KERN COUNTY

Supervisor

District 4

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Ken Peterson*: 16,858 (51%)

Cathy Palla: 16,434 (49%)

Arvin

Mayor

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Juan M. Olivares: 735 (52%)

Jess G. Ortiz*: 670 (48%)

City Council

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Carmen H. Acevedo: 699 (50%)

Reba Tidwell*: 699 (50%)

Arvin Community Services District

Director

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

James Arvizu: 776 (41%)

Millard Hallum*: 457 (24%)

Leo Sinden: 379 (20%)

Walter Embry*: 291 (15%)

Bakersfield

City Council

Ward 2

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Sue Benham: 3,636 (55%)

Pat Demond*: 3,019 (45%)

Ward 5

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Harold Hanson: 4,702 (46%)

Sara L. Takii: 4,221 (41%)

Robert Russo: 1,384 (13%)

Ward 6

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Jacquie Sullivan*: 7,397 (69%)

Stuart Gentry: 3,362 (31%)

Bakersfield City School District

Board Member

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Lillian Tafoya*: 15,306 (19%)

Al Gutierrez**: 13,768 (17%)

Kenton A. Weir Jr.*: 11,559 (14%)

Fred Haynes: 10,946 (14%)

Ralph Anthony Sr.: 7,409 (9%)

Virginia McClella: 5,470 (7%)

Richard Nieto Rodriguez: 5,217 (7%)

Percy A. Robinson: 4,545 (6%)

Phillip C. Etheredge: 3,330 (4%)

Mathew Delanty: 2,554 (3%)

Beardsley School District

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

A--School Improvement Bond

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 2,389 (73%)

No: 865 (27%)

Beiridge School District

Board Member

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Lee E. Varnado*: 30 (55%)

Steve Head: 25 (45%)

Partial Term

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Marilyn D. Hurst: 22 (42%)

Gary Wayne Lumpkins: 20 (38%)

Rodolfo Villarreal**: 10 (19%)

Caliente Union School District

Trustee Area 2

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Delores Napier*: 168 (56%)

Dan Wagner: 133 (44%)

California City

Mayor

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Larry Adams*: 1,861 (71%)

Karen L. Benson: 389 (15%)

M. Sissy Willis: 388 (15%)

City Council

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Nicholas Lessenevitch*: 1,578 (33%)

Harry V. Bailey*: 1,411 (30%)

Jack Whittinghill: 727 (15%)

Lottie M. Walker: 585 (12%)

Franklin P. Oakley: 460 (10%)

Delano

City Council

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Pedro A. Rios: 2,021 (23%)

Don Callahan: 1,855 (21%)

Art Armendariz*: 1,796 (21%)

Napoleon R. Madrid*: 1,511 (17%)

Martin Vasquez: 1,474 (17%)

Delano Joint Union High School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Vera Figueroa: 1,920 (24%)

Patricia A. Martinez: 1,716 (21%)

Charlene Bonita*: 1,680 (21%)

Robert Selent*: 1,647 (21%)

Ruben Lopez: 1,027 (13%)

Delano Union School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Frank M. Herrera*: 1,965 (27%)

Raul J. Alvizo: 1,398 (19%)

Esmeralda Martinez: 1,388 (19%)

Wendy D. Pulido: 1,340 (18%)

Kevin L. Williams: 1,264 (17%)

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

B--School Improvement Bond

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 3,680 (80%)

No: 907 (20%)

El Tejon Unified School District

Board Member

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Mickey R. Sutherland*: 1,305 (28%)

Frank Williams: 1,239 (27%)

Lorie R. Morse*: 1,215 (26%)

Chuck Herbert: 875 (19%)

Frazier Park Public Utility District

Office 4

Partial Term

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Richard Gallego: 410 (59%)

Norene D. Martin: 280 (41%)

Fruitvale School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Dean McGee: 2,639 (35%)

Joe M. Dobitz*: 2,500 (33%)

Abel Hernandez*: 2,405 (32%)

