November 4, 2008 Final Election Results

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Registered 477,651

Total Ballots Cast 388,112
Turnout 81.25%
Election Day 209,527
Vote by Mail 178,585

Election Summary

 
President and Vice President Votes Percent
JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN 52,292 13.62%
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY AND ROSA CLEMENTE 1,743 0.45%
ALAN KEYES AND WILEY S. DRAKE, SR. 424 0.11%
RALPH NADER AND MATT GONZALEZ 3,946 1.03%
BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN 322,220 83.96%
BOB BARR AND WAYNE A. ROOT 1,786 0.47%
WRITE-IN 931 0.24%
CHUCK BALDWIN AND DARRELL CASTLE 37 0.01%
JAMES HARRIS AND ALYSON KENNEDY 14 0.00%
FRANK MOORE AND SUSAN BLOCK 5 0.00%
RON PAUL AND GAIL LIGHTFOOT 398 0.10%
US Representative, District 8 Votes Percent
DANA WALSH 27,614 9.67%
CINDY SHEEHAN 46,118 16.14%
NANCY PELOSI 204,996 71.76%
PHILIP Z. BERG 6,504 2.28%
WRITE-IN 417 0.00%
LEA SHERMAN 11 0.00%
US Representative, District 12 Votes Percent
JACKIE SPEIER 47,268 77.33%
NATHALIE HRIZI 1,663 2.72%
BARRY HERMANSON 2,216 3.63%
GREG CONLON 8,384 13.72%
KEVIN DEMPSEY PETERSON 1,447 2.37%
WRITE-IN 144 0.24%
State Senate, District 3 Votes Percent
SASHI MCENTEE 26,146 13.14%
MARK LENO 172,432 86.63%
WRITE-IN 472 0.24%
State Assembly, District 12 Votes Percent
CONCHITA APPLEGATE 23,071 16.57%
FIONA MA 115,606 83.03%
WRITE-IN 561 0.40%
State Assembly, District 13 Votes Percent
TOM AMMIANO 162,977 83.12%
HARMEET K. DHILLON 32,552 16.60%
WRITE-IN 537 0.27%
Superior Court Judge, Seat 12 Votes Percent
THOMAS MELLON 134,339 46.00%
GERARDO C. SANDOVAL 156,227 53.50%
WRITE-IN 1,449 0.50%
Member, Board of Education Votes Percent
JAYNRY MAK 71,238 8.17%
EMILY M. MURASE 52,506 6.02%
KELLY WALLACE 15,374 1.76%
KIMBERLY WICOFF 51,021 5.85%
JILL WYNNS 77,849 8.92 %
ALEXANDER LEE 23,462 2.69%
BARBARA ''BOBBI'' LOPEZ 72,606 8.32%
GLENN DAVIS 18,858 2.16%
SANDRA LEE FEWER 115,192 13.21 %
NORMAN YEE 145,232 16.65 %
JAMES M. CALLOWAY 56,276 6.45 %
MARIGRACE COHEN 39,279 4.50 %
OMAR KHALIF 24,669 2.83 %
RACHEL NORTON 76,904 8.82 %
H. BROWN 28,760 3.30 %
WRITE-IN 3,110 0.36 %
Member, Community College Board Votes Percent
RODEL RODIS 59,878 8.16 %
MILTON MARKS 150,593 20.53 %
BRUCE WOLFE 70,447 9.60 %
CHRIS JACKSON 91,765 12.51 %
MARY T. HERNANDEZ 85,440 11.65 %
ROBERTO FIGUEROA 41,273 5.63 %
CARL KOEHLER 25,658 3.50 %
STEVE NGO 89,445 12.19 %
NATALIE BERG 116,309 15.85 %
WRITE-IN 2,876 0.39 %
BART Director, District 7 Votes Percent
MARSHALL WALKER III 5,052 24.87 %
LYNETTE SWEET 15,093 74.31 %
WRITE-IN 167 0.82 %
BART Director, District 9 Votes Percent
TOM RADULOVICH 90,911 84.20 %
PETER A. KLIVANS 16,281 15.08 %
WRITE-IN 774 0.72 %
Board of Supervisors, District 1 Votes Percent
ERIC MAR 11,625 40.52%
ALICIA WANG 4,206 14.66%
JASON JUNGREIS 610 2.13%
BRIAN J. LARKIN 995 3.47%
SUE LEE 9,733 33.93%
SHERMAN R. D''SILVA 254 0.89%
GEORGE FLAMIK 324 1.13 %
FIDEL CHRYS GAKUBA 361 1.26 %
NICHOLAS C. BELLONI 536 1.87 %
WRITE-IN 42 0.15 %
Board of Supervisors, District 3 Votes Percent
DENISE MCCARTHY 3,165 11.69%
LYNN JEFFERSON 1,234 4.56 %
JOSEPH ALIOTO, JR. 6,268 23.16 %
MIKE DENUNZIO 1,330 4.91 %
TONY GANTNER 1,191 4.40 %
DAVID CHIU 10,209 37.72 %
