Candidate for
State Senator; District 9

Loni Hancock for State Senate
Endorsements (05/05/08)

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Congressman George Miller
Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher

Bill Lockyer, California State Treasurer

Judy Chu, State Board of Equalization, District 4
Betty Yee, Chairwoman, State Board of Equalization, District 1

State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata
Speaker of the State Assembly Fabian Núñez
State Senate President Pro Tem-elect Darrell Steinberg
Speaker of the State Assembly-elect Karen Bass

California Democratic Party
California League of Conservation Voters
California Legislative Black Caucus
California List
California National Organization for Woman
Capital Political Action Committee
East Bay Lesbian/Gay Democratic Club
Sierra Club
National Women's Political Caucus of Contra Costa County
Black American Political Action Committee of Contra Costa County
Los Angeles African American Women PAC
Oakland Political Action Committee
West Contra Costa Latina/o Democratic Club
Tri-Valley Democratic Club
Cal Berkeley Democrats
Castro Valley Democratic Club
El Cerrito Democratic Club
Alameda County Democratic Lawyers
Berkeley Citizens Action
Black Women Organized for Political Action
East Bay Peace Action
San Francisco Bay Guardian
AFSCME, Local 2700 United Clerical, Technical and Specialized Employees
Alameda Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 689
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 3299
Berkeley Federation of Teachers
Berkeley Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 1227
California Nurses Association
California Conference of Machinists
California Federation of Teachers
California Labor Federation
California Teachers Association
Central Labor Council of Alameda County
Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County
Communication Workers of America, Northern California & Nevada Council
Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 302
International Longshore & Warehouse Union, Northern California District Council
International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, District Council 16 Northern CA & Nevada
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of American, UAW Region 5
Laborers International Union of America, Local 324
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
Public Employees Union, Local One
Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union No. 104
State Coalition of Probation Organizations
Teamsters' Joint Council No. 7
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 5
United Professional Firefighters of Contra Costa County, IAFF Local 1230

Tom Bates, Mayor, City of Berkeley
Ken Bukowski, Mayor, City of Emeryville
Ronald V. Dellums, Mayor, City of Oakland
Beverly Johnson, Mayor, City of Alameda
Marshall Kamena, Mayor, City of Livermore
Robert Lieber, Mayor, City of Albany
Janet Lockhart, Mayor, City of Dublin
Tony Santos, Mayor, City of San Leandro
Victoria Smith, Mayor, City of Orinda

State Senator Alan Lowenthal
State Senator Gloria Romero, Majority Leader

Assemblymember Sally Lieber, Speaker Pro Tem
Assemblymember Kevin DeLeon, Assistant Majority Leader
Assemblymember Noreen Evans, Chair, Democratic Caucus
Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr., Chair of Human Services Committee
Assemblymember Patty Berg, Chair, Women's Caucus; Select Cmte. on Aging & Long-Term Care
Assemblymember Anna Calballero, Chair, Select Committee on Youth & Violence Prevention
Assemblymember Charles Calderon, Chair of Revenue and Taxation Committee
Assemblymember Mike Davis, Chair, Select Committee on Rail Transportation
Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier, Chair, Select Committee on Growth Management
Assemblymember Mervyn Dymally, Chair, Health Committee & Chair, CA Legislative Black Caucus
Assemblymember Mike Feuer, Chair, Budget Subcomt. on Information Technology & Transportation
Assemblymember Ed Hernandez, Chair, Cmte. on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security
Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Chair, Committee on Environmental Safety & Toxics
Assemblymember Paul Krekorian, Chair, Select Cmte. on Preservation of CA's Entertainment Industry
Assemblymember Mark Leno, Chair, Appropriations Committee
Assemblymember Tony Mendoza, Rules Committee
Assemblymember Gene Mullin, Chair, Education Committee
Assemblymember Anthony Portantino, Chair Higher Education Committee
Assemblymember Ira Ruskin, Budget Committee, Chair Environmental Subcommittee
Assemblymember Mary Salas, Chair, Veterans Affairs Committee
Assemblymember Jose Solorio, Chair, Public Safety Committee
Assemblymember Sandré Swanson, Chair Labor Committee
Assemblymember Alberto Torrico, Chair, Governmental Organization Committee
Assemblymember Lois Wolk, Chair, Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
Former Assemblymember Johan Klehs
Former Assemblymember John T. Knox
Former Assemblymember Carol Liu
Former Assemblymember Fran Pavley

