Election Results
City of Indian Wells
This election's results
How City of Indian Wells voted in other elections
Candidate Races
1
City Council
Ted Mertens
14.7%
+0.9%
Ted Mertens
14.7%
+0.9%
910
Douglas 'Doug' Hanson
13.8%
-0.9%
856
Ty Peabody
13.5%
-1.2%
839
Bill Powers
12.2%
-2.5%
756
Larry 'Bear' Bonafide
11.0%
-3.7%
683
Dana Reed
10.3%
-4.4%
638
Haddon B. Libby
9.4%
-5.3%
583
Rose Swearingen
6.7%
-8.0%
415
Howard Klein
5.7%
-9.0%
355
Mitch Blumberg
2.8%
-11.9%
173
Ballot Measures
3
Measure Q
PASSED
66.4% Yes
+32.8%
Shall the ordinance of the City of Indian Wells pertaining to the appointment of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore, to provide for an automatic annual rotation of Council Members who occupy the positions of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore, be adopted to permit as many Council Members as possible to have an opportunity during their membership on the City Council to occupy the position of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore?
Yes
66.4%
+32.8%
1,511
No
33.6%
-32.8%
764
Measure R
FAILED
25.6% Yes
-48.8%
Shall the ordinance of the City of Indian Wells authorizing the City to impose, levy, and collect a Special Parcel Tax of $171 on all taxable property within the City, commencing July 1, 2013, providing for annual adjustments for inflation, and suspending the existing assessments levied on property within Landscape and Lighting District No. 91-1, be adopted to provide sufficient revenues for the maintenance and servicing of citywide public landscape improvements?
Yes
25.6%
-48.8%
592
No
74.4%
+48.8%
1,718
Measure S
PASSED
80.8% Yes
+61.6%
Shall the Charter of the City of Indian Wells be amended to limit, except as may be required by Federal or State law, the amount of compensation to 1) City Council Members to $1,000, 2) the Mayor to $1,500 and 3) the Mayor Pro Tempore to $1,250 per month, subject to an annual CPI adjustment, plus reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their duties and approved in advance by the City Council?
Yes
80.8%
+61.6%
1,871
No
19.2%
-61.6%
446