California is a deeply blue state, but not all Democrats are made equally. The following are the REAL progressives running for State Senate or Assembly. As the state legislature is safely blue, we do not list “lesser evil” options for either chamber, as we do for US Congress.
This is the list of the most progressive candidates running for Congress in California. Unfortunately, many of the most progressive candidates are protest candidates, whose campaigns lack the resources to adequately challenge incumbents. Still, a vote for protest candidates sends a message that a well funded progressive could be viable in that district in future elections. In some cases, however, a non-viable progressive may take votes away from a viable but less progressive candidate, and lead to the victory of a conservative Democrat or a Republican. These races are noted below and we leave it up to progressive voters to decide whether to vote their conscience or vote strategically.
Please e-mail additions and corrections to margalacabe@gmail.com. Please note that this is a living document and therefore changes are made as we get more information.
Audrey Denney is the best progressive choice. She is running a strong campaign against Trumpian Republican incumbent Doug LaMalfa.
CD 2 No recommendation
Democratic incumbent Jared Huffman has a good record on the environment, but he is not consistently progressive. Democrat Rachel Moniz and Green Party candidate Melissa Bradley are challenging him from the left. At this time, we don’t have a recommendation between these two protest candidates. This is a safe Democratic district.
CD 3 John Garamendi (i)
While incumbent Garamendi is not particular progressive, his only opponents are Republicans
CD 4 No recommendation
This district is currently represented by Republican Tom McClintock. There are several Republicans running against him as well as a single Democrat, Brynne S. Kennedy, a moderate. Also in the race is NPP candidateRobert Lawton, whohas the most progressive platform. McClintock defeated his center-left Democratic opponent by 8 points in 2018.
Democratic incumbent Mike Thompson is a moderate. Progressive Berniecrat Kishineff is endorsed by the California Progressive Alliance. This is a safe Democratic district.
McNerney is a moderate Democratic incumbent facing only Republicans
CD 10 Josh Harder (i)
Democratic incumbent Josh Harder is center left, but he has the support of the progressives/Berniecrats in the district, as he has been willing to listen to and work with the progressive left. There are a couple of protest candidates running against him in the left, Democrats Mike Barkley and Ryan Blevins. This is a very purple district which Harder won from a Trumpian Republican in 2018, for this reason a strategic vote for Harder seems to be in order.
Incumbent is Nancy Pelosi. Buttar is endorsed by the SF Berniecrats, California Progressive Alliance and more.
CD 13 Barbara Lee (i)
Progressive Democratic incumbent faces a Republican.
CD 14 No Current Recommendation
NPP Eric Taylor seems to be challenging center-left Democratic incumbent Jackie Spier from the left. However, at this point we don’t know enough about him to recommend him as a protest candidate. Safe Democratic district.
Progressive Scow is challenging moderate Democratic incumbent Jimmy Panetta. Scow is endorsed by the California Progressive Alliance, Santa Cruz for Bernie, the Sunrise Movement local chapter and other groups.
CD 21 TJ Cox (i)
While incumbent Democrat Cox is a moderate, all his opponents are Republicans or non-serious candidates. Cox won the district from a Republican incumbent in 2018.
Rezvani is the most progressive candidate running against Republican incumbent Devin Nunez. However, Rezvani doesn’t have a strong campaign, so many progressives are backing Bobby Bliatout as a lesser-but-still progressive and more viable alternative.
Mangone is the only challenger to Trumpian Republican incumbent McCarthy.
CD 24 No Current Recommendation
Democratic incumbent Salud Carbajal is a moderate, but he does not face any challenges clearly to his left. Safe Democratic district.
CD 25 No Recommendation
A plethora of Republican and Democratic candidates are running for Katie Hill’s recently vacated seat in this very, very purple district. The danger here is that the Democrats split the vote and two Republicans gain the top two positions in the open primary. We therefore suggest that voters think carefully as to whether they want to vote their conscience or more strategically.
The most progressive candidate running is Aníbal Valdéz-Ortega, however he is extremely unlikely to make it to the top-two. Cenk Uygurhas greater name recognition and money and therefore has a greater chance, but his history of misogynist comments an attitude make it difficult for us to recommend him. The Democratic establishment has put their support behind moderate Christy Smith, as the most likely candidate to keep the seat, but she is a moderate with animosity against the Bernie movement. In addition, she got an “F” grade from the Courage Campaign, showing her animosity towards progressive legislation.
CD 26 No Recommendation
Incumbent Democrat Julia Brownley is a moderate, but she does not face serious opposition from the left. This is a purple district.
CD 27 No Recommendation
Incumbent moderate Democrat Judy Chu does not face opposition from the left. Safe Democratic district.
Progressive drag queen Maebe A. Girl is running an insurgent campaign against the stalwart of the Military-Industrial Complex Adam Schiff. Safe Democratic district.
Former Bernie delegate and progressive activist Angelica Duenas is challenging moderate Democratic incumbent Tony Cardenas. Endorsed by the California Progressive Alliance. Safe Democratic district.
Berina is the most progressive candidate challenging moderate incumbent Democrat Brad Sherman. Endorsed by the California Progressive Alliance. Safe Democratic district.
CD 31 Write In “None of the Above”
Incumbent Democrat Peter Aguilar is a right wing endorser of Bloomberg, but his only opponent is a Republican. This mean they will both make it to the general.
CD 32 No current recommendation
Incumbent Democrat Grace Napolitano is a moderate. There are two Democrats challenging her whom we still have to research.
CD 33No current recommendation
Incumbent Democrat Ted Lieu has a couple of challengers that we need to research.
Progressive challenger to moderate Democratic incumbent Jimmy Gomez Safe Democratic district.
CD 35 No Recommendation
Moderate Democratic incumbent Norma Torres is challenged only by a Republican.
CD 36 No recommendation
Center-right Democratic incumbent Raul Ruiz is challenged only by Republicans
CD 37 Karen Bass (i)
Progressive Democratic incumbent.
CD 38 No current recommendation
Progressive protest candidate Michael Tolar is challenging moderate Democratic incumbent Linda Sanchez. We don’t know enough about the district or Tolar to currently offer a recommendation.
Progressive independent Cox is challenging Democratic incumbent Gil Cisneros. There is only one Republican in the race. While this was a red district until Cisneros won it in 2018, there is only one Republican in the race so a protest vote for Cox in the primary won’t help Republicans win back the seat.