Golden Hills Community Service District

Director

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Robert L. Yocum: 806 (12%)

Debbie Parrish*: 796 (12%)

Ed Hamlin: 793 (12%)

Eldwin Kennedy: 700 (10%)

Lawrence E. McInerney: 667 (10%)

David Smith: 659 (10%)

Joseph B. Sasia Jr.: 653 (10%)

Ernest Sargent*: 588 (9%)

Carl H.K. Spector: 416 (6%)

Leroy E. White: 387 (6%)

Clifford Weyrick: 285 (4%)

Greenfield Union School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Bernita Jenkins: 2,885 (36%)

Mike Shaw*: 2,360 (29%)

Ramon Hendrix**: 1,463 (18%)

Wendell Martin: 1,406 (17%)

Indian Wells Airport District

Director

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Russ Bates: 6,240 (25%)

Michael A. Mohn: 5,267 (21%)

Frederick Farris: 4,519 (18%)

Floyd D. Carter*: 4,144 (16%)

Richard C. Jackson: 2,134 (8%)

Phillip H. Mills: 1,525 (6%)

Jeff Hargrove: 1,325 (5%)

Indian Wells Valley Water District***

Director

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Pierre Saint-Amand*: 5,660 (24%)

Don Joe McKernan*: 4,927 (21%)

Judie Decker*: 4,842 (21%)

Leroy H. Corlett: 4,305 (18%)

Steven F. Boster: 3,721 (16%)

Kern Community College District

Trustee Area 3

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Kevin McCarthy: 30,179 (31%)

Dennis L. Beebe: 17,523 (18%)

John D. Gibson: 16,017 (17%)

Patrick O. Shaffer: 12,809 (13%)

Scott A. Tangeman: 10,851 (11%)

Monty D. Embry: 8,862 (9%)

Trustee Area 4

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Rose Marie Bans*: 7,625 (50%)

David B. Stanton: 7,510 (50%)

Kern County Water Agency

Division 6

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Larry Gallagher: 16,561 (62%)

Henry C. Garnett*: 9,974 (38%)

Division 7

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gene A. Lundquist*: 16,362 (74%)

Ronald Spradley: 5,719 (26%)

Kern High School District

Board Member

Partial Term

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Larry Starrh: 49,911 (50%)

Cynthia Icardo: 26,059 (26%)

Jennifer Cecero: 23,634 (24%)

Kern Valley Health Care District

Director

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Bob Jamison: 3,081 (26%)

Bob Knight: 2,029 (17%)

Barbara Anne Casas: 1,933 (16%)

Victoria Alwin: 1,618 (14%)

Kyle Marie Ellison: 1,561 (13%)

Clarence Semonious: 1,506 (13%)

Partial Term

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Jo Ann Jones: 3,257 (68%)

Wayne Ottoson**: 1,542 (32%)

Kernville Union School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Thomas Edward Moore**: 1,988 (37%)

Ross Elliott**: 1,719 (32%)

Larry W. Bly: 1,679 (31%)

Lamont School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Lou Ann Thurston*: 783 (38%)

Ruben Burciaga*: 676 (33%)

Salvador Chipres: 616 (30%)

Linns Valley-Poso Flat School District***

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Fred L. Beard*: 94 (33%)

Twila Watt*: 60 (21%)

Kyle Jason Smith: 53 (19%)

Audrey Richardson: 46 (16%)

Candace S. Dominguez: 29 (10%)

Maricopa

City Council

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Virgil Bell*: 157 (18%)

Aileen F. Throop*: 152 (18%)

Andy Blakely: 133 (16%)

John F. Roth: 116 (14%)

Richard J. Gillette Sr.: 108 (13%)

Vito F. Giuntoli: 108 (13%)

Gail Y. Bullard: 80 (9%)

Measures

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

H--City Clerk Appointed

Yes: 120 (37%)

No: 203 (63%)

I--City Treasurer Appointed

Yes: 109 (34%)

No: 210 (66%)

Maricopa Unified School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Janette Adamo*: 256 (30%)

