2018 General Election Endorsements
The AFSCME Council 57 Political Action Committee has announced our endorsements for state and local races for the November 6, 2018, general election.
>> Click here to download the November 2018 state and local endorsements (PDF)
California Statewide Offices:
- Governor: Gavin Newsom
- Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
- State Controller: Betty Yee
- Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
- Board of Equalization, Dist. 2: Malia Cohen
Statewide Ballot Measure:
- Proposition 5: Req's for property tax base transfers. Recommend: Oppose
- Proposition 6: Repeal of gas tax. Recommend: Oppose
- Proposition 7: Re: Daylight Savings Time. Recommend: Support
- Proposition 10: Rent control. Recommend: Support
State Senate:
- District 2: Mike McGuire
- District 6: Dr. Richard Pan
- District 10: Bob Wieckowski
- District 20: Connie Leyva
- District 30: Holly Mitchell
State Assembly:
- District 2: Jim Wood
- District 4: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
- District 7: Kevin McCarty
- District 8: Ken Cooley
- District 10: Marc Levine
- District 15: Jovanka Beckles
- District 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
- District 17: David Chiu
- District 18: Rob Bonta
- District 19: Phil Ting
- District 20: Bill Quirk
- District 21: Adam Gray
- District 22: Kevin Mullin
- District 24: Marc Berman
- District 25: Kansen Chu
- District 27: Ash Kalra
- District 28: Evan Low
- District 29: Mark Stone
- District 31: Joaquin Arambula
- District 43: Laura Friedman
- District 52: Freddie Rodriguez
- District 59: Reggie Jones-Sawyer
- District 63: Anthony Rendon
- District 65: Sharon Quirk-Silva
- District 72: Josh Lowenthal
- District 78: Todd Gloria
- District 79: Shirley Weber
- District 80: Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher
Local Government, Special District & Local Ballot Measures:
AC Transit Board of Directors:
- At-large: Joel Young
- Ward 4: Mark Williams
Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors:
- District 2: Mark Foley
- District 6: Anu Natarajan
- District 8: Jonathan Lyens
CITY OF Alameda:
- John Knox White
City of Belmont City Council (3 seats):
- Charles Stone
- Warren Lieberman
- Julia Mates
City of Concord:
- City Council, Dist. 1: Judi Herman
City of Daly City City Council (3 seats):
- Pamela DiGiovanni
- Ray Buenaventura
- Rod Daus-Magbual
City of Lodi:
- Measure L: general sales tax. Recommend: Support
CITY OF Los Angeles:
- Charter Amendment B. public bank. Recommend: Support
City of Milpitas:
- City Council: Karina Dominguez
City of Pleasant Hill:
- City Council: Dennis Lytton
CITY OF San Carlos:
- City Council: Laura Parmer-Lohan
City of San Jose:
- City Council, District 7: Maya Esparza
East Bay Regional Parks:
- Measure FF: extension of existing parcel tax. Recommend: Support
Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation District:
- 4th Division: Richard Mark
Oak Grove School District:
- Board of Directors: Brian LoBue
SANTA CLARA County:
- Measure A: extension of sales tax. Recommend: Support
Santa Clara Valley Water District:
- District 6: Tony Estremera