Endorsements

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Elected Officials

Federal

Ro Khanna, United States Congressman, District 17

The Honorable Ann Ravel, Former Obama Administration Federal Elections Commission Chair

State

Sally Lieber, State Board of Equalization District 2, former State Assemblymember

Aisha Wahab, State Senator, District 10

Scott Weiner, State Senator, District 11

Josh Becker, State Senator, District 13

Dave Cortese, State Senator District 15

Bill Monning, Former State Senator and Majority Leader of the California State Senate, District 17

Mark Stone, Former State Assemblymember, District 29

Marc Berman, State Assemblymember, District 23

Alex Lee, State Assemblymember, District 24

Ash Kalra, State Assemblymember, District 25

Evan Low, State Assemblymember, District 26

Laura Friedman, State Assemblymember, District 44

Tina McKinnor, State Assemblymember, District 61

Jim Beall, Former State Senator, District 15

Santa Cruz county

Justin Cummings, Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 3

Felipe Hernandez, Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 4

Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Councilmember & Incumbent

Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, Mayor of Watsonville

Eduardo Montesino, Watsonville Councilmember, District 1

Kristen Brown, Mayor of Capitola

Tim Fitzmaurice, Former Mayor of Santa Cruz

Don Lane, Former Mayor of Santa Cruz

Mike Rotkin, Former Mayor of Santa Cruz

Katherine Beirs, Former Mayor of Santa Cruz

Bruce Van Allen, Santa Cruz County Board of Education President, Former Mayor of Santa Cruz

Edward Estrada, Santa Cruz County Board of Education, Trustee Area 4

The Late Ed Porter, Former Santa Cruz City Councilmember

Lowell Hurst, Former Mayor and Councilmember of Watsonville

Alexander Pedersen, Capitola City Councilmember

Chris Krohn, Former Mayor of Santa Cruz

Adam Spickler, Cabrillo College Board Member, Trustee Area 2

Christina Cuevas, Cabrillo College Board Member, Trustee Area 3

Kyle Kelley, Santa Cruz City Schools Board Member, Area 2

Jayme Ackemann, San Lorenzo Valley Water District Director

Regional Elected leaders

Sylvia Arenas, Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 1

Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 2

Wendy Root-Askew, Monterey County Supervisor, District 4

Ken Yeager, Former Santa Clara County Supervisor, and San Jose City Councilmember

Tyller Williamson, Monterey Mayor

Dolores Morales, Hollister City Councilmember, District 3

Peter Ortiz, San Jose City Councilmember District 5

Alan Haffa, Monterey City Councilmember

Omar Din, Vice Mayor of Sunnyvale

Rob Rennie, Los Gatos Town Councilmember

Richard Mehlinger, Sunnyvale City Councilmember, District 5

David Cohen, San Jose City Councilmember, District 4

Rob Moore, Los Gatos Town Councilmember

J.R. Fruen, Cupertino City Councilmember

Marico Sayoc, Former Mayor of Los Gatos

Omar Torres, San Jose City Councilmember District 3

Lissette Espinoza-Garnica, Vice Mayor of Redwood City

Dean Preston, County of San Fransisco Supervisor, District 5

Alex Walker-Griffin, Mayor of Hercules

James Coleman, South San Fransisco, City Councilmember, District 4

Lucas Ramirez, Mountain View City Councilmember

Javed Ellahie, Monte Sereno City Councilmember

Ava Chiao, Cupertino Union School District Board of Education, Member

Elizabeth Alcantar, Cudahy City Councilmember

Rich Constantine, Former Mayor of Morgan Hill

Patrick Ahrens, President, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Tara Sreekrishnan, Santa Clara County Board of Education Vice President, Area ​2