Green party candidate Cortes Barragan is challenging center-left Democratic incumbent Lucille Roybal-Allard. He’s endorsed by the California Progressive Alliance. Safe Democratic District
CD 41 No recommendation
Democratic incumbent Mark Takano is center-left. His Democratic challenger Grace Williams seems to have similar politics.
O’Mara is the most progressive candidate running against Republican incumbent Ken Calvert. He has been endorsed by the California Progressive Alliance. This is a safe Republican district.
CD 43 Maxine Waters (i)
Progressive Democratic incumbent running against two Republicans.
CD 44 Nanette Diaz Barragan (i)
While Barragan has moved towards the establishment since being elected, all her challengers are problematic and not progressive.
CD 45 Katie Porter (i)
Democratic incumbent Porter is only challenged by Republicans. This is a purple district.
Matthew is the most progressive candidate challenging incumbent moderate Democrat Alan Lowenthal. He has been endorsed by the California Progressive Alliance.
CD 48 No Recommendation
Incumbent Democrat Harley Rouda is only facing right-wing candidates in the district he won from a Republican in 2018. Rouda was one of the Democrats whom Bloomberg bragged of having “bought” at the last debate. As expected, Rouda endorsed billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a right wing, sexist, racist, candidate with a history of human rights violations, islamophobia and sexual abuse – who is, for all intents and purposes, as bad, if not worse, than Trump. We cannot recommend that you vote for him in the primary.
CD 49 Mike Levin (i)
Incumbent moderate Democrat Levin is only facing right-wing candidates in a purple district.
CD 50 No Current Recommendation
This is a deeply red district, represented until recently by convicted Republican congressman Duncan Hunter, who last won the district by 10-points (post indictment). Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar is once again running for this seat, but has made a sharp turn to the right, which means we can no longer recommend him. More progressive Democrat Marisa Calderon has suspended her campaign. This leaves Peace and Freedom candidate Jose Cortes as the only progressive in the election, but he has no chance to make it to the top-ten. A vote for Campa-Najjar is thus the best choice for those who want to put a Democrat in the seat.
CD 51 Write In “None of the Above”
Right of center Democratic incumbent Juan C. Vargas (i) is running against a Republican. Vargas endorsed Bloomberg and his right wing, racist agenda, and we can therefore not recommend voting for him.
A plethora of Democrats are running for this open seat. Of these, former Bernie delegate Jose Caballero is the most uncompromising progressive. However, he is running a weak campaign and his chances of placing in the top-two are very low. Progressive San Diego Councilwoman was thus recruited by some Berniecrats to run for the seat, as the best able to face multi-millionaire wannabe oligarch Sara Jacobs, who seems intent on buying the election.
The Democratic Party in California is organized through central committees that function at the county level. These committees are responsible for endorsing candidates as the local level, as well as for organizing the Party’s efforts on behalf of its endorsed candidates. Central Committees also engage in voter registration and are the face of the party at the local level.
Much of the direction of the party is set at this level, and it’s thus essential to elect progressive, non-establishment members to this Committee that will move the party away from corporate interests.
The following are candidates for county central committees who hold strong progressive values and will work to have a party that represents the people.
This list was created from suggestions from local progressive organizations and activists. Please send your suggestions for other candidates to margalacabe@gmail.com.
Candidates for County Democratic Central Committee
In Sacramento County, the Berniecrats/progressives have agreed on a list of recommended candidates. Separately, a progressive African American activist concerned about the lack of diversity in the party leadership, has recruited African Americans to run. We’re presenting both slates. Please make sure you vote for no more than the candidates specified for each district or your vote will not count.
On the weekends of January 12-13 and January 26-27, the California Democratic Party will have elections for delegates to the CDP central committee. Seven women and seven people of other genders will be elected as delegates in caucuses in each Assembly district. The following video describes the process and the challenge:
The CDP has about 3300 delegates, one third appointed by state and national elected Democratic officials, another third from central committees and the last third elected directly by Democratic voters at bi-annual caucuses. Delegates elected this month will vote to 1) elect a new Chair for the CDP, 2) vote on the endorsement of candidates to the California Legislature and the US House of Representatives, 3) vote on the platform and structure of the party and 4) vote for DNC members.
Democratic Legislators are running slates with delegates to make sure that they get to stay in charge of the party, continue to be able to use it to launder campaign contributions, and assure that their endorsements are not challenged. Reportedly urged by Assembly speaker Anthony Rendon, they are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to make sure that our independent, #unbossed, progressive candidates are not elected.
The Berniecrat/progressive movement, meanwhile, is running our own slates of candidates trying to give ordinary people a say in the Democratic Party. We need everyone’s vote and support.
The following is the list of #unbought and #unbossed progressive candidates and slates that have the support of the Bernie movement and its ideological allies. These slates & candidates are mostly the same as those listed in the “official” site of the progressive movement, adems.vote – but while they list slates for all districts, we list individual candidates in districts that don’t have one single full, progressive slate.
Don’t know in which AD you live? Find it here. Districts in red are having caucuses on Sunday, January 27th. Districts in gray already had their caucuses. Candidates listed in green have won.
Note: the hours listed are for registration and voting. You must be in line by the end of the voting period to be able to vote. Doors open 1 ½ to 2 hours before registration, with speeches about ½ hour later. Lines are shorter at the end of the voting period, but you must be in line by the end to be allowed to vote.
Please comment below or e-mail us with any comments. Remember, this post is just a draft and changes will be made.
After the recount, 8 of the 10 candidates I recommended won, and the full adems.vote slate won
District: Colusa, Solano, Lake, Sonoma, Napa & Yolo Counties Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location #1: Veteran’s Memorial Center, E 14th Street, Davis Caucus Location #2: IBEW Local 180, 720-B Technology Way, Napa
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
All Berniecrats
KateMarie Boccone
Natalie Higley (Bernie delegate)
Karen McNair
Elizabeth Oramas Diaz
Jennifer Rindhal (Bernie Sanders staffer) (elected to e-board)
Desiree Rojas (vote for e-board too)
Carole Standing Elk
Dave Griffin
Eric Gudz
Will Kelly
Turnout ~567
Our recommendations differ from the slate featured in adems.vote. The full adems.vote slate got elected (10/10). Download printable Recommended Candidate List
Five of our recommended candidates won, but three others don’t seem to have been on the ballot.
