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June 6th P&F Results in Santa Clara County

Local Candidates

State Senate

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

U.S. House of Representatives

Dina Padilla ran as a write-in candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for House of Representatives in the 11th Congressional District, which includes eastern portions of Santa Clara County (including Morgan Hill but not Gilroy in the south, and only rural areas further north), as well as parts of Alameda County, south-central and northeastern parts of Contra Costa County, and almost all of San Joaquin County. She received 0 votes in Santa Clara County, of 1 in the entire district.

State Assembly

There are no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for State Assembly in Santa Clara County.

Local Non-partisan Offices

The webmaster is not aware of any endorsements by the Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County in 2004. The webmaster is not aware of any candidates only for Central Committees from the county who ran in the June 2006 primary election, but Liz Barron became a member of the Central Committees when she was nominated for Controller (though she has since moved to another county).

Local Measures

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

Regional Candidate

Dave Campbell is running for Board of Equalization in the 1st Board of Equalization District, which includes all of Santa Clara County. He received 180 votes in Santa Clara County, of 1,508 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, 177 in Santa Clara County)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (3,549 statewide, 161 in Santa Clara County)
  • Secretary of State: Margie Akin (3,929 statewide, 184 in Santa Clara County)
  • Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (3,681 statewide, 172 in Santa Clara County)
  • Controller: Liz Barrón (4,047 statewide, 187 in Santa Clara County)
  • Attorney General: Jack Harrison (3,736 statewide, 172 in Santa Clara County)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (3,850 statewide, 177 in Santa Clara County)
  • U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (4,109 statewide, 187 in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County, she got 37,177 votes (18.3%).

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 Santa Clara County, the vote was 141,587 (52.8%) to 126,978 (47.2%).
  • 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 Santa Clara County, the vote was 108,955 (40.2%) to 161,473 (59.8%).

 

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