Don Rocha, Santa Clara County Board of Education, Member, Area 3

Community Members and leaders

**Titles and Affiliations for identification purposes only**

Jose Abastida

Cindy Agudo, UCSC Student

Erica Aitken

Diana Alfaro, Housing Santa Cruz County, Vice Chair

Edward Altenberg

Amanda Harris Altice, Santa Cruz County Housing Advisory Commissioner

Elizabeth Barcelos

Rylan Bellinger, UCSC Student

William Blufin, UCSC Student

Jackson Brady

Joshua Brons, UCSC Student

Nicole Calten, UCSC Student

Randy Chase

Victoria Clark

Sadle Coburn, UCSC Student

Leshie Cruz, UCSC Student

Cyndi Dawson, Santa Cruz Planning Commissioner

Dahlia Del Castillo, UCSC Student

Alex Dillard, UCSC Student

Summer Drake, UCSC Student

Anjora Dubey, UCSC Student

Dominic Dursa, CADEM Regional Director

Stacey Falls, Public School Science Teacher

Lily Faris, UCSC Student

Faisal Fazilat, SEIU Union Member

Buck Farmer

Yvette Flores

Jessen Fox

Les Gardner, Businessman

Brett Garrett

Daniel Gilad, UCSC Student

Glenn Glazer, Secretary, Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee

Andrew Goldenkranz, Santa Cruz County Democratic Party Chair

Chris Greenwood

Noah Greiner, UCSC Student

Jacquelyn Griffith

Rebecca Gross, UCSC Student

Rebekah Gutierrez, UCSC Student

Trey Guzman, UCSC Student

Ann Hang, UCSC Student

Mia Haskins, UCSC Student

Sam Hittle, UCSC Student

Antoine Hoddad, UCSC Student

Wendy Hurst, Retired Teacher

Roshelle Jackson, UCSC Student

Elliott Jensen, UCSC Student

Elaine Johnson, Executive Director of Housing Santa Cruz County

Dorene Kastelman

Shruti Kale, UCSC Student

Devon King, SEIU Union Organizer

Max Kogan, UCSC Student

Rune Kruger, UCSC Student

Nancy Krusoe

Adrienne Lee, UCSC Student

Richard Lewis

Ethan Lipsie, UCSC Student

Drew Lloyd, BAYMEC Board President

Terra Majors, UCSC Student

Tonic Manners

Pat Manning

Joseph Mauro

Sean Maxwell, Santa Cruz Planning Commissioner

Gabe McHugh

Ryan Meckel, Transportation, and Public Works Commissioner

Cameron Meline, UCSC Student

Fiona Miller, UCSC Student

Matthew Nathanson

Mercedes Ocampo, UCSC Student

Wumi Ogunlade, UCSC Student

Chamu Palani, UCSC Student

Manav Patel, UCSC Student

Crawford Pattern, UCSC Student

Riley Pearmurc, UCSC Student

Jarvis Phelps

Lola Quiroga, UCSC Student

Myron Rodriguez, UCSC Student

Gavin Roth

James Sandoval, SMART Intl. Vice President

Monica Sandoval

Akul Saxena, UCSC Student

Imarv Schaefer, UCSC Student

Alyssa Scott, UCSC Student

Faina Segal, Former Board Chair of Friends of the Rail & Trail

Thomas Seivert, UCSC Student

Bodie Shargel, Climate Action Task Force Member, City of Santa Cruz

Amar Shergill, Chair Emeritus, California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus

Jonah Shick, UCSC Student

Yumnah Shoaib, UCSC Student

Amelia Sim, UCSC Student

Sibley Simon, Board Member Housing Santa Cruz County

Wiggsy Sivertsen, BAYMEC Co-founder and Board member

Katie Spencer, Tenant Rights Advocate

Leslie Steiner, Santa Cruz County Democratic Party Delegate

Grace Stetson, Affordable Housing Advocate

Noah Stewart, UCSC Student

Akira Swan, UCSC Student

Declan Swift, UCSC Student

Phyllis Taub-Greenleaf

Kameron Tessier, UCSC College Democrats President and Student

John Thiella

Sandra Thompson, My Mom

David Thorpe

Casey Van Den Heuvel

Sam Van Pykeren

David Werlin

Linda Wilshusen

Imarv Yael, UCSC Student

Laura Zucker