Keith Carson, Supervisor, Alameda County
John Gioia, Supervisor, Contra Costa County
Aaron Peskin, Supervisor, San Francisco County

Jennie Rhine, Former Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Marge Atkinson, Councilmember, City of Albany
Farid Javandel, Councilmember, City of Albany
Jewel Okawatchi, Councilmember, City of Albany
Joanne Wile, Councilmember, City of Albany
Allan Maris, former Mayor, City of Albany
Peggy Thomsen, former Mayor, City of Albany

Max Anderson, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Laurie Capitelli, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Linda Maio, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Darryl Moore, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Betty Olds, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Gordon Wozniak, Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Ann Chandler, former Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Frederick Collignon, former Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Miriam Hawley, former Councilmember, City of Berkeley
Ying Lee, former Councilmember, City of Berkeley

Ruth Atkin, Councilmember and Vice Mayor, City of Emeryville
Nora Davis, Coucilmember, City of Emeryville
Dick Kassis, Councilmember, City of Emeryville

Tom Butt, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Ludmyrna Lopez, Councilmember, City of Richmond
John Marquez, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Harpreet Sandhu, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Tony Thurmond, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Maria Theresa Viramontes, Councilmember, City of Richmond
Irma Anderson, former Mayor, City of Richmond
Rosemary Corbin, former Mayor, City of Richmond
George Livingston, former Mayor, City of Richmond
John Ziesenhenne, former Councilmember, City of Richmond

Janet Abelson, Councilmember, City of El Cerrito
Maria Alegria, Councilmember, City of Pinole
Cheryl Cook-Kallio, Councilmember, City of Pleasanton
David Durant, Coucilmember, City of Pleasant Hill
Anne Grodin, former Councilmember, City of Lafayette
John Marchand, Councilmember, City of Livermore
Reginald L. Moore, Councilmember, City of Antioch
Jim Prola, Councilmember, City of San Leandro
Jean Quan, Councilmember, City of Oakland
Tim Sbranti, Councilmember, City of Dublin
Joanne Ward, Councilmember and Vice Mayor, City of Hercules
Amy Worth, Councilmember, City of Orinda

Alice Creason, former Mayor, City of Piedmont
Claudia McCormick, Former Mayor, City of Dublin
Linda Jeffery Sailors, former Mayor City of Dublin
Sheila Young, Former Mayor, San Leandro

Sandia Potter, Former Councilmember, City of El Cerrito
Tom Ritter, Former Councilmember, City of Livermore

Courtney Ruby, Oakland City Auditor

Dennis Chaconas, Member, Alameda County Board of Education
Jacki Fox Ruby, Member, Alameda County Board of Education
Janet Gibson, Trustee, Alameda Unified School District Board of Education
Tracy Lynn Jensen, Trustee, Alameda Unified School District Board of Education

Jamie Calloway, Member and Vice President, Albany Unified School District Board of Education
Miriam Walden, Member, Albany Unified School District Board of Education
Nadine Ghammache, Former Member, Albany Unified School District Board of Education

Karen Hemphill, Director, Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education
Shirley Issel, Director, Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education
Nancy Riddle, Director and Vice President, Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education
Terry Doran, Former Director, Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education

Kurt Brinkman, Member and Vice President, Emery Unified School District Board of Education
Melodi Dice, Member, Emery Unified School District Board of Education
Miguel Dwin, Member, Emery Unified School District Board of Education
Joshua Simon, Member and President, Emery Unified School District Board of Education
Cheryl Webb, Member, Emery Unified School District Board of Education

Christopher Dobbins, Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education
Gregory Hodge, Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education
Kerry Hammill, Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education
David Kakishiba, Director and President, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education
Dan Siegel, former Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education
Alice Spearman, Director, Oakland Unified School District Board of Education

Stephen Cassidy, Member, San Leandro Unified School District Board of Education

Joan Buchanan, Member and Vice President, San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education