District: El Dorado, Placer & Sacramento Counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 11:00am-1:00pm Caucus Location: Roseville First United Methodist Church, 109 Washington Blvd, Roseville
These are the candidates in the Rising Tide slate that we believe are actually progressive.
District: Sacramento & southern Yolo County Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019. 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: California Teachers Association Region 2 Office, 4100 Truxel Road, Sacramento
Norma Alcala (Bernie delegate)
Tamika L’Ecluse
Anna Molander (also vote for e-board
Jillynn Molina-Williams
Michelle Pariset
Shirley Toy
Rachelanne (Rae) Vander Werf
René Cruz Martinez
Basim Elkarra
Ian Hoffmann
Robert Longer
David Mandel
Dean Murakami
Tim Molina
Turnout ~600
Other progressive candidate running: Darrow Sprague
District: east Sacramento county Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Carmichael Park Clubhouse, 5750 Grant Ave., Sacramento
District: Marin & western Sonoma counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: UA Local 38 Plumbers & Pipefitters, 3473 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa
Nine out of the 10 candidates we recommended won. These nine were part of the adems.vote slate which swept the caucus.
District: Eastern Contra Costa, Solano & Sacramento Counties Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Caucus Location: California Teachers Association Office, 4751 Central Way, Fairfield
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
AD 12: Revolutionary Progressives Delegate Slate – Partial Win∗
Nine of the 14 candidates in the Revolutionary Progressives slate won.
District: San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 12:30pm-2:30pm Caucus Location: Assyrian American Civic Club, 2618 N. Golden State Blvd., Turlock
Our slate had swept, but a recount has been called.
District: east Contra Costa and Solano counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 159, 1308 Roman Way, Martinez
AnaMarie Avila Farias
Rebecca Barrett
Kathryn Durham-Hammer
Amy Hines-Shaikh (also vote for e-board)
Bambi Marlen
Amy Scott-Slovick
Rachel Tolmachoff
Ryan Apperson
Harry Baker
Hakeem Brown
Gabriel Haaland
Morgan Hannigan
Satinder S. Malhi
Instead of Edi Birsam vote for super-progressive Berniecrat Kenji Yamada
District: Northern Alameda County, Contra Costa County Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) Gymnasium, 4727 San Pablo Avenue, Emeryville
District: Tri-Valley & Contra Costa County Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: Lafayette Library Community Room, 3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
All Berniecrats
Marisol Rubio (also vote for e-board) (Bernie delegate)
Jackie Tarin Rakhl
Mark Vanlanduyt (Bernie delegate)
Evan Branning
Thomas Tellner
Turnout: ~600
Slate featured in adems.vote Download printable PDF of recommended candidates
Only one of our candidates won. The rest were part of Assemblymember Chiu’s slate.
District: east San Francisco Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 11:00am-1:00pm Caucus Location: The Women’s Building, 3543 18th St, San Francisco
Gloria Archuleta
Gloria Berry
Lorraine Bowser
Kitty Fong
Jane Martin
Mia Satya (Bernie delegate)
Shanti Singh
John Avalos (also vote for e-board)
Brad Joseph Chapin
Gabriel Markoff
Kevin Ortiz
Otto Pippenger
Bahlam Javier Vigil
Zhihan Zou
Slate featured in adems.vote Download printable PDF of recommended candidates
District: City of Alameda, San Leandro and southern Oakland Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 12:45pm-2:45pm Caucus Location: College of Alameda Student Lounge in Bldg. F, 555 Ralph Appezzato Memorial Pkwy., Alameda
District: West San Francisco Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 12:30pm-2:30pm Caucus Location: Doelger Café, 101 Lake Merced Boulevard, Daly City
There was a compromise between Berniecrats/Progressives and the sitting Assemblymember to run in a “unity” slate. The candidates below are the progressives in Ting’s slate. Please vote for them only.
Ten of the 14 candidates I recommended won. One other one tends progressive. There was no legislative slate.
District: Cities of Hayward, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, Union City, parts of Fremont and parts of unincorporated Alameda county Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: UFCW #5, 28870 Mission Blvd, Hayward, CA
District: Merced and Stanislaus Counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: American Legion Post 83, 939 West Main Street, Merced
District: San Mateo County Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:00am-12:00pm Caucus Location: San Mateo City Hall, 330 W. 20th Avenue, San Mateo
District: San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos
Sally Lieber
Rebecca Parker Mankey
Margaret Okuzumi (also vote for e-board) (Bernie delegate)
Five of the 8 members of the slate I and adems.vote recommended won.
District: Southern Alameda & Santa Clara counties Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 1:00pm-3:00pm Caucus Location: SEIU Local 521, 2302 Zanker Road, San Jose
The four candidates we recommended won. The Progressive-Unity Slate endorsed by Ass. Ash Kalra and adems.vote swept.
District: Santa Clara County Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 11:30am-1:30pm Caucus Location: IBEW Local 332 Union Hall, (South Bay Labor Council), 2125 Canoas Garden Avenue #100, San Jose
There was a compromise between Berniecrats/Progressives and the sitting Assemblymember to run in a “unity” slate. The candidates below are the progressives in that slate. Please vote for them only.
Gina Gates
Monica Kitchiner (elected to e-board)
Peter Ortiz
Will Smith
Note, the full adem.vote slate won.
These are the progressive members of the slate featured in adems.vote Download printable PDF of recommended candidates
∗Results have been challenged
AD 28: Listed Candidates – Partial Win∗
Three of the 11 people I recommended won. A Bernie delegate I didn’t realize was running also won.
District: Santa Clara County (Saratoga, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Campbell & surroundings) Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 3:00pm-5:00pm Caucus Location: Campbell Community Center- Orchard City Banquet Hall, 1 W. Campbell Avenue, Campbell
These candidates are running in a slate that includes both moderate and progressive candidates and was put together by an Assemblymember. The following are the actual progressives in the slate. Please vote for them only.
Helen Chapman
Shay Franco-Clausen
Jessica Matthew
Olivia Navarro (also vote for e-board)
Tara Sreekrishnan
Alexia Warsham
Alex Gould
Sergio Lopez
Jesus O. Salazar
Chuck Stevens
Jon-Paul Wolfe
These are the progressive members of the slate featured in adems.vote Download printable PDF of recommended candidates
∗Results have been challenged
AD 29: ADEM AD 29 Slate –Sweep
District: Monterey, Santa Cruz and southern Santa Clara counties Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:00am-12:00pm Caucus Location: SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 571 Mission Street, Santa Cruz
District: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara & Santa Cruz Counties Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 12:30pm-2:30pm Caucus Location: United Farm Workers, 118 E. Gabilan Street, Salinas
Only 4 candidates of the slate we recommended won. However, the rest of the candidates elected belonged to a Berniecrat/Progressive slate we were unaware of.
