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2022 Endorsements

If you have any questions, please reach out to CYD President, Diane Le (ms.diane.le@gmail.com) and our Political Director, Navkaran Gurm (navkarangurm@gmail.com).

For more information about the General Election, look no further than the Secretary of State’s website or your County Election’s Office website.

2022 General Election Endorsements

Federal

United States Senate
Alex Padilla

House of Representatives

1Max Steiner
2Jared Huffman
3Kermit Jones
4Mike Thompson
5 
6Ami Bera
7Doris Matsui
8John Garamendi
9Josh Harder
10Mark DeSaulnier
11Speaker Nancy Pelosi
12Barbara Lee
13Adam Gray
14Eric Swalwell
15Kevin Mullin
16Anna Eshoo
17Ro Khanna
18Zoe Lofgren
19Jimmy Panetta
20Marisa Wood
21Jim Costa
22Rudy Salas
23Derek Marshall
24Salud Carbajal
25Raul Ruiz
26Julia Brownley
27Christy Smith
28Judy Chu
29Tony Cardenas
30Adam Schiff
31Grace Napolitano
32Brad Sherman
33Pete Aguilar
34Jimmy Gomez
35Norma Torres
36Ted Lieu
37Sydney Kamlager
38Linda Sanchez
39Mark Takano
40Asif Mahmood
41 
42Robert Garcia
43Maxine Waters
44Nanette Barragan
45Jay Chen
46Lou Correa
47Katie Porter
48Stephen Houlahan
49Mike Levin
50Scott Peters
51Sara Jacobs
52Juan Vargas

State

Governor
Gavin Newsom

Lieutenant Governor
Eleni Kounalakis

Secretary of State
Dr. Shirley Weber

Attorney General
Rob Bonta

Treasurer
Fiona Ma

Controller
Malia Cohen

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tony Thurmond

Insurance Commissioner
Ricardo Lara

Board of Equalization, District 4
David Dodson

Assembly

1 
2Jim Wood
3 
4Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
5Rebeca Chenoweth
6Kevin McCarty
7Ken Cooley
8 
9 
10Eric Guerra
11Lori D Wilson
12 
13No Endorsement
14Buffy Wicks
15 
16Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
17 
18Mia Bonta
19Phil TIng
20Liz Ortega
21Giselle Hale
22 
23 
24Alex Lee
25 
26Evan Low
27Esmeralda Soria
28Gail Pellerin
29Robert Rivas
30Dawn Addis
31Joaquin Arambula
32 
33Jose Sigala
34 
35Leticia Perez
36Eduardo Garcia
37Gregg Hart
38Steve Bennett
39Juan Carrillo
40Pilar Schiavo
41Chris Holden
42Jacqui Irwin
43Luz Rivas
44Laura Friedman
45James Ramos
46Jesse Gabriel
47Christy Holstege
48Blanca Rubio
49Mike Fong
50Eloise Reyes
51Rick Chavez Zbur
52 
53Freddie Rodriguez
54Miguel Santiago
55Isaac Bryan
56Lisa Calderon
57Reggie Jones-Sawyer
58Sabrina Cervantes
59 
60Corey Jackson
61 
62Blanca Pacheco
63Fauzia Rizvi
64 
65Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
66Al Muratsuchi
67Sharon Quirk-Silva
68 
69Josh Lowenthal
70Thu-Ha “Diedre” Nguyen
71 
72Judie Mancuso
73Cottie Petrie-Norris
74Christopher Duncan
75 
76Brian Maienschein
77Tasha Boerner Horvath
78Chris Ward
79Akilah Weber
80Georgette Gomez

Senate

2Mike McGuire
4Tim Robertson
6Paula Villescaz
8 
10Aisha Wahab
12Susanne Gundy
14Anna Caballero
16 
18Steve Padilla
20Caroline Menjivar
22Susan Rubio
24Ben Allen
26Maria Elena Durazo
28Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
30Bob Archuleta
32Brian Nash
34Tom Umberg
36Kim Carr
38Catherine Blakespear
40Joseph Rocha

Propositions (Ballot Measures)

Prop 1 (Reproductive Rights) – Yes 
Prop 26 (In-Person Tribal Sports Betting) – Yes
Prop 27 (Online Sports Betting) – No
Prop 28 (Arts Education) – Yes
Prop 29 (Kidney Dialysis) – Yes
Prop 30 (EV and wildfire prevention by Taxing Rich) – Yes
Prop 31 (Flavored tobacco ban) – Yes

Local

*Only Young Democrat candidates (under age 36) are eligible for endorsement in local races by CYD.

