Thank you for taking the time to learn more about the candidates and to seek recommendations. This midterm election is very important because not only are we trying to hold on to Congress in DC, but also we are electing our state and local leaders too.

The following are my own recommendations for north Santa Clara County, mostly aligned with the Santa Clara Coubty Democratic Party. In cases where we differ due to under or over endorsement, I will indicate with an asterisk in the text below.

Happy voting!

See also candidate information on Voter's Edge, hosted by the League of Women Voters.

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Key Federal Races

California

  • US Senate

    • Junior Senator: Alex Padilla
      NOTE: Padilla is on the ballot twice once for remainder of Harris's term, and once to replace her. Please vote for Padilla in each section.

  • US House Seats in Santa Clara County

  • US House Seats in Close Races

    • CA-13 Open

    • CA-22

    • CA-27

    • CA-47 Porter

    • CA-49 Levin

Other States

  • US Senate

    • Arizona - Mark Kelly

    • Georgia - Rev. Raphael Warnock

    • Nevada - Catherine Cortez Masto

    • Pennsylvania - John Fetterman

  • Governor

    • Arizona - Katie Hobbs

    • Georgia - Stacey Abrams

    • Kansas - Laura Kelly

    • Nevada - Steve Sisolak

    • Oregon - Tina Kotek

    • Wisconsin - Tony Evers

California State Races

State Officers

State Legislature

  • State Senate

  • State Assembly

    • AD 23: Marc Berman

    • AD 24: Alex Lee

    • AD 25: Ash Kalra

    • AD 26: Evan Low

    • AD 28: Gail Pellerin

    • AD 29: Robert Rivas

Ballot Propositions

  • 1 - ✓ Yes

  • 26 - ✗ No*

  • 27 - ✗ No

  • 28 - ✓ Yes

  • 29 - ✓ Yes

  • 30 - ✓ Yes

  • 31 - ✓ Yes

* No endorsement was made by the CDP for 26.

North Santa Clara County

Palo Alto, Los Altos, Mountain View, Sunnyvale

Municipalities


* SCCDP under endorsed in Palo Alto City Council.
* SCCDP over endorsed in Sunnyvale D3.

School Districts

  • Cupertino Union SD

    • Ava Chiao

  • Fremont Union HSD

  • Los Altos SD

    • Vladimir Ivanovic

    • Bryan Johnson

    • Vaishali Sirkay

  • Mountain View – Los Altos UHSD

  • Palo Alto Unified SD

    • Nicole Chiu-Wang

    • Shana Segal

Ballot Measures

SCCDP endorses a YES vote on these Local Measures

  • Palo Alto

    • ✓ Yes - Measure K – Palo Alto Local Business Tax

    • ✓ Yes - Measure L – Palo Alto Natural Gas Utility General Fund Transfer

Utilities

  • Santa Clara Valley Water Board

    • District 7: Gary Kremen*


* SCCDP did not endorse in SCV Water Board.

South and Central Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County

Municipalities

School Districts

  • Cambrian SD

    • Nick Villalobos

  • Campbell Union HSD

    • Trustee Area 1: James Kim

    • Trustee Area 2: Elisabeth Halliday

    • Trustee Area 3: Jason Baker

  • Campbell Union SD

    • Trustee Area 1: Richard Nguyen

    • Trustee Area 3: Chris Miller

    • Trustee Area 5: Danielle Cohen

  • Eastside Union HSD

    • Lorena Chavez

    • J. Manuel Herrera

  • Evergreen SD

    • Marisa Hanson

    • Stan Rose

    • Short Term Seat: Jeremy Barousse

  • Franklin-McKinley SD

    • Milan Balinton

    • Manuel Martinez

    • Rudy Rodriguez

  • Los Gatos-Saratoga UHSD

    • Alex Shultz

  • Milpitas Unified SD

    • Kelly Yip-Chuan

  • Morgan Hill Unified SD

    • Trustee Area 1: Nancy Altman Palm

    • Trustee Area 2: John Horner

    • Trustee Area 3 (Dual, vote for 1)

      • Armando Benevides

      • Terri Eves Knudsen

    • Trustee Area 4: Carol Gittens

  • Oak Grove SD

    • Trustee Area 5: Taunya Jaco

  • San Jose Unified SD

    • Trustee Area 2: Jose Magana

  • Santa Clara Unified SD

    • Trustee Area 3: Vickie Fairchild

    • Trustee Area 4: Kimberly Williams

  • Union SD

    • Sheila Billings

    • Douglas Evans

    • Thomas Rossmeissl

Ballot Measures

SCCDP endorses a YES vote on these Local Measures

  • Measure E – Patterson JUSD School Bonds

  • Measure M – Loma Prieta JUSD Parcel Tax

  • Measure N – East Side UHSD School Bonds

  • Measure O – Campbell UHSD Parcel Tax

  • Measure P – Oak Grove SD School Bonds

  • Measure R – Union SD School Bonds

  • Measure S – Alum Rock USD School Bonds

  • Measure T – Campbell USD School Bonds

Community Colleges

  • Gavilan Joint CCD

    • Trustee Area 1: Kathy Chavez Napoli

    • Trustee Area 2: Alicia Cortez

    • Trustee Area 3: Gabriel Gutierrez

  • San Jose Evergreen CCD