FINAL CALIFORNIA ELECTION RETURNS : ORANGE COUNTY
Judge, Municipal Court
Central, Office No. 9 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Donna L. Crandall: 70,109 (65%) Sal Sarmiento: 37,059 (35%)
Harbor, Office No. 1 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Margaret R. Anderson*: 55,002 (51%) Debra Allen: 53,921 (50%)
Anaheim 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
Mayor Tom Daly: 39,125 (57%) Fred Hunter*: 29,939 (43%)
City Council 2 Elected Tom Daly*: 30,346 (25%) Frank Feldhaus: 18,228 (15%) Bob Zemel: 13,680 (11%) William D. Ehrle*: 13,284 (11%) Keith Olesen: 11,279 (9%) Manuel T. Ontiveros: 8,287 (7%) Frank E. Turner: 6,846 (6%) Edward S. Skinner: 6,065 (5%) Phil Knypstra: 5,445 (4%) Bill Fitzgerald: 5,285 (4%) Todd E. Kaudy: 2,976 (2%) Fares Batarseh: 1,601 (1%)
Brea
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Bev Perry: 5,827 (25%) Kathryn E. Wiser: 4,731 (20%) William Vega: 4,176 (18%) Patrick Davis: 3,921 (17%) Chris P. Terrance Jr.: 1,485 (6%) Louis Knappenberger: 1,378 (6%) Harold L. Ivy: 1,057 (4%) Stephen R. Kaas: 636 (3%) Lee Jordan: 615 (3%)
Buena Park
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Don Griffin*: 8,963 (32%) Donald L. Bone*: 8,286 (29%) Robert Bertrem Roefs: 4,063 (14%) Charles Len Menzies: 3,611 (13%) John Dade: 3,408 (12%)
Costa Mesa
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Sandra L. Genis*: 11,521 (14%) Joe Erickson**: 10,319 (13%) Mary Hornbuckle*: 10,314 (13%) Brian K. Theriot: 9,608 (12%) Chris Steel: 8,090 (10%) Gary Monahan: 7,575 (9%) Denis W. Retoske: 7,440 (9%) K. McKenna-Juergens: 6,704 (8%) Donald D. Williams: 4,696 (6%) Kevin H. Austin: 3,109 (4%) Stephen J. McGuire: 2,581 (3%)
Cypress
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Cecilia L. Age*: 8,610 (31%) Gail H. Kerry*: 7,513 (27%) Steven D. Bradley: 5,274 (19%) Harold Lindamood: 4,940 (18%) Raymond M. Wozniak II: 1,813 (6%)
Fountain Valley
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Jim Petrikin*: 10,098 (31%) George B. Scott*: 8,581 (26%) Dan Hoppy: 8,378 (25%) Robert M. Hoxsie: 5,871 (18%)
Fullerton
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Chris Norby*: 15,242 (15%) Don Bankhead*: 13,488 (13%) Julie Sa: 12,638 (12%) Jan M. Flory: 11,711 (11%) Jim Blake: 10,372 (10%) John Bedell: 9,677 (9%) Edith O’Donnell: 6,710 (6%) Joanne El Kareh: 5,836 (6%) Stan E. McCrosky: 4,439 (4%) Rand Robson: 3,845 (4%) Eddie J. Gage Jr.: 3,663 (4%) Bernhardt N. Arnold: 3,436 (3%) William B. Gabriel: 3,028 (3%)
Garden Grove 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
Mayor Francis Richard Kessler: 12,379 (35%) Mark Leyes: 11,264 (32%) J. Tilman Williams: 7,052 (20%) Al Snook: 4,848 (14%)
City Council 2 Elected Bruce A. Broadwater: 7,758 (12%) Ho Chung: 7,715 (12%) Bart Edwin Blakesley: 7,503 (12%) Milton Krieger: 7,027 (11%) David Baugh: 6,253 (10%) M. Anderson-Monroe: 5,649 (9%) Diane Mead Donovan: 5,569 (9%) Elizabeth Charron: 5,338 (9%) Tony Ingegneri: 4,089 (7%) Jose Luis Moreno Jr.: 2,957 (5%) Walter C. Wood Jr.: 2,071 (3%) Tayfun Amur: 1,168 (2%)
Huntington Beach 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