Pamela Mirabella, Area 1 Trustee, Contra Costa County Board of Education

Audry Miles, Member, West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education
Karen Pfeifer, President, West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education
Charles Ramsey, Member, West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education
Glen Price, former Member, West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education

Jennifer E. Henry, Member, Dublin School Unified District Board of Education
John Ledahl, Member, Dublin School Unified District Board of Education

Mary Lou Eggiman, former Member, Castro Valley Unified School District Board of Education
Nicky González Yuen, Member, Peralta Community College District
Cy Gulassa, Area 6 Board Vice President, Peralta Community College District
Joseph Ovick, Superintendent of Schools, Contra Costa County

Greg Harper, Member, AC Transit Board of Directors
Rocky Fernandez, Member, AC Transit Board of Directors
H.E. Christian Peeples, Member, AC Transit Board of Directors
Joe Wallace, Member, AC Transit Board of Directors

Robert Franklin, Member, BART Board of Directors
Gail Murray, Member, BART Board of Directors
Erlene DeMarcus, former Member, BART Board of Directors

Katy Foulkes, Director, East Bay Municipal Utility District
Andy Katz, Director, East Bay Municipal Utility District
Lesa MacIntosh, President, East Bay Municipal Utility District
David Richardson, former Director, East Bay Municipal Utility District

Ted Radke, Member, East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors
Nancy Skinner, Member, East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors
John Sutter, Member, East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors
Ayn Wieskamp, President, East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors
Nagaraja Rao, Chair, Contra Costa County Democratic Party
Elizabeth Echols, Alameda County Democratic Central Committee
Maggie Gee, Alameda County Democratic Central Committee
Beverly Greene, Alameda County Democratic Central Committee

Timothy McGowan, Director, Castro Valley Sanitary District

Additional Endorsements:

