ELECTION RUNDOWN: Roseanne Barr Wins Green Party Vote

Roseanne Barr, stand-up comic and star of the '90s hit sitcom, "Roseanne," won over Green Party members in Riverside County.

Barr, a Green Party candidate, landed 134 votes, or 45.27 percent, in the county, but lost in the statewide vote to Jill Stein, who got only 120 votes, or 40.54 percent, in Riverside County.

In the presidential primary, Sen. Mitt Romney led with 81.53 percent of the Riverside County Republican vote. The next closest was Ron Paul with 8.54 percent of the vote. Romney captured 79.6 percent of the state vote, while Paul had 10.2 percent of the statewide Republican vote as of the latest results.

Gary Johnson claimed it for the Liberatarian Party in Riverside County as well as in the state.

Murrieta resident Stewart Alexander lost his bid to serve as the presidential candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party in November, coming in with 30.09 percent of the vote. Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson will likely be the party's candidate on the November ballot.

Laurie Roth won the American Independent Party nomination in Riverside County, but Edward C. Noonan captured the majority of the statewide vote.

Senate Race

Incumbent Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, led in the senatorial race with 37.02 percent of the vote. Next was Republican Elizabeth Emken with 14.96 percent. Statewide, Feinstein had garnered 49.5 percent of the vote with 90 percent of precincts reporting as of 2 a.m.

Emken had 12.5 percent, the next highest of the 23 challengers, meaning she will likely challenge Feinstein for the Senate seat in November.

Propositions

It was a close contest for both statewide ballot measures, but it appeared early Wednesday that Prop 28 passed and Prop 29 did not.

Riverside County voters,  62.21 percent voted yes on Prop 28—term limits for state legislators—and 60.23 voted no on Prop 29, which was seeking to add a $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes. Statewide, as of 2 a.m., 50.6 percent had voted no on Prop 29, and 62.9 percent were in favor of Prop 28.

Central Party Committees

Vote counts indicated Dan Hollingsworth stole the lead for the Riverside County Republican Central Committee 67th District, which has six seats. Hollingsworth had 18.05 percent of the vote as of the final tally Wednesday. Next was Scott Mann with 16.36 percent of the vote. Murrieta resident Steve Rawlings had 14.57 percent of the vote, Harvey Ryan had 11.41 percent, Robert Seibert had 10.34 percent, Murrieta City Councilman Randon Lane had 9.42 percent, Menifee City Councilwoman Darcy Kuenzi had 7.74 percent, Murrieta resident Diana Serafin had 6.09 percent and Frances Burns, 6.01 percent.

For seats on the Riverside County Democratic Central Committee 67th District, Bonita "Bonnie" Connoley had 17.48 percent of the vote, Conrad L. Melton had 16.03 percent, Gail Ferrell had 13.82 percent, Susan J. Dye 13.6 percent, Shirley Walton had 13.59 percent, Douglas P. Dye had 13.26 percent, Boyd Roberts had 7.59 percent and Chuck Reutter had 4.64 percent.

Judicial Races

Superior Court Judge James "Jim" Cox of Indian Wells appeared to have successfully fended off a challenge tonight from defense attorney Michael Kennedy of Joshua Tree and appeared bound for another six-year term.

Superior Court Judge Gary B. Tranbarger held a comfortable lead tonight over challenger and former prosecutor Richard T. Nixon, who has a private practice in Temecula, and appeared heading for another six-year term.

With more than half the votes remaining to be counted, Superior Court Judge Craig Riemer maintained a narrow lead tonight over veteran prosecutor John Henry in his bid to retain his post.

More Votes to Tally

Approximately 38,000 vote by mail, 7,000 provisional, and 4,200 damaged ballots that require duplication still must be processed, according to the Registrar's Office. Work on those ballots begins Wednesday. The next updated results will be posted at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, according to the Registrar.

—City News Service contributed to this report