CTPAC
STATE OF THE STATE
Volume 2, Issue 9
In This Issue
JC 7 Results
JC 38 Results
JC 42 Results
Ballot Measures
Quick Links
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E-Mail Contacts
Barry Broad,
Legislative Director
Marsi Newman,
Public Affairs Administrator
Shane Gusman,
Legislative Representative
Liberty Reiter Sanchez,
Legislative Representative
November 5, 2008
Greetings,
The landslide election victory of Barack Obama is nothing less than an
amazing event in the history of our nation. We have, as a people,
overwhelmingly rejected racism, fear mongering, and every sort of lie, to elect a
President that, from the perspective of our union, is probably the most workerfriendly President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected in
1932. President-elect Obama is the first Democrat since John Kennedy to be
elected who comes from outside the South and probably the most progressive
Democrat to win our highest office since FDR. He has pledged to reverse the
disastrous direction that this country has taken for the last eight years and move
our country towards a future where our government truly cares about its peopleall its people-not just the wealthy, the connected, and the extreme conservative.
In California, there are a number of close legislative races, but it appears
that the Democrats will pick up a seat in the State Senate with the election of
Hannah Beth-Jackson to the 19th Senate District seat in the mid-coast area. This
will give the Democrats a 26 to 14 majority in the State Senate, just one short of
the two-thirds majority necessary to pass a state budget. In the Assembly,
Democrats Marty Block of San Diego, Manuel Perez of Indio, and Joan
Buchanan of Danville were elected to seats long held by Republicans. However,
the Democrats lost an Assembly election in the Central Valley, where Democrat
Fran Florez lost to Republican Danny Gilmore in the seat being vacated by
termed-out Assembly Member Nicole Parra (D). One more Assembly race is
still too close to call. Alyson Huber is just about 1,000 votes behind Republican
Jack Sieglock to succeed term limited Assembly Member Alan Nakanishi (R) in
the
foothill
district
just
east
of
Sacramento.
It appears that the balance of seats in Congress may stay
unchanged. Democrat Charlie Brown is about 500 votes behind Republican
Tom McClintock in a hotly contested race to succeed scandal ridden
Congressman John Doolittle, who resigned earlier this year. There may be a
recount
in
that
race.
With regard to the initiatives, there are two initiatives that passed that affect
the Teamsters. Proposition 1A will fund a high speed rail project to go from Los
Angeles to Sacramento, which will not only mean jobs for Teamster members in
construction but for our members who belong to the BLET-IBT and who operate
trains. In addition, Proposition 11, which narrowly passed, will fundamentally
change the way legislative district lines are drawn by moving that responsibility
