Results of Nov. 4 elections

BAKERSFIELD, CA. - Here's a rundown of yesterday's elections results.

In the Governor's Race, Jerry Brown made history winning his fourth term as California's governor.

Brown was in Sacramento last night and pledged to stay the course with an agenda of fiscal restraint.

Brown did little campaigning, instead focusing on passage of ballot Propositions 1 and 2 that he said are key to his final years in office.

Kashkari ended his campaign before supporters in Costa Mesa last night..

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In the race for the 23rd Congressional District, republican incumbent Kevin McCarty retained his position as well as house majority leader in the 114th Congress.

McCarthy faced democrat and Raul Garcia.

McCarthy won with nearly three quarters of the vote.

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In the 14th District State Senate race, republican Andy Vidak won, moving over from the 16th District due to redistricting.

Vidak won by 10 percent over his democratic challenger Luis Chavez..

Vidak said water will be a key component as he moves forward.

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In the race for the 21st Congressional seat,  incumbent David Valadao will return to Washington.

Valadao won by 20 percent over his democratic challenger Amanda Renteria.

Renteria held back tears as she spoke to supporters and offered her concession before eleven last night in downtown Bakersfield.

Valadao Tulare and Kings county, while Renteria won the Kern County vote.

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In the race for the 32nd Assembly District, incumbent Rudy Salas defeated republican challenger Pedro Rios.

Rios had 47 percent of the vote to Salas' 53 percent.

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In Ward 1, Willie Rivera has won over challenger Manuel Ramirez. Rivera had 64 percent of the votes.

In Ward 3, incumbent Vice-Mayor Ken Weir is releected with 60 percent over his two challengers --   Mark McCallum and Heidi Carter Escudero -- both with 20 percent.

In Ward 4,  incumbent Bob Smith won with a small lead over challenger Richard Schwartz. Challengers Joey Titus followed with nearly seven percent, and Daniel Mbagwu with five percent.

In Ward 7, Chris Parlier won the vacated seat by Russell Johnson with 47 percent of the votes. Harmeet Dhindsa followed with 29 percent, and Matthew Braman with just over 23 percent.

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In the race for Kern County Assessor-Recorder, John Lifquist won with 61 percent of the votes.

Lifquist is a chief appraiser in the assessor's office, which assigns values to properties across the county for the purpose of collecting taxes.

His challenger Russell Johnson was a Bakersfield City Councilman. Johnson vacated his seat to run for the assessor's seat.

Here are the results for the rest of the statewide elections:

In the Lieutenant Governor's race, incumbent Gavin Newsom won against his republican opponent Ron Nehring, with nearly 56 percent of the vote.

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In the Secretary of State race, Alex Padilla won with 52.5 percent of the vote over republican candidate Pete Peterson.

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In the Controller's race, Brtty T. Yee won with 52.8 percent over republican candidate Ashley Swearengin.

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In the Treasurer's race, John Chiang won with 57.7 percent over republican challenger Greg Conion.

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In the Attorney General's race, incumbent Kamala D. Harris won with 56.3 percent of the vote over republican challenger Ronald Gold.

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In the Insurance Commissioner's race, incumbent Dave Jones won with 56.3 percent of the vote over republican challenger Ted Gaines.

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In the race for Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Tom Torlakson won with 52.1 percent of the vote over challenger Marshall Tuck.

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The three candidates for State Supreme Court were all approved.

Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, Associate Justice -- 72.3 percent yes vote

Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice -- 66.7 percent yes vote

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Associate Justice -- 67 percent yes vote

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Here are results of the six ballot propositions for the state of California.

Proposition 1 passed. The measure would authorize the government to borrow $7.5 billion for state water supply infrastructure projects.

Propostion 2 passed. The measure would require annual transfer of state general fund revenues to a budget stabilization account. It would also require half the revenues be used to repay state debts and limit the use of remaining funds to emergencies or budget deficits.

    

Proposition 47 passed. The measure would require a misdemeanor sentence instead of felony for certain drug and property offenses. It was approved with close to 59 percent of the vote.

Proposition 45 failed. The measure would have required Insurance Commissioner's approval before health insurer can change its rates or anything else affecting the charges associated with health insurance. Provides for public notice, disclosure, and hearing, and subsequent judicial review.

Proposition 46 failed. The measure would have required drug testing of doctors. And, require a review of statewide prescription database before prescribing controlled substances. Increases $250,000 pain/suffering cap in medical negligence lawsuits for inflation. 

Proposition 48 failed. The measure's "NO" vote means the state's compacts with North Fork and Wiyot would not go into effect. As a result, neither tribe could begin gaming unless new compacts were approved by the state and federal governments.