By james art 
FREMONT, Calif. — Election Day is here, and about 8 million Californians have already cast ballots in early voting — both by mail and at the polling centers that began opening on Oct. 26.
Fremont voters are deciding whether Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price should be recalled, whether a school district bond issue should be approved and local, state and federal leadership.
Fremont is electing a new mayor, electing city council members and a school board member.
Here’s a look at voting in Fremont, from most to least local:
Bond from Fremont School
Fremont Unified School District District 4 Board Members
- GANESH BALAMITRAN, Marketing Manager/Parent
- RINU NAIR, Student/Alumnus
Mayor of Fremont
- VINNIE BACON, Software Development Manager
- ROAN MARFATIA, Business Manager/Parent
- HIU NG, retired technology executive
- RAJ SALVAN, Fremont City Council Member
Fremont City Council #1
- TERESA KENG, Fremont City Council Member District 1
- PRAVESH KUMAR, Senior DataOps Engineer
- RANVIR S SANDHU, Lawyer/Entrepreneur/Father
Fremont City Council #5
- STERLING JEFFERSON ENGEL, entrepreneur
- CHANDRA WAGH, Program Management
- YAJING ZHANG, Fremont Unified Schools Board Member
Fremont City Council #6
- THERESA COX, Acting
- RAYMOND LIU, Engineer
Alameda County Water District Director, Ward 5
- AZIZ AKBARI, Director, Alameda County Water District
- RAYMOND OHEDA, Retired Probation Officer
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Subpoena Alameda County District Attorney
- (Pamela Price recall question yes/no) This is a recall election. You will choose whether the candidate continues to hold the position.
California offers
There are 10 statewide proposals on the ballot, including two $10 billion bond measures to build and renovate schools and address climate change. There are also two amendments to the state constitution, one that would repeal the unenforceable ban on same-sex marriage and another that would make bond measures easier to pass by lowering the electoral threshold from the current supermajority needed to approve bond measures.
However, the hottest measure on the ballot is Proposition 36, which seeks to reverse some of the criminal justice reforms passed when voters approved Proposition 47 a decade ago. If passed, Proposition 36 could significantly increase prison time for some drug and theft offenses that are currently felonies.
Click here for Patch’s in-depth report on all 10 proposals.
California Legislature
5th State Senate District
- JERRY McNERNEY, Democratic Party
- JIM SHOEMAKER, Republican Party
- Seventh State Senate District
- JESSE ARREGUIN, Democratic Party
- JOVANKA BECKLES, Democratic Party
9th State Senate District
- TIM GRAYSON, Democratic Party
- MARISOL RUBIO, Democratic Party
14th Assembly District
- MARGOT SMITH, Democratic Party
- BUFFY WEEKS, Democrat
16th Assembly District
- REBECCA BAUER-KAHAN, Democratic Party
- JOSEPH A. RUBAY, Republican Party
18th Assembly District
- MIA BONTA, Democratic Party
- ANDRE SANDFORD, American Independent Party
20th Assembly District
- LIZ ORTEGA, Democratic Party
- SANGEETHA SHANBHOGUE, Republican Party
24th Assembly District
- BOB BRUNTON, Republican Party
- ALEX LEE, Democratic Party
Federal services:
president of the usa
- KAMALA D. HARRIS, Democratic Party
- DONALD J. TRUMP, Republican Party
United States Senator
- STEVE GARVEY, Republican Party
- ADAM B. SCHIFF, Democratic Party
United States Senator – Partial/Unexpired Term
- STEVE GARVEY, Republican Party
- ADAM B. SCHIFF, Democratic Party
United States House of Representatives
10th Congressional District
- MARK DESOLNIE, Democratic Party
- KATRIN PICININI, Republican Party
12th Congressional District
- LATEEFAH SIMON, Democratic Party
- JENNIFER TRAN, Democratic Party
14th Congressional District
- VIN CRUTIVENTI, Republican Party
- ERIC SWALWELL, Democrat
17th Congressional District
- ANITA CHEN, Republican Party
- RO KHANNA, Democratic Party