from the Legislature and Governor and giving it to a citizen's commission. It
remains to be seen how such a Commission will work and how it will affect the
partisan split in the Legislatures of the future.
JOINT COUNCIL NO 7 ELECTION RESULTS
*Denotes Incumbent
Bold denotes endorsement
Italics denotes winning candidate
DISTRICT
1
6
7
8
9
10 (& JC 38)
11 (& JC 38)
12
13
14
15
16
17
DISTRICT
1
3
7
9
11
13
DISTRICT
1 (& JC 38)
6
CONGRESS
*Mike Thompson (D)
Zane Starkewolf (R)
*Lynn Woolsey (D)
Mike Halliwell (R)
*George Miller (D)
Roger Petersen (R)
*Nancy Pelosi (D)
Dana Walsh (R)
*Barbara Lee (D)
Charles Hargrave (R)
*Ellen Tauscher (D)
Nicholas Gerber (R)
*Gerald McNerney (D)
Dean Andal (R)
*Jackie Speier (D)
Greg Conlon (R)
*Fortney "Pete" Stark (D)
Raymond Chui (R)
*Anna Eshoo (D)
Ronny Santana (R)
*Mike Honda (D)
Joyce Stoer Cordi (R)
*Zoe Lofgren (D)
Charel Winston (R)
*Sam Farr (D)
Jeff Taylor (R)
SENATE
Anselmo Chavez (D)
*Dave Cox (R)
Mark Leno (D)
Sashi McEntee (R)
Mark DeSaulnier (D)
Christian Amsberry (R)
Loni Hancock (D)
Claudia Bermudez (R)
Joe Simitian (D)
Blair Nathan (R)
*Elaine Alquist (D)
Shane Connolly (R)
ASSEMBLY
Wes Chesbro (D)
Jim Pell (R)
*Jared Huffman (D)
Paul Lavery (R)
VOTES
154,006
53,561
192,380
65,073
128,657
37,594
126,073
16,149
170,966
19,301
150,233
70,897
130,078
105,426
138,272
34,042
120,418
37,257
141,623
44,902
128,043
41,975
108,497
36,561
122,655
41,673
VOTES
132,561
216,512
237,487
61,256
209,804
105,338
199,869
39,728
203,639
67,834
134,857
42,845
VOTES
106,766
44,822
121,793
41,954
%
68.2%
23.7%
71.6%
24.2%
73.3%
21.4%
71.6%
9.2%
86.1%
9.7%
65.5%
30.9%
55.3%
44.7%
75.2%
18.5%
76.4%
23.6%
70.1%
22.2%
71.6%
23.5%
71.4%
24.1%
74.7%
25.3%
%
37.9%
62.1%
79.5%
20.5%
66.6%
33.4%
77.2%
15.4%
75.1%
24.9%
71.1%
22.5%
%
70.5%
29.5%
69.6%
24.0%
7
11
12
13
14
15 (& JC 38)
16
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
27
28
*Noreen Evans (D)
Doris Gentry (R)
Tom Torlakson (D)
Elizabeth Hansen (R)
*Fiona Ma (D)
Conchita Applegate (R)
Tom Ammiano (D)
Harmeet Dhillon (R)
Nancy Skinner (D)
Joan Buchanan (D)
Abram Wilson (R)
*Sandre Swanson (D)
Jim Faison (R)
*Mary Hayashi (D)
Lou Filipovich (R)
Jerry Hill (D)
Catherine Brinkman (R)
*Alberto Torrico (D)
Jeffrey Wald (R)
*Ira Ruskin (D)
Annalisa Yeene (R)
Paul Fong (D)
Brent Oya (R)
*Joe Coto (D)
Mark Patrosso (R)
*Jim Beall (D)
Doug McNea (R)
Bill Monning (D)
Robert Murray (R)
*Anna Caballero (D)
97,357
37,730
97,264
35,063
80,876
16,246
103,023
19,493
125,386
99,833
89,013
99,167
14,300
81,647
24,060
90,611
28,578
71,184
28,213
96,139
39,217
82,619
26,224
59,940
18,720
83,820
42624
99,520
36,584
59,871
72.1%
27.9%
73.6%
26.4%
83.3%
16.7%
84.1%
15.9%
100.0%
52.9%
47.1%
87.4%
12.6%
77.3%
22.7%
73.0%
23.1%
71.7%
28.3%
71.1%
28.9%
76.0%
24.0%
76.3%
23.7%
66.3%
33.7%
66.8%
24.5%
100.0%
JOINT COUNCIL NO 38 ELECTION RESULTS
*Denotes Incumbent
Bold denotes endorsement
Italics denotes winning candidate
DISTRICT
1 (& JC 7)
2
3
4
5
10 (& JC 7)
11 (& JC 7)
18
19
20