District: Kern & Kings counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 1:45pm-3:45pm Caucus Location: DeVino Center, 1427 S. Lexington Blvd., Suite B, Delano
District: San Bernardino County Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 12:00pm-2:00pm Caucus Location: Victorville Activities Center, 15075 Hesperia Road, Victorville
District: San Luis Obispo & Northern Santa Barbara counties Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 11:30am-1:30pm Caucus Location: Sierra Vista Medical Center Auditorium, 1010 Murray Ave, San Luis Obispo
Rosemary Wrenn
Erica Reyes
Sherri Stoddard (Bernie delegate)
Quinn Brady
Violet Sage Walker
Julie Zafiratos
Gail Bunting
Nick Andre (also vote for e-board) (Bernie delegate)
District: Antelope Valley Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 1:30am-3:30pm Caucus Location: Machinist Hall (International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers), 39047 10th Street East, Palmdale
District: Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 11:30am-1:30pm Caucus Location: LiUNA Labor Hall 585, 21 S. Dos Caminos Ave, Ventura
Lorrie Brown
Troy Corley
Chelsea Lancaster
Jeike Meijer
Luz Reyes-Martin
Sreya Subramanyan
Jonathan Abboud (also elected to e-board)
Woodrow Davidson
James Forsythe
Dan Mora
Sam Ramirez
Tomas Rebecchi
AJ Valenzuela
AD 38: Recommended Candidates
District: Simi Valley & areas north of SFV Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 11:30am-1:30pm Caucus Location: Sycamore Community Center , 1692 Sycamore Drive, Simi Valley
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
District: NE San Fernando Valley Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: IBEW Local 11, 400 Chatsworth Dr., San Fernando
District: Parts of San Bernardino, Redlands & Cajon Junction Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:00am-12:00pm Caucus Location: Operating Engineers Local 12, 1647 W Lugonia Ave, Redlands
District: San Bernardino & Riverside counties Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 12:00pm-2:00pm Caucus Location: Women’s Club (Banning Cultural Alliance), 175 W Hays St., Banning
District: Los Angeles County, Los Feliz, Griffith Park, Glendale, Burbank Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: I.A.T.S.E. Local 80, 2520 W Olive Ave, Burbank
Pamela Agustin
Katrina Bergstrom (also elected to e-board) (represented Bernie in Committee)
District: San Fernando Valley Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 12:30pm-2:30pm Caucus Location: Organization of Istanbul Armenians, 19726 Sherman Way, Winnetka
Doris Dent
Betty Doumas Toto
Rachel Rosen
Colleen Schwab
Victoria Solkovits
Jenna Sutherland
Amy Wiwuga
Cj Berina
Cary Brown
Llyod Dent
Michael Goldman
Micha Liberman
Dan Mccrory
Instead of Gregg Solkovits in the slate, please vote for Berniecrat Jason Small
District: Van Nuys, Studio City Areas Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: State Building Auditorium, 6150 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys
Note: You can vote for up to 14 candidates, regardless of their gender.
District: San Bernardino County: Rialto, Fontana and surroundings Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: 855 W San Bernardino Ave., Bloomington
District: Los Angeles County – Baldwin Park, Covina Areas Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: West Covina Public Library, 1601 West Covina Parkway, West Covina
District: Alhambra Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Rosemead Community Recreation Center, Room 1, 3936 N. Muscatel Ave., Rosemead
There is one 100% Berniecrat progressive slate and progressives in other slates. We are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
Melissa Michelson (Bernie delegate)
Bobbie McGowan (also vote for e-board) (Bernie delegate)
District: Parts of Malibu, Santa Monica, and Beverly Hills Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 10:00am-1:00pm Caucus Location: Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica
District: Ontario & Pomona Areas Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Southwest Carpenters Regional Training Center, 3250 E. Shelby Street, Ontario
District: Downtown LA Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 11 – 1 PM Caucus Location: Boys and Girls Club of Estrada Courts Gym, 3232 Estrada Street, LA
Angie Brown
Jasmyne Cannick
Val Chow
Maikiko James
Nancy Kim (also vote for e-board) (Bernie delegate)
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AD 55: Listed Candidates – Won
District: La Habra, Yorba Linda Areas Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: IBEW Local 47 Hall, 600 N. Diamond Bar Blvd., Diamond Bar
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
District: Whittier & surrounding areas Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Ironworkers Local 433 Hall, 17495 Hurley Street East, City of Industry
Christina Bouchot
Zenaida Huerta (Bernie delegate)
Caro Jauregui
Rosaelva Lomeli
Maritza Nieves
Sonia Martin-Solis
Stephanie Terrazas
Henry Huerta (also vote for e-board) (Bernie delegate)
District: East LA Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 1:00pm-3:00pm Caucus Location: IBEW Local 11 Electrical Training Institute, 6023 S. Garfield Ave., Commerce
District: Los Angeles Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 12:15pm-2:15pm Caucus Location: Rakestraw Memorial Community Education Center, 5139 S. Main Street, Los Angeles
District: Corona & Jurupa Valley Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Islamic Society of Corona Masjid Mosque, 465 Santana Way, Corona
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
District: LAX, Hawthorne, Inglewood Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 12:15pm-2:15pm Caucus Location: LAFD Fire Station 5, 8900 Emerson Ave., Los Angeles
District: Carson, Compton, Wilmington Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 11:15am-1:15pm Caucus Location: Douglas F, Dollarhide Community Center, 301 N. Tamarind Ave, Compton
Tiffanie Noelle Smith
Esperanza Romero
Alene Harris
Mary Jackson-Freely
Joseph Luis Pinon (also vote for e-board) (Bernie delegate)
Jesse Marquez
David Cunningham
Jim Brandt
Julian Burger
Francisco Lopez
AD 65: Recommended Candidates – Win
District: Fullerton, Buena Park Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:45 am -12:45 pm Caucus Location: Carpenters Hall, 7111 Firestone Blvd, Buena Park
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AD 67: Deep Blue 67 slate – WON
District: Murrieta, Winchester, Terra Cotta Area Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 11:00am-1:00pm Caucus Location: Kay Ceniceros Senior Center, 29995 Evans Rd., Menifee
AD 68: United Progressive Democrats of Orange County – LOSS
District: Parts of Orange, Tustin, & Lake Forest Areas Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 582, 1916 W. Chapman Ave., Orange
This slate is running against a Legislator-sponsored slate. While not everyone in this slate is as progressive as we’d like, their opponents are far worse.
