Thursday Nov 22 2012
Final votes in: Next City Council members are Janda, Butler, Magnuson
By: Krissi Khokhobashvili, Placer Herald and Press Tribune editorThe 2012 election has been certified, and the next three members of the Rocklin City Council are Greg Janda, George Magnuson and Dave Butler.
Janda led the field of eight candidates with 21.79 percent of the vote. He picked up 2,777 of the outstanding ballots that could not be counted on election night, mainly vote-by-mail and provisional ballots, for a total of 11,732 votes, leading the pack by 3,121 votes. The Placer County Office of Elections certified its count at midnight Wednesday, adding 13,112 votes to the tally.
Butler, trailing Magnuson by just 65 votes on election night, ended up the second-highest vote-getter with 8,611 votes, or 15.99 percent of Rocklin's 53,836 ballots. Incumbent Magnuson took 15.9 percent of the vote, with 8,559 ballots, 52 votes behind Butler.
Dan DeFoe, with 15.40 percent, was knocked out of the race by 268 votes. For more Placer County final election results, click here.
| Rocklin City Council election results | |||
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| Total | |||
| Number of Precincts | 37 | ||
| Precincts Reporting | 37 | 100.0 % | |
| Vote For | 3 | ||
| Total Votes | 53836 | ||
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| GREG JANDA | 11732 | 21.79% | |
| DAVE BUTLER | 8611 | 15.99% | |
| GEORGE A. MAGNUSON | 8559 | 15.90% | |
| DAN DEFOE | 8291 | 15.40% | |
| KEN BROADWAY | 7240 | 13.45% | |
| JULIE MILLARD-STADEL | 7058 | 13.11% | |
| JACK LENTO-EDRICH | 1096 | 2.04% | |
| WIJAYA "VJ" PERERA | 1023 | 1.90% | |
| Write-in Votes | 226 | 0.42% | |