With 100% of precincts reporting in the race for the California Assembly's 18th District, Rob Bonta and Abel Guillen will face off in the November 2012 election. Joel Young and Rhonda Weber are a distant third and fourth.
Young was the target of more than $113,000 in mailers funded by the California Alliance, an independent expenditure committee. The group's largest contributors in this election cycle were consumer attorney groups ($1.05 million), public employee unions ($400,000), California Nurses Association ($250,000), and California League of Conservation Voters ($190,500).
Another independent expenditure committee, the Golden State Leadership Fund PAC, spent more than $34,000 on mailers in support of Bonta. The group's largest contributors during this campaign were Pacific Gas & Electric ($45,000), the Committee on Jobs Government Reform Fund ($35,000), SF Forward, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce's PAC ($25,000) and Duffy & Capitolo ($24,524).
Tara Flanagan is the clear winner for the Alameda County Superior Court seat, but will face Andrew Weiner in a November run-off.
Aisha Knowles is the winner in the race for the Area 4 seat on the Alameda County School Board.
| 18th Assembly District, 100% Precincts | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % of total |
| Rob Bonta | 23007 | 36.76 |
| Abel Guillen | 18521 | 29.59 |
| Joel Young | 11680 | 18.66 |
| Rhonda Weber | 9082 | 14.51 |
| Alameda County School Board, Area 4, 100% Precincts | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % of total |
| Aisha Knowles | 13596 | 52.26 |
| Geraldine Sonobe | 12213 | 46.95 |
| Alameda County Superior Court Judge, 100% Precincts | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % of total |
| Tara M. Flanagan | 92496 | 50.75 |
| Andrew R. Weiner | 54452 | 29.87 |
| Catherine Haley | 33922 | 18.61 |
Updated June 12, 2012.
Posted by Mike Katz-Lacabe at June 12, 2012 10:36 PM | TrackBack