Mark Aaronson
Ronald Adler
Margaret & Moshe Alafi
Stephanie Allan
Adele R. Amodeo
Elaine Attias
Beatrice Barrighen
Louis Barnett
Michael Barnett
Kathleen Barry
Dale Bartlett
John Bass
June Batterman
Dena Belzer
Jane Bergen
Bruce Beyaert
Marjorie Blackwell
R. Lewis Van Blois
Judith Bloom
Carl Blumstein
Regina Blus
Dorothy Boberg
Daniel Boggan
Charles Boije
Hal Brandel
Robert Brauer
Myrtle L. Braxton
Doras Briggs
Mark Briggs
Lorie S. Brillinger
Donald Brody
Roberta Brooks
Louise W. Brown
Meredith Brown
Guy Bryant
Evangeline Buell
Lisa Bullwinkel
Robert Burnett
Jody Bush
Winston Burton
Helen H. Cagampang
Joy Carlin
Pamela Calvert
Stephanie Cartwright
Peggy Casey
S. Boona Cheema
Suzanne G. Chun
Edward Church
Louise Clark
Denis Clifford
Davida Coady
Janet Santos Cobb
Isaac Cohen
Mark Cohen
Sam Cohen
Michael Colbruno
Joan Cole
Joan Collignon
Geoffrey A. Cook
Toni Cook
Doug Corbin
Vicki L. Cosgrove
Judy Cox
Rev. George E. Crespin
Betsy Crites
Afton Crooks
Sheila Daar
John DeClercq
Quinn Delaney
Pamela M. Doolan
Lenore Doran
Terry Doran
Pamela Drake
Roderic Duncan
Troy Duster
Kevin Eckard
Edwin M. Epstein
Russ Ellis
Henry M. Elson
Ronald Elson
Paul Fadelli
Bill Falik
Timothy Farley
Warren Felt
Douglas Field
Mitch Fine
Richard Flacks
Stewart Florsheim
Stanley & Mary Friedman
Mike Friedrich
Rick Furtado
Joel Garcia
Toni Garrett
Marjorie Gelb
Joshua Genser
Sandi Genser-Mack
Robin Gilbert
Abby Ginzberg
John and Judith Glass
John Gooding
Louis Goodman
Madeline R. Goodwin
Tom Gorham
Nancy Gorrell
Alan Gould
Robert Greem
Claire Greensfelder
Glenn Gregory
Donald F. Grether
Mary Jane Gross
Seymour Grossman
Cecille Grunwald-Gunst
John Hall
Bruce H. Hamilton
Timothy Hansen
Harry Hartman
Frederic Harvey
Jerrold Hatchett
Miriam Hawley
Richard Heggie
Richard Hemann
Bonnie Cediel Henderson
Barbara Hendrickson
Judith Herrmann
E. Patricia Herron
Douglas Herst
Charity Hirsch
Collie Hooven
Archana Horsting
Erik Housh
Melody Howe-Weintraub
Floyd Huen
Bishop Bob Jackson
Anthony "Van" Jones
Conway & Leslie Jones
Emmett Jones
Wayne Jordan
Barbara Kamena
Ali Kashani
Jonathan Kaufman
Jim Kellogg
Joanna Kim-Selby
Mary V. King
Marilyn Kizziah
Kathy Klein
Jean Knox
Janet Kranzberg
Barry Krisberg
Judith Kunofsky
Jack Kurzweil
Norman La Force
Barbara L. Lanier
Don Lau
Rev. Phil Lawson
Robert Lawson
Eleanore Lee
Joann Lee
Eric Leenson
Joan Leon
Rose Lernberg
Deborah Leveen
Robert Levin
Beatriz Levya-Cutler
David Lewis
Margaret Lin
Jack C. Lockhart
Davis Loeb
Dexter Louie
Bertram Lubin
Judith Lubman
Laura Mahanes
Jeannette Mahoney
Paul J. Makela
Monica Marini-Leenson
Kathy Marshall
Jim Martin
David Matza
David M. Mayeri
Marie McDonald
Christine and John McGinnis
James McGrath
Karen McKie
Sylvia C. McLaughlin
Martin McNair
Leon McNeely
Fred Medrano
Carolyn Merchant
John and Helen Meyer
Tom Meyer
Regina Minudri
Nils Moe
Soheyl Modarressi
Ron Mooney
Reggie Moore
Raquel Newman
Barbarette Newton
John Nigol
Alpha Quincy
Frances Packard
Eva Paterson
Patricia Player
Jennifer Peck
James N. Penrod
Rev. Marvis V. Peoples
Arnold Perkins
Howie Perlin
Rita B. Perry
Geoffrey Pete
Denise Pinkston
George & Guyla Ponomareff
Therese Powell
Rabbi Ferenc Raj
Steve Rasmussen
Irvin Rautenberg
Hillary Joffe Reinis
Rona Renner
Barbara Rhine
Ann Riley
Walter Riley
Richard Robbins
Charles L. Robinson
Ces Rosales and Sue Ferrera
Sylvia Rosales-Fike
David Rosenthal
Susan Rosenthal
Joel Rubenzahl
Linda Rudolph
Barney Rubin
Weldon and Jeanie Rucker
Frank Russo
Andrew Ross
Kaye K. Rosso
Nancy Sampson
William Samsel
Sara Sanderson
Jeanine Saperstein
Lynn Seppala
Jack Sawyer
Shonda Scott
Henry Siegel
Steve Silberstein
Rick Simons
Myrna Schnur
Dick Schneider
Enid Schreibman
Rev. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.
Karla Smith
Rocio Smith
Victoria Smith
Don Snyder
Lois Nancy Snow
Andy Spahn
Dave Stark
Carol Starr
Frances & Randolph Starn
Alberta Steele
Ken Stein
John Steinfirst
Arnold Steinman
Leonard and Shirley Stone
Janet Stromberg
Tony Suh
Scott Sumner
Marge Tabankin
Steve Tidrick
Diane Tokugawa
David Trachtenberg
Cecilia Valdez
Carol Wallisch
Mary Warren
Robert and Shirley Warwick
Eric Weaver
Harry Weininger
Ilene Weinreb
Karen Weinstein
Rachel Weinstein
Bobbie Williams
Kathryn A. Williams
Niculia Williams
Rita Williams
Rev. Veola Williams-Wilson
Warren Wilson
Steven Winkel
Susan Wittenberg
Felicia Woytak
Evelyn Wozniak
Moe Wright
Jake B. Yu
Dennis Zane
Felice Tanenbaum Zensius
Bill Zimmerman