FINAL CALIFORNIA ELECTION RETURNS : KERN COUNTY

Supervisor District 4 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Ken Peterson: 18,664 (54%) Karl F. Hettinger*: 16,237 (47%)

Superior Court Office No. 1 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Jerold L. Turner: 93,842 (62%) James L. Faulkner: 58,339 (38%)

Bakersfield

Mayor 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Bob Price: 33,335 (53%) Ethel Landers: 29,705 (47%)

California City

Mayor 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Richard Moser*: 1,058 (41%) Mike Strong: 780 (30%) Lottie M. Walker: 764 (29%)

City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Thomas Logudice: 883 (19%) Harold L. O’Brien: 861 (18%) Fred Hilton: 645 (14%) Reuben W. Dennis: 545 (12%) Karen L. Benson: 516 (11%) Lou Logue: 475 (10%) Thomas G. Donovan: 450 (10%) Stanley Schoen: 230 (5%) Jim Weindorf: 147 (3%)

Delano

City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Art B. Armendariz: 1,499 (16%) Tess Santiago: 1,477 (16%) Tony Martinez: 1,402 (15%) Steven D. Kinsey*: 1,401 (15%) Johnny R. Munoz: 1,382 (15%) Leonard T. Velasco*: 1,356 (15%) Mickey D. Chernekoff*: 752 (8%)

Maricopa

City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Ron Bolivar: 258 (28%) Carl F. Miller*: 188 (20%) Earl Teeter: 183 (20%) Don A. Giannascoli: 170 (18%) Cynthia Tonkin*: 124 (13%)

City Clerk 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Sue Tull*: 226 (61%) La Juana Gillette: 144 (39%)

Shafter

City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Garry Nelson: 1,263 (26%) Donald C. Zachary*: 1,198 (25%) Gary L. Knox: 1,008 (21%) Johnny Thomas: 680 (14%) Louis R. Gomez: 663 (14%)

Taft

City Council 2 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) W. Roger Miller Jr.: 1,002 (28%) Jerry Gibby: 794 (22%) David Shuck: 741 (21%) Floyd S. Cooley*: 538 (15%) Dave Hook: 533 (15%)

City Treasurer 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Art V. Carlton*: 1,336 (69%) Joe Mele: 615 (32%)

Wasco

City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%) Paul G. Neufeld*: 1,109 (22%) Michael W. White: 1,022 (20%) Fred L. West Jr.*: 1,018 (20%) Dwayne Hutson*: 808 (16%) Jim Henning: 797 (16%) Wallace E. Shafer: 373 (7%)

Measures

Lakeside School District 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

R--Transfer of Territory Yes: 470 (49%) No: 495 (51%)

McFarland Unified School District 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

S--Bond Measure Requires Two-Thirds Vote Yes: 748 (68%) No: 351 (32%)

Tehachapi Unified School District 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

T--Bond Measure Requires Two-Thirds Vote Yes: 4,127 (53%) No: 3,661 (47%)

Bakersfield 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

U--City Council Election Dates Yes: 39,779 (67%) No: 19,290 (33%)

Wasco 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

V--Prison Site Yes: 996 (47%) No: 1,141 (53%)

California City 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

W--Appoint/Elect City Clerk Yes: 1,191 (45%) No: 1,440 (55%)

Delano 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Y--Appoint/Elect City Clerk Yes: 1,837 (46%) No: 2,180 (54%)

Stallion Springs Community Services District 100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Z--Assessment Tax for Police Services Requires Two-Thirds Vote Yes: 233 (45%) No: 281 (55%)

County-by-County Returns

Election returns for key races and measures in nine Southern California counties appear on this page and the following page. Elected candidates and measures--or those leading with 99% of precints reporting--appear in bold type. Results are not offical and could be affected by absentee ballots.

Key to Election Tables

-- An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent candidate or an incumbent running in an essentially new district; a double asterisk (**) denotes an appointed incumbent.

-- Elected candidates and approved measures--or those leading with 99% of precincts reporting--are in bold type. Results are not official and could be affected by absentee ballots.

-- Party affiliation is indicated in parentheses: (A) American Independent (D) Democratic (G) Green (I) Independent (L) Libertarian (P) Peace and Freedom (R) Republican

-- 0% indicates returns were unavailable at edition time or only absentee ballots have been counted.

-- District locations are identified by county. In Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura counties, they are identified by community.

Contributing to Times’ Election Coverage:

-- Technical assistance: Deputy systems editor James D. Angius, systems architects Paul Orwig and Victor I. Pulver, systems analyst Alma Cook.

-- Compiled by: Times editorial researchers Nona Yates and Tracy Thomas.

-- Contributing: Editorial Librarians Lauri Ferguson, William Holmes and Maloy Moore. Editorial Assistants Felicia Archey, Celida Avalos, Lilia Beebe, Christine Chaplin, Aaron Davis, Edgar Duarte, Kevin Fox, Laura Galloway, Ann Griffith, John Hernandez, Sheila Howard, Rose-Marie Imstepf, Christina Kelch, Anthony Kelker, John Malnic, Scott Masko, Roshawn Mathias, Bill McElhaney, Carlos Santana, Cynthia Viers and Onna Young.

Sources: Election returns provided by the Office of the Secretary of State, county Registrars of Voters and the Associated Press.