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11 February 2007 to 7 March 2007
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June 6th P&F Results in Madera County

Local Candidates

State Senate

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

U.S. House of Representatives

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

State Assembly

John Crockford won the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for State Assembly in the 29th District, which includes half of Fresno, all of Clovis, most of Madera, and various smaller towns and unincorporated areas in Fresno and Madera Counties. He received 1 vote in Madera County, of 27 in the entire district.

Local Non-partisan Offices

The webmaster is not aware of any endorsements by the Madera County Peace and Freedom Party organization of any candidates for local non-partisan offices, such as Madera County Supervisor, 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 Madera County in 2004, but county chair Vickie Fouts was appointed to the Madera County Peace and Freedom Party Central Committee, and her term expired after the June 2006 primary election. 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 Madera County Peace and Freedom Party organization on any county, municipal or regional measures that were on the ballot June 6th in Madera County.

Regional Candidate

Richard Perry is running for Board of Equalization in the 2nd Board of Equalization District, which includes all of Madera County. He received 6 votes in Madera 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, 8 in Madera County)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (3,549 statewide, 5 in Madera County)
  • Secretary of State: Margie Akin (3,929 statewide, 7 in Madera County)
  • Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (3,681 statewide, 6 in Madera County)
  • Controller: Liz Barrón (4,047 statewide, 7 in Madera County)
  • Attorney General: Jack Harrison (3,736 statewide, 6 in Madera County)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (3,850 statewide, 6 in Madera County)
  • U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (4,109 statewide, 9 in Madera 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 Madera County, she got 2,806 votes (17.5%).

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 Madera County, the vote was 6,660 (36.1%) to 11,787 (63.9%).
  • 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 Madera County, the vote was 5,702 (30.5%) to 12,938 (69.5%).

 

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