Candidate for
District Attorney; County of Santa Clara

Elected Officials

Anna Eshoo, United States Congresswoman
Zoe Lofgren, United States Congresswoman

Liz Figueroa, California State Senator
Joe Simitian, California State Senator

Joe Coto, California State Assemblymember
Johan Klehs, California State Assemblymember
John Laird, California State Assemblymember

Jose Esteves, Milpitas Mayor
Nick Galiotto, Mountain View Mayor
Breene Kerr, Los Altos Hills Mayor
Norman Kline, Saratoga Mayor
Richard Lowenthal, Cupertino Mayor
Diane McNutt, Los Gatos Mayor
Ronald Packard, Los Altos Mayor
Ron Swegles, Sunnyvale Mayor

Dave Baxter, Monte Sereno Vice Mayor
Aileen Kao, Saratoga Vice Mayor
Yoriko Kishimoto, Palo Alto Vice Mayor
Joe Pirzynski, Los Gatos Vice Mayor
Kris Wang, Cupertino Vice Mayor

Dr. Peter Arellano, Gilroy Councilperson
John Barton, Palo Alto Councilperson
Nora Campos, San Jose Councilperson
David Casas, Los Altos Vice Mayor
Dominic Caserta, Santa Clara Councilperson
Judy Chirco, San Jose Councilperson
Dean Chu, Sunnyvale Councilperson
Peter Drekmeier, Palo Alto Councilperson
Erin Garner, Monte Sereno Councilperson and former Mayor
Melinda Hamilton, Sunnyvale Councilperson
John Howe, Sunnyvale Councilperson
Jane Kennedy, Campbell Councilperson
Kathleen King, Saratoga Councilperson
Patrick Kwok, Cupertino Councilperson
Bob Livengood, Milpitas Councilperson
Laura Macias, Mountain View Councilperson
Jamie McLeod, Santa Clara Councilperson
Jack Morton, Palo Alto Councilperson
Chris Moylan, Sunnyvale Councilperson
Matt Neely, Mountain View Councilperson
Madison Nguyen, San Jose City Councilperson
Michael O'Malley, Los Altos Councilperson
Althea Polanski, Milpitas Councilperson
Barbara Spector, Los Gatos Councilperson
Tony Spitaleri, Sunnyvale Councilperson
Steve Tate, Morgan Hill Councilmember
Ann Waltonsmith, Saratoga Councilperson
Mike Wasserman, Los Gatos Councilperson
Forrest Williams, San Jose Councilperson
Curtis Wright, Monte Sereno Councilperson

Joe Judge, Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Rosemary Kamei, Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Richard Santos, Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Water District

John Chiang, Chair, State Board of Equalization
John Vasconcellos, California State Senator (ret.)

Newspapers, Television, Radio:

Gilroy Dispatch
Mercury News
Milpitas Post
Mo Magazine
Morgan Hill Times
Palo Alto Weekly
Saigon Radio
Saigon TV
VienThao Media
Vietnam Daily Time "VietNam Thoi Bao"

Educators

Betsy Bechtel, Board President, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Pearl Cheng, Board of Education, Cupertino Union School District
Kansen Chu, Berryessa Union School District Board
Pam Foley, Trustee San Jose Unified School District
Paul Fong, Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College
Phyllis Fowler, Trustee, Sunnyvale School District
Laura Casas Frier, Trustee, Foothill-DeAnza Community College
Manuel Herrera, Board President, East Side Union High School District
Martha Kanter, Chancellor Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Avie Katz, Board President, Fremont Union High School District
John Lindner, Trustee, Franklin McKinley School District
Jo Lucey, Trustee, Cupertino Union School District
Craig Mann, Trustee, East Side Union High School District
Gary McCue, Trustee, Cupertino Union School District
Margie Mitchell, Board President, Campbell Union High School District
Lan Nguyen, Trustee, East Side Union High School District
Hal Plotkin, Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Jeffrey A. Schwartz, Board President, West Valley-Mission Community College District
Bruce Swenson, Trustee, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Kathy Sullivan, Member Board of Education, Morgan Hill Unified School District
Buu Thai, Trustee, Franklin-McKinley School District

California District Attorneys

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis
Contra Costa County District Attorney Robert Kochly
Madera County District Attorney Ernest LiCaisi
Imperial County District Attorney Gilbert Otero
Sonoma County District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua
Solano County District Attorney David Paulson
Alpine County District Attorney William Richmond
Merced County District Attorney Gordon Spencer
Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten
Riverside County District Attorney Grover Trask

Santa Clara County Bar Association Presidents and State Bar Leaders

Lisa Herrick
Kathryn Meier
James A. Scharf, Board of Governors (District 3), State Bar of California
Demetrius Shelton, former President, California Association of Black Lawyers; Vice President, State Bar of California
Jim Towery, Past President, State Bar of California
Patricia White
Susan Vickland Wilson

Victim Services

John Armando, Past President, Crime Stoppers
Joe Yomtov, Director Santa Clara County Victim Witness Center

