Candidate Endorsements

ACSS endorses legislative candidates that are best suited to benefit excluded employees. We do a thorough job of interviewing and surveying candidates to select individuals that will fight for the issues that impact managers, supervisors, classified and exempt state workers. Candidates that we endorse generally support employee's rights, protect pensions, believe in fair and equitable salary ranges for state workers, and are pro-union. ACSS endorses candidates from all political parties. Money that we receive through our Political Action Committee (PAC) goes towards supporting these ACSS endorsed candidates. 

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Controller

Malia Cohen 

Democrat

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Lt. Governor

Eleni Kounalakis 

Democrat

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Insurance Commissioner

Ricardo Lara 

Democrat

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Treasurer

Fiona Ma 

Democrat

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Governor

Gavin Newsom 

Democrat

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Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tony Thurmond 

Democrat

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Secretary of State

Shirley Weber 

Democrat

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Attorney General

Rob Bonta 

Democrat

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SD District 02

Mike McGuire 

Democrat

R

AD District 02

Jim Wood 

Democrat

R

AD District 04

Cecelia Aguiar-Curry 

Democrat

R

AD District 06

Kevin McCarty 

Democrat

R

SD District 06

Paula Villescaz 

Democrat

R

AD District 07

Ken Cooley 

Democrat

R

SD District 08

Dave Jones 

Democrat

R

AD District 09

Heath Flora 

Republican

R

SD District 10

Aisha Wahab 

Democrat

R

AD District 11

Lori Wilson 

Democrat

R

AD District 13

Carlos Villapudua 

Democrat

R

AD District 14

Buffy Wicks 

Democrat

R

AD District 16

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan 

Democrat

R

SD District 16

Melissa Hurtado 

Democrat

R

AD District 17

Matt Haney 

Democrat

R

AD District 18

Mia Bonta 

Democrat

R

SD District 18

Steve Padilla 

Democrat

R

AD District 19

Phil Ting 

Democrat

R

SD District 20

Daniel Hertzberg 

Democrat

R

AD District 21

Diane Papan 

Democrat

R

SD District 22

Susan Rubio 

Democrat

R

SD District 24

Ben Allen 

Democrat

R

AD District 24

Alex Lee 

Democrat

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AD District 25

Ash Kalra 

Democrat

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SD District 26

Maria Elena Durazo 

Democrat

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AD District 26

Evan Low 

Democrat

R

AD District 27

Esmerelda Soria 

Democrat

R

AD District 28

Gail Pellerin 

Democrat

R

SD District 28

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas 

Democrat

R

AD District 29

Robert Rivas 

Democrat

R

AD District 30

Dawn Addis 

Democrat

R

SD District 30

Bob Archuleta 

Democrat

R

AD District 31

Joaquin Arambula 

Democrat

R

AD District 33

Devon Mathis 

Republican

R

SD District 34

Tom Umberg 

Democrat

R

AD District 35

Leticia Perez 

Democrat

R

AD District 36

Eduardo Garcia 

Democrat

R

AD District 37

Gregg Hart 

Democrat

R

AD District 38

Steve Bennett 

Democrat

R

SD District 38

Catherine Blakespear 

Democrat

R

AD District 39

Juan Carrillo 

Democrat

R

AD District 40

Pilar Schiavo 

Democrat

R

AD District 41

Chris Holden 

Democrat

R

AD District 42

Jacqui Irwin 

Democrat

R

AD District 43

Luz Rivas 

Democrat

R

AD District 44

Laura Friedman 

Democrat

R

AD District 45

James Ramos 

Democrat

R

AD District 46

Jesse Gabriel 

Democrat

R

AD District 47

Christy Holstege 

Democrat

R

AD District 49

Mike Fong 

Democrat

R

AD District 50

Eloise Gomez-Reyes 

Democrat

R

AD District 51

Rick Chavez-Zbur 

Democrat

R

AD District 52

Wendy Carrillo 

Democrat

R

AD District 53

Freddie Rodriguez 

Democrat

R

AD District 54

Miguel Santiago 

Democrat

R

AD District 55

Isaac Bryan 

Democrat

R

AD District 56

Lisa Calderon 

Democrat

R

AD District 57

Reggie Jones-Sawyer 

Democrat

R

AD District 58

Sabrina Cervantes 

Democrat

R

AD District 60

Corey Jackson 

Democrat

R

AD District 62

Anthony Rendon 

Democrat

R

AD District 64

Blanca Pacheco 

Democrat

R

AD District 65

Mike Gipson 

Democrat

R

AD District 66

Al Muratsuchi 

Democrat

R

AD District 67

Sharon Quirk-Silva 

Democrat

R

AD District 69

Josh Lowenthal 

Democrat

R

AD District 70

Diedre Nguyen 

Democrat

R

AD District 73

Cottie Petrie-Norris 

Democrat

R

AD District 76

Brian Maienschein 

Democrat

R

AD District 77

Tasha Boerner-Horvath 

Democrat

R

AD District 78

Chris Ward 

Democrat

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AD District 79

Akilah Weber 

Democrat

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