United States President
The 2012 general election brought President Obama (D) back for 4 more years. Though his support throughout California as a whole was pretty solid (59.2%) the votes from San Luis Obispo County were quite a bit closer. Obama garnered 48.93% while Mitt Romney (R) a very close 47.61%. Gary Johnson (L) came in third at 1.28% and Jill Stein (G) fourth with 0.84%
United States Senate
Diane Feinstein (D) took the seat in the Senate with 61.4% of the California votes and 51.21% of the SLO County votes.
United States House of Representatives
Lois Capps (D) took the seat in the house for California District 24 with 54.8% from the district as a whole. Abel Maldonado (R) was the runner up. Capps captured 51.53% of the SLO County votes.
California State Senator
Larry Beaman (R) (51.41%) beat Bill Monning (D) (48.59%).
California State Assembly
K.H. Achadjian (R) received 61.77% of the votes for the 35th District seat.
San Luis Obispo Mayor
Jan Marx stayed in office with 62.87%, beating out Steve Barasch (29.50%) and Donald Hedrick (7.15%)
San Luis Obispo City Council
Dan Carpenter and John B. Ashbaugh won 31.97% and 31.07% of the votes respectively for the two available seats, beating runner ups Jeff Aranguena and Kevin Rice.
SLO County Voter Turnout
C'mon people! If you are willing to edit your city, help edit your government!!
| Registered Voters | Ballots Cast | Percent Turnout |
| 158,603 | 98,458 | 62.08% |
Statewide Proposition Results
| Proposition Title |
Yes Votes |
% |
No Votes |
% | ||
| Yes | Prop 30 | Temporary Taxes to Fund Education | 4,959,206 | 53.9% | 4,241,246 | 46.1% |
| No | Prop 31 | State Budget, State and Local Government | 3,369,175 | 39.2% | 5,220,193 | 60.8% |
| No | Prop 32 | Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction | 3,973,720 | 43.9% | 5,086,590 | 56.1% |
| No | Prop 33 | Auto Insurance Prices Based on Driver History | 4,046,275 | 45.4% | 4,872,423 | 54.6% |
| No | Prop 34 | Death Penalty | 4,269,535 | 47.2% | 4,776,815 | 52.8% |
| Yes | Prop 35 | Human Trafficking | 7,309,737 | 81.1% | 1,698,939 | 18.9% |
| Yes | Prop 36 | Three Strikes Law | 6,181,771 | 68.6% | 2,826,624 | 31.4% |
| No | Prop 37 | Genetically Engineered Foods Labeling | 4,277,985 | 46.9% | 4,835,045 | 53.1% |
| No | Prop 38 | Tax for Education. Early Childhood Programs | 2,489,028 | 27.7% | 6,495,745 | 72.3% |
| Yes | Prop 39 | Business Tax for Energy Funding | 5,295,968 | 60.1% | 3,522,579 | 39.9% |
| Yes | Prop 40 | Redistricting State Senate | 6,068,518 | 71.4% | 2,427,514 | 28.6% |
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