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P&F Campaigns in Fresno County

Local Candidates

State Senate

There were no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for State Senate in Fresno County.

U.S. House of Representatives

There were no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for U.S. House of Representatives in Fresno County.

State Assembly

John Crockford was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee for State Assembly in the 29th District, which includes half of Fresno, all of Clovis, most of Madera, and various smaller towns and unincorporated areas in Fresno and Madera Counties. He came in third of four candidates with 3,784 votes (3.2%) district-wide, with 3,349 votes (3.1%) in Fresno County.

Local Non-partisan Offices

The Fresno County Peace and Freedom Party organization endorsed one candidate for local non-partisan offices, the Reverend Floyd Douglas Harris Jr. for the Fresno County Board of Education. Reverend Harris is running for the District 1 seat, serving the Central, Firebaugh-Las Deltas, Golden Plains, Kerman, Mendota, Orange Center, West Fresno, and West Park school districts and the southwest portion of the Fresno Unified school district. He came in second of two candidates on the ballot, with 9,939 votes (48.07%).

Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees

No members of the Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees were elected from Fresno County in 2004, but several people, including county chair John Crockford, were appointed to the Fresno County Peace and Freedom Party Central Committee, and their terms expired after the June 2006 primary election. The webmaster is not aware of any candidates only for Central Committees from the county elected in the June 2006 primary election, though John Crockford became an elected member of the Central Committees when he was nominated for State Assembly.

Local Measures

The Fresno County Peace and Freedom Party took a position on one local ballot measure that will appear on the ballot November 7th in Fresno County, Measure C in the whole county.

Measure C - County of Fresno Transportation Tax: This measure would extend the county's half-cent sales tax for twenty years, to be used for various purposes related to transportation.

Far and away the number one environmental, public health, and quality of life issue facing Fresno County is air pollution, and, contrary to the arguments of its supporters, in the long run Measure C will make the situation MUCH WORSE. Measure C will allocate a full two thirds of its expenditures to new highways and road projects. More people in more cars traveling longer distances -- we have tried that; it leads to more air pollution.

Worse, a significant proportion of the regional transportation spending goes to new freeway construction of highway 180 that would worsen suburban sprawl, moving toward turning Fresno, Clovis, Sanger, Reedley, Orange Cove, Selma and Kerman into a gigantic LA style megalopolis. And of course, a sales tax is a regressive tax, disproportionately hurting those who can least afford it by placing a flat rate tax on every item purchased in the county. The Peace and Freedom Party of Fresno County recommended that you vote NO on Measure C. Despite our opposition, the measure passed by a vote of 121,655 Yes (77.73%) to 34847 No (22.27%).

Regional Candidate

Richard Perry ran for Board of Equalization in the 2nd Board of Equalization District, which includes all of Fresno County. He came in third of four candidates, with 75,419 votes (3.6%) district-wide and 6,388 votes (3.9%) in Fresno County.

Statewide Candidates

The Peace and Freedom Party candidates for statewide partisan public offices were:

  • Governor: Janice Jordan (5th of 6 candidates on the ballot with 69,934 votes (0.8%) statewide, 1,418 votes (0.8%) in Fresno County)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (6th of 6 candidates with 43,319 votes (0.5%) statewide, 927 votes (0.5%) in Fresno County)
  • Secretary of State: Margie Akin (6th of 6 candidates with 91,483 votes (1.0%) statewide, 1,820 votes (1.0%) in Fresno County)
  • Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (6th of 6 candidates with 71,726 votes (0.8%) statewide, 1,759 votes (1.0%) in Fresno County)
  • Controller: Liz Barrón (4th of 6 candidates with 212,383 votes (2.5%) statewide, in 3rd place with 4,872 votes (2.9%) in Fresno County)
  • Attorney General: Jack Harrison (5th of 5 candidates with 100,797 votes (1.1%) statewide, 2,076 votes (1.1%) in Fresno County)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (5th of 6 candidates with 187,618 votes (2.2%) statewide, in 4th place with 4,054 votes (2.3%) in Fresno County)
  • U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (5th of 6 candidates on the ballot with 117,764 votes (1.3%) statewide, in 3rd place with 2,731 votes (1.6%) in Fresno County)

Statewide Measures

There were thirteen propositions on the statewide ballot November 7th, assigned proposition numbers 1A through 1E and 83 through 90. At its August 26th-27th State Convention, the Peace and Freedom Party took positions supporting Proposition 87 (oil severance tax to support alternative energy) and Proposition 89 ("Clean Money" public financing of candidates for state offices, limit corporate funding of ballot measure campaigns) and opposing the other eleven propositions.

