Candidate for
State Senator; District 26

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ELECTED OFFICIALS

Hilda Solis, US Secretary of Labor (ret.)

Adam Schiff, Member of Congress

Juan Vargas, Member of Congress

Diane Watson, Member of Congress (ret.)

Marty Block, California State Senator

Lou Correa, California State Senator

Noreen Evans, California State Senator

Ed Hernandez, California State Senator

Ben Hueso, California State Senator

Ricardo Lara, California State Senator

Mark Leno, California State Senator

Holly Mitchell, California State Senator

Fran Pavley, California State Senator

Fiona Ma, Assembly Speaker pro Tem, California Assembly (ret.)

Cindy Montanez, California Assemblymember (ret.)

George Nakano, California Assemblymember (ret.)

John Frierson, Chair, California Athletic Commission*

Paul Koretz, Los Angeles City Councilmember

Mitch O'Farrell, Los Angeles City Councilmember

Curren Price, Jr., Los Angeles City Councilmember

Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles City Councilmember (ret.)

Steve Zimmer, Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member

John D'Amico, Mayor Pro Tempore of West Hollywood

John Duran, West Hollywood City Councilmember

Jeff Prang, West Hollywood City Councilmember

Denny Zane, Mayor of Santa Monica (ret.)

Gene Barnett, Torrance City Councilmember

Pat Furey, Torance City Councilmember

Kurt Weideman, Torrance City Councilmember

William Brien, Beverly Hills City Councilmember

Stephen P. Webb, Mayor of Beverly Hills (ret.)

Hany Fangary, Hermosa Beach City Councilmember

George Schmeltzer, Mayor of Hermosa Beach (ret.)

Jeff Duclos, Hermosa Beach City Councilmember (ret.)

Howard Fishman, Hermosa Beach City Councilmember (ret.)

Bill Brand, Redondo Beach City Councilmember

Steve Sammarco, Redondo Beach City Councilmember

Mike Gin, Mayor of Redondo Beach (ret.)

Portia Cohen, Mayor of Manhattan Beach (ret.)

Lou LaMonte, Malibu City Councilmember

Andre Quintero, Mayor of El Monte

Jim Dear, Mayor of Carson

Nilo Michelin, Hawthorne City Councilmember

Cliff Numark, Member, El Camino College Board of Trustees

Dana Cortez, Torrance City Treasurer*

Carol Kwan, President, West Basin Municipal Water District

Jim Boulgarides, El Segundo City Councilmember (ret.)

Dr. Bill Watkins, El Segundo School Board Member

Dr. Jeanie Nishime, Vice President, El Segundo Board of Education*

Ray Waters, Hermosa Beach City School Board Member (ret.)

Dora De La Rosa, Palos Verdes Peninsula School Board Member (ret.)

Vanessa Poster, Board Member, Beach Cities Health District

Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair, State Water Resources Control Board

Ruth Williams, Public Safety Commissioner, City of West Hollywood

Jimmy Gow, Cable TV Commissioner, City of Torrance

ORGANIZATIONS

Beach Cities Democratic Club

California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV)

Democrats for Israel Los Angeles

Gardena Valley Democratic Club

Mexican American Bar Association - PAC (MABA-PAC)

Mexican American Democratic Club

Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project Los Angeles County (PPAP)

Progressive Democratic Club

Stonewall Young Democrats

Torrance Democratic Club

Women's Political Committee (WPC)

West Hollywood Democratic Club / Beverly Hills Democratic Club

West LA Democratic Club

LABOR UNIONS AND LEADERS

Dolores Huerta, Founder and President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and Co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW)*

AFSCME California PEOPLE

California School Employees Association (CSEA)

Communications Workers of America (CWA) Southern California Council

ILWU Southern California District Council

Laborers Local 300

Operating Engineers Local 12

Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)

UAW Region 5 Western States CAP Council

United Nurses Association of California (UNAC)

Raymond Cordova, Chair, South County Labor, AFL-CIO*

PUBLIC SAFETY

California Association of Highway Patrolmen (CAHP)

California Professional Firefighters (CPF)

CDF Firefighters (CAL FIRE)

California State Firefighters' Association (CSFA)

Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association (LAAPOA)

Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association (LACOLA)

Los Angeles County Firefighters IAFF Local 1014

Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC)

Redondo Beach Police Officers Association (RBPOA)

Santa Monica Firefighters IAFF Local 1109

Torrance Firefighters Association (TFFA)

Torrance Police Officers Association (TPOA)

United Firefighters Los Angeles City Local 112 (UFLAC)

COMMUNITY AND POLICY LEADERS

Diane Abbitt, Co-founder of Equality California (EQCA)*

Saeed Ali

Martha Dina Arguello, Physicians for Social Responsibility*

Ed Begley Jr.

Bobbi Buescher, Democratic Activist

Paula Daniels, Founder, Los Angeles Food Policy Council* and Past President, Heal the Bay*

Fran Diamond, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Board* and CLCV Board Member

Johnathan Ervin, 1st Vice Chair- Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party*

Frances Fisher, Actor

Todd Flora, Chair, Santa Monica Rent Control Board & Heal the Bay Board Member

Jack Fujimoto, Sawtelle Community Leader

Adam Galia, Member at Large, Stonewall Young Democrats

Laura Herrera, Operations Vice President, Stonewall Young Democrats

Scott Houston, Secretary, Tree Musketeers and Secretary, LAX Area Democratic Club*

Rudy and Joyce Jimenez

Dr. Tom Johnstone, Superintendent, Wiseburn School District*

Alissa Ko, Former President, California Young Democrats*

Lilly Ledbetter, National Equal Pay Activist

Linda Lucks, President, Venice Neighborhood Council*

Mary Luevano, Interim Executive Director, Global Green USA*

Joseph K. Lyou, Ph.D., Governor's Appointee, South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board*

Alma Martinez, Office of Los Angeles City Attorney*

Dency Nelson, Environmental Activist

Mary Nichols, Chairman, California Air Resources Board*

Rabbi Yossi Mintz + Jewish Community Center Chabad of Beach Cities*

Kyle Orlemann, Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America*

Thom O'Shaughnessy, Region 3 Vice-Chair, Los Angeles County Democratic Party*

Bill Roberts, Vice President, Westchester Democratic Club*

Cara Robin, President, West LA Democratic Club*

Ari Ruiz, President, Stonewall Young Democrats

Mustafa Sesay, Democratic Activist

Marc Saltzberg, former President, West LA Democratic Club*

Paul Scott, Electric Vehicle and Renewable Energy Activist

Nancy Stephens, Union of Concerned Scientists*

Cathy Unger, Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project*

Carol Waters

Howard Welinsky

Wendy Wendlandt, Public Interest and Environmental Leader

Rick Zbur

• For identification purposes only.