STATE ELECTION RETURNS : KERN COUNTY

Bakersfield Mayor

Clarence Medders 28,921 Thomas Payne, i. 22,483

California City Mayor

Lou Logue, i. 631 Richard H. Moser 572 Frederick Hilton 271 John F. Farrell 130

City Council (2 Elected)

Lottie M. Walker 586 Jay H. Sprague 534 Rodney A. Barker 433 Harry A. Schmidt 337 Donald P. Cowan 236 Harold L. O’Brien 191 Otis L. Fairchild 175 Loretta Werth 142 Lyle E. Coburn 135 Theodore Estrella 70 Jack McGinnis 57 Atward B. Bronson 45

Maricopa City Clerk

Susan Daily, i. 181 Paula Kuykendall 155

City Council (3 Elected)

Rob Hill 159 Cynthia Tonkin 147 Carl F. Miller 146 Danny O’Dell, i. 127 Andrew Blakely Jr. 108 LaJuana Gillette 92 Jackie M. Walker 58 Euretta Copeland 44 Walter Wisniewski 38 Nancy S. Walker 31 Don Abrams 30

Taft City Treasurer

Art Carlton, i. 1,405 Leland Skinner 677

City Council (2 Elected)

Gale Shuck 1,383 Floyd Cooley 989 Kenneth Fuller 827 Marvin Fuller, i. 687

Wasco City Council (3 Elected)

Fred L. West Jr. 925 Paul Neufeld, i. 860 Dwayne Hutson, i. 823 James O. Payne 734 Roy M. Johnson 733 William Davidson 617 Willard Stinnett 193

Ballot Measures Kern County A--Amtrak Funds

Yes 77,101 No 59,028

B--10% Hazardous Waste

Yes 67,015 No 63,941

P--Advisory--Operational Cost of Landfill

Yes 50,929 No 87,654

Fruitvale Schools C--Tax Rate Increase Use

Yes 1,311 No 218

Southern Kern Unified Schools D--Bond Measure (2/3 Majority Required)

Yes 1,257 No 704

E--Bond Measure (2/3 Majority Required)

Yes 1,020 No 936

Richland/Lerdo Schools F--Bond Measure

Yes 1,517 No 460

Ridgecrest G--Park Improvement (2/3 Majority Required)

Yes 3,326 No 5,912

H--Transient Occupancy Tax

Yes 5,672 No 3,602

Bakersfield I--Elections

Yes 25,486 No 17,264

J--Mayor’s Salary

Yes 23,378 No 22,444

K--Councilmembers’ Salary

Yes 20,427 No 25,365

L--Obsolete Language

Yes 29,805 No 14,051

M--Public Contracts, Bidding

Yes 24,958 No 17,784

N--City Manager Appointment

Yes 26,240 No 16,938

O--Civil Service Sections

Yes 32,892 No 18,501

--Elected candidates and ballot measures are in bold.

--Compiled by Alma Cook; also contributing were Lilia Beebe, John M. Hayes, Hilary Iker, Mike Meyers and Mike Rothstein.