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November 8, 2016 General Election Official Results from Alameda County Statement of Vote:
Berkeley and Selected Regional Offices and Measures

Saturday December 10, 2016 - 11:59:00 AM

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