Candidate for
State Senator; District 7

Public Officials

George Miller, Member of Congress
Ellen Tauscher, Member of Congress
Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer
Don Perata, California State Senate President pro Tempore
Tom Torlakson, California State Senator, Democratic Caucus Chair
Richard Alarcón, California State Senator
Loni Hancock, California State Assemblymember
Fran Pavley, California State Assemblymember
Pete McCloskey, Former California United States Congressman
Dan Boatwright, Former California State Senator
John Burton, Former California State Senate President pro Tempore
Robert Campbell, Former California State Assemblymember
John Knox, Former State Assemblyman
James Kellogg, President, California Fish and Game Commission and International Representative, United Plumbers & Pipefitters *
Loretta Lynch Former President - California Public Utilities Commission
John Gioia, Supervisor, Contra Costa County
Millie Greenberg, Former Supervisor, Contra Costa County
Mary King, Former Supervisor, Alameda County
Jeff Smith, MD, Former Supervisor, Contra Costa County
Bob Kochly, District Attorney, Contra Costa County
Janet Abelson, Mayor, City of El Cerrito
Irma Anderson, Mayor, City of Richmond
Susan Bonilla, Mayor, City of Concord
Trevor Evans-Young, Mayor, City of Hercules
Donald P. Freitas, Mayor, City of Antioch
Genoveva Garcia Calloway, Mayor, City of San Pablo
Rob Schroder, Mayor, City of Martinez
Laura Abrams, Councilmember, City of Orinda
Maria Alegria, Councilmember, City of Pinole
Newell Arnerich, Councilmember, Town of Danville
Sharon Brown, Councilmember, City of San Pablo
Joe Gomes, Councilmember, City of San Pablo
John Hanecak, Councilmember, City of Pleasant Hill
Dr. Michael Harris, Councilmember, City of Pleasant Hill
Brian Kalinowski, Councilmember, City of Antioch
Janet Kennedy, Councilmember, City of Martinez
Julia E. Miller, Councilmember, City of Sunnyvale
Pete Murray, Councilmember, City of Pinole
Steve Rabinowitsh, Councilmember, City of Santa Rosa
Charleen Raines, Councilmember, City of Hercules
Mark Ross, Councilmember, City of Martinez
Bill Shinn, Councilmember, City of Concord
Victoria Smith, Councilmember, City of Orinda
Tony Thurman, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Maria Theresa Viramontes, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Amy Worth, Councilmember, City of Orinda
Henry Cobb, Municipal Advisory Councilmember,Pacheco
Hope V. Scott, Municipal Advisory Councilmember, El Sobrante
Susan Swift, Municipal Advisory Councilmember, El Sobrante and the R-9 Service Area
Erlene DeMarcus, Past President of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board
Ronald Mullin, Esq., Former Mayor of Concord
Yvonne Beals, Former Mayor of Pittsburg
Barney Parsons, Former Mayor, City of Antioch, TriDelta Transit Board & Lifetime Member VFW 6435
Mary Rocha, Former Mayor, City of Antioch
Herman Blackmon, Former Councilmember, City of Hercules
Anne Grodin, Former Councilmember, City of Lafayette
Linda Lewis, Former City Councilmember, City of Martinez
Tim Sbranti, Former Councilmember, City of Dublin
Kris Valstad, Former Mayor of Hercules
Barbara Woodburn, Former City Councilmember, City of Martinez
Howard Adams, Member, Crockett Improvement District
Dick Allen, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board
David Bowlby, San Ramon Regional Planning Commissioner
Bud Burlison, Crockett-Carquinez Fire District Commission
Lynette Tanner Busby, Contra Costa Fair Board Director and Planning Commissioner, City of Martinez
Ana Marie Bustos, Contra Costa Fair Board Director
Joe Campbell, President, Contra Costa Water District
Mae Cendana, Board Member, Bay Point Ambrose Recreation and Park District
Gary Eberhart, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board Member
Greg Enholm, Board Member, Bay Point Ambrose Recreation and Park District
Rudy Fernandez, Contra Costa Commission on Aging
Carmen Gaddis, Planning Commissioner, Contra Costa County
Jack Garcia, Planning Commissioner, City of Pittsburg
Vicki Gordon, Martinez Unified School Boardmember
Janess Hanson, Former Bay Point Transportation Advisory Committee *
Roger Henry, Planning Commissioner, City of Antioch;Contra Costa County Fair Board Member; and incoming President East County NAACP
Richard Jensen, Planning Commissioner, City of Concord
Joel Keller, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board President and Former Mayor of Antioch
Louie Mangini, Contra Costa Fair Board Director
Linda Mayo, President, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board Member
Kathi McLaughlin, Martinez Unified School Board Member
Gail Murray, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board Member
John Pereira, Contra Costa Fair Board Director
Ted Radke, East Bay Regional Parks District Board Member
Carolyn Robinson, Martinez City Treasurer
Donnie Snyder, Planning Commissioner, Contra Costa County
Douglas Stewart, Pacheco Town Council VP
John Stucke, Contra Costa County Airport Advisory Committee
Marvin Terrell, Planning Commissioner, Contra Costa County
April Treece, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board Member
James Villegas, City of Oakley Representative, Contra Costa County Library Commission Youth Associate Commissioner, Contra Costa County Human Relations Commission
George A Harris, III Esq., Former Board Member, West Contra Costa Unified School District

