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11 February 2007 to 7 March 2007
deadline for potential candidates to register out of other parties to run in 3 June 2008 P&F primary
13 November 2007 to 8 December 2007
deadline for potential candidates to be registered as Peace & Freedom to run in 3 June 2008 P&F primary

  

June 6th P&F Results in Santa Cruz County

Local Candidates

State Senate

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

U.S. House of Representatives

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

State Assembly

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

Local Non-partisan Offices

The webmaster is not aware of any endorsements by the Santa Cruz 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

Eight members of the Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees were elected from Santa Cruz County in 2004. Three people, Maureen Smith, Michael J. Smith and Joe Williams qualified to run for Central Committees from the county in the June 2006 primary election, but they were declared elected without an election because there were only three candidates for seven seats and no petition not to cancel the election was submitted by the March 30th deadline.

Local Measures

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

Regional Candidate

Dave Campbell is running for Board of Equalization in the 1st Board of Equalization District, which includes all of Santa Cruz County. He received 78 votes in Santa Cruz 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, 82 in Santa Cruz County)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (3,549 statewide, 80 in Santa Cruz County)
  • Secretary of State: Margie Akin (3,929 statewide, 81 in Santa Cruz County)
  • Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (3,681 statewide, 79 in Santa Cruz County)
  • Controller: Liz Barrón (4,047 statewide, 86 in Santa Cruz County)
  • Attorney General: Jack Harrison (3,736 statewide, 77 in Santa Cruz County)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (3,850 statewide, 79 in Santa Cruz County)
  • U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (4,109 statewide, 88 in Santa Cruz 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 Cruz County, she got 9,210 votes (20.8%).

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 Cruz County, the vote was 31,391 (58.3%) to 22,465 (41.7%).
  • 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 Cruz County, the vote was 24,944 (46.0%) to 29,266 (54.0%).

 

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