November 2022 Endorsements

Endorsed Candidates

November 8, 2022

In this virtual environment, it’s harder than ever to let voters know about good candidates - candidates who support LGBTQ+ and women’s rights and values

The 2022 midterms are critical to defending democracy. Help us spread the word about the candidates that you’ve voted to support! We’ll advertise them via social media, slate mailers, and more - the more money we have, the more voters we can reach!

+ indicates LGBTQ+

* indicates Incumbent

^ indicates Pick-up Opportunity - Democrat running for a seat held by a non-Democrat

 

CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE RACES

Governor - Gavin Newsom*

Lt Governor - Eleni Kounalakis*

Secretary of State - Dr. Shirley N. Weber*

Attorney General - Rob Bonta*

Insurance Commissioner - Ricardo Lara*+

State Treasurer - Fiona Ma*

State Controller - Malia Cohen

Superintendent of Public Instruction - Tony Thurmond*

 

CALIFORNIA FEDERAL RACES

U.S. Senate - Alex Padilla*

U.S. House CA-23 - Derek Marshall+* 

U.S. House CA-26 - Julia Brownley*

U.S. House CA-27 - Christy Smith^

U.S. House CA-28 - Judy Chu* 

U.S. House CA-29 - Tony Cardenas* 

U.S. House CA-30 - Adam Schiff*

U.S. House CA-31 - Grace Napolitano* 

U.S. House CA-32 - Brad Sherman*

U.S. House CA-34 - Jimmy Gomez*

U.S. House CA-35 - Norma Torres*

U.S. House CA-36 - Ted Lieu* 

U.S. House CA-37 - No Consensus

U.S. House CA-38 - Linda Sánchez* 

U.S. House CA-39 - Mark Takano*+

U.S. House CA-40 - Dr. Asif Mahmood^

U.S. House CA-41 - Will Rollins+*

U.S. House CA-42 - Robert Garcia+  

U.S. House CA-43 - Maxine Waters* 

U.S. House CA-44 - Nanette Barragán* 

U.S. House CA-45 - Jay Chen

U.S. House CA-47 - Katie Porter*

U.S. House CA-49 - Mike Levin* 


OTHER FEDERAL RACES

U.S. House OR-5 - Jamie McLeod-Skinner+

U.S. Senate: Idaho - David Roth

 

STATE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES

Senate District 20 - Caroline Menjivar+  

Senate District 22 - Susan Rubio*

Senate District 24 - Ben Allen*

Senate District 26 - Maria Elena Durazo*

Senate District 28 - Lola Smallwood-Cuevas  

Senate District 40 - Joseph Rocha+^

Assembly District 20 - Shawn Kumagai+

Assembly District 39 - Juan Carillo

Assembly District 40 - Pilar Schiavo^ 

Assembly District 43 - Luz Rivas*

Assembly District 44 - Laura Friedman*

Assembly District 46 - Jesse Gabriel*

Assembly District 48 - Blanca Rubio*

Assembly District 47 - Christy Holstege+^

Assembly District 49 - Mike Fong*

Assembly District 51 - Rick Chavez Zbur+  

Assembly District 52 - No Consensus

Assembly District 53 - Freddie Rodriguez*

Assembly District 54 - Miguel Santiago*

Assembly District 55 - Isaac Bryan*

Assembly District 56 - Lisa Calderon*

Assembly District 57 - Reggie Jones Sawyer*

Assembly District 58 - Sabrina Cervantes*+

Assembly District 60 - Corey Jackson+

Assembly District 61 - Tina McKinnor*

Assembly District 62 - Anthony Rendon*

Assembly District 64 - Blanca Pacheco

Assembly District 65 - No Consensus

Assembly District 66 - Al Muratsuchi*

Assembly District 70 - Deidre Thu Nguyen^

 

LOCAL RACES

Los Angeles County

     County Sheriff - Robert Luna

     County Supervisor 3 - Lindsey Horvath

 

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge

Seat 60 - Anna Slotky Reitano 

Seat 67 - Elizabeth Lashley-Haynes

Seat 70 - Holly Hancock

Seat 90 - Melissa Lyons

Seat 118 - No Consensus

Seat 151 - Patrick Hare

 

City of Los Angeles  

Mayor - Karen Bass  

City Attorney - Hydee Feldstein Soto

City Controller - No Consensus

City Council 5 - Katy Young Yaroslavsky

City Council 11 - Erin Darling

City Council 13 - Mitch O’Farrell*+

City Council 15 - Tim McOsker

 

Los Angeles Unified School District 

District 2 - Dr. Rocío Rivas

District 6 - Kelly Gonez*

 

Los Angeles Community College District  

Seat 2 - Steven Veres*

Seat 4 - Sara Hernandez 

Seat 6 - Gabriel Buelna*

Seat 7 - Kelsey Iino*

 

Other Local Races

Alhambra City Council District 1 - Ari Gutierrez Arambula+

Buena Park City Council District 2 - Jose Trinidad Castaneda+

Burbank City Council

- Nikki Perez+

- Tamala Takahashi

Culver City City Council - Freddy Puza+

Culver City School Board

- Stephanie Loredo+

- Triston Ezidore+

El Cerrito City Council - Carolyn Wysinger+

El Monte City Council District 2 - Martin Herrera+*

El Monte Union High School District - Florencio Briones*+

Fullerton City Council - Ahmad Zahra+

Long Beach Mayor - Rex Richardson

Long Beach City Council 1 - No Consensus

Long Beach City Council 3 - Kailee Caruso 

Long Beach City Council 5 - Megan Kerr^

Long Beach City Council 9 - Dr. Joni Ricks-Oddie

Long Beach City Council - Kailee Caruso 

Long Beach Community College District Trustee Area 1 - Uduak-Joe Ntuk

Long Beach Prosecutor - No Consensus

Montebello Unified School District Board of Education - James Santana+

Monterey Park City Council District 1 - Thomas Wong+

Orange County Supervisor District 5 - Katrina Foley*

Rowland Heights Unified School District Board - Dr. Keith Hayakawa+

San Bernardino Community College District 4 - Christian Thomas Shaughnessy+

San Fernando City Council - Joel Fajardo+

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency District 2 - Sage Rafferty

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency District 3 - Lynne Plambeck*

Santa Monica City Council

- Jesse Zwick 

- Caroline Torosis

- Natalya Zernitskaya+

Santa Monica Rent Board (3 seats)

- Kurt Gonska

- Daniel Ivanov+

- Ericka Lesley*

Santa Monica College Board (4 seats)

- Dr. Sion Roy*

- Barry Snell*

- Nancy Greenstein+*

- Tom Peters 

Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District

- Laurie Lieberman

- Stacy Rouse

- Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein

Seal Beach City Council 3 - Stephanie Wade+

Signal Hill City Council - Keir Jones+*

Tracy City Council - Dan Arriola

West Basin Municipal Water District Board, Division 4 - Scott Houston*+

William S. Hart Union School Board - Andrew Taban+