Louise Adler
Nazish Hamid
Tammy Kim
Sherry Loveland (also vote for e-board)
Gina Onweiler
Melanie Weir
Patty Yoo
Doug Elliott
Eugene Fields
Patrick Fuscoe
Victor Garcia (Bernie alternate delegate)
Joe McLaughlin
Ken Warfield
Instead of Louise Adler, vote for Bridget McConaughy
District: Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Orange Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Laborers Local 652 Hall, 1532 E. Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana
Gloria Alvarado
Irene Arellano
Isuri S Ramos
Laura Kanter (also vote for E-Board)
Sara Camm-Turrietta
Sheila Silver
Yenni Diaz
Giovanni Chavez
Jestin Samson (Bernie delegate)
Jorge Gavino
Juan G. Álvarez
Martin Lopez
Paul Gonzales
Walter Muneton
Instead of one of the men above, you can vote for Bernie delegate Ivan Enriquez.
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District: San Pedro, Long Beach, Signal Hill, Avalon Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 10:30am-12:30pm Caucus Location: Teamsters Local 848, 3888 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach
After the results were announced showing the results below, it was discovered that there was a missing tally sheet. There will be a full recount by the CDP in Sacramento.
District: East County region and scattered parts of the Inland Empire Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 1:00pm-3:00pm Caucus Location: El Cajon Library, 201 East Douglas Avenue, El Cajon
Evlyn Andrade-Heymsfield
Tiffany Maple
Elizabeth “liz” Lavertu (also vote for e-board) (Bernie Delegate)
Naureen Jahangir
Christina Perry
Charda Fontenot
Lynn Powell-Macklin
Pierre (Pete) Beauregard (Bernie delegate)
Ryan Darsey
Peter Kinnally
Michael Petrivelli
Marvin Jeglin
Kilian Colin
Dr. Marc Perry
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District: Parts of Seal Beach/Fountain Valley Area Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: IAMAW District Lodge (Machinist Lodge 725), 5402 Bolsa Ave., 2nd Floor, Huntington Beach
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
District: San Clemente & Dana Point Area Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 10:45am-12:45pm Caucus Location: Newhart Middle School, 25001 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo
Emma Jenson (also vote for e-board)
Erika Albarran
Sudi Farokhnia
Amy Foell
Martie Lubetkin
Graham Cadena
Mahmoud El-Farra
Richard Hurt
Gary Polsten
William Summerville (Bernie delegate)
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District: North San Diego County Inland & Temecula Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 12:30pm-2:30pm Caucus Location: Discovery Elementary School, 730 Applewilde Drive, San Marcos
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
District: Coastal North County, stretching from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in the north to Encinitas in the south. Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 12:30pm-2:30pm Caucus Location: Oceanside Public Library, 330 North Coast Hwy, Oceanside
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District: Inland Northern San Diego/Poway Caucus Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019, 1:00pm-3:00pm Caucus Location: IBEW, 7444 Trade Street, San Diego
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
District: Southern Coastal San Diego County Caucus Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019, 1:00pm-3:00pm Caucus Location: Musicians Association of San Diego County, 1717 Morena Blvd., San Diego
Susan Peinado (elected to e-board)
Tama Becker-Varano
Bernadette Butkiewicz
Maleeka Marsden
Codi Vierra
Merrin Muxlow
Jordan Beaune
Ramón Espinal
Joe Lacava
Kevin Lourens
Brian Polejes
Micah Perlin
Gregg Robinson
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District: Southeastern San Diego Caucus Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019, 1:00pm-3:00pm Caucus Location: Johnson Elementary School, 1355 Kelton Road, San Diego
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
District: Southern parts of urban San Diego County. Caucus Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, 1:00pm-3:00pm Caucus Location: Olivewood Club House, 541 East 24th Street, National City
As there isn’t one fully independent, progressive slate, we are recommending you vote for the following actually progressive candidates, regardless of slates.
Rickie Brown
Sara Gurling
Brenda Aguirre Arnold
Emiliana Sparaco
Georgette Gomez
Rebecca Paida
Sandy Naranjo
Ramon Montano Marquez
Jose Rodriguez
Selection criteria for appearing in this page
The candidates listed above are solid progressives committed to fight for social, economic, racial, gender and immigration justice, as well as human rights and the environment. Bernie Sanders run for the presidency in 2016, mobilized thousands of Californians and brought them into the political system. About 200 of us became delegates for Bernie Sanders to the Democratic Convention, where we fought to push the Democratic Party to the left. After the convention, we set our sights into reforming the California Democratic Party and pushing Sacramento to pass more progressive legislation. Hundreds of Berniecrats and progressive allies ran for ADEMs in 2017 and we won hundreds of seats. For the last two plus years we’ve been working together and we’ve gotten to know one another, who is solidly progressive, and who is less so.
This list was compiled by Bernie delegate and Progressive California editor Margarita Lacabe with help from Katrina Bergstrom, Karen Bernal, James Elia, Cody Peterson, Juan JP Vazquez, Natalie Highley, Alfred Twu, Ana I. Gonzalez, Zach Denney, Tim Johnson, Robert Longer, Alison Flemings Buliavac, Kevin Lourens, Melissa Demyan, Carrie Scoville, Betty Doumas, Martha Camacho Rodriguez, Emily Cameron, Nicole Lutkemuller, Dominic Dursa, Natalya Jackon, Jean-Paul Wolfe, Jane Demian, Kelsey Pressnall, Ivan Enriquez, Glenn Glazer, Lucas De Sanctis Barton, Socorro Cisneros, Cathy Willot, Una Lee Jost, Caty Wagner, Victor García, Ron Birnbaum, Sarah Armstrong Saunders, Sal Cazarez, Jay Franco-Clausen, Marlin Medrano, Angel Rodriquez, Anne Mohr, Deborah Burger, Isaac Lieberman, RN, Kenji Yamada, Jorge Lopez, Jestin Samson, Jim Hesson, Jay Ariél Cortez, Greg Diamond, Morgan Lindsay Hannigan, Paul Seger, Mark Van Landuyt, Ava Kennedy, Gina Gates, Emma Jenson, Lorraine Salas, Phil Kim, Perry Lloyd, David Welch, Melissa Michelson, William Summerville, Johannes Münzel, and many other Berniecrats and progressive activists throughout the state. Names have been added and substracted as more information comes about. Whenever possible, we are including candidates who have a record of progressive activism and who will be independent of elected officials in casting their votes. Names in bold are those whose progressive activism is vouched for by the editors of this post.
