June 2012 California elections
Elections were held inCalifornia on June 5, 2012. Twopropositions ,primary elections for eachparty's nominee forPresident , primary elections to determine thetop-two candidates for California'sClass I seat to theUnited States Senate , all of California's seats to theHouse of Representatives , all of the seats of theState Assembly , and all odd-numbered seats of theState Senate , who went on to compete against each other in arun-off on November 6, 2012, were on the ballot.
This was the first election with California's newly implementednonpartisan blanket primary in effect, pursuant toProposition 14 , which passed with 53% voter approval in June 2010. Additionally, in November 2010, voters approvedProposition 20 , which authorized a CaliforniaCitizens Redistricting Commission to re-drawcongressional district lines , in addition to its current job of drawingstate senate district lines andstate assembly district lines , taking away that job from theCalifornia state legislature . This was the first election which used the Citizens Redistricting Commission's maps.
President of the United States [ edit ] Incumbent presidentBarack Obama ran unopposed on the Democratic primary ballot. GovernorMitt Romney and Rep.Ron Paul competed in theRepublican primary .
Results by county. Mitt Romney won all of California's 58 counties. California Republican primary, 2012[ 1] Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Mitt Romney 1,151,197 79.6% 169 Ron Paul 147,893 10.2% 0 Rick Santorum 75,802 5.2% 0 Newt Gingrich 55,458 3.8% 0 Buddy Roemer 9,714 0.7% 0 Fred Karger 6,481 0.4% 0 Unpledged delegates: 3 Total: 1,446,545 100% 172
Key: Withdrew prior to contest
United States Senate [ edit ] Results by county.Dianne Feinstein won all of California's 58 counties. Open Primary Results[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Dianne Feinstein (Incumbent)1,801,422 49.3 Republican Elizabeth Emken 454,937 12.5 Republican Dan Hughes 243,934 6.7 Republican Rick Williams 120,931 3.3 Republican Orly Taitz 113,563 3.1 Republican Dennis Jackson 107,097 2.9 Republican Greg Conlon 100,432 2.8 Republican Al Ramirez 82,663 2.3 Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 76,130 2.1 Democratic Diane Stewart 74,358 2.0 Other Others 475,150 13.0 Total votes 3,650,617 100
United States House of Representatives [ edit ] 100% ( 21,993 of 21,993 ) precincts partially or fully reporting as of June 22, 2012, 4:49 p.m
Results by county. Proposition 28 is an initiative constitutional amendment that would changeCalifornia state legislature term limits from a limit of 8 years for theSenate and 6 years for theAssembly , to a limit of 12 years on combined service.
Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office[ 3] Choice Votes % Yes 3,001,137 61.0 No 1,915,154 39.0 Total votes 4,916,291 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 23,713,027 20.7
Results by county. Proposition 29 is an initiative statute that would add a $1 tax oncigarettes to fund cancer research.
Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research[ 4] Choice Votes % No 2,553,137 50.3 Yes 2,523,572 49.7 Total votes 5,025,120 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 23,713,027 21.2
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