June 2012 California elections

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June 2012 California elections
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The California state elections, June 2012 were held on June 5, 2012, and included two propositions, primary elections for each party's nominee for President, and primary elections to determine the top-two candidates for California's Class I seat to the United States Senate, all of California's seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the State Assembly, and all odd-numbered seats of the State Senate, who will compete against each other in a run-off on November 6, 2012.

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This was the first election with California's newly implemented nonpartisan blanket primary in effect, pursuant to Proposition 14, which passed with 53% voter approval in June 2010. Additionally, in November 2010, voters approved Proposition 20, which authorized a California Citizens Redistricting Commission to re-draw congressional district lines, in addition to its current job of drawing state senate district lines and state assembly district lines, taking away that job from the California state legislature. This was the first election which used the Citizens Redistricting Commission's maps.

Primary elections

President of the United States

Incumbent president Barack Obama ran unopposed on the Democratic primary ballot. Governor Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul competed in the Republican primary.

Republican primary

Results by county. Mitt Romney won all of California's 58 counties. 2012 Republican primary California.svg
Results by county. Mitt Romney won all of California's 58 counties.
California Republican primary, 2012 [1]
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
America Symbol.svg Mitt Romney 1,151,19779.6%169
Ron Paul 147,89310.2%0
Rick Santorum 75,8025.2%0
Newt Gingrich 55,4583.8%0
Buddy Roemer 9,7140.7%0
Fred Karger 6,4810.4%0
Unpledged delegates:3
Total:1,446,545100%172
Key:Withdrew prior to contest

United States Senate

Results by county. Dianne Feinstein won all of California's 58 counties. CA2012SenatePrimary.svg
Results by county. Dianne Feinstein won all of California's 58 counties.
Open Primary Results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dianne Feinstein (Incumbent)1,801,42249.3
Republican Elizabeth Emken 454,93712.5
Republican Dan Hughes243,9346.7
Republican Rick Williams120,9313.3
Republican Orly Taitz 113,5633.1
Republican Dennis Jackson107,0972.9
Republican Greg Conlon100,4322.8
Republican Al Ramirez82,6632.3
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot76,1302.1
Democratic Diane Stewart74,3582.0
OtherOthers475,15013.0
Total votes3,650,617 100

United States House of Representatives

State Senate

State Assembly

Propositions

100% ( 21,993 of 21,993 ) precincts partially or fully reporting as of June 22, 2012, 4:49 p.m

Proposition 28

Results by county. 2012 California Proposition 28 results map by county.svg
Results by county.

Proposition 28 is an initiative constitutional amendment that would change California state legislature term limits from a limit of 8 years for the Senate and 6 years for the Assembly, to a limit of 12 years on combined service.

Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office [3]
ChoiceVotes%
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes3,001,13761.0
No1,915,15439.0
Total votes4,916,291100.00
Registered voters/turnout23,713,02720.7

Proposition 29

Results by county. 2012 California Proposition 29 results map by county.svg
Results by county.

Proposition 29 is an initiative statute that would add a $1 tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research.

Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research [4]
ChoiceVotes%
Light brown x.svg No2,553,13750.3
Yes2,523,57249.7
Total votes5,025,120100.00
Registered voters/turnout23,713,02721.2

References

  1. ↑ "President Republican - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Senate - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Proposition 28". California Secretary of State . Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Proposition 29". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
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