CLAUDINE CHENG 2,492 9.21 %
WILMA PANG 939 3.47 %
MARK QUESSEY 204 0.75 %
WRITE-IN 35 0.13 %
Board of Supervisors, District 4 Votes Percent
RON DUDUM 10,304 35.15 %
DAVE FERGUSON 3,606 12.30 %
CARMEN CHU 15,353 52.37 %
WRITE-IN 53 0.18 %
Board of Supervisors, District 5 Votes Percent
ROSS MIRKARIMI 27,482 77.39%
ROB ANDERSON 1,982 5.58%
OWEN P. O''DONNELL 5,962 16.79%
WRITE-IN 87 0.24%
Board of Supervisors, District 7 Votes Percent
BILLY BOB WHITMER 2,964 9.57 %
JULIAN P. LAGOS 5,792 18.69 %
SEAN R. ELSBERND 22,019 71.06 %
WRITE-IN 211 0.68 %
Board of Supervisors, District 9 Votes Percent
EVA ROYALE 1,830 6.94 %
VERN MATHEWS 466 1.77 %
MARK SANCHEZ 7,616 28.86 %
ERIC STOREY 802 3.04 %
TOM VALTIN 857 3.25 %
DAVID CAMPOS 9,440 35.78 %
ERIC QUEZADA 5,337 20.23 %
WRITE-IN 39 0.15 %
Board of Supervisors, District 11 Votes Percent
JULIO RAMOS 3,626 14.78%
AHSHA SAFAI 5,941 24.21%
MYRNA LIM 4,442 18.10%
ELI M. HORN 391 1.59%
JOHN AVALOS 6,918 28.19%
MARY GOODNATURE 455 1.85%
RANDY KNOX 2,324 9.47%
ADRIAN BERMUDEZ 410 1.67%
WRITE-IN 24 0.10%
A. JACKSON MATTESON 6 0.02%
PROPOSITION 1A Votes Percent
Yes 282,091 78.33%
No 78,024 21.67%
PROPOSITION 2 Votes Percent
Yes 259,828 72.39%
No 99,110 27.61%
PROPOSITION 3 Votes Percent
Yes 206,825 59.53%
No 140,590 40.47%
PROPOSITION 4 Votes Percent
Yes 89,333 24.67%
No 272,717 75.33%
PROPOSITION 5 Votes Percent
Yes 212,229 60.40%
No 139,148 39.60%
PROPOSITION 6 Votes Percent
Yes 69,527 20.66%
No 266,972 79.34%
PROPOSITION 7 Votes Percent
Yes 108,433 31.20%
No 92,536 68.80%
PROPOSITION 8 Votes Percent
Yes 92,536 24.81%
No 280,491 75.19%
PROPOSITION 9 Votes Percent
Yes 123,376 36.89%
No 211,062 63.11%
PROPOSITION 10 Votes Percent
Yes 122,588 35.78%
No 219,986 64.22%
PROPOSITION 11 Votes Percent
Yes 119,902 35.78%
No 204,690 63.06%
PROPOSITION 12 Votes Percent
Yes 229,090 68.07%
No 107,446 31.93%
MEASURE A Votes Percent
Yes 300,595 83.81%
No 58,049 16.19%
MEASURE B Votes Percent
Yes 166,299 47.81%
No 181,534 52.19%
MEASURE C Votes Percent
Yes 124,395 38.06%
No 202,419 61.94%
MEASURE D Votes Percent
Yes 226,513 68.07%
No 106,228 31.93%
MEASURE E Votes Percent
Yes 212,229 60.40%
No 139,148 39.60%
MEASURE E Votes Percent
Yes 195,605 60.10%
No 129,862 39.90%
MEASURE F Votes Percent
Yes 144,592 45.00%
No 176,692 55.00%
MEASURE G Votes Percent
Yes 202,011 62.47%
No 121,354 37.53%
MEASURE H Votes Percent
Yes 133,214 38.62%
No 211,681 61.38%
MEASURE I Votes Percent
Yes 117,050 36.71%
No 201,811 63.29%
MEASURE J Votes Percent
Yes 183,372 55.64%
No 146,194 44.36%
MEASURE K Votes Percent
Yes 140,185 40.94%
No 202,235 59.06%
MEASURE L Votes Percent
Yes 132,097 42.54%
No 178,440 57.46%
MEASURE M Votes Percent
Yes 195,023 58.84%
No 136,416 41.16%
MEASURE N Votes Percent
Yes 223,808 68.56%
No 102,621 31.44%
MEASURE O Votes Percent
Yes 208,044 66.74%
No 103,679 33.26%
MEASURE P Votes Percent
Yes 101,230 32.99%
No 205,665 67.01%
MEASURE Q Votes Percent
Yes 233,411 74.20%
No 81,178 25.80%
MEASURE R Votes Percent
Yes 101,376 30.25%
No 233,733 69.75%
MEASURE S Votes Percent
Yes 167,974 55.66%
No 133,817 44.34%
MEASURE T Votes Percent
Yes 200,649 61.24%
No 127,014 38.76%
MEASURE U Votes Percent
Yes 193,407 59.25%
No 133,002 40.75%
MEASURE V Votes Percent
Yes 179,639 54.63%
No 149,169 45.37%

