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I am honored to have the endorsements from the following community leaders:
Elected Officials:
- Congressmember Zoe Lofgren
- Congressmember Mike Honda
- California State Senator Ellen Corbett
- California State Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr.
- California State Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski
- Former California State Assemblymember Sally Lieber
- Former California State Assemblymember Jim Cunneen
- Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith
- Santa Clara County Board President George Shirakawa
- Santa Clara County Board Vice President Ken Yeager
- Santa Clara County Supervisor David Cortese
- Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss
- Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone
- San Jose City Councilmember Ash Kalra
- San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo
- San Jose City Councilmember Xavier Campos
- San Jose City Councilmember Donald Rocha
- San Jose City Councilmember Nancy Pyle
- Former San Jose Mayor Norman Mineta
- Former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery
- Former San Jose City Councilmember Forrest Williams
- Former San Jose City Councilmember Claude Fletcher
- Jose Esteves, Mayor, City of Milpitas
- Richard Santos, Board Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District
- Don Gage, Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Director and Former Santa Clara County Supervisor
- Mark Green, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) President and Union City Mayor
- R. Michael Kasperzak, Jr., Mountain View Mayor and League of California Cities President
- Jamie Matthews, Mayor, City of Santa Clara
- Jamie McLeod, Council Member, City of Santa Clara
- Lisa Gillmore, Council Member, City of Santa Clara
- Kevin Moore, Council Member, City of Santa Clara
- David Whittum, Vice Mayor, City of Sunnyvale
- Cat Tucker, Mayor Pro Tempore, City of Gilroy
- Bill Harrison, Council Member, City of Fremont
- Steve Cho, Former Fremont City Council Member
- John Dutra, Fremont Council Member and Former California State Assemblymember
- Scott Haggerty, Supervisor, Alameda County
- Wilma Chan, Supervisor, Alameda County
Education Leaders:
- Khoa Nguyen, Board President, Berryessa Union School District
- Linda Chen, Board Vice President, Berryessa Union School District
- David Neighbors, Board Clerk, Berryessa Union School District
- David Cohen, Board Member, Berryessa Union School District
- Richard Claspill, Board Member, Berryessa Union School District
- Frank Biehl, Board President, East Side Union High School District
- Lan Nguyen, Board Member, East Side Union High School District
- Van Le, Board Member, East Side Union High School District
- Eddie Garcia, Former Board President, East Side Union High School District
- Patricia Martinez-Roach, Board Member, East Side Union High School District
- Anna Song, Board Member, Santa Clara County Board of Education
- Chris Stampolis, Board Member, West Valley-Mission Community College
Organizations:
- San Jose Fire Fighters - IAFF Local 230
- San Jose Police Officers Association
- Association of Retired San Jose Police Officers and Fire Fighters
- PORAC
- Teamsters Local Union No. 665
- Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee
- California School Employee Association - Berryessa Chapter 364
- East Side Teachers Association PAC
- Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club
- California League of Conservation Voters
- Santa Clara County DAWN (Democratic Activists for Women Now)
- BAYMEC (Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee)
- Silicon Valley Young Democrats
- Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum
San Jose Commissioners:
- Linda Locke, Neighborhood Commission
- Chaitanya Vaidya, Senior Citizens Commission
- Cora Tomalinas, First 5 Commissioner
- Andres Quintero, Vice Chair, San Jose Airport Commission
- Max Chen, Vice Chair, San Jose Youth Commission
- Kasey Ong, former Chair, San Jose Youth Commission
- Kimberly Loo, former member, San Jose Youth Commission
- Clark Williams, San Jose Appeals Hearing Board
- Brian Ho, Small Business Commission
- David Parker, Appeals Hearing Board Member and Former Vice-Chair of Human Rights Commission
San Jose Business Leaders:
- Robert Chen, CEO, RAE Systems
- Peter Lee, CEO, APlus Flash Tech
- Hai Dang, GD Commercial Real Estate & Berryessa Business Association Treasurer
- Ivan Liang, Owner, Liang's Kitchen
Community Leaders:
- Rod Diridon, Sr., Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute
- Dale Osborn
- Dean McCully
- David Hernandez
- Betty Barajas
- Elizabeth Macias
- Peter Kuo
- Dr. D. V. Giri
- JoAnn Lu-Carino
- Ane-Pin Sun
- Yung Chi Chung
- Arthur Low
- Rebecca Wei
- Andrew Bi & Cindy Liu
- Fu-Jane Lee
- Jeffry S.C. Chang
- Tom Liu & Yunfei Liu
- Albert Wang
- Darrell Cortez, Retired SJPD
- Helen Chapman, San Jose Unified School District - Research Specialist
- Sam Liu & Jean Tang
- James Abe
- Shaoher Pan
- Ann Woo
- Angela Yang
- Jian Qin Xie
- Merylee Shelton, San Jose Evergreen Community College District Professor
- Lisa Bickford
- Dean McCully
- Bob Huber
- Ing-Ning Lin
- Murphy Sabatino
- Yvonne Mei
- Chun Ya Chen
- David Kitahara
- Rosylin Dean
- Barinder S. Ahluwalia
- Ozzie Albini
- Linda & Bryan Talmage
- Kim Gomez, Northwood PTA, North Valley Council PTA
- Debbie McDonald
- Stephanie Fong, Milpitas Parks and Recreation Commissioner
- Johnson Tran, Independent Police Auditor's Teen Leadership Council Member and President of the IHS Vietnamese Student Association
- Dhaval Brahmbhatt
- Charu Vaidya
- Pradip Banerjee
- Alice Thipphavong
- Donna Glenville
- Elaine Trinh, former District 4 Youth Advisory Council Member
- Christopher Zhou
- Hilaria Bauer
- Felicia Jin, former District 4 Youth Advisory Council Member
- Steven Minh Dovan
- Bob Dhillon
- Ly Tong
- Sun Tu, Co-Founder of VIVO
- Bao Trieu, Co-Founder of VIVO
- Colonel Dai Vo
- General Bin
- Rachel Diaz
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