Prop 10 is the most important proposition in the ballot. It allows cities to pass rent control ordinances that stop gentrification and social disruptions.
It authorizes $4 billion in affordable housing bonds. We have a housing affordability crisis in California and this is a logical way to address it.
Prop 2: NO
It authorizes $2 billions in bonds, to be paid back by an existing tax on millionaires, to fund supportive housing for people with mental health issues. The Green Party believes this is a giveaway to building interests and that there are more economical ways to provide this housing. I’m unsure enough to vote against it.
Prop 3: NO
We just passed a water bond in June, but agriculture and dam interests are hoping we’ve forgotten. This one would authorize almost $9 billion in bonds to pay for specific projects supported by the interests behind this bond. The Sierra Club opposes it.
Prop 4: YES
It authorizes $1.5 billion bond for children’s hospitals expansions and retrofits.
Prop 5: NO
It provides property tax breaks for the rich. Bad idea.
Prop 6: NO
It repeals the gas tax. While I’m usually opposed to regressive taxes, the gas tax is used to fund transportation projects. Moreover, from an environmental/climate change point of view, we need higher gas taxes to discourage needless driving and gas-chugging vehicles.
Prop 7: NO
This proposition would have California adopt year-round daylight savings time. I wouldn’t oppose it if the whole country moved to it – but I don’t like the idea of being in a different time zone than the rest of the West Coast for half the year.
Prop 8: NO
This proposition essentially limits the profits commercial dialysis companies make to 15% over costs. The danger here is that this will lead companies to inflate costs in ways that would not benefit patients and to close clinics in areas where most of the residents are in public assistance. Dr. Ron Birbaum offers a solid analysis of the measure.
Prop 10: YES
It eliminates the state-wide prohibition on municipalities passing rent stabilization ordinances.
Prop 11: NO
It allows companies that employ paramedics to not pay them for breaks when they are on call.
Prop 12: YES
This measure sets minimum amounts of room for chickens, pigs and some cows. The problem is that the space allotted is still too low, but it’s higher than current regulations so it’s a step in the right direction.
Joel Young, the incumbent for this seat, should not be re-elected. Not only did he have a nasty domestic abuse scandal which derailed his campaign for Assembly several years ago, but he was caught taking confidential AC Transit information for use in his private practice as a lawyer. That’s the type of unethical behavior that we should not condone on our elected officials.
Alas, he’s been good to a segment of Labor and they are backing him. This support was enough to scare off strong potential challengers. Dollene Jones is a retired bus driver who lives and breathes buses. She goes to meetings, she knows the system, and while her overall knowledge may be limited, it’s ampler than her opponent.
Ward 4: No Recommendation
As a matter of principle, we like contested elections because they provide voters the opportunity to make a choice between candidates and make their displeasure known with incumbents that have not done an acceptable job. However, candidates who step up to challenge incumbents need to be half-way serious. Elections cost taxpayers money and voters time. Nicholas Harvey, who is challenging incumbent Mark Williams in this race, is simply not a serious candidate. He is running for four other offices (EBMUD board, Hayward School Board, Eden Health District Board and Fairview Fire Protection District) at the same time. No serious candidate should run – much less serve – in more than one elected position at the same time (with the obvious exception of a party’s central committee).
Incumbent Mark Williams is a progressive, but he was fined by the FPPC for not filing any campaign finance statements since 2011. He seems to be taking his re-election for granted, and doesn’t even have a campaign website.
Diane Shaw is new to politics but not to transportation. She is a retired software systems manager for SamTrans and a regular bus rider. She has an overall progressive ideology, has a thorough understanding of the issues facing AC Transit and the intelligence to deal with the challenges that present themselves to the Board.
Her opponent, Kewal Singh, has conflict of interests as he works at BART and represents transportation workers. Moreover, he is a big supporter of mass surveillance and wants to see cameras, including those with facial recognition, all over buses and bus stops.
Incumbent Robert Raburn lives, sleeps and breathes BART. A transportation expert with a PhD in Urban Studies from Cal, Raburn lead the East Bay Bicycle Coalition for many years. He has spearheaded many innovative projects at BART, including a youth clipper card that provides half-priced fares and solar plants that will eventually power all of BART.
While we don’t always agree with Raburn and he is more conservative than other members, his opponent is a Republican.
This is a default recommendation as we never managed to talk with her opponent, Liz Ames. But we are confident on supporting Anu because, while she is by no means a progressive, she is a thoughtful thinker very concerned with public policy, including on issues of policing and mass surveillance in BART. We are encouraged that she has the support of Rebecca Saltzman and Lateefah Simon, the two most progressive members of the BART board. Ames, meanwhile, is supported by the most conservatives members and the BART police union.
The following voter recommendations come from Monterey City Council member and Bernie Sanders delegate Alan Haffa.
Monterey
City Council: Tyller Williamson
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District: Amanda Whitmire
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District: George Riley
Measure S: YES
Measure J: YES
Seaside
Seaside Mayor: Kayla Jones
Seaside Council: Jason Campell and Jon Wizard
Yes on J!!!
Monterey Peninsula College Trustee Area 1: Natalie Molina
Monterey Peninsula College Trustee Area 2: Yuri Anderson
Marina
Monterey Peninsula College Trustee Area 2: Yuri Anderson
Marina Coast Water Management District: Jan Shriner AND Matt Zefferman
YES on Measure N, P, V
Pacific Grove City Council: Jenny McAdams
Yes on Measure M, J, and U
Del Rey Oaks
Mayor: Alison Kerr
Monterey Peninsula Water Mangement District: George Riley
Yes on J
We have some amazing progressives running for California Assembly and Senate throughout California. Most are facing great obstacles, and for that reason they need your votes, your money and your help.
Sonia is a corporate free, super progressive running against the Republican incumbent. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Sonia is running a spirited campaign. Please support her.
