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November 8, 2016 General Election Official Results from Alameda County Statement of Vote:
Berkeley and Selected Regional Offices and Measures
Mayor First Choice Votes
Jesse Arreguin 28,984 49.1%
Laurie Capitelli 18,957 32.1%
Kriss Worthington 4,730 8.0%
Ben Gould 1,732 2.9%
Bernt Wahl 1,667 2.8%
Zachary Runningwolf 1,606 2.7%
Mike Lee 947 1.6%
Naomi Pete 371 .6%
Mayor Ranked Choice Vote:
Jesse Arreguin 29,499 50.4%
Laurie Capitelli 19,401 33.1%
Jesse went over 50% when second choice votes of Pete, Lee and Wahl were counted. It was not necessary to count second choice ballots of Runningwolf, Gould, or Worthington.
District 2 City Council First Choice Votes
Darryl Moore 2,827 39.7%
Cheryl Davila 2,206 31.0%
Nanci Armstrong-Temple 2,083 29.3%
District 2 Ranked Choice Vote:
Cheryl Davila 3,451 51.3%
Darryl Moore 3,283 48.8%
District 3 City Council
Ben Bartlett 4,048 57.1%
Deborah Matthews 1,478 20.8%
Mark Coplan 1,439 30.3%
Al Murray 129 1.8%
District 5 City Council
Sophie Hahn 5,810 62.4%
Stephen Murphy 3,495 37.6%
District 6 City Council
Susan Wengraf 4,344 58.4%
Fred Dodsworth 2,166 29.2%
Isabelle Gaston 925 12.4%
Rent Stabilization Board
Alejandro Soto-Vigil 30,297 20.1%
Leah Simon-Weisberg 30,286 20.1%
Christina Murphy 29,406 19.6%
Igor Tregub 25,991 17.3%
Judy Hunt 20,721 13.8%
Nate Wollman 13,665 9.1%
Berkeley School Directors
Judy Appel 39,461 50.8%
Beatriz Leyva-Cutler 30,116 38.8%
Abdur Sikder 8,032 10.3%
Norma Harrison, who has run unsuccessfully before, received 129 write-in votes
Alameda County Affordable Housing Bond
A1 YES 456,705 73.3%
A1 NO 166,320 26.7%
In Berkeley, 86.7% voted for the measure.
Berkeley Parcel Tax for Schools
E1 YES 53,105 88.9%
E1 NO 6,658 11.1%
Berkeley Infrastructure Bond Measure
T1 YES 50,413 86.6%
T1 NO 7,800 13.4%
Berkeley Higher Tax on Larger Landlords for Affordable Housing
U1 YES 43,014 74.9%
U1 NO 14,389 25.1%
Landlord Backed Lower Tax Alternative to U1
DD YES 16,328 29.1%
DD NO 39,874 70.9%
Berkeley Council District Redistricting by Independent Commission
W1 YES 48,209 87.7%
W1 NO 6,489 12.3%
Berkeley Public Financing Mayor and City Council Elections
X1 YES 33,921 64.9%
X1 NO 18,367 35.1%
Berkeley 16 and 17 Years Olds Can Vote for School Board
Y1 YES 38,459 70.3%
Y1 NO 16,243 29.7%
Berkeley Approval to Build Low Income Housing
Z1 YES 44,574 83.3%
Z1 NO 8,912 16.7%
Berkeley Amendments to Rent Control Concerning Move-in Evictions
AA YES 39,332 73.2%
AA NO 14,427 26.8%
Berkeley Minimum Wage Council Initiative
BB YES 18,628 34.1%
BB NO 36,063 65.9%
Berkeley Minimum Wage Citizen Initiative
CC YES 18,850 34.7%
CC NO 35,490 65.4%
Note: after the City Council unanimously voted to raise the minimum wage so that it would reach $15 in October 2018, and implemented a paid sick leave requirement, proponents of both measures asked voters to reject both measures.
AC Transit Parcel Tax
C1 YES 384,465 82.1%
C1 NO 83,766 17.9%
Combine results from Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
In Berkeley, YES on C1 received 91.4% of the vote.
BART Bonds (2/3 required to pass)
RR YES 994,140 70.6%
RR NO 415,366
Combined results of Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties.
YES on RR received 88.0% of the vote in Berkeley
California State Senate, 9th District
Nancy Skinner 236,133 62.2%
Sandré Swanson 143,573 37.8%
District is mostly in Alameda County, but includes part of Contra Costa County
Berkeley only
Nancy Skinner 39,365 69.0%
Sandré Swanson 17,696 31.0%
BART Director, District 3
Rebecca Saltzman 87,369 56.2%
Ken Chew 44,498 28.6%
Varun Paul 16,432 10.6%
Worth Freeman 7,299 4.7%
Includes votes from Alameda and Contra Costa counties
Rebecca Saltzman, the incumbent, won 69.7% of the vote in Berkeley.
District includes most of Berkeley except South and West Berkeley
BART Director, District 7
Lateefah Simon 62,700 50.6%
Zakhary Mallett 33,885 27.3%
Will Roscoe 21,196 17.1%
Roland Emerson 6,168 5.0%
Includes votes from Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties.
In Berkeley, Lateefah Simon received 64% of the vote. District includes South and West Berkeley
NOTE Zakhary Mallett was the incumbent; he was the only BART director to oppose the contract settlement between BART and its unions
AC Transit District Director, At Large
Chris Peeples 290,844 62.5%
Dollene Jones 171,744 37.5%
Includes votes from Alameda and Contra Costa Counites
Peeples, the incumbent, received 70.4% of the vote in Berkeley.
AC Transit District Director, Ward 2
Greg Harper 63,909 58.9%
Russ Tilleman 44,648 41.1%
Harper was the incumbent and won 59.6% of the vote cast in Berkeley
Ward includes Northside, Southside and Southeast Berkeley east of Telegraph
Peralta Community College District Trustee, Area #6
Karen Weinstein 30,429 72.2%
Nick Resnick 11,499 27.3%
Karen Weinstein got 76.7% of the vote in Berkeley.
NOTE: small number of write-in votes in all above contests are not included in calculation of percentages.. Write-ins were less than .5% in all local Berkeley races.
Numbers compiled and analysis written by Rob Wrenn, December 2016