Community Leaders

Al Accurso
Tom Adams, Esq., Board President, California League of Conservation Voters*
Pam Aguilar
Gena Alexander
Kevin Alexander
Orin Allen
Craig Andersen, Attorney At Law
José Luis Archaga
Tom Aswad
Mehrzad Azari
Tom Baca, Business Manager, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local #549*
Patti Barsotti
Rocci Barsotti
Octavia Bazile, President, AFSCME Local 2700*
Lisa Beaty, Firefighter's Local 1230 *
Gregory Bedard
Henry Beede
Bryan Berthiaume
R. M. Bonnefield, Attorney At Law
Art Bonwell
James Bouquin, President, The Arthritis Foundation *
Carroll Beard, Contra Costa Library Commission
Melvin Breshears
James Britto
Cheryl Brown, Political Associate, Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County, AFL-CIO *
Harold Brown
Jim Busby
Chuck Carpenter
Justin Carpenter
Laura Case
Evelyn Centeno
Craig Cheslog and Kari Dahlen
Jeff Clark, President, United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union Local 12-5 (USW)*
Yvonne Clark
James Cleary
Jay Clemons
James and Patty Coalter
Colin and Mila Coffey
Dean Colombo, Teacher, John Swett Unified School District *
Amanda Cordero
George Costa
Bneta Davido
Gregg Davidson, United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1179*
Mack and Diane Davis
Sidnie Davis
June Dellapa
Jeffrey Dodge, Chair, 11th Assembly District Democratic Party *
Eddie Downer, Mechanics Bank *
Kim Ellis
Arlyn Erdman, Public Employees Union, Local One *
Heather Saunders Estes, President/CEO Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo *
Larry Estes, Local 342*
Jayne Faria
Greg Feere, Contra Costa County Building Trades Council*
Betty Fisher, Former Chief of Staff District 4, Contra Costa County*
Ben Fong, Retired Teacher
Serge B. Froloff
Jane Fuentes
Glen Fuller, Senior Vice President, MacKenzie Patterson, Inc.*
Glenn Fuller
Erin Gabel
Sheryl Granzella
Joe Garaventa
Sil Garaventa
Ralph Garrow, Jr., Ralph Garrow Real Estate
Joe Goglio
Elmo A. Gonzalez
Audrey Gordon
Don Gosney
Frank B. Hall, III
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hamameh, Public Employees Union, Local One *
Margaret & Thomas Hanlon-Gradie
Carol Hatch, Former Chief of Staff, Rep. George Miller*
Peter Hellmann
Martha Henry
Michael Hernandez, Streamfitters Union Local 342*
Beverly Hill
Aram Hodess, Business Manager Plumbers & Steamfitters, U.A. Local #159*
Dr. Kent Hobert
Nancy Hobert
Erich Holtman, Secretary Contra Costa Central Democratic Party*
Dan Honey
Donald & Jane Houser
Curlie Jackson, Vice President + East County NAACP*
Denis Jackson
Andrea Johnson
Marc D. Joseph, Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo*
Paul & Deidre Katz
Lynda Kilday
Eizo and Mary Kobayashi
Jan Kunz
Kathy Lafferty
Dorothy Lamendola
Cyndie Lee, Vice President, AFSCME Local 2700*
Alisha Lee-Frierson
Oscar Lewis, Jr.
Ray Link
Timothy Lipman, Research Scientist UC Berkeley *
Andrea Lotti
Eleanor Loynd, Retired Teacher
Barbara and Ted Lynch
Palmer Madden, 2000-2001 President of the California State Bar*
Felicia Marcus, Former Regional Administrator, U.S. Enivornmental Protection Agency & Board Member, California League of Conservation Voters*
Tony Martarella
Steve McCoy
Marie McDonald
Chris McGinnis
Dave McGrath-Wagner
Timothy McLoughlin
James Mc Millan
Antonio Medrano
Stephen Mikich, Streamfitters Union Local 342*
Mark Mikovich, Rodeo-Hercules Firefighter*
Reggie Moore, President, AFSCME Local 444*
Don Mount
Joseph Neri, Business Owner
Mike Noce
Carlyn Obringer
Hal & Marie Olson
Gloria Omania
Pam Pagni-Sawyer
Raymond R. Pallotta
Lauri Parks
Martha Parsons