Donna M. Hamblin: 189 (23%)

Leo Fisher: 154 (18%)

William De Revere*: 152 (18%)

Larry D. Robison: 89 (11%)

Mcfarland Unified School District

Board Member

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Jim Kasiner: 656 (23%)

Luis Angel Turrubiates: 618 (21%)

Linda Genel*: 558 (19%)

Adam Valdez: 365 (13%)

Olga A. Garza*: 358 (12%)

Rafael Melendez: 333 (12%)

Midway School District

Board Member

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Robert C. Wagner*: 79 (53%)

Theresa Birdsong: 69 (47%)

Mojave Unified School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Wayne Dickerson*: 1,555 (27%)

Polly W. Solomon: 1,406 (24%)

Connie S. Biehl: 1,255 (22%)

Richard Hall: 946 (16%)

Fred Watts: 594 (10%)

Muroc Joint Unified School District***

Trustee Area 2, Seat C

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Jan L. Torres: 630 (51%)

Katrina M. Coullier: 603 (49%)

Trustee Area 3, Seat D

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Julie S. English: 934 (67%)

James H. Sommers**: 451 (33%)

North Kern-South Tulare Hospital District***

Director

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Donald J. Flores: 3,062 (37%)

Elizabeth Morris*: 2,081 (25%)

Jack Radovich Jr.*: 2,046 (25%)

Refugio Rocha Jr.: 1,153 (14%)

North of River Municipal Water District

Division 4

Partial Term

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Kenneth Brewton: 469 (56%)

Michael H. McCune**: 372 (44%)

Panama-Buena Vista Union School District

Board Member

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Dolores Whitley: 15,558 (31%)

George R. Pinheiro*: 13,220 (26%)

Linda S. Brenner: 11,066 (22%)

Fred Kumpel: 5,382 (11%)

Eric L. Schlussel: 5,079 (10%)

Rand Communities Water District***

Director

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Simon Pete Napolis*: 79 (45%)

Linda L. Jackson: 71 (40%)

Louise A. Richardson: 27 (15%)

Rosamond Community Service District

Director

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gary Sperling*: 1,818 (40%)

Gregory A. Wood**: 1,449 (32%)

Ed McKay: 1,293 (28%)

Rosedale Union School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gary Moore: 5,536 (45%)

Diana L. Spaulding*: 3,716 (30%)

Craig Porter*: 3,148 (25%)

Semitropic School District

Board Member

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Kelvin Furgerson*: 12 (71%)

Francisco J. Arriaga: 5 (29%)

Shafter

City Council

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Fran Florez*: 1,351 (25%)

Jack Colvard*: 981 (18%)

Garry Nelson*: 965 (18%)

David Thomas: 822 (15%)

Mary K. Brooks: 766 (14%)

Ronni Carroll: 470 (9%)

Sierra Sands Unified School District***

Trustee Area 2

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Michael Scott*: 6,824 (25%)

Tom Martin*: 4,919 (18%)

Pamela Lochhead: 4,692 (17%)

Duke Martin*: 4,531 (17%)

Gene Lopresti: 3,483 (13%)

Joseph S. Harris: 2,862 (10%)

Partial Term

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Amy Covert: 6,670 (62%)

Robert Eierman**: 4,120 (38%)

Stallion Springs Community Services District

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

F--Special Tax

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 474 (65%)

No: 258 (35%)

Standard School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Steven M. Ruettgers**: 2,426 (39%)

Pam Neal: 2,075 (33%)

La Vera Nowels*: 1,770 (28%)

Taft

City Council

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Les Clark: 841 (23%)

Cliff Thompson: 594 (16%)

Jerry Gibby*: 583 (16%)

W. Roger Miller Jr.*: 541 (15%)

Craig Noble: 466 (13%)

Donald Nathan Braun: 331 (9%)

Neal Finney: 295 (8%)

Treasurer

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Art V. Carlton*: 880 (45%)

Randy Miller: 666 (34%)

Jack Armstrong: 421 (21%)

