As predicted, voter turnout was low for the state and Alameda County just under 23%.  Local Democrats turned out in a little higher numbers – almost 25%. Oakland’s former mayor Jerry Brown will face billionaire Meg Whitman in November’s election in the race for California governor.

Key results:

Wilma Chan will represent parts of Oakland on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors after winning more than 54%.

Meg Whitman earned over 26,000 votes in Alameda county from local Republicans. How many were from Oakland? Based on party registration, it’s likely a small percentage of the 35,000 that participated in the local election.

Alameda County voters overwhelmingly supported Kamala Harris for Attorney General, who won the Democratic nomination and will face Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley in the general election in November to replace Democrat Jerry Brown. Facebook executive Chris Kelly won barely 10%.

California voters have scrapped their multiple-party primary system. Proposition 14 was approved Tuesday. It transforms the way the nation’s largest state picks candidates running for state and federal office. Beginning in 2011, only the top two vote-getters from a single primary ballot that includes candidates from all parties will advance to the general election.

Alameda voters, and across the state, defeated propositions 16 and 17 – initiatives funded by PG&E and Mercury Insurance respectively.  Local groups, including Greenlining Institute, Women’s Earth Alliance , and Communities for a Better Environment led the local effort to defeat the initiatives.

And Victoria Kolowsky has passed the first hurdle to become the first transgendered Superior Court judge in the nation.  She’ll face a runoff against Deputy District Attorney John Creighton in the Fall.