Dale Peterson, IBEW Local 302, Assistant Business Manager *
Darin Peterson, Secretary/Treasurer, United Professional FireFighters Local 1230 *
Nadine Peyrucain, Past President, AFSCME Local 512*
Karen Piona
Joel Pitta-Flannery, AFSCME Local 2700*
Walt Powers, District Representative, Operating Engineers Local 3 *
Frank Puglisi
Tom Quinn
Kathy Radke
Connie Rainey, ATU 1555 Station Agent Representative*
Nagaraja Rao, Chair, Contra Costa Democratic Party*
Stephen Rojek
Cathy Roof
Bob Rossi
Natalie Russell
Jacque Salvador
Maria A. Sanchez
Harpeet Sandhu, Sikh Temple of El Sobrante*
Rosa Sandoval-Jaureque
Deb Saunders, President, Blue Star Moms, East Bay Chapter*
Heather Saunders Estes, President, Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo*
Bill Schlant, Public Employees Union, Local One *
Craig Schoenthaler
David Schonbrunn, President, Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund (TRANSDEF)*
John Schreiber
Ann Scott
Eliza Sensmeier
Susan Shaheen, UC Berkeley Research Scientist *
Safiyya Shaheed
Gail Shinn
Edward Sigismondo
Karl Slifer
Valerie Sloven
Scott Singley
Andrés Soto
Ché Soto-Vigil
Mark Spilker, Business Owner
Chuck and Salli Spoon
Anna Stephens
Dante Stewart
Tony Suh
Mary P. Sullivan
William Swenson, Vice President, Public Employees Union Local One *
Rod Talavera, Founder - United Filipino American Association*
Wendy Therrian
Darnell Turner, Former President East County NAACP*
Janet Volpa
Richard Voisey, Pinole Firefighter*
Terri Waller
Erika Walters
Robert Weinberg
Wil Wendt
Bob Whatford
Laura and Ernie Winslow
John L. Winther
Kevin Wise
Patricia Wright
Gladys Ybanez
Don Zampa

Organizations

AFSCME CA
Bay Area Police Officers Peace Officers Research Association
Black American Political Action Committee of Contra Costa
California Democratic Party
California Faculty Association
California Federation of Teachers
California Association of Highway Patrolmen
California Labor Federation AFL-CIO
California League of Conservation Voters
California National Organization for Women
California Professional Firefighters
California School Employees Association
California State Employees Association
California State Building Construction Trades
California State Pipe Trades Council
California Teachers Association
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
Contra Costa Central Labor Council
Contra Costa County Building Trades Council
Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff's Association
Contra Costa Firefighters Local 1230
CDF Firefighters
Chinese American Political Association CAPA
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Fil-Am Democratic Caucus of Contra Costa County
International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers #16
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge 1546
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local #549
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 302
Iron Workers Local 378
Machinists Automotive Trades Local Lodge 1173
Operating Engineers Local 3
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
Peace Officers Research Association of California-PORAC
Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo
Professional Engineers in California Government
Public Employees - Local One
SEIU Local 535
SEIU CA State Council
SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West
State Coalition of Probation Officers SCOPO
Teamsters Local #315
United Association Local Union 342
United Food & Commercial Workers #1179
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union Local 12-5