  • Proposition 1A (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Transportation Funds." This measure eliminates the loopholes in provisions of the state constitution requiring gas sales tax money to be used for transportation. We don't think the legislature's hands should be tied to require the state to spend money on roads and transit even if it may be needed more urgently for education and health care. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1A. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1A passed by a statewide vote of 6,400,587 (77.0%) Yes to 1,916,925 (23.0%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 123,375 (74.0%) to 43,475 (26.0%).
  • Proposition 1B (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Transportation Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $19.9 billion in bonds to be used for various transportation projects. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1B. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1B passed by a statewide vote of 5,112,142 (61.4%) Yes to 3,218,657 (38.6%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 101,695 (61.0%) to 65,053 (39.0%).
  • Proposition 1C (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Housing Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $2.85 billion in bonds to be used for various housing-related programs. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1C. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1C passed by a statewide vote of 4,814,850 (57.8%) Yes to 3,521,055 (42.2%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 94,484 (57.0%) to 71,466 (43.0%).
  • Proposition 1D (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "School and College Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $10.4 billion in bonds to be used for construction projects at K-12 schools and public universities and community colleges. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1D. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1D passed by a statewide vote of 4,754,868 (56.9%) Yes to 3,602,055 (43.1%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 91,984 (55.5%) to 73,963 (44.5%).
  • Proposition 1E (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Flood Control Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $4.1 billion in bonds to be used for various flood control projects. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1E. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1E passed by a statewide vote of 5,305,852 (64.2%) Yes to 2,962,546 (35.8%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 98,710 (59.9%) to 66,205 (40.1%).
  • Proposition 83 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Punishment for Sex Crimes." This measure increases the penalties for people convicted of sex crimes, prevents all registered sex offenders from ever living in a city, and requires life-long electronic monitoring of many registered sex offenders. This measure will waste money by increasing the number of people in prison and harassing low-risk ex-prisoners while failing to reduce crime. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 83. Despite our opposition, Proposition 83 passed by a statewide vote of 5,926,800 (70.5%) Yes to 2,483,597 (29.5%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 125,211 (74.5%) to 42,964 (25.5%).
  • Proposition 84 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Bonds for Water & Natural Resources." This measure authorizes the sale of $5.4 billion in bonds for water quality, flood control and parks. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 84. Despite our opposition, Proposition 84 passed by a statewide vote of 4,431,945 (53.8%) Yes to 3,807,005 (46.2%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 79,640 (48.7%) to 83,716 (51.3%).
  • Proposition 85 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Parental Notification about Abortion." This initiative was part of the anti-choice movement's strategy to chip away at legal abortion in the United States. It would have endangered the lives of teenage women who are afraid to tell their parents about preganancies. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 85. With our opposition, Proposition 85 was defeated by a statewide vote of 3,868,714 (45.8%) Yes to 4,576,128 (54.2%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 97,187 (58.0%) to 70,597 (42.0%).
  • Proposition 86 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Cigarette Tax." This measure would have quadrupled the state tax on cigarettes and used the money raised for various health and child development programs. We oppose cigarette taxes as regressive, making lower-income people pay relatively more than higher-income people. More lower-income people are smokers, and low-income smokers would pay a much higher part of their incomes in cigarette taxes than higher-income smokers. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 86. With our opposition, Proposition 86 was defeated by a statewide vote of 4,136,358 (48.3%) Yes to 4,425,689 (51.7%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 65,071 (38.2%) to 104,916 (61.8%).
  • Proposition 87 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Oil Severance Tax for Clean Energy." This measure would have created a new oil severance tax, raising $4 billion that would have been used for research, development and promotion of alternative clean and renewable energy. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote YES on 87. Despite our support, Proposition 87 was defeated by a statewide vote of 3,861,217 (45.4%) Yes to 4,635,265 (54.6%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 57,848 (34.4%) to 110,305 (65.6%).
  • Proposition 88 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Parcel Tax for Education." This measure would have created a new, regressive statewide parcel tax to be used for various programs in K-12 education. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 88. With our opposition, Proposition 88 was defeated by a statewide vote of 1,947,312 (23.3%) Yes to 6,396,956 (76.7%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 32,674 (19.7%) to 133,058 (80.3%).
  • Proposition 89 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Public Funding of Political Campaigns." This is the "Clean Money" initiative put on the ballot by the California Nurses Association. It would have provided public funding of campaigns for state elective offices to candidates who agree not to spend any other money and show broad support by collecting enough $5 "qualifying contributions" from potential constituents, funded by an increase in the corporate income tax. The measure would have also limited corporate contributions to campaigns for and against ballot measures. While this measure wasn't perfect (among other things, Demopublican candidates can much more easily qualify for more public funding than can progressive third party and independent candidates), it would still have been a big step forward to reducing the control of corporations and the rich over electoral politics. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote YES on 89. Despite our support, Proposition 89 was defeated by a statewide vote of 2,124,728 (25.7%) Yes to 6,132,618 (74.3%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 29,374 (17.7%) to 135,970 (82.3%).
  • Proposition 90 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Property Rights." This measure was a deceptive Trojan Horse. While promoted as protecting small property owners from losing their homes or businesses to well-connected developers, what it actually would have done was to restrict government's ability to take any action that might reduce the value of property (e.g., protect the environment, regulate land use, require fair treatment of tenants). The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 90. With our opposition, Proposition 90 was defeated by a statewide vote of 3,932,043 (47.6%) Yes to 4,324,722 (52.4%) No. In Fresno County, the vote was 88,446 (53.6%) to 76,578 (46.4%).
 

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