Neighborhood Statistics

 
  Registered Ballots Cast Turnout (%) Election Day Reporting Vote-by-Mail Reporting
BAYVIEW/HUNTERS POINT 17,692 12,330 69.69 6,535 5,795
CHINATOWN 18,489 14,813 80.12 7,669 7,144
CIVIC CENTER/DOWNTOWN 27,282 19,926 73.04 11,024 8,902
DIAMOND HEIGHTS 7,175 6,270 87.39 3,110 3,160
EXCELSIOR (OUTER MISSION) 25,825 19,791 76.64 9,685 10,106
HAIGHT ASHBURY 14,405 12,419 86.21 7,570 4,849
INGLESIDE 11,646 8,786 75.44 4,207 4,579
INNER SUNSET 9,711 8,228 84.73 4,839 3,389
LAKE MERCED 9,275 7,288 78.58 4,326 2,962
LAUREL HEIGHTS/ANZA VISTA 9,837 8,126 82.61 4,660 3,466
MARINA/PACIFIC HEIGHTS 39,320 34,176 86.92 18,919 15,257
MISSION 31,182 25,324 81.21 15,468 9,856
NOE VALLEY 16,582 14,754 88.98 8,063 6,691
NORTH BERNAL HTS 8,709 7,537 86.54 4,182 3,355
NORTH EMBARCADERO 6,567 5,579 84.96 2,919 2,660
PORTOLA 8,341 6,348 76.11 3,024 3,324
POTERO HILL 11,101 9,412 84.79 5,241 4,171
RICHMOND 35,459 28,615 80.70 15,808 12,807
SEA CLIFF/PRESIDIO HEIGHTS 8,481 7,363 86.82 3,765 3,598
SOUTH BERNAL HEIGHTS 9,420 7,873 83.58 4,394 3,479
SOUTH OF MARKET 18,932 14,455 76.35 7,421 7,034
SUNSET 40,907 32,372 79.14 16,679 15,693
UPPER MARKET/EUREKA VALLEY 18,952 16,843 88.87 8,883 7,960
VISITACION VALLEY 8,108 5,529 68.19 2,773 2,756
WEST OF TWIN PEAKS 33,325 28,546 85.66 13,979 14,567
WESTERN ADDITION 30,928 25,409 82.16 14,384 11,025
Totals 477,651 388,112 81.25 209,527 178,585