Information provided by the San Benito County Registrar of Voters.
Final results for the June 5, 2018 Statewide Direct Primary Election is now certified and is expected to be presented to the San Benito County Board of Supervisors for adoption on July 24. Official results have been posted at www.sbcvote.us. Please note there are two different versions that the public can view online:
- Official Statement of Vote – PDF format with required documentation from the Secretary of State at http://sbcvote.us/results/sov/2018June/sov20180605.pdf
- Excel Version of the Statement of Vote (see website)
Out of the 28,774 registered voters, 12,587 ballots were cast indicating a total of 43.74 percent voter participation, according to a recent press release. In comparison to the 2014 Statewide Direct Primary, voter participation increased by 11.81 percent.
San Benito County had 17 Polling Place locations with over 120 volunteers. San Benito County Clerk-Auditor-Recorder Joe Paul Gonzalez thanks the dedicated volunteers that helped throughout the years and would also like to thank the approximate 20 percent of new volunteers who have now become part of the successful service to the community. The elections office continues to accept volunteers for the upcoming November Election.
For information regarding the final results or to register as a volunteer, visit www.sbcvote.us or call (831) 636-4016.
Results
The following local results of the June 5, 2018 Statewide Direct Primary Election are from the San Benito County Registrar of Voters and can be seen here: http://sbcvote.us/registrar-of-voters/results-june-2018/
Results at the state level are from the California Secretary of State’s office and can be seen here: https://vote.sos.ca.gov
LOCAL
Precincts Reported: 31 of 31 (100 percent)
Ballots Cast: 12,587 of 28,774 (43.74 percent)
San Benito County Supervisor District 3
Patricia Loe: 41.24 percent with 840 votes
Peter D. Hernandez, Jr: 35.79 percent with 729 votes
Richard A. Perez Sr: 22.97 percent with 468 votes
San Benito County Supervisor District 4
Jim Gillio: 43.76 percent with 1,472 votes
Jerry Muenzer: 21.40 percent with 720 votes
Rob Bernosky: 15.90 percent with 535 votes
Sandy P. Swint: 12.69 percent with 427 votes
Elia Salinas: 6.24 percent with 210 votes
San Benito County Sheriff/Coroner
Darren Thompson: 69.92 percent with 8,145 votes
Bill Hutchison: 30.08 percent with 3,504 votes
San Benito County Superior Court Judge 2
Gergory Michael LaForge: 27.68 percent with 3,168 votes
Jose “Omar” Rodriguez: 26.59 percent with 3,044 votes
Frances Henderson: 25.02 percent with 2,864 votes
Robert Michael Foley: 20.71 percent with 2,371 votes
San Benito County Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator
Melinda L. Casillas: 71.69 percent with 8,008 votes
Jaime De La Cruz: 28.31 percent with 3,163 votes
San Benito County District Attorney
Candice Hooper Mancino: 100 percent with 9,308 votes
San Benito County District Assessor
Tom Slavich: 100 percent with 9,586 votes
San Benito County Clerk/Auditor/Recorder
Joe Paul Gonzalez: 100 percent with 9,688 votes
San Benito County Superintendent of Schools
Krystal Kay Lomanto: 100 percent with 9,779 votes
Measure A
No: 54.18 percent with 6,306 votes
Yes: 45.82 percent with 5,333 votes
Measure B
Yes: 53.84 percent with 6,247 votes
No: 46.16 percent with 5,356 votes
Measure C
Yes: 57.89 percent with 2,979 votes
No: 42.11 percent with 2,167 votes
STATE
US Senate
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Dianne Feinstein (DEM): 44.2 percent with 2,945,177 votes
Kevin De Leon (DEM): 12.1 percent with 804,965 votes
James P Bradley (REP): 8.3 percent with 555,738 votes
US House of Representatives District 20
351 of 351 precincts reported (100 percent)
Douglas Deitch(DEM): 3.9 percent with 4,956 votes
Jimmy Panetta(DEM): 80.7 percent with 102,828 votes