CONGRESS
*Mike Thompson (D)
Zane Starkewolf (R)
Jeff Morris (D)
*Wally Herger (R)
Bill Durston (D)
*Dan Lungren (R)
Charles Brown (D)
Tom McClintock (R)
Too close to call winner
*Doris Matsui (D)
Paul Smith (R)
*Ellen Tauscher (D)
Nicholas Gerber (R)
*Gerald McNerney (D)
Dean Andal (R)
*Dennis Cardoza (D)
*George Radanovich (R)
*Jim Costa (D)
VOTES
154,006
53561
97,309
130,244
105,288
117,609
155,561
156,002
%
68.2%
23.7%
42.7%
57.3%
44.2%
49.4%
49.9%
50.1%
121,805
34,056
150,233
70,897
130,078
105,426
103,319
141,096
72,977
74.5%
20.9%
65.5%
30.9%
55.3%
44.7%
100.0%
100.0%
73.4%
21
DISTRICT
1
5
DISTRICT
1 (& JC 7)
2
3
4
5
8
9
10
15 (& JC 7)
17
25
26
29
30
31
32 (& JC 42)
34 (& JC 38)
Jim Lopez (R)
Larry Johnson (D)
*Devin Nunes (R)
SENATE
Anselmo Chavez (D)
*Dave Cox (R)
Lois Wolk (D)
Greg Aghazarian (R)
ASSEMBLY
Wes Chesbro (D)
Jim Pell (R)
Paul Singh (D)
Jim Nielsen (R)
Michael Harrington (D)
Dan Logue (R)
*Ted Gaines (R)
Dan Leahy (D)
*Roger Niello (R)
Mariko Yamada (D)
Manuel Cosme (R)
*Dave Jones (D)
Mali Currington (R)
Alyson Huber (D)
Jack Sieglock (R)
Too close to call winner
Joan Buchanan (D)
Abram Wilson (R)
*Cathleen Galgiani (D)
Jack Mobley (R)
Taylor White (D)
*Tom Berryhill (R)
John Eisenhut (D)
Bill Berryhill (R)
Humberto Avila
*Michael Villines (R)
Fran Florez (D)
Danny Gilmore (R)
*Juan Arambula (D)
Clifford Archer (R)
Virginia Martinez (D)
*Jean Fuller (R)
Desmond Farrelly (D)
Connie Conway (R)
26,574
48,824
105,348
VOTES
132,561
216,512
159,901
88,179
VOTES
106,766
44,822
49,656
92,778
71,206
88,969
138,479
54,625
77,117
84,807
42,218
68,192
19,665
69,136
70,161
26.6%
31.6%
68.4%
%
37.9%
62.1%
64.5%
35.5%
%
70.5%
29.5%
34.8%
65.2%
44.4%
55.6%
100.0%
38.3%
54.2%
66.8%
33.2%
73.0%
21.0%
46.2%
47.0%
99,833
89,013
62,469
32,471
57,602
84,706
52,308
55,940
41,489
82,470
35,282
37,701
44,132
19,532
45,350
101,411
34,515
60,008
52.9%
47.1%
65.8%
34.2%
40.4%
59.6%
48.3%
51.7%
33.4%
66.6%
48.3%
51.7%
69.4%
30.6%
30.9%
69.1%
36.5%
63.5%
JOINT COUNCIL NO 42 ELECTION RESULTS
*Denotes Incumbent
Bold denotes endorsement
Italics denotes winning candidate
DISTRICT
22
23
CONGRESS
*Kevin McCarthy (R)
*Lois Capps (D)
Matt Kokkonen (R)
VOTES
188,824
130,595
62,832
%
100.0%
67.6%
32.4%
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
DISTRICT
15
Marta Jorgensen (D)
*Elton Gallegly (R)
Jackie Conaway (D)
*Howard "Buck" McKeon (R)
Russ Warner (D)
*David Dreier (R)
*Brad Sherman (D)
Navraj Singh (R)
*Howard Berman (D)
*Adam Schiff (D)
Charles Hahn (R)
*Henry Waxman (D)
*Xavier Becerra (D)
*Hilda Solis (D)
*Diane Watson (D)
David Crowley (R)
*Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
Christopher Balding (R)
*Maxine Waters (D)
Ted Hayes (R)
*Jane Harman (D)
Brian Gibson (R)
*Laura Richardson (D)
*Grace Napolitano (D)
*Linda Sanchez (D)
Diane Lenning (R)
Christina Avalos (D)
*Ed Royce
Tim Prince (D)
*Jerry Lewis (R)
Ed Chau (D)
*Gary Miller (R)
*Joe Baca, Sr. (D)
John Roberts (R)
Bill Hedrick (D)
*Ken Calvert (R)
Julie Bornstein (D)
