Below are the latest voting results from Tuesday, November 5, 2024’s General Election.
The local county elections offices in California are still counting ballots from day of voting. The final counts are due to the Secretary of State by Tuesday, December 3, 2024 and the election results will be certified by Friday, December 13, 2024.
Contra Costa County
Voter Turnout – 62.41%
Ballots Cast – 451,172
Registered Voters – 722,861
State Measures and Candidates:
State ballot measures and elections are constantly being updated as Counties in California are still counting ballots. Therefore, nothing is final until the election is certified on December 13, 2024.
Passed State Ballot Measures:
Prop 2: Bonds for Public School and College Facilities
Passed (58.1% to 41.9%)
Prop 3: Constitutional Right to Marriage
Passed (62.5% to 37.5%)
Prop 4: Bonds for Water, Wildfire, and Climate Risks
Passed (59.3% to 40.7%)
Prop 34: Restricts Spending of Prescription Revenues
Passed (50.8% to 49.2%)
Prop 35: Provides Permanent Funding for Medi-Cal
Passed (67.5% to 32.5%)
Prop 36: Increased Sentencing for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes
Passed (69.0% to 31.0%)
Failed State Ballot Measures:
Prop 5: Bonds for Affordable Housing and Infrastructure
Failed (44.6% to 55.4%)
Prop 6: Eliminates Forcing Inmates to Work
Failed (46.6% to 53.4%)
Prop 32: Raises Minimum Wage
Failed (49.1% to 50.9%)
Prop 33: Local Government Residential Rent Control
Failed (39.4% to 60.6%)
Congress:
District 8:
John Garamendi (West County & East County)
District 10:
Mark DeSaulnier
State Senate:
District 7:
Jesse Arreguin
District 9:
Tim Grayson
State Assembly:
District 14:
Buffy Wicks
District 15:
Anamarie Avila Farias
District 16:
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
City and Local Government:
The County is expected to update election results later this week, as they are still counting about 84K ballots.
County Supervisor:
District 5:
Shanelle Scales-Preston
Local City Council:
Clayton:
Richard Enea
Leticia ‘Holly’ Tillman (I)
Jim Diaz
Concord:
District 2 – Caryln Obringer (I)
District 4 – Pablo Benavente
Danville:
Newell Arnerich
Renee Morgan
Mark Belotz
El Cerrito:
Lisa Motoyama (I)
Rebecca Saltzman
William Ktsanes
Hercules:
Alex Walker-Griffin (I)
Dilli Bhattarai
Tiffany Grimsley(I)
Lafayette (Full Term):
John Mccormick
Gina Dawson
Carl Anduri (I)
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Martinez:
District 2 – Greg Young
District 3 – Satinder Malhi
Orinda:
Darlene Gee (I)
Cara Hoxie
Pinole:
Maureen Toms (I)
Devin Murphy (I)
Pleasant Hill:
District 1 – Marshall Lewis
District 5 – Amanda Szakats
Richmond:
District 1 – Jamelia Brown
District 5 – Sue Wilson
District 6 – Claudia Jimenez (I)
San Ramon:
Mayor – Mark Armstrong
District 1 – Robert Jweinat
District 3 – Sridhar Verose
Walnut Creek:
Cindy Darling (I)
Kevin Wilk (I)
Craig Devinney
Passed Local Measures:
San Ramon: Measure Q – San Ramon Unified School District
Passed (74.38% to 25.62%)
El Cerrito: Measure G – Sales Tax Reauthorization
Passed (80.92% to 19.08%)
Lafayette: Measure H – Sales Tax Increase
Passed (65.18% to 34.82%)
Pinole: Measure I – Half Cent Sales Tax Increase
Passed (67.61% to 32.39%)
Richmond: Measure J – Top-two Election for Council
Passed (57.55% to 42.25%)
Richmond: Measure L – Ranked Choice Voting for Council
Passed (53.67% to 46.33%)
San Pablo: Measure M – Cannabis Business License Tax Measure
Passed (73.88% to 26.12%)
San Ramon: Measure N – Sales Tax Measure
Passed (55.60% to 44.40%)
Failed Local Measures:
Martinez: Measure O – School District Bond
Failed (Yes 55.13% to No 44.87%)