The Results of the 1995 San Bernardino City Municipal Primary: City Attorney Election

May 17, 2012 Leave a comment

By Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law

I have been researching the history of the City Attorney’s Office in San Bernardino.  In the past, I have written a post which touches a little about the history of the City Attorney’s Office in San Bernardino, but I haven’t published a full history of the office.

In my series about past election results, I included data from past elections that was available from the San Bernardino Registrar of Voters.  I wrote “online sources say that City Attorney Penman beat Stan Tomlinson by a 3 to 1 margin in 1995.” Yesterday, pursuant to a California Public Records Act Request, I received a copy of the results of the 1995 election.  3 to one would be by 75 percent, but it was not quite 75 percent.

I have created a database of the City Attorney elections from 1907 to present, but other than the winners, and in some case the candidates, and in the rare case actual results, it is most complete from 1987 to present. I  have added all the counts together in one data set.  If there is a blank, I don’t have data.

Race (San Bernardino City Attorney) Candidates (Winner in Bold) Name as shown in records, where available Votes Percentage
19870307 Primary Municipal Election James Frank “Jim” Penman
Ralph H. Prince
19910305 Primary Municipal Election James Frank “Jim” Penman
19951107 Primary Municipal Election Jim Penman 9305 72.82
Stan Tomlinson 3472 27.17
No Vote Recorded 1116 Not included
19991102 Primary Municipal Election James Frank “Jim” Penman
20031104 Primary Municipal Election Jim Penman 7,999 96.11
Write-In 324 3.89
20071106 Primary Municipal Election James Frank “Jim” Penman 7,001 51.46
Marianne Milligan 6,557 48.2
Write-In 47 0.35
20111108 Primary Municipal Election James Frank “Jim” Penman 6,447 51.72
David L. McKenna 6,019                       48.28
No Vote Recorded 489  Not included

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About Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law
Michael Reiter is a Redlands, California-based lawyer, serving San Bernardino County and Riverside County in Southern California's Inland Empire. Michael Reiter is a lawyer practicing in the following fields of law: Municipal Law, Code Enforcement Law, Small Business Law and Real Estate Law. Michael Reiter practices in all the local courts, including San Bernardino Superior Court, Riverside Superior Court, and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Michael Reiter was admitted to the California State Bar in 1998. Michael Reiter was Assistant City Attorney for the City of Redlands, a Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Bernardino, and Staff Attorney for Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino. Michael Reiter serves all of San Bernardino and Riverside County, Orange County, and Los Angeles County. Michael Reiter can be reached at (909) 296-6708, or by electronic mail at michael@michaelreiterlaw.com. 300 E. State St. #517 Redlands CA 92373-5235

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