Taft City School Board

Board Member

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Kal J. Vaughn*: 2,055 (21%)

Cyndee Stark: 1,754 (18%)

Keith D. McElmurry*: 1,713 (17%)

Chris Hickernell: 1,493 (15%)

Terri Crane*: 1,479 (15%)

Dale Bramlet: 1,417 (14%)

Tehachapi

City Council

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gene Vickery: 1,001 (27%)

Deborah C. Hand: 865 (23%)

John H.E. Rombouts*: 595 (16%)

Holly Hart: 534 (14%)

James Franklin*: 512 (14%)

Carl Gehricke: 226 (6%)

Measures

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

C--City Clerk Appointed

Yes: 895 (45%)

No: 1,074 (55%)

D--City Treasurer Appointed

Yes: 820 (43%)

No: 1,103 (57%)

E--Increase Transient Occupancy Tax

Yes: 834 (44%)

No: 1,047 (56%)

Tehachapi Unified School District

Trustee Area 3, Seat F

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Madge M. Rapp**: 4,401 (57%)

Michael Mendiburu: 3,352 (43%)

Tehachapi Valley Health Care District

Director

Partial Term

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Teri Kahn: 4,014 (56%)

Binnie Callender**: 3,218 (44%)

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

G--Special Tax

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 5,301 (94%)

No: 340 (6%)

Vineland School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Andy Stenderup*: 139 (24%)

Alejandra Segura: 116 (20%)

Francisca P. Hernandez: 116 (20%)

Julie Gibson: 100 (18%)

Juan Rivera*: 68 (12%)

Joe Tapia: 30 (5%)

Wasco

City Council

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Larry A. Pearson: 1,214 (20%)

Danny Espitia: 1,059 (18%)

Paul Neufeld*: 870 (14%)

Michael W. White*: 657 (11%)

Bob Tackett: 556 (9%)

Peter Flores: 441 (7%)

Paul S. Hussey: 414 (7%)

Roy M. Johnson: 372 (6%)

Charles Wegman: 361 (6%)

Charlie Altom: 88 (1%)

Wasco Union High School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Craig Fulwyler: 1,140 (24%)

Barry D. Braun**: 1,129 (23%)

Martin R. Rodriguez: 992 (20%)

Wayne Dee Montgomery*: 880 (18%)

Raquel Acebedo: 702 (14%)

Wasco Union School District

Board Member

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Ken Paul*: 1,442 (35%)

Cruz Rodriguez*: 1,416 (34%)

Terry Ruddell: 1,306 (31%)

West Kern Water District

Director

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Richard M. Casagrande*: 2,655 (24%)

Christopher H. McNinch*: 2,255 (20%)

Richelle Maples-Hulburd*: 2,156 (19%)

Everett Gray: 2,119 (19%)

Raymond R. Mortime: 2,112 (19%)

Key to Election Tables

* An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent candidate; a dagger denotes an appointed incumbent.

* USD is the abbreviation for Unified School District.

* CCD is the abbreviation for Community College District

* A double dagger indicates a district is shared by two or more counties. The individual tables do not reflect the total vote.

* Elected candidates and approved measures--or those leading with 99% of precincts reporting--are in bold type. Results are not official and could be affected by absentee ballots.

* Party affiliation is indicated in parentheses:

*--*

(A) American Independent (M) Reform (D) Democrat (N) Natural Law (G) Green (R) Republican (L) Libertarian

*--*

* 0% indicates information was unavailable at edition time or only absentee ballots had been counted.

* District locations are identified by county. In Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura counties, they are identified by community.

* Uncontested local offices and write-in candidates are not included in the tables.

Contributing to The Times’ election coverage:

* Technical assistance: Martin Leadman, and Victor I. Pulver

* Compiled by: Times editorial researcher Tracy Thomas.

* Contributing: Joaquin Edeza, Joshua Farmer, Rochelle Flores and Tomas Torres.Sources: Election returns provided by California Secretary of State and county registrars of voters.