Election Results - Local and National Races

In our ballot initiatives, California voters defied many of the national stereotypes I so often decry. Here are the results, and how my own votes fared:

National and California Candidates
Office	My Vote	Result	Comment
Race	My Vote	Result	Comment
US House District 9	Jim Eyer (L)	Barbara Lee (D)	Surprise – incumbent Democrat in the Bay Area– but nice to see the LP candidate getting half the votes of the Republican
CA Senate District 9	Claudia Bermudez (R)	Loni Hancock(D)	Again, surprise, but nice to see a double-digit showing in this neighborhood against an incumbent whose husband is the mayor of Berkeley.
CA Assembly District 14	Myself! (L)	Nancy Skinner (D)	The Chronicle didn't bother reporting my name.

California State Propositions
Measure	My Vote	Result	Comment
1A	Yes	Yes	We got us our bullet train. Japan and France with their old beat-up trains can kiss our asses.
2	Yes	Yes	(Treatment of farm animals)
3	No	Yes	One of my main domestic issues now is to resist socialization of medicine, and this unfortunately is a further step in that direction.
4	No	No	(Minor abortions)
5	No	No	(Drug treatment vs prison)
6	No	No	(Law enforcement fund)
7	No	No	(Bad renewable energy measure – the Sierra Club and PG&E both hated it; that's a bad sign)
8	No	Yes	Gay marriage now outlawed, and our constitution was altered for this. A disgrace for California.
9	No	No	(Victims' Rights)
10	Yes	No	Alternative fuel vehicles. One of the main arguments was that T. Boone Pickens would personally profit if it passed. I don't see a problem with individuals who create wealth keeping some of the wealth, but then again I'm not a socialist.
11	Yes	Yes?	Redistricting and politician accountability. Still too close to call as of Thursday of election week.
12	No	Yes	Extend veterans loan program. LP was against it.

Local Candidates
Office	My Vote	Result	Comment
Oakland At-Large City Councilmember	Hammill	Kaplan	I still like Ignacio de la Fuente for Mayor in 2010, so a connection to him (as Hammill has) is not a negative in my eyes.
Superior Court Judge	Daly	Hayashi
AC Transit At-Large Boardmembmer	Peeples	Peeples
AC Transit Ward 2 Boardmember	Harper	Harper

Local Propositions
Office	My Vote	Result	Comment
N	Yes	No	This is the State of California trying to get Oakland schools in shape; strongly resisted by local teachers organizations, which is a hint that the state-appointed administrator who backed the initiative might be onto something. Education is one area where I don't mind government standards.
NN	No	No	(police funding measure backed by absentee mayor Dellums)
OO	No	Yes	People are suckers for kids.
VV	No	Yes	Transit bonds. I hope this money is used to finally make the transit system go where I can use it.
WW	Yes	Yes	(park bonds - see argument in favor)