Your Local Election Guide

If you plan to vote today, June 5th, you might need some help.

With the new district lines, understanding who to vote for on Primary Elections Day can be very confusing. So if you plan to walk into a polling site to cast your vote, Mountain View Patch has created this handy Election Guide with links to candidate profiles, related articles on local measures and state propositions, and also links to important government sites.

Where to vote

There are 20 polling sites in Mountain View and one in Los Altos where registered voters can go cast their vote.

If you are unsure where to go, visit the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Internet site.

Once you have the address, hover over the map at the right to find the polling site closest to you.

Who to vote for

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, 5th District (Current Supervisor: Liz Kniss whose term is up)

• Barry Chang (Party unknown) Cupertino City Councilmember and small business owner
• Joe Simitian (Democrat) current California State Senator
• Kris Huyilan Wang (Party unknown) Cupertino City Councilwoman

State Assembly, 22th District (Current State Assemblyman: Paul Fong, transferring to the newly-formed 28th District)

• Geby E. Espinosa (Democrat) small business owner
• Richard S. Gordon (Democrat) current State Assemblyman
• Chengzhi "George" Yang (Republican) software engineer

State Senate, 11th and 13th Districts (in the 13th Lieber's term is continuing; Simitian in the 11th is termed out.)

• Christopher Kent Chiang (Democrat) public school teacher
• Jerry Hill (Democrat) current State Assemblyman and business owner
• Sally Lieber (Democrat) environmental policy activist
• John H. Webster (Libertarian) software engineer

U.S. Representative 14th and 18th Districts

• Anna Eshoo (Democrat; running for re-election)
• Dave Chapman, (Republican) Software Engineer
• Carol Brouillet, (Green Party) producer/publisher/writer
• William Parks, (Democrat) attorney, former semiconductor engineer

What's on the ballot

• To protect quality education in Mountain View, provide safe and modern classrooms, and make schools operate more efficiently, shall the Mountain View Whisman School District remove hazardous lead/asbestos materials, improve earthquake safety, upgrade fire alarms/security, replace outdated and inefficient plumbing/electrical/heating/ventilation, update computers/technology, and upgrade, acquire, construct schools, sites, facilities and equipment by issuing $198 million in bonds at legal rates, with independent oversight and all funds spent on local elementary and middle schools?