City Council 3 Elected Jim Silva*: 30,692 (15%) Victor Leipzig: 29,443 (14%) Dave Sullivan: 25,996 (13%) Susie Newman: 24,942 (12%) Mark Porter: 24,253 (12%) Don MacAllister*: 18,449 (9%) Vida Louise Martin: 12,543 (6%) George E. Arnold: 10,079 (5%) Brian R. McAneny: 7,219 (4%) William M. Thompson: 4,891 (2%) Thomas Hyatt: 4,292 (2%) Scott A. Borzi: 4,291 (2%) Bob Stuart: 3,722 (2%) Dan Traxler: 3,090 (2%)
City Clerk Connie Brockway*: 46,319 (72%) Mark Steven Miller: 18,348 (28%)
Irvine 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
Mayor Mike Ward: 15,250 (37%) Marc Goldstone: 11,047 (27%) Helen T. Cameron: 10,447 (25%) Les Racey: 1,853 (5%) Al Nasser: 1,599 (4%) David Fondots: 985 (2%)
City Council 2 Elected Paula Werner*: 19,468 (27%) Christina L. Shea: 18,799 (26%) Ken Bruner: 11,640 (16%) Christopher B. Mears: 11,495 (16%) Philip Bui: 3,329 (5%) John Boardman: 2,809 (4%) George A. Gallaher: 2,703 (4%) Dale Gregory Peterson: 1,866 (3%)
Laguna Beach 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
City Council 2 Elected Kathleen Blackburn: 5,891 (24%) Wayne L. Peterson: 4,352 (18%) Mel Owens: 3,986 (17%) Norm Grossman: 3,630 (15%) Elizabeth Leeds: 2,231 (9%) Roberta Freeman Cox: 1,855 (8%) Peter J. French: 1,797 (8%) Rickey Slater: 357 (2%)
City Clerk Verna L. Rollinger*: 5,511 (47%) Elaine Smith: 4,925 (42%) Dorothy J. Rhodes: 1,411 (12%)
Laguna Niguel
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Thomas W. Wilson*: 8,096 (15%) Janet Godfrey: 7,815 (14%) Mark Goodman: 7,190 (13%) Mike Weinell: 6,559 (12%) Eddie Rose: 6,071 (11%) Paul M. Christiansen*: 5,814 (11%) Larry A. Porter*: 4,846 (9%) Ron Halpern: 2,465 (5%) Louis A. Rondinelli: 2,329 (4%) Steele Morris: 2,202 (4%) Eric Paradise: 1,434 (3%)
La Habra
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Juan M. Garcia*: 6,154 (16%) James H. Flora*: 5,587 (14%) Steve Anderson: 5,196 (13%) Steven D. Wilder: 4,539 (11%) Joan Johnson: 4,286 (11%) Paul G. Thornburg: 3,196 (8%) Rose H. Espinoza: 2,944 (7%) Marian Romero Lemus: 2,049 (5%) Richard Lewis: 1,710 (4%) Teresa Anne Scarpinato: 1,382 (4%) Mitchell T. Tracy: 959 (2%) Dan D. Kushmak: 955 (2%) Peter Gomez: 849 (2%)
La Palma
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Wally Linn: 3,020 (23%) Eva G. Miner*: 2,956 (22%) Duane Schuster: 2,563 (19%) Christian L. Basquette: 2,276 (17%) Richard T. Polis*: 1,692 (13%) Jacklyn L. Polis: 879 (7%)
Los Alamitos
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Ron Bates*: 2,577 (39%) Charles E. Sylvia*: 1,921 (29%) Marianne G. Stiles: 1,231 (18%) William Umbel: 966 (14%)
Mission Viejo
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Joseph D. Lowe: 11,079 (20%) William S. Craycraft: 10,424 (19%) Sherri M. Butterfield: 9,734 (18%) Gary Manley: 9,237 (17%) Lawrence H. C. Smith: 6,459 (12%) Don Heffern: 5,238 (10%) Edward J. Kearns: 2,861 (5%)
Newport Beach
City Council
District 2 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Jan Debay: 17,729 (60%) Richard Banks: 11,910 (40%)
District 5 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Jean H. Watt*: 16,404 (54%) Robert C. Lewis: 7,857 (26%) Diane Coltrane: 6,116 (20%)
Orange 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
Mayor Gene Beyer*: 16,847 (43%) Joanne Coontz: 15,846 (41%) Carole Mae Walters: 3,269 (8%) Juan Serrano-Nieblas: 2,859 (7%)
City Council 2 Elected Mike Spurgeon**: 19,905 (35%) Fred L. Barrera*: 15,858 (28%) Tom Debin: 10,612 (19%) Jim Wronski: 8,309 (15%) Robert E. Meano: 2,675 (5%)
