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New: How Berkeley Voted in the June Primary Election

Rob Wrenn

Tuesday June 26, 2018 - 10:40:00 AM

45% of the votes cast in Alameda County in the AD-15 race were cast in Berkeley. Among Alameda County cities in the District, Wicks did best in affluent Piedmont, with 43.8%; while her poorest showing was in Berkeley with 30.6%. Countywide, she came in first with 32.5%.

Beckles did best in Berkeley with 18.1%; she got 12.8% in Oakland, finishing third. Countywide, Beckles won 14.6%. Kalb did best in Oakland with 26.2%, but came in behind Wicks who got33.1%.

Appel did best in her home city of Berkeley with 17.8% and finished fourth countywide with 14.1% Contra Costa County precinct results are not yet available

How Berkeley Voted Assembly District 15

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Wicks	10,431	30.6%
Beckles	6,156	18.1%
Appel	6,055	17.8%
Kalb	4,927	14.5%
Pardue-Okimoto	1,785	5.2%
Bartlett	1,745	5.1%
Katz	1,603	4.7%
Jandhyala	850	2.5%
Others	491	1.4%
Total	34,043

How Berkeley Voted Selected Statewide Offices

US Senate	Votes	Percent
Feinstein*	20,923	57.8%
DeLeon	11,712	32.4%
Others	3,566	9.9%
Governor
Newsom*	21,982	59.8%
Eastin	4,432	12.0%
Villaraigosa	4,431	12.0%
Chiang	3,079	8.4%
Cox (Republican)	791	2.2%
Others	2,071	5.6%
Lt. Governor
Kounalakis*	11,624	33.4%
Bleich	9,073	26.1%
McLaughlin	6,589	19.0%
Hernandez	5,525	15.9%
Others	1,942	5.6%
Supt. of Public Instruction
Thurmond	31,994	76.9%
Tuck*	4,578	14.3%
Others	2,826	8.8%

*Finished first

How Berkeley Voted Selected Alameda County Races

Office or Measure	Votes	Percent
District Attorney
O’Malley*	16,383	51.5%
Price	15,459	48.5%
Measure A (2/3rds required for passage)
Yes	30,406	84.9%
No*	5,412	15.1%
Measure RM3
Yes*	25,452	72.3%
No	9,742	27.7%

*winner

Measure A was the measure to increase the sales tax by .5% to fund childcare and pre-school programs. Countywide, it won 66.2% of the vote, falling just 1500 votes short of the required two-thirds.

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