*Mary Bono (R)
Debbie Cook (D)
*Dana Rohrabacher (R)
*Loretta Sanchez (D)
Rosie Avila (R)
Steve Young (D)
*John Campbell (R)
Robert Hamilton (D)
*Darrell Issa (R)
Nick Leibham (D)
*Brian Bilbray (R)
*Bob Filner (D)
David Lee Joy (R)
Mike Lumpkin (D)
Duncan Hunter (R)
*Susan Davis (D)
Michael Crimmins (R)
SENATE
*Abel Maldonado (R)
91,289
126,052
84,024
113,458
87,075
112,154
119,233
42,722
111,785
119,706
45,409
193,010
91,449
109,704
147,722
20,900
83,383
24,524
122,880
19,766
139,712
63,408
107,565
109,938
105,734
45,557
64,028
109,360
74,101
120,276
82,728
125,139
80,665
37,119
77,742
83,103
67,639
88,943
9,552
114,672
50,105
21,029
95,683
129,436
63,143
98,350
115,442
126,726
113,785
38,868
89,364
129,798
126,271
50,411
VOTES
174,366
42.0%
58.0%
42.5%
57.5%
40.7%
52.5%
68.8%
24.6%
100.0%
69.4%
26.3%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
87.7%
12.3%
77.3%
22.7%
82.6%
13.2%
68.8%
31.2%
75.6%
81.9%
69.9%
30.1%
36.9%
63.1%
38.1%
61.9%
39.7%
60.3%
68.5%
31.5%
48.3%
51.7%
43.1%
56.9%
43.5%
52.3%
66.4%
27.9%
41.0%
55.4%
37.5%
58.5%
45.6%
50.1%
72.4%
24.7%
38.9%
56.7%
68.8%
27.4%
%
62.6%
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
DISTRICT
32 (& JC 38)
33
34 (& JC 38)
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
Bruce McFarland (D)
*George Runner (R)
Hannah-Beth Jackson (D)
Tony Strickland (R)
Too close to call winner
Carol Liu (D)
Teddy Choi (R)
Fran Pavley (D)
Rick Montaine (R)
Rod Wright (D)
Lydia Gutierrez (R)
*Alan Lowenthal (D)
Allen Wood (R)
Joseph Lyons (D)
Robert Huff (R)
Ameenah Fuller (D)
*Bob Dutton (R)
Gary Pritchard (D)
Mimi Walters (R)
Ginny Mayer (D)
*Tom Harman (R)
Arthur Guerrero (D)
John Benoit (R)
*Christine Kehoe (D)
Jeff Perwin (R)
ASSEMBLY
Virginia Martinez (D
*Jean Fuller (R)
Robert Cuthbert (D)
*Sam Blakeslee (R)
Desmond Farrelly (D)
Connie Conway (R)
*Pedro Nava (D)
Gregory Gandrud (R)
Linda Jones (D)
Steve Knight (R)
Ferial Masry (D)
*Audra Strickland (R)
Carole Lutness (D)
*Cameron Smyth (R)
*Felipe Fuentes (D)
Grady Martine (R)
Bob Blumenfield (D)
Armineh Chelebian (R)
*Julia Brownley (D)
Mark Bernsley (R)
*Mike Feuer (D)
Steven Mark Sion (R)
*Paul Krekorian (D)
Jane Barnett (R)
*Anthony Portantino (D)
Brian Fuller (R)
*Kevin De Leon (D)
Phillip Alexander (R)
John Perez (D)
Manuel Aldana, Jr. (R)
118,463
143,097
153,106
152,998
45.2%
54.8%
50.1%
49.9%
168,444
62,353
187,245
74327
147,069
57,881
141,820
69,484
102,947
142,295
92,804
135,574
121,708
169,103
118,950
167,816
94,589
108,915
180,141
85,788
VOTES
45,350
101,411
53,541
94,697
34,515
60,008
87,127
43,641
58,418
62,820
69,646
73,673
69,357
80,353
49,681
11,754
59,422
26,743
92,323
46,308
114,289
35,023
75,285
35,675
84,979
39,415
58,425
12,339
43,095
7,636
67.3%
24.9%
67.7%
26.9%
71.8%
28.2%
67.2%
32.8%
39.1%
54.2%
40.6%
59.4%
41.8%
58.2%
41.4%
58.6%
46.4%
53.6%
65.5%
31.1%
%
30.9%
69.1%
36.1%
63.9%
36.5%
63.5%
66.7%
33.3%
48.1%
51.9%
48.5%
51.5%
45.9%
54.1%
74.4%
17.6%
58.8%
26.5%
66.6%
33.4%
76.6%
23.4%
67.9%