City Clerk Marilyn Jensen: 22,574 (66%) Nancy Ann Just: 11,405 (34%)
City Treasurer Helen Y. Walker: 17,206 (50%) Mark G. Weiss: 16,959 (50%)
Placentia
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Maria Moreno: 6,448 (17%) John O. Tynes*: 5,096 (13%) Michael L. Maertzweiler: 4,815 (13%) Michael Stehly: 3,385 (9%) Arthur G. Newton: 3,126 (8%) Linda M. Smith: 3,119 (8%) Betty Mead: 3,056 (8%) Adrienne R. Edmondson: 2,346 (6%) Gary M. Hill: 2,034 (5%) Raymond N. Smith: 1,988 (5%) Edward A. Nodler: 1,352 (4%) Howard Kay: 1,152 (3%)
San Clemente 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
City Council 2 Elected G. Scott Diehl*: 6,101 (20%) Candace Haggard*: 5,944 (19%) David T. Leland: 4,753 (15%) Glenn Edward Roy: 4,715 (15%) Mark Blencowe: 3,697 (12%) Daniel R. Huard: 3,175 (10%) Jay Durkin: 2,445 (8%)
City Clerk Myrna Erway*: 11,583 (72%) John Koch: 4,535 (28%)
San Juan Capistrano
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Carolyn Nash: 5,136 (26%) Collene Campbell: 4,136 (21%) Jerry V. Harris: 4,135 (21%) Stan Kensic: 3,666 (19%) Robert Allen Hagstrom: 919 (5%) Darlene R. Perreault: 907 (5%) Elizabeth T. Fauskin: 507 (3%) Frances S. Tipton: 289 (2%)
Santa Ana
Mayor 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Daniel H. Young*: 22,957 (60%) John Acosta: 15,291 (40%)
City Council, Ward 1 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Ted Moreno: 14,794 (42%) Glenn Mondo: 12,686 (36%) Henry Le: 8,123 (23%)
Ward 3 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Lisa Mills: 13,754 (39%) Gordon Bricken: 8,192 (23%) Fran Williams: 8,139 (23%) John M. Patterson: 5,463 (15%)
Ward 5 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Tom Lutz: 12,071 (34%) Zeke Hernandez: 10,037 (28%) Harry K. Yamamoto: 8,797 (25%) Sean H. Mill: 4,462 (13%)
Stanton
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Sal Sapien*: 4,673 (48%) Bill Horton: 2,759 (29%) Robert K. Hyun: 2,255 (23%)
Villa Park
City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Robert Patchin: 1,528 (26%) John Frackelton*: 1,443 (25%) Nick Rogers: 1,092 (19%) Steve Loritz: 829 (14%) Hal Saldarini*: 686 (12%) Michael Jacobs: 289 (5%)
Westminster 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
Mayor Charles V. Smith*: 10,791 (46%) Joy L. Neugebauer: 8,193 (35%) Regina Hardin: 4,484 (19%)
City Council, 4 Year Term 2 Elected Frank Fry: 9,991 (28%) Charmayne S. Bohman: 9,681 (27%) Lyn Gillespie*: 9,639 (27%) Wes Stiles: 4,066 (11%) Paul Olivan Perea: 2,948 (8%)
City Council, 2 Year Term Tony Lam: 6,687 (31%) Margie L. Rice: 6,644 (31%) Loretta A. Walker: 4,602 (21%) Helena Rutkowski: 1,681 (8%) Jimmy Tong Nguyen: 1,393 (6%) Norman S. Lawson: 733 (3%)
Yorba Linda
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Mark Schwing*: 12,314 (26%) Daniel T. Welch: 9,977 (21%) Barbara Kiley: 9,686 (20%) Irwin M. Fried*: 8,903 (18%) Christine Norris: 7,435 (15%)
Measures
Anaheim 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
A--Council Term Limits Yes: 55,478 (80%) No: 13,601 (20%)
B--Utility Revenue Transfer Limits Yes: 28,799 (45%) No: 35,674 (55%)
C--Closed Session Meetings Yes: 31,608 (49%) No: 32,354 (51%)
D--Maximum Fines Yes: 32,689 (53%) No: 29,142 (47%)
E--Public Contract Bidding Yes: 41,913 (70%) No: 18,339 (30%)
F--Claims Against the City Yes: 44,249 (74%) No: 15,744 (26%)
