May 7, 2008

 

RECENT CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS

 

Below are endorsements state legislative candidates in key June Primary races received during this past month:

 

SD3 (D-Migden)

CAROLE MIGDEN (D-Inc): CA Consumer Attorneys, CA Statewide Law Enforcement Assn.

MARK LENO (D): CA Statewide Law Enforcement Assn.; CA Professional Firefighters; CA Teachers Assn., CA Federation of Teachers

JOE NATION (D): Californians Allied for Patient Protection

 

SD9 (D-Perata-OPEN SEAT)

LONI HANCOCK (D): CA Federation of Teachers; Dolores Huerta, Co-founder, United Farmworkers of America

WILMA CHAN (D): CA Medical Assn

 

SD23 (D-Kuehl-OPEN SEAT)

FRAN PAVLEY (D): CA Democratic Council; Santa Monicans for Renters Rights

LLOYD LEVINE (D): CA Federation of Teachers, CA Faculty Assn.; Consumer Attorneys of CA; Stonewall Democratic Club; Los Angeles County Young Democrats

 

SD25 (D-Vincent)

MERVYN DYMALLY (D): CA Statewide Law Enforcement Assn.; Association of Motor Carrier Operations Specialists; Faculty Assn. of CA Community Colleges; CA School Employees Assn. - AFL-CIO

ROD WRIGHT (D): CA Teachers Assn.; United Auto Workers; CA Cast Metals Assn.; New Frontier Democratic Club; Stonewall Democratic Club; the Mexican American Barn Assn. of L.A. County; CA Apartment Assn.; Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of CA (CELSOC); L.A. County Professional Peace Officers Assn (PPOA)

 

SD33 (R-Ackerman-OPEN SEAT):

HARRY SIDHU (R): Asm. Van Tran; CA Statewide Law Enforcement Assn.

MIMI WALTERS (R): Crime Victims United

 

SD37 (R-Battin-OPEN SEAT)

RUSS BOGH (R): Palm Springs Police Officers Assn.; Jim Gilchrist, founder and president of the Minuteman Project; Asm. Paul Cook

JOHN BENOIT (R): Former Asm. Ray Haynes

 

AD3 (R-Keene-OPEN SEAT)

DAN LOGUE (R): CA Statewide Law Enforcement Assn; Yuba County Narcotic Officers’ Assn.

 

AD8 (D-Wolk-OPEN SEAT)

CHRISTOPHER CABALDON (D): Faculty Assn. of CA Community Colleges; Laborers International Union of North America; the Sacramento Bee; Vacaville Reporter; Davis Enterprise

MARIKO YAMADA (D): CA Teachers Assn.; CALIFORNIA LIST; West Sacramento Firefighters Local 522; CA Professional Firefighters

 

AD10 (R-Nakanishi-OPEN SEAT)

JACK SIEGLOCK (R): CA Farm Bureau Federation

DAVID SANDER (R): Lodi Firefighters Assn.

ALYSON HUBER (D): CA Teachers Assn., CA Federation of Teachers; CA School Employees Assn.

 

AD14 (D-Hancock-OPEN SEAT)

NANCY SKINNER (D): CA Federation of Teachers

 

AD15 (R-Houston-OPEN SEAT)

JOAN BUCHANAN (D): CA Professional Firefighters

ROBERT RAO (R): Sacramento Young Republican Federation; Ted Costa of People’s Advocate PAC

JUDY LLOYD (R): Former Sec. of State Bruce McPherson

 

AD19 (D-Mullin)

RICHARD HOLOBER (D): CA School Employees Assn.; Lt. Gov. John Garamendi

GINA PAPAN (D): Women’s Campaign Forum, CALIFORNIA LIST

 

AD22 (D-Lieber-OPEN SEAT)

DOMINIC CASERTA (D): CDF Firefighters; Communications Workers of America; Santa Clara County Chamber of Commerce; San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP; SUNPAC (local business PAC); CA Democratic Council; Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith; Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum

PAUL FONG (D): United Auto Workers; CA Federation of Teachers; CA Faculty Assn.

 

AD 27 (D-Laird-OPEN SEAT)

BILL MONNING (D): People’s Democratic Club of Santa Cruz County; Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club

EMILY REILLY (D): Former Asm. John Vasconcellos; former state Controller Steve Wesley; Equality CA; Vote the Coast

 

AD34 (R-Bill Maze-OPEN SEAT)

BECKY MAZE (R): Sen. Roy Ashburn

 

AD36 (R-Runner)

STEVE KNIGHT (R): Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn.

 

AD40 (D-Levine-OPEN SEAT)

LAURETTE HEALEY (D) CA Nurses Assn.; Asm. Fiona Ma.

STUART WALDMAN (D): Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; CA Faculty Assn.; CA Small Business Assn.; Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo; Crime Victims United.

BOB BLUMENFIELD (D): Painters & Allied Trades Dist. Council #36; UAW local 179; Eric Bauman, chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.

 

AD52 (D-Dymally-OPEN SEAT)

ISADORE HALL III (D): Incumbent Asm. Mervyn Dymally; CA Apartment Assoc.; International Longshore & Warehouse Union Southern CA Dist. Council; L.A. Councilmember Eric Garcetti; Crime Victims United; Los Angeles City Council Pres. Wendy Greuel.

LINDA HARRIS-FORSTER (D): L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca

 

AD54 (D-Karnette-OPEN SEAT)

GABRIELLA HOLT (R): Asm. Rep. Leader Mike Villines; former Cong. and Asm. Steve Kuykendall

 

AD64 (R-Benoit)

KELLEY McCARTY (R): CDF Firefighters; Asm. Cameron Smyth

BRIAN NESTANDE (R): The Riverside Press Enterprise; Riverside County Police Officers’ Assn.; Riverside Police Chief Russ Leach

 

AD71 (R-Spitzer-OPEN SEAT)

NEIL BLAIS (R): Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn.

JEFF MILLER (R): Anaheim Mayor/former Asm. Speaker Curt Pringle

 

AD78 (R-Horton-OPEN SEAT)

MARTY BLOCK (D): CA Teachers Assn; CA Nurses Assn.; CA Faculty Assn.; Asms. Hector De La Torre, Jared Huffman, Dave Jones and Fiona Ma.

AUDAY ARABO (D): CA Small Business Assn.; CDF Firefighters Local 2881.

 

AD80 (R-Garcia-OPEN SEAT)

GREGG PETTIS (D): Asm. Speaker Pro Tem Sally Lieber, CA Organization for Women; The Desert Sun

MANUEL PEREZ (D): CA Medical Assn.; CA Federation of Teachers; CA School Employees Assn; Sen. Dean Florez; Asms. Charles Calderon and Anthony Portantino.

RICK GONZALES (D):  Assemblymembers Felipe Fuentes, Nicole Parra and Nell Soto; former Asm. Steve Peace; United Food Commercial Workers Local 174D

 

ALLAN HOFFENBLUM, Publisher – AL PROSS, TONY QUINN, DARRY SRAGOW, Co-Editors. 
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