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State Senator; District 15

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ELECTED OFFICIALS & COMMUNITY LEADERS

President Barack Obama
US Senator Dianne Feinstein
Congresswoman Lois Capps
Congresswoman Judy Chu
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
Congressman Sam Farr
Congressman Mike Honda
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
Congresswoman Jackie Speier
Congressman Don Edwards (Ret.)

State Board of Equalization, Chair - Betty Yee
State Controller John Chiang
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell

State Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg
State Senator Elaine Alquist
State Senator Ron Calderon
State Senator Ellen Corbett
State Senator Alan Lowenthal
State Senator Mark DeSaulnier
State Senator Loni Hancock
State Senator Mark Leno
State Senator Chris Keho
State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod
State Senator Alex Padilla
State Senator Curren Price
State Senator Joe Simitian
State Senator Lois Wolk
State Senator Leland Yee
Former State Senator Sheila Kuehl

Assembly Speaker John Pérez
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr
Assemblymember Anna Caballero
Assemblymember Joe Coto
Assemblymember Noreen Evans
Assemblymember Kevin de Leon
Assemblymember Paul Fong
Assemblymember Ed Hernandez, O.D.
Assemblymember Fiona Ma
Assemblymember Bill Monning
Assemblymemer Nancy Skinner
Assemblymember Ira Ruskin
Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez
Former Assemblymember Sally Lieber
Former Assemblymember Dario Frommer

Butte County Supervisor Jane Dolan
Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Chair - Simón Salinas
Monterey County Supervisor Dave Potter
Monterey County Supervisor Fernando Armenta
Monterey County Supervisor Jane Parker
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisor, Chair - Janet Wolf
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, President - Ken Yeager
Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese
Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa, Jr
Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss
Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone
Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Chair - Neal Coonerty
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Tony Campos
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ellen Pirie
Santa Cruz County Supervisor Mark Stone
Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Leopold
Santa Cruz County Treasurer and former Assemblymember for the 27th District, Fred Keeley
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Phil Wowak
San Francisco County Treasurer José Cisneros
San Francisco County Supervisor Bevan Dufty
San Francisco County Supervisor David Campos
San Francisco County Supervisor Aaron Peskin (Former)
San Luis Obispo County Treasurer, Tax Collector & Public Administrator Frank Freitas
San Mateo County Supervisors, President - Rich Gordon

San Francisco Mayor and State Lt. Governor Candidate Gavin Newsom
Atascadero City Council Member Ellen Beraud
Campbell Mayor Evan Low
Campbell Vice Mayor Jason Baker
Campbell Council Member Dan Furtado
Carmel-by-the-Sea Mayor Sue McCloud
Carmel-by-the-Sea Council Member Jason Burnett
Cupertino Mayor Kris Wang
Cupertino Vice Mayor Gilbert Wong
Cupertino Mayor Dolly Sandoval (Former)
Cupertino Mayor Michael Chang (Former)
Gilroy Council Member Pete Arellano
Gilroy Council Member Cat Tucker
Gilroy Council Member Perry Woodward
Gonzales Mayor Maria Orozco
Greenfield Mayor John Huerta Jr
Los Angeles City Council Member Paul Koretz
Los Angeles City Council Member Herb J. Wesson Jr
Los Gatos Mayor Diane McNutt
Los Gatos Vice Mayor Joe Pirzynski
Los Gatos Council Member Barbara Spector
Marina Mayor Pro-Tem Ken Gray
Marina Council Member Jim Ford
Milpitas Mayor Bob Livengood
Monte Sereno Mayor Don Perry
Monterey Council Member Jeff Haferman
Monterey Council Member Libby Downey
Monterey Council Member Nancy Selfridge
Morgan Hill Mayor Steve Tate
Morgan Hill Council Member Greg Sellers
Morgan Hill Council Member Larry Carr
Morro Bay Council Member Noah Smukler
Mountain View Council Member Laura Macias
Mountain View Council Member Margaret Abe-Koga
Pacific Grove Council Member Ken Cuneo
Pacific Grove Council Mayor, Dan Cort (Former)
Palo Alto Mayor Peter Drekmeier (Former)
Salinas City Council Member Jyl Lutes
Salinas City Council Member Janet Barnes
San Diego Council Member Toni Atkins
San José Council Member Ash Kalra
San José Council Member Madison Nguyen
San José Council Member Nancy Pyle
San José Council Member Nora Campos
San José Council Member Pierluigi Oliverio
San José Council Member Rose Herrera
San José Council Member Sam Liccardo
San José Mayor Susan Hammer (Former)
San José Council Member Forrest Williams (Former)
San Luis Obispo Council Member Andrew Carter
San Luis Obispo Council Member Jan Marx
San Luis Obispo Council Member John Ashbaugh
Santa Clara Council Member Jamie Matthews
Santa Clara Council Member Jamie McLeod
Santa Clara Council Member Alydth Parle (Former)
Santa Cruz Mayor Mike Rotkin
Santa Cruz Vice Mayor Ryan Coonerty
Santa Cruz Council Member Cynthia Mathews
Santa Cruz Council Member Don Lane
Santa Cruz Council Member Katherine Beiers
Santa Cruz Council Member Lynn Robinson
Santa Cruz Council Member Tony Madrigal
Santa Cruz Mayor and Council Member Bert Muhly (Former)
Santa Cruz Mayor and Council Member Emily Reilly (Former)
Santa Maria Council Member Hilda Zacarias
Santa Monica City Council Member Richard Bloom
Saratoga Mayor Kathleen King
Saratoga Vice Mayor Jill Hunter
Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio
Seaside Council Member Ian Oglesby
Seaside Mayor Don Jordan (Former)
Sunnyvale Mayor Dean Chu
Sunnyvale Vice Mayor Chris Moylan
Sunnyvale Council Member Jim Griffith
Sunnyvale Council Member Otto Lee
Watsonville Mayor Luis Alejo
Watsonville Council Member