Dan is a social justice advocate running a corporate-free campaign with a Bernie Sandes-like platform. His opponent is corporate Democrat Marc Levine. AD 15: Jovanka Beckles
Jovanka is a Panamanian immigrant, mental health worker and Chevron-fighting City Council member in Richmond. There, she has worked tirelessly to bring in community policing and rent control and to fight Chevron for poisoning the air and paying unfair wages. In response, Beckles has been subjected to intense harassment by homophobic community members and Council members and had Chevron spent millions trying to defeat her at the polls – it failed. We need people with her integrity, her passion and even-temperedness and her vision in the California Assembly. Beckles has been endorsed by Our Revolution National and was previously endorsed by Bernie Sanders himself.
She is facing Buffy Wicks, a corporate candidate who promises to do nothing to rock the vote for the powerful oligarchical and corporate interests in the state. She opposes basic human rights, including housing and health and stands with the insurance companies to see healthcare as a profit making enterprise and with landlords to evict tenants. Charter schools are spending obscene amounts of money to get her elected, knowing that she would put their interests before those of California children. As a member of the 1%, she aims to serve the interests of the 1%.
Bauer-Kahan is challenging incumbent Republican Catherine Baker, whose record of right-wing votes includes voting against overtime pay for farm workers. Bauer-Kahan is a lawyer who, at least in private, expresses progressive views on both economic issues and civil liberties. She is intelligent and personable.
Since a progressive slate for California Democratic Party were elected against his own slate, Rob Bonta has recognized that his district is far more progressive than he is and has moved to the left. He has introduced progressive legislation such as a measure to reform the bail system and has become a strong supporter of single payer healthcare. He can be easily intimidated however – he introduced a bill that would allow for appeals for wrongly denied public record requests, but then killed it when some of his donors expressed opposition about it. He needs more encouragement from the left to do the right thing.
Maria Estrada is a force of nature. You have to be to decide to run against the second most powerful man in California (after Governor Brown): Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.
Maria took the challenge, moving back to the district she grew up in and her family still lives in, so she could challenge an Assemblyman who betrayed not only his district, but all of California, by killing the single-payer bill that had passed the Senate. With little money, and taking no corporate donations, this is a David vs Goliath fight against Rendon, but Maria has the strength of her convictions and her people. Please help Maria defeat Rend’on.
James Elia is an exciting political talent. He is as running as a Democratic Socialist in an uber-red district, and is unapologetic about his support of single payer for all, free college education and social programs. He also has absolutely rejected corporate money, even when laundered through the Democratic Party.
James is impressive, however, because he has the authenticity that voters crave in a leader. He tells it like it is, not trying to pretend he is more conservative than he is when talking to Republicans. He is polite, he is intelligent and he makes a lot of sense.
Scott is a Bernie Sanders progressive and openly gay man running a courageous campaign in a very red Orange county district. He oozes integrity. Vote for him.
Alan is a consumer attorney that has represented hundreds of people whose homes were foreclosed by banks. He is a Bernie Sanders progressive also running in a red district.
Among Berniecrats in California, Elizabeth is known as “Our Elizabeth Warren.” She is an uncompromising progressive, a fighter for the environment and against the TPP, who was appointed to the DNC platform committee by Bernie Sanders. She is running a corporate-free campaign against a corporate Democrat. She needs your support.
Marggie is a documentary producer, an environmental activist and was a Bernie Sanders delegate to the DNC. She is running in a very red district.
Here are the Races You Can Comfortably Skip
Safe Democratic districts, lousy incumbents.
Assembly District 20
Incumbent Bill Quirk is an inconsistent politician. He has been good on issue of surveillance, and less good on issues of social justice. He originally voted against mandating overtime pay for farm workers. He gets a “B” rating from the Courage campaign, which is almost an F given how progressive his district is. Moreover, despite his support of marijuana legalization, he has supported right-wing local candidates running against progressives.
Assembly District 25
Kansen Chu has been a completely generic Assembly member for his district. If he has any accomplishments, he hasn’t bothered to list them in specific terms. Indeed, as homelessness increases in his district, he seems to be proudest of putting forward a proposition to change daylight savings. Chu is also part of the party machine and endorses right-wing candidates, including pro-mass incarceration Alameda County DA Nancy O’Malley.
California State Senator District 10:
Incumbent Bob Wieckowski is what you can call an “establishment progressive”. He will introduce progressive legislation, but will tug closely to the party’s leadership and ultimately do as he’s told. For this reason, he ends up not fighting for the good bills he introduces and endorsing non-progressive candidates. His district deserves better.
The following recommendations are for select California races. These are candidates that have the support of progressives/Berniecrats in their respective districts – even if the candidates themselves are not super-progressives themselves. Real progressive candidates are highlighted. Write ups for many of them are coming.
Audrey Denney is a progressive Berniecrat running against a corrupt Republican in northern California. She is as progressive as a candidate can be in that district and have a hope of winning. She has our full support.
Growing up on a farm, you learn pretty quick who you can count on. Unfortunately, Congressman Doug LaMalfa isn't one of them. LaMalfa sided with party leaders and against the North State by voting to cut Medicare, increase prescription costs, and endanger rural hospitals to please special interest groups that have given $1.3 million to Representative LaMalfa's campaigns. I'm Audrey Denney and I'll only work for you. That's why I'm not accepting any corporate contributions. We need a leader we can count on. Election Day is November 6th. Vote. This is one of our television commercials running in California's 1st Congressional district. #AudreyforCongress www.AudreyforCongress.com
Jared Huffman is an ethical environmentalist and climate champion who authored (among many environmental bills) the Keep It In The Ground Act to phase out all drilling for oil and move to green energy, and has fought for habitat protection and conservation on many occasions. He was a chief lawyer for the NRDC before holding office, then an Assemblyman who forged bipartisan agreements back when that was possible. Before NRDC, Huffman was a public interest attorney whose victories included several major verdicts in gender discrimination and race discrimination trials.
Huffman is an ethical straight shooter, and interestingly, the only member of Congress who has been courageous enough to come out publicly as a non-theist.
Huffman supports Medicare For All, is a champion of civil rights and the separation of church and state, and is strongly anti-corruption. He makes himself accessible both by holding many town halls around Marin and Sonoma where he takes submitted questions– and by posting on Facebook, where he doesn’t mince words about the ethical, racial, environmental, legal, constitutional etc violations going on in Washington, and where he is often responsive to reader comments and questions. He’s also a pretty good singer and guitar player!
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Posted by Jessica Morse on Saturday, October 6, 2018
Congresswoman Barbara Lee continues to represent her district well, standing up against war and militarization and for progressive issues. This is a nobrainer vote.
