As of 7 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5, the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office has announced the results of nearly all the ballots cast durng the 2014 General election. The 265,771 ballots represent about 30 percent registered voters. Slightly more than 18 percent were submitted by mail and another 102,118 ballots were cast at the polls during Election Day.
About 93,000 votes remain to be counted. Of these, 66,000 are vote-by-mail, 19,000 are provisional ballots and 8,000 were damaged in some form. The Registrar office will be counting these today.
In races of local interest, incumbent Democratic Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz retained his Congressional District 36seat despite the Republican wave throughout the country. He defeated Republican challenger Assemblyman Brian Nestande by about a 6,800 votes. A lead he had essentlally had from when the results of initial vote-by-mail ballots were announced at 8 p.m.
Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Jeff Stone defeated fellow Republican Bonnie Garcia by 8,000 votes for the State Senate seat. Stone garnered slightly more than 53 percent of the total votes cast. Assemblyman Brian Jones also retained his seat, defeating another Republican handily challenger, Tony Teora, for the 71st State Assembly seat.
For the seat of retiring Hemet School District Director Paul Bakkom, Megan Haley overwhelmed her opponent Maurice Chacon. Haley earned nearly maintains her 73 percent of the total vote.
For the statewide races Riverside County voters supported the Republican candidates by about 54 percent to 46 percent of the vote for Democratic candidates. For example, Neel Kashkari, the Republican gubernatorial candidate had about 19,000 more votes than incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown. But Statewide Brown collected more than 3 million votes, for 58 percent, and defeated Kashkari by nearly 900,000 votes
In the race for Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Tom Torlakson defeated challenger Marshall Tuck. Torlakson had 52 percent of the statewide vote, but Tuck received 53 percent of Riverside County’s vote.
Last Updated: November 5, 2014 2:01 AM
Registration & Turnout
891,630 Voters
Vote Count Percent
Precincts Reporting Turnout 102,118 11.45%
Vote by Mail Reporting Turnout 163,653 18.35%
Total 265,771 29.81%
Governor
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
DEM - EDMUND G. ''JERRY'' BROWN 121,483 46.43%
REP - NEEL KASHKARI 140,147 53.57%
Total 261,630 100.00%
Lieutenant Governor
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
REP - RON NEHRING 143,361 55.49%
DEM - GAVIN NEWSOM 114,989 44.51%
Total 258,350 100.00%
Secretary of State
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
DEM - ALEX PADILLA 112,098 43.56%
REP - PETE PETERSON 145,234 56.44%
Total 257,332 100.00%
Controller
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
REP - ASHLEY SWEARENGIN 146,803 57.38%
DEM - BETTY T. YEE 109,021 42.62%
Total 255,824 100.00%
Treasurer
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
DEM - JOHN CHIANG 118,775 46.37%
REP - GREG CONLON 137,370 53.63%
Total 256,145 100.00%
Attorney General
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
DEM - KAMALA D. HARRIS 118,036 45.90%
REP - RONALD GOLD 139,098 54.10%
Total 257,134 100.00%
Insurance Commissioner
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
DEM - DAVE JONES 116,129 45.51%
REP - TED GAINES 139,022 54.49%
Total 255,151 100.00%
State Supt of Public Instruction
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
TOM TORLAKSON 98,375 46.87%
MARSHALL TUCK 111,517 53.13%
Total 209,892 100.00%
Mbr, Board of Equalization 4
1193/1193 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
REP - DIANE L. HARKEY 153,436 61.78%
DEM - NADER SHAHATIT 94,909 38.22%
Total 248,345 100.00%
US Representative 36th District
445/445 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
DEM - RAUL RUIZ 54,985 53.31%
REP - BRIAN NESTANDE 48,153 46.69%
Total 103,138 100.00%
State Senator 28th District
563/563 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
REP - JEFF STONE 61,862 53.47%
REP - BONNIE GARCIA 53,836 46.53%
Total 115,698 100.00%
State Assembly 71st District
94/94 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
REP - TONY TEORA 2,762 45.55%
REP - BRIAN W. JONES 3,302 54.45%
Total 6,064 100.00%
St Assembly Dist 71 - Districtwide Results 100.0% (473 of 473) precincts partially reporting as of Nov. 5, at 4:43 a.m
Candidate Votes Percent
Brian W. Jones (Party Preference: REP) 48,755 71.4%
Tony Teora (Party Preference: REP) 19,527 28.6%
Gov Brd Mbr Hemet Unified School Dist TA 2
86/86 100.00%
Vote Count Percent
MEGAN A. HALEY 12,264 73.47%
MAURICE CHACON 4,429 26.53%
Total 16,693 100.00%