G--Reading of Ordinances/Resolutions Yes: 29,934 (51%) No: 29,200 (49%)
H--Campaign Contribution Limits (Advisory) Yes: 50,534 (80%) No: 12,576 (20%)
Mission Viejo 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
I--Library Construction Bonds Requires Two-Thirds Vote Yes: 17,575 (56%) No: 13,631 (44%)
J--Land-Open Space Bonds Requires Two-Thirds Vote Yes: 11,351 (37%) No: 19,230 (63%)
K--Waste Management Franchises Yes: 25,210 (84%) No: 4,958 (16%)
L--City Hall/Towne Centre Yes: 26,272 (86%) No: 4,413 (14%)
Newport Beach 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
M--Lease of City Property Yes: 21,136 (64%) No: 11,866 (36%)
N--Sale of River Ave. Property Yes: 20,863 (63%) No: 12,238 (37%)
O--City Arts Commission Yes: 20,304 (65%) No: 11,159 (36%)
P--Term Limits Yes: 28,428 (82%) No: 6,341 (18%)
Orange 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
Q--Annexation No. 393 Yes: 15 (50%) No: 15 (50%)
R--Term Limits (Advisory) Yes: 34,918 (84%) No: 6,574 (16%)
Santa Ana 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
S--Contributions /Financial Interest Yes: 30,913 (78%) No: 8,727 (22%)
T--Campaign Treasurer Prohibition Yes: 29,336 (76%) No: 9,272 (24%)
U--Campaign Contributions Yes: 31,123 (80%) No: 7,912 (20%)
Westminster 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
V--Term Limits (Advisory) Yes: 19,461 (82%) No: 4,406 (19%)
W--Council Districts (Advisory) Yes: 13,990 (61%) No: 9,033 (39%)
Yorba Linda 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)
X--Term Limits Yes: 17,604 (78%) No: 4,871 (22%)
County-by-County Returns
Election returns for key races and measures in nine Southern California counties appear on this page and the following page. Elected candidates and measures--or those leading with 99% of precints reporting--appear in bold type. Results are not offical and could be affected by absentee ballots.
Key to Election Tables
-- An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent candidate or an incumbent running in an essentially new district; a double asterisk (**) denotes an appointed incumbent.
-- 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 (D) Democratic (G) Green (I) Independent (L) Libertarian (P) Peace and Freedom (R) Republican
-- 0% indicates returns were unavailable at edition time or only absentee ballots have been counted.
-- District locations are identified by county. In Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura counties, they are identified by community.
Contributing to Times’ Election Coverage:
-- Technical assistance: Deputy systems editor James D. Angius, systems architects Paul Orwig and Victor I. Pulver, systems analyst Alma Cook.
-- Compiled by: Times editorial researchers Nona Yates and Tracy Thomas.
-- Contributing: Editorial Librarians Lauri Ferguson, William Holmes and Maloy Moore. Editorial Assistants Felicia Archey, Celida Avalos, Lilia Beebe, Christine Chaplin, Aaron Davis, Edgar Duarte, Kevin Fox, Laura Galloway, Ann Griffith, John Hernandez, Sheila Howard, Rose-Marie Imstepf, Christina Kelch, Anthony Kelker, John Malnic, Scott Masko, Roshawn Mathias, Bill McElhaney, Carlos Santana, Cynthia Viers and Onna Young.
Sources: Election returns provided by the Office of the Secretary of State, county Registrars of Voters and the Associated Press.
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