosÉ Luis Pérez, Democratic
Eric Linder, Republican
Greg Kraft, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 61

Joe Ludwig, Republican
Fredy R. De Leon
Bill Batey, Republican
Jose Medina, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 62

Steven Bradford, Democratic
Mervin Evans, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 63

Jack Guerrero, Republican
Diane Martinez, Democratic
Cathrin Sargent, Democratic
Anthony Rendon, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 64

Isadore Hall, III, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 66

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Member of the State Assembly; District 70

Bonnie Lowenthal, Democratic
Martha Flores Gibson, Republican

State Senate

State Senator; District 21

Star Moffatt, Democratic
Steve Knight, Republican

State Senator; District 23

Melissa O’Donnell, Democratic
Bill Emmerson, Republican

State Senator; District 25

Ameenah Fuller, Democratic
Gilbert Gonzales, Republican
Carol Liu, Democratic

State Senator; District 27

Fran Pavley, Democratic
Todd Zink, Republican

State Senator; District 29

Greg Diamond, Democratic
Robert Huff, Republican

State Senator; District 33

Ricardo Lara, Democratic

State Senator; District 35

Charlotte Svolos, Republican
Paul Butterfield, Democratic
Roderick Wright, Democratic

State Propositions

NO Proposition 28 — Limits on Legislators’ Terms in Office

NO Proposition 29 — Imposes Additional Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research

2012 Voter Guide Results
for Kern County

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 21

Blong Xiong, Democratic
John Hernandez, Democratic
David G. Valadao, Republican

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 26

Connie Conway, Republican
Jonathon Louis Sosa, Democratic

Member of the State Assembly; District 32

Rudy Salas, Democratic
Jon McQuiston, Republican
David Thomas, Republican
Pedro A. Rios, Republican

Member of the State Assembly; District 34

Shannon Grove, Republican
Mari Goodman, Democratic

County

Supervisor; County of Kern; Supervisorial District 5

Tim Tarver
Leticia Perez
Karen Goh

2012 Voter Guide Results
for Los Angeles County

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