March 2nd P&F Results in Alameda County
Local Candidates
State Senate
Tom Condit is the Peace and Freedom Party
candidate for State Senate in the 9th District, which includes Albany,
Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont, Alameda, Castro Valley, Dublin
and Livermore, and part of Contra Costa County.
He received 261 votes in Alameda County, of 281 in the entire district.
U.S. House of Representatives
There are no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for U.S. House of
Representatives in Alameda County.
State Assembly
There are no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for State
Assembly in Alameda County.
Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees
The Peace and Freedom Party Candidates for the 23 Central Committees
seats in Alameda County are:
- First Supervisorial District (most of Fremont, Pleasanton and Livermore):
1 seat, no candidates, election cancelled. There are no Central Committees
members from this district.
- Second Supervisorial District (Hayward, Union City, Newark, part of Fremont):
3 seats, no candidates, election cancelled. There are no Central Committees
members from this district.
- Third Supervisorial District (part of Oakland from Chinatown and Jack London
Square to Fruitvale, Alameda, San Leandro and San Lorenzo):
4 seats, one candidate on ballot, election open for write-ins but none qualified.
- Dave Kadlecek (Oakland)
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(elected with 39 votes)
- Fourth Supervisorial District (most of East Oakland, Castro Valley,
Ashland and Cherryland, Dublin):
5 seats, no candidates, election open for write-ins but none qualified.
There are no Central Committees members from this district.
- Fifth Supervisorial District (Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Piedmont,
and much of Oakland including North Oakland, West Oakland, downtown, Adams Point
and Trestle Glen):
10 seats, ten candidates on ballot and two write-ins, election open for write-ins.
Local Measures
There were a number of county, municipal and regional measures that will
be on the ballot March 2nd in Alameda County, but the Peace and Freedom Party
only considered seven and took positions on five:
- Measure A (Alameda County): Raise sales tax by half a cent to fund county
medical center. The Peace and Freedom is generally opposed to regressive taxes,
like the sales tax, that make poorer people pay a higher share of their lower
incomes than richer people pay of their higher incomes. However, in this case
we feel we have a gun to our heads with the threat to close Highland Hospital
and other county medical facilities, so we had to vote yes and pay the robbers.
The Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on A. With our support, Measure A
passed by a vote of 214449 (71.07%) to 87315 (28.93%).
- Measure E (Oakland): Raise parcel tax for Oakland schools. Peace and Freedom
did not take a position on this measure, because we generally oppose parcel taxes
as regressive, but we realized that this one was for a good purpose. Measure E
passed by a vote of 60079 (74.49%) to 20578 (25.51%).
- Measure H (Berkeley): Lower the threshold to win elections without a runoff
to 40%, move any runoffs to February. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on
H. Despite our opposition, Measure H passed by a vote of 17792 (54.96%) to
14581 (45.04%).
- Measure I (Berkeley): Enable instant runoff voting (IRV), which guarantees a
majority winner without a separate runoff election. Peace and Freedom urged you
to vote YES on I. With our support, Measure I passed by a vote of 23660 (72.25%)
to 9088 (27.75%).
- Measure J (Berkeley): Require candidates to pay filing fees and otherwise
make it more difficult to run for city office. Peace and Freedom urged you to
vote NO on J. Despite our opposition, Measure H passed by a vote of 19341 (62.49%)
to 11608 (37.51%).
- Measure Q (Oakland): Raise parcel tax for Oakland libraries. Peace and Freedom
did not take a position on this measure, because we generally oppose parcel taxes
as regressive, but we realized that this one was for a good purpose. Measure Q
passed by a vote of 62253 (77.15%) to 18437 (22.85%).
- Measure R (Oakland): Raise parcel tax for "violence prevention"
measures in Oakland, including forty percent for police, forty percent for
social programs, and twenty percent for job training. The combination of the
tax being regressive and forty percent of the money being for cops leads us
to oppose this. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on R. With our opposition,
Measure R failed by a vote of 51581 (65.86%) yes to 26743 (34.14%) no
(a two-thirds majority was required for it to pass).
Statewide Candidates
President of the United States
The two candidates for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination
for President of the United States who appeared on the March 2nd ballot
were:
(In addition, there were 5 write-in votes cast for Israel Feuer, who
qualified as an official write-in candidate as chair of a P&F delegation,
of which 3 were cast in Alameda County. Originally, the name of
Mumia Abu-Jamal was to appear on the
presidential ballot, but he decided just before the deadline for
withdrawing that he did not want to be considered for the Peace and
Freedom Party's Presidential nomination.)
The March Presidential Preference Primary was not binding on the
Peace and Freedom Party; the actual choice of a Presidential
candidate will be made at our August 2004 convention by the
members of the State Central Committee who were elected in the
March primary.
United States Senator
The Peace and Freedom Party candidate for U.S. Senator is
Marsha Feinland. She received 327 votes
in Alameda County, of 4,864 in the entire state.
Statewide Measures
There were four propositions on the statewide ballot March 2nd:
- Proposition 55: School Facilities Bonds. Peace and Freedom did not take a
position on this measure, because we generally oppose bonds but realize
that these are for a good purpose. The bonds were approved, by a vote of
3,239,706 (50.9%) to 3,130,921 (49.1%) statewide. In Alameda County, the
vote was 189,242 (62.3%) to 114,812 (37.7%).
- Proposition 56: the Budget Accountability Act. Peace and Freedom
urged you to vote YES on 56. The measure failed
to pass despite our support, by a vote of 2,185,868 (34.3%) to 4,183,188
(65.7%) statewide. In Alameda County, the
vote was 138,171 (45.7%) to 163,585 (54.3%).
- Proposition 57: Deficit Bonds. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote
NO on 57. The measure passed despite our
opposition, by a vote of 4,056,313 (63.4%) to 2,348,910 (36.6%) statewide.
In Alameda County, the vote was 167,108 (55.1%) to 136,641 (44.9%).
- Proposition 58: Prioritize Balanced Budget (above human needs, and
everything else), except for this year. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote
NO on 58. The measure passed despite our
opposition, by a vote of 4,535,084 (71.2%) to 1,841,138 (28.8%) statewide.
In Alameda County, the vote was 191,400 (63.5%) to 110,221 (36.5%).
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