Ronald Paul Kabat(NPP): 15.4 percent with 19,657 votes
State Senate District 12
599 of 599 precincts reported (100 percent)
Anna Caballero (DEM): 43.3 percent with 46,970 votes
Daniel Parra(DEM): 8.1 percent with 8,740 votes
Rob Poythress(REP): 26.3 percent with 28,512 votes
Jonny Tacherra(REP): 22.2 percent with 24,088 votes
State Assembly District 30
220 of 220 precincts reported (100 percent)
Trina Coffman-Gomez(DEM): 7.5 percent with 5,003 votes
Peter Leroe-Muñoz(DEM): 10.6 percent with 7,099 votes
Bill Lipe(DEM): 6.3 percent with 4,217 votes
Robert Rivas (DEM): 45.5 percent with 30,379 votes
Neil G. Kitchens (REP): 30.1 percent with 20,099 votes
Governor
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Gavin Newsom(DEM): 33.7 percent with 2,341,815 votes
John H. Cox (REP): 25.4 percent with 1,764,919 votes
Antonio Villaraigosa (DEM): 13.3 percent with 926,018 votes
Travis Allen (REP): 9.4 percent with 657,147 votes
John Chiang (DEM): 9.4 percent with 655,590 votes
Lieutenant Governor
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Eleni Kounalakis(DEM): 24.2 percent with 1,586,576 votes
Ed Hernandez (DEM): 20.6 percent with 1,346,848 votes
Cole Harris (REP): 17.5 percent with 1,142,957 votes
Jeff Bleich(DEM): 9.9 percent with 647,335 votes
David Fennell(REP): 7.9 percent with 515,347 votes
Secretary of State
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Alex Padilla (DEM): 52.9 percent with 3,497,823 votes
Mark P. Meuser (REP): 30.2 percent with 1,992,914 votes
Controller
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Betty T. Yee (DEM): 62.1 percent with 4,030,136 votes
Konstantinos Roditis (REP): 33.9 percent with 2,198,777 votes
Mary Lou Finley (P&F): 4 percent with 261,573 votes
Treasurer
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Fiona Ma (DEM): 44.5 percent with 2,898,389 votes
Greg Conlon(REP): 20.8 percent with 1,356,535 votes
Jack M Guerrero (REP): 19.3 percent with 1,256,007 votes
Vivek Viswanathan(DEM): 13 percent with 847,342 votes
Kevin Akin (P&F): 2.3 percent with 148,118 votes
Attorney General
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Xavier Becerra (DEM): 45.8 percent with 3,022,467 votes
Steven C Bailey (REP): 24.5 percent with 1,614,150 votes
Eric Early (REP): 14.3 percent with 942,308 votes
Dave Jones (DEM): 15.4 percent with 1,016,556 votes
Insurance Commissioner
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Steve Poizner(NPP): 41 percent with 2,566,849 votes
Ricardo Lara (DEM): 40.5 percent with 2,536,923 votes
Asif Mahmood(DEM): 13.5 percent with 845,113 votes
Nathalie Hrizi(P&F): 5 percent with 315,828 votes
Board of Equalization District 2
6,284 of 6,284 precincts reported (100 percent)
MaliaCohen (DEM): 38.6 percent with 719,446 votes
Mark Burns (REP): 26.8 percent with 499,736 votes
Cathleen Galgiani(DEM): 25.4 percent with 472,531 votes
Barry Chang (DEM): 9.2 percent with 170,711 votes
Superintendent of Public Instruction
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Marshall Tuck: 37 percent with 2,221,908 votes
Tony K. Thurmond: 35.6 percent with 2,135,591 votes
Lily (Espinoza) Ploski: 16.4 percent with 984,039 votes
Steven Ireland: 11 percent with 658,037 votes
Prop 68
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Yes: 57.6 percent with 3,455,226 votes
No: 42.4 percent with 2,544,854 votes
Prop 69
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Yes: 81.3 percent with 4,886,924 votes
No: 18.7 percent with 1,121,924 votes
Prop 70
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Yes: 35 percent with 2,017,549 votes
No: 65 percent with 3,746,434 votes
Prop 71
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Yes: 77.8 percent with 4,527,073 votes
No: 22.2 percent with 1,288,385 votes
Prop 72
21,487 of 21,487 precincts reported (100 percent)
Yes: 84.2 percent with 4,979,651 votes
No: 15.8 percent with 932,263 votes