November Races

Adalento Elementary School Board Area 4Resa Barillas
Alhambra Unified School DistrictBryan Kim
Anaheim City Council, District 2Carlos Leon
Anaheim Unified School District Trustee, Area 1Jessica Guerrero
Antelope Valley CollegeGiovanni Christon-Pope
Bakersfield City Council Ward 7Manpreet Kaur
Buellton City CouncilDavid Silva
Buena Park City Council, District 2Jose Trinidad Castaneda
Buena Park City Council, District 5Connor Traut
Buena Park School District Trustee, Area 4Brenda Estrada
Burbank City CouncilNikki Pérez
Carlsbad City Council D3Priya Bhat-Patel
Central Unified School Board Area 4Nabil Kherfan
Chula Vista MayorAmmar Campa-Najjar
Contra Costa College Board, 3Rebecca Barrett
Contra Costa County Board of EducationJustin Brown
Corte Madera City CouncilEli Beckman
Costa Mesa City Council, District 4Manuel Chavez
Culver City School BoardTrison Ezidore
Dixon School BoardJulian Cuevas
Eastvale City CouncilJocelyn Yow
Elk Grove City Council, District 4Sergio Robles
Fillmore City CouncilZachary Lotshaw
Garvey Unified School District, Area 1Andy Yam
Goleta Unified School BoardEthan Bertrand
Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictChristine Hernandez
Isla Vista Community Service DistrictOlivia Craig, Spencer Brandt
Laguna Hills City CouncilParshan Khosravi
La Puente City CouncilRicardo Martinez
Los Angeles City ControllerKenneth Mejia
Mesa Water District Director, Area 2Shayanne Wright
Mill Valley City CouncilMax Perrey
Monterey Park City Council, District 1Thomas Wong
Mountain View City CouncilEllen Kamei
Mountain View City CouncilLucas Ramirez
Natomas School BoardNoel Mora
North County Fire Protection (San Diego County)Ross Pike
Oakland City Council, District 4Janani Ramachandran
Oakland City Council, District 6Kevin Jenkins
Oakland Unified School Board, District 6Kyra Mungia
Orange County Board of Supervisors, 2Kim Nguyen
Pinole City CouncilCameron Sasai
Rancho Cordova Parks & RecreationZack Zwald
Sacramento City Council, District 3Caity Maple
Sacramento City Council, District 5Karina Talamantes
Sacramento City School BoardJasjit Singh
San Bernardino City Council, 4Christian Shaughnessy
San Jose City Council District 5Peter Ortiz
San Leandro City CouncilCelina Reynes
San Ramon City CouncilSara Lashanlo
Santa Ana Unified School District Trustee, Area 4Katie Brazer Aceves
Santa Ana Unified School District Trustee, Area 5Hector Bustos
Santa Barbara City College BoardJonathan Abboud
Santa Barbara Unified School BoardGabe Escobedo
Santa Maria-Bonita School BoardOsvaldo Sotelo
Santa Maria City CouncilGloria Soto
Simi Valley City Council, District 2Sean Weisman
South Orange County Community College District Trustee, Area 6Ryan Dack
State Center Community College District Area 5Gilbert Felix
Stockton Unified School District, Area 5Donald Donaire
Sunnyvale City Council District 3Justin Wang
Sunnyvale City Council District 5Richard Mehlinger
Thousand Oaks City CouncilKyle Rohrbach
Tracy City CouncilDan Arriola, William Muetzenberg
Visalia City Council, District 4Emmanuel Soto
Visalia School Board, Area 6Randy Villegas
Vista City Council District 1Corinna Contreras
Vista MayorCipriano Vargas
West Hollywood City CouncilChelsea Byers
West Hollywood City CouncilRobert Oliver
Western Municipal Water District, 2Gracie Torres

June Races That Have Ended

Contra Costa Clerk-RecorderDevin MurphyLost
Fresno City Council, 1Annalisa PereaWon
Fresno City Council, 7Nelson EsparzaWon
Pasadena Community College DistrictAlton WangWon
San Bernardino Board of Supervisors, 2DeJonae ShawLost
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, 2Blake HooperLost

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