In the two years since his first election, Ro Khanna has become the progressive voice in Congress, speaking truth to power. From calling on the DNC to eliminate superdelegates, to speaking out against war and a militaristic foreign policy, to embracing single payer health care and working across the aisle for jobs in middle America, Khanna is the ideal of a progressive statesman that other candidates can aspire to. Plus he is corporate-free.
Representative Anna Eshoo has been an excellent fighter for the left in her term in office. She has fought for net neutrality (Filed an amicus brief with the DC Superior Court), clean money (Cosponsored H. Res. 1043, Prohibiting Members of Congress from Serving on Corporate Boards), voter turnout (Introduced H.R. 6880, the Election Day Holiday Act), affordable housing ( Cosponsored H.R. 6671, the Rent Relief Act of 2018 ), polled her constituents for questions to ask Zuckerberg and actually used the responses, and of course, was the woman with the courage to bring Dr. Ford’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
I’m Tatiana Matta. A mother, military spouse, school board member, nonprofit leader, and veterans advocate. I'm running for Congress in California's 23rd District. This is my mission. Join me!Share the video and help us win: 👉https://bit.ly/2vy8bKC
Los Angeles, elect a U.S. Representative who doesn't take corporate money, who will fight for bold legislation to make healthcare, housing, education, & a clean Green environment Human Rights. You have the chance on November 6 to break the status quo & elect not only a public servant but a movement of integrity, compassion, & courage.Far too often we hear from our representatives on both sides of the aisle the things we want to hear but every so often those same representatives are still catering to the very people & corporations who oppose the change we desperately need. That is why we are running to break the status-quo!If you live in Los Angeles Congressional District 34, vote for Kenneth Mejia on November 6th. • Downtown Los Angeles• Parts of Echo Park• Highland Park• Cypress Park• Garvanza• Glassell Park• Westlake• Koreatown• Historic Filipinotown • Chinatown• Little Bangladesh• Little Tokyo• Boyle Heights• Eagle Rock• Mount Washington• Montecito Heights• Lincoln Heights• City Terrace• El Sereno• Monterey Hills• Pico Union• MacArthur ParkFind out more at https://www.mejia4congress.com/The time for medicare for all, universal rent control, tuition free public college, cancellation of student debt, 100% clean renewable energy, raising social social security, guaranteeing jobs, and ending all wars is long over due. We need representatives who will be vocal and on the front lines who aren't afraid to speak truth to power and go after those destroying our communities. Our campaign is a 100% volunteer run campaign. We have no PAC money, corporate money, union money, or even any large individual dollar donations. We are running the most bare bones people powered campaign. We are lucky and humbled that every financial reporting period, we have out-raised our corporate Democratic Congressman in small dollar donations. Volunteer and donate at https://www.mejia4congress.com/ More info: https://www.mejia4congress.com/Donate: https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/329264/kenneth-mejiaVolunteer: https://www.mejia4congress.com/volunteerFind us on social media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kennethmejiaforcongress/FB: https://www.facebook.com/kennethmejiaforcongress/Twitter: https://twitter.com/25forcongressFilm created by: Tommy Tang (https://www.facebook.com/tommytangfilms)Music by: LIVE FOOTAGE (https://www.facebook.com/livefootagebrooklyn/)#progressives #mejiaforcongress #mejiaesmejor #yesweken #ocasiocortez #berniesanders #jillstein #greenparty #losangeles #echopark #angelinoheights #dodgers #dtla #koreatown #cypresspark #littletokyo #littlebangladesh #westlake #glassellpark #highlandpark #lincolnheights #cityterrace #eaglerock #jimmydore #publichousing #universalrentcontrol #tenantsrights #CA34 #BoyleHeights #Koreatown #HighlandPark #EagleRock #dtla #echopark #glassellpark #cypresspark #elsereno #cityterrace #mtwashington #ocasio2018 #berniesanders #demexit #SinglePayer #HousingIsaHumanRight #CostaHawkins #Yeson10 #Macarthurpark #RentControl #mejiaforcongress
Rodolfo Cortes Barragan is a corporate-free, millennial, Green progressive. He believes in rent control, tuition-free college, and guaranteed healthcare. He was born to Mexican immigrants and grew up in Los Angeles, going on to be the first in his family to acquire a PhD. Rodolfo found his way to activism through campaigning for Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein and then Kenneth Mejia.
In CA-40, incumbent congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard has been in office since 1993. She recently voted to arm Trump with more nuclear weapons. She voted against impeachment. It’s time to replace her.
Rodolfo is running Green – the only challenger against 13-term Democratic Party Congresswoman Roybal-Allard. He aims to use the status and privilege associated with the U.S. House of Representatives to call for a bold new direction for the people of District 40 and for humanity as whole. Establishment, neglectful politicians like Roybal-Allard serve the war-profiteers, polluters, and even those who run concentration camps for immigrant children. Rodolfo believes it is time to defeat these enemies of shared prosperity and to establish a society that can thrive sustainably on Earth. We must defeat the corporate state.
When the $1.9 Trillion deficit created by the current Trump Tax Plan comes due, regular Orange County families will be the ones left holding the bill. Mimi Walters supported this tax break for the 1% and big corporations, but I don't. Send me to Washington to put actual fiscal common sense back in office.
Posted by Katie Porter on Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Ammar is a strong corporate-free progressive running against a corrupt Republican under federal indictment.
Today, this will officially air on TV.We intend to run a campaign that is honest, fair and transparent. No one is above the law and we have a duty not to let those who make our laws get away with breaking them.I give Speaker Ryan credit for stripping Hunter of his committee responsibilities and I have faith that the voters in my district will strip him of his responsibilities as Congressman. Integrity and responsibility isn't a Republican issue or Democratic issue – it's an American issue and I am ready to put country over party.
It’s Nancy Pelosi running against a Republican in a safe district
CD 15
Incumbent Eric Swalwell is more concerned with running for President in 2020 and attacking Trump that he is with representing his district. He usually votes as told by Nancy Pelosi, though he sometimes crosses the aisle to vote with Trump in anti-civil liberties/anti-progressive legislation such as Kate’s Law and the reauthorization of warrantless spying, as well as the gigantic defense budget. He does not hold progressive values and does not deserve progressive votes. He is in a safe Democratic district, running against a Republican.
The following voter recommendations come from Monterey City Council member and Bernie Sanders delegate Alan Haffa. 
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