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June 6th P&F Results in Butte County

Local Candidates

State Senate

There are no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for State Senate in Butte County.

U.S. House of Representatives

There are no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for U.S. House of Representatives in Butte County.

State Assembly

Phil Dynan of Corning is running for state Assembly in the 2nd Assembly District, which includes the western portion of Butte County (i.e., not including the county's population centers of Chico, Oroville and Paradise), as well as all of Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa and Sutter counties, and most of the area of Yolo County (though less than 10% of that county's population). He received 3 votes in Butte County, of 64 in the entire district.

Local Non-partisan Offices

The webmaster is not aware of any endorsements by the Butte County Peace and Freedom Party organization of any candidates for local non-partisan offices which were voted on in the June 6th primary election.

Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees

No members of the Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees were elected from Butte County in 2004, and the webmaster is not aware of any candidates for Central Committees from the county who ran in the June 2006 primary election.

Local Measures

The webmaster is not aware of any positions taken by the Butte County Peace and Freedom Party organization on any county, municipal or regional measures that were on the ballot June 6th in Butte County.

Regional Candidate

Richard Perry is running for Board of Equalization in the 2nd Board of Equalization District, which includes all of Butte County. He received 34 votes in Butte County, of 866 in the entire district.

Statewide Candidates

The slate of Peace and Freedom Party candidates for statewide partisan public offices are:

  • Governor: Janice Jordan (3,849 statewide, 31 in Butte County)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (3,549 statewide, 30 in Butte County)
  • Secretary of State: Margie Akin (3,929 statewide, 33 in Butte County)
  • Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (3,681 statewide, 30 in Butte County)
  • Controller: Liz Barrón (4,047 statewide, 36 in Butte County)
  • Attorney General: Jack Harrison (3,736 statewide, 32 in Butte County)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (3,850 statewide, 32 in Butte County)
  • U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (4,109 statewide, 37 in Butte County)

The Peace and Freedom Party also recommended a vote for Sarah Knopp for Superintendent of Public Instruction. She is a teacher and a socialist, though not a P&F member, who came in second of five candidates with 695,372 votes (17.3%) statewide for this nominally non-partisan position. In Butte County, she got 7,149 votes (19.2%).

Statewide Measures

There were two propositions on the statewide ballot June 6th, assigned proposition numbers 81 and 82. At its April 1st-2nd State Central Committee meeting, the Peace and Freedom Party took a position on one of measures.

  • Proposition 81 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and rebuttal, arguments against and rebuttal, and the full text are available as PDFs): "California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2006." This measure would have issued $600 million of bonds to renovate existing library buildings and build new libraries. Because we are generally opposed to bond measures, but in favor of building more libraries, the Peace and Freedom Party neither supported nor opposed Proposition 81. The bonds were defeated by a statewide vote of 2,326,305 (47.3%) to 2,590,954 (52.7%). In Butte County, the vote was 16,528 (37.5%) to 27,465 (62.5%).
  • Proposition 82 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and rebuttal, arguments against and rebuttal, and the full text are available as PDFs): "Preschool Education. Tax on Incomes Over $400,000 for Individuals; $800,000 for Couples. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." This measure would have raised the income tax on the rich by 1.7% and used the money raised to fund universal preschool programs for four-year olds. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote YES on 82. The measure was defeated by a statewide vote of 1,958,200 (39.2%) to 3,036,217 (60.8%). In Butte County, the vote was 15,325 (34.5%) to 29,070 (65.5%).

 

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