Region 6 Director Victor Costa hosts the CADEM Region 6 Pre-Endorsing Conference.
The conference will cover endorsements for SD5, SD9, AD9, and AD22.
Balloting may begin on October 14 and must be complete by the time roll call begins at the conference.
CADEM Regional Directors Jeff Koertzen (Region 3), Hene Kelly (Region 7), and Rocky Fernandez (Region 8) host the combined CADEM Region 3/7/8 Pre-Endorsing Conference.
The conference will cover endorsements for CD12, SD3, SD7, AD15, and AD19.
Balloting may begin on October 14 and must be complete by the time roll call begins at the conference.
To help voters fill out their June 7th 2022 Primary ballot, here is a list of the Democratic Party endorsements by office:
US Senator: Alex Padilla (Special Note: Please vote for Alex Padilla TWICE – once for the short term (balance of his appointed term) and once for the LONG term (the next 6 years)!)
US House of Representatives (District 5): Michael Barkley
US House of Representatives (District 9: Joshua Harder
US House of Representatives (District 10): Mark DeSaulnier
US House of Representatives (District 15): Kevin Mullin
Governor: Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State: Dr. Shirley Weber
Attorney General: Rob Bonta
Treasurer: Fiona Ma
Controller: Malia Cohen
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Board of Equalization (District 2): Sally Lieber
California State Assembly (District 11): Lori Wilson
California State Assembly (District 14): Buffy Wicks
California State Assembly (District 15): Timothy Grayson
California State Assembly (District 16): Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Contra Costa County Sheriff: Ben Therriault
Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools: Lynn Mackey
Contra Costa County District Attorney: Diana Becton
Contra Costa County Assessor: Floy Andrews
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors (District 1): John Gioia
NOTE: Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder and Board of Supervisor (District 4) positions have several Democrats running for these offices – please vote for one of these great Democrats!
Here are DPCCC’s endorsements for County offices in the 2022 primary ballot, as decided by the Central Committee voting membership at a special meeting on Thursday, March 24:
For the two offices for which the result was No Endorsement, there are several qualified Democratic candidates who deserve consideration for the support of individual Democrats.
DPCCC’s process to arrive at these endorsements was robust. We interviewed sixteen candidates for seven offices. We had seventy people involved in interviews, representing all five Supervisorial districts. Ninety people attended our final DPCCC Endorsement meeting. Our interview panels included local chartered Democratic club members and DPCCC members from across the county.
We need everyone’s help to get out the vote starting in April – only 6 weeks until ballots will be mailed. Join us at the Primary Campaign Kick-off April 23rd! To volunteer, please email our Elections Committee: elections@contracostadems.com.
DPCCC membership approved the following resolution at the March 18, 2021 regular meeting.
WHEREAS, endorsements are one of the most valuable tools of the California Democratic Party. They express our values and our support of candidates who support those core values and principles and who have committed to moving our communities forward;
WHEREAS, although the CDP bylaws “hope and expect” our members to support our endorsed candidates, CDP organizations are required to support the endorsed candidate or their membership is suspended for a year or more. The CDP Rules Committee has determined the bylaw language means that members may support another candidate as long as they do not advocate voting against our endorsed candidate. Our local committees expect our delegates to support our endorsed candidates;
WHEREAS, the California Democratic Party works hard to ensure the CADEM endorsement is highly coveted by Democrats across the state, including putting legal weight behind an official CADEM endorsement. Our candidates are relying on the endorsement, and they have a right to expect that our entire membership protects their endorsement, supports their election, and that the endorsement is not weakened in any way. Elected Democrats who support non-endorsed candidates and work against the party’s endorsed candidate, especially by supporting non-Democrats, devalue the endorsement of the entire party;
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the California Democratic Party, we believe it is a core principle of the California Democratic Party for the Public Office Members of this Party, as defined in Article II Section 2 of the Party bylaws, to support and not work against our endorsed candidates. We further believe that to support our core principles, we must be consistent, we must protect the endorsement, and we must strengthen and follow our rules.
AUTHORED BY Jeff Koertzen, AD14