32.1%
64.4%
29.8%
82.6%
17.4%
85.0%
15.0%
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
*Karen Bass (D)
Lady Cage-Barile (R)
*Mike Davis (D)
*Mike Eng (D)
Esthela Torres Siegrist (R)
*Hector de la Torre (D)
*Curren Price (D)
Reece Pollack (R)
Isadore Hall (D)
Gwen Patrick (R)
*Ted Lieu (D)
Thomas Vidal (R)
Bonnie Lowenthal (D)
Gabriella Holt (R)
*Warren Furutani (D)
Edwin Williams (R)
*Tony Mendoza (D)
Roger Garrett (R)
*Ed Hernandez (D)
Vcitor Saldana (R)
*Charles Calderon (D)
Carlos Getino (R)
Donald Williamson (D)
*Anthony Adams (R)
Diane Singer (D)
Curt Hagman (R)
Norma Torres (D)
Wendy Maier (R)
*Wilmer Amina Carter (D)
Mark David Westwood (D)
*Bill Emmerson (R)
*John Benoit (R)
Carl Wood (D)
Paul Cook (R)
Grey Kenneth Frandsen (D)
*Kevin Jeffries (R)
Steve Blount (D)
*Jim Silva (R)
Kenneth Arnold (D)
*Van Tran (R)
*Jose Solorio (D)
Cam Mangels (R)
Michael Glover (D)
*Chuck DeVore (R)
Jeff Miller (R)
John MacMurray (D)
*Michael Duvall (R)
Judy Jones (D)
Diane Harkey (R)
Brett Maxfield (D)
*Martin Garrick (R)
Darren Kasai (D)
Nathan Fletcher (R)
*Lori Saldana (D)
Ralph Denney (R)
Raymond Lutz (D)
104,595
18,178
60,904
50,921
25,098
64,216
78,374
19,428
60,692
9,756
103,906
50,057
77,587
50,365
70,076
27,824
64,681
34,233
61,555
30,762
72,233
29,701
60,062
74,795
58,015
72,992
47,863
26,068
58,789
57,303
68,835
74,623
53,335
60,739
42,716
58,840
50,319
83,207
43,303
48,761
29,411
13,285
63,717
86,389
104,167
47,961
60,554
54,231
69,714
59,441
73,651
63,972
79,296
90,529
43,683
52,564
85.2%
14.8%
87.2%
67.0%
33.0%
100.0%
76.6%
19.0%
86.2%
13.8%
67.5%
32.5%
57.1%
37.1%
71.6%
28.4%
65.4%
34.6%
66.7%
33.3%
70.9%
29.1%
40.9%
51.0%
44.2%
55.8%
60.5%
33.0%
100.0%
45.4%
54.6%
100.0%
46.7%
53.3%
42.0%
58.0%
37.6%
62.4%
47.0%
53.0%
68.9%
31.1%
42.4%
57.6%
100.0%
44.1%
55.9%
41.2%
52.9%
40.8%
50.5%
41.9%
52.1%
64.6%
31.1%
38.9%
78
79
80
*Joel Anderson (R)
Marty Block (D)
John McCann (R)
*Mary Salas (D)
Derrick Roach (R)
Manuel Perez (D)
Gary Jeandron (R)
75,269
72,554
59,441
57,678
26,234
44,709
39,767
55.7%
55.0%
45.0%
68.8%
31.2%
53.0%
47.0%
BALLOT PROPOSITIONS
YES
NO
1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act
2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
52.2%
63.2%
47.8%
36.8%
3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
54.8%
45.2%
4 Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor's Pregnancy
5 Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing, Parole, Rehab
6 Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Laws
7 Renewable Energy Generation
8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
10 Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds
11 Redistricting
12 Veterans' Bond
47.9%
40.1%
30.7%
35.1%
52.5%
53.5%
40.2%
50.6%
63.5%
52.1%
59.9%
69.3%
64.9%
47.5%
46.5%
59.8%
49.4%
36.5%
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard in this
election.
Sincerely,
Barry Broad,
Legislative Director, CTPAC
CTPAC | 1127 11th St., Ste. 501 | Sacramento | CA | 95814