Organizations

Asian Pacific Bar Association of the Silicon Valley
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, BAYMEC
County Employee Management Association (CEMA), Santa Clara County
Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
Evergreen Democratic Club
Evergreen Valley College Democratic Caucus
Moorpark Democratic Club
Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officer's Association
Santa Clara County Democratic Party
Santa Clara County Bar Association - Rainbow Committee
Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club
Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum
Silicon Valley LGBT Democratic Club
Silicon Valley Young Democrats
South County Democratic Club
Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California

Community and Business Leaders

Margaret Abe-Koga, Mountain View Environmental Planning Commission
Isalas Christopher Aguilera
C Donald Allen
Lynn Alvarado, former Trustee, Mountain View - Los Altos High School District
Teresa Alvarado
Charles Arolla, former Chief of Police, Santa Clara
Ann Atkinson
Laura Babcock, Sunnyvale Planning Commissioner
Barbara Babock, Crown Professor Emerita, Stanford Law School
Bill Brill, San Jose Civil Service Commissioner
Toni Casey, former Los Altos Hills Mayor
Patricia Castillo, former Sunnyvale Mayor
Michael Chang, former Cupertino Mayor
Tak Chang, Santa Clara County Human Relations Commissioner
Emily Cheng, former Los Altos Hills Mayor
Cary Chien, Cupertino Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Daisy Chu, San Jose Small Business Development Commissioner
Carl Cilker
Tom Cochran, San Jose Council Salary Setting Commissioner
David Cohen, Chair, San Jose Library Commission
John Collins, attorney at law
David Crosson, President History San Jose
Annie Dandavati
Debra Dake, Commissioner, Santa Clara County Human Relations
Sandy Decker, former Los Gatos Mayor
Bob Dhillon, San Jose Planning Commissioner
J. Philip DiNapoli
Sal Esposito, Soft Skills Consulting
Rose Filicetti, former Trustee, Mountain View-Whisman School District
Ellen Fletcher, former Palo Alto Councilmember
Fred Fowler, former Sunnyvale Mayor
Tommy Fulcher, Jr., Economic Social Opportunities
Carol Garvey, President of DAWN & Drina Collins
James Ghielmetti, California Transportation Commissioner
Lynda Ramirez Jones, Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women
Steve Kirsch
Dr. Kulwant Gill, San Jose Human Rights Commission
Kim Graham
Sue Graham, former Trustee, Mountain View-Los Altos Union HIgh School District
Janet Gray Hayes, former San Jose Mayor
Ivonne Gutierrez
Walter Hays
David Heagerty
Esau Herrera, former Alum Rock School District Trustee and Board President
Claudia Hevel
Nhat Ho, Vietnamese community business leader
Gloria Hom
John Hopkins
Dan Hoppe, past president Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC)
Ryan Nguyen Hubris, Hubris Consulting
D. Michale Kane, Los Gatos Planning Commissioner
Robert Kieve
James Kim, San Jose City Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Hsing Kung
Jim Levitt
Vic LoBue
Evan Low, Santa Clara County Senior Care Commission
Linda Lubeck, former Los Gatos Mayor
Clarence Madrilejos
Betty Malks, Director of Department of Aging and Adult Services
Connie Martinez, Children's Discovery Museum
Stephen McCray, Chair San Jose Arts Commissioner
Dianne McKenna, former Santa Clara County Supervisor
Julia Miller, former Sunnyvale Mayor
Marty Miller, Cupertino Planning Commissioner
Reyna Modell
Sheila Mohan, Cupertino Library Commissioner
Mark Moor, President, South County Democratic Club
Alfredo Morales
Jennifer Myronuk, Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women
Kim Nguyen
Dr. Ngai Nguyen
Jeremy Nishihara, San Jose CDBG Steering Committee
Dick Oliver, Sunnyvale Parks and Recreation Commissioner
Dr. Randall Pham, Viet Heritage Board
Rolanda Pierre-Dixon, domestic violence prosecutor
Mark Ritchie
Julie Rose, Los Altos
Bob Roseberry, Campbell Planning Commissioner
Fadi Saba, founder Arab American Democratic Caucus
David Sandretto, Second Harvest Food Bank
Dr. Gary Silver
Sherry Simmons, Chair, Santa Clara County Housing Authority
David Simons, Sunnyvale Planning Commissioner
Jessie Singh
Wiggsy Sivertsen, co-founder of BAYMEC
Ervie Smith
Jeanine Stanek, Sunnyvale Heritage Preservation Commissioner
Clarence Stone
Barbara Swenson
Emily Thurber
Jim Thurber, Former Los Altos Mayor
Vy Tran, Vietnamese American Professional Alliance
Do Van Tron, Vien Thao Media
Terry Trumbull, Professor, Environmental Studies, San Jose State University
Manuel Valerio, former Sunnyvale Mayor
Frank Vasquez, former Santa Clara Police Chief
Van Loc Vu, IRCC Executive Director
Tony West
Clark Williams, San Jose Appeal Hearing Commissioner
Susie Wilson, former Santa Clara County Supervisor
Gilbert Wong, Chair, Cupertino Planning Commissioner
Fernando Zazueta
James Zuur
Titles are for identification purposes only, and are not intended to imply or suggest organizational support or endorsement.