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Berkeley Election Results
Wednesday November 05, 2008
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Fund for Local Reporting! Bates Reelected; Arreguin Beats Doran in District 4
Contest—# of Votes—percent of total
Berkeley Mayor
Total Precincts: 103 Precincts Reported: 103 Percent Reported: 100
• Tom Bates 25,432 61.56 percent
• Shirley Dean 14,656 35.47 percent
• Write-in 1,226 2.97 percent
City Council, District 2
Total Precincts: 11 Precincts Reported: 11 Percent Reported: 100
• Darryl Moore 3,227 81.84 percent
• Jon Crowder 669 16.97 percent
• Write-in 47 1.19 percent
City Council, District 3
Total Precincts: 11 Precincts Reported: 11 Percent Reported: 100
• Max Anderson 3,377 96.16 percent
• Write-in 135 3.84 percent
City Council, District 4
Total Precincts: 14 Precincts Reported: 14 Percent Reported: 100
• Jesse Arreguin 2,250 49.47 percent
• Terry Doran 1,642 36.10 percent
• Asa Dodsworth 277 6.09 percent
• L A Wood 267 5.87 percent
• N’Dji “Jay” Jockin 85 1.87 percent
• Write-in 27 0.59 percent
City Council , District 5
Total Precincts: 13 Precincts Reported: 13 Percent Reported: 100
• Laurie Capitelli 3,199 52.88 percent
• Sophie Hahn 2,841 46.96 percent
• Write-in 10 0.17 percent
City Council , District 6
Total Precincts: 15 Precincts Reported: 15 Percent Reported: 100.00
• Susan Wengraf 3,955 76.56 percent
• Phoebe Anne Sorgen 1,186 22.96 percent
• Write-in 25 0.48 percent
Rent Stabilization Board Commissioners
Top five vote getters win seats
Total Precincts: 103 Precincts Reported: 103 Percent Reported: 100.00
• Nicole Drake 18,077 18.16 percent
• Igor Tregub 17,968 18.05 percent
• Judy E. Shelton 17,480 17.56 percent
• Jack Harrison 15,670 15.74 percent
• Jesse Townley 13,264 13.33 percent
• Clydis Ruth Rogers 10,874 10.92 percent
• Taylor Kelly 5,642 5.67 percent
• Write-in 563 0.57 percent
Berkeley School Directors (Top two win seats)
• Beatriz Leyva-cutler 19,366 37.15 percent
• John T. Selawsky 16,069 30.82 percent
• Priscilla Myrick 9,882 18.96 percent
• Toya L. Groves 6,619 12.70 percent
• Write-in 194 0.37 percent
Berkeley Measures
Total Precincts: 103 Precincts Reported: 103 Percent Reported: 100.00
Measure FF
Needed 2/3 majority Yes votes to pass
• Bonds Yes 27,815 67.71 percent
• Bonds No 13,263 32.29 percent
Measure GG
Needed 2/3 majority Yes votes to pass
• Yes 29,805 71.69 percent
• No 11,769 28.31 percent
Measure HH
• Yes 30,158 76.93 percent
• No 9,043 23.07 percent
Measure II
• Yes 28,742 77.90 percent
• No 8,155 22.10 percent
Measure JJ
• Yes 25,211 62.30 percent
• No 15,257 37.70 percent
Measure KK
• No 29,991 76.52 percent
• Yes 9,201 23.4 percent
Measure LL
• No 20,940 56.66 percent
• Yes 16,015 43.34 percent
Alameda County Races
East Bay Regional Park District Director, Ward 1 (Alameda results)
Total Precincts: 135
• Norman La Force 21,699 50.32 percent
• Whitney Dotson 21,052 48.82 percent
• Write-in 372 0.86 percent
East Bay Regional Park Director, Ward 1 (CoCo County results)
Total precincts: 132
• Norman La Force 15,271 35.80 percent
• Whitney Dotson 27,101 63.53 percent
• Write-in 287 0.67 percent
Measure WW—East Bay Regional Park District
Needs 2/3 majority Yes votes to pass
Total Precincts: 972 Precincts Reported: 972 Percent Reported: 100
• Bonds Yes 268,688 71.70 percent
• Bonds No 106,073 28.30 percent
El Cerrito City Council (Top three win seats)
18 of 18 Precincts Reporting
• Bill Jones (I) 4,553 24.23 percent
• Greg Lyman 4,364 23.22 percent
• Ann Cheng 4,852 25.82 percent
• David Boisvert 2,477 13.18percent
• Andrew W. Ting 2,514 13.38 percent
• Write-in 33 0.18percent
Richmond City Council (Top three win seats)
59 of 59 Precincts Reporting
• Jeff Ritterman 9,987 16.18 percent
• Nathaniel ‘Nat’ Bates 9,556 15.48 percent
• Tom Butt (I) 9,428 15.28 percent
• Jovanka D. Beckles 9,002 14.59 percent
• John E. Marquez (I) 7,929 12.85 percent
• Courtland ‘Corky’ Booze 6,138 9.95 percent
• Harpreet S. Sandhu (I) 4,665 7.56 percent
• Rock Brown 2,156 3.49 percent
• Chris Tallerico 1,491 2.42 percent
• Navdeep K. Garcha 1,243 2.01 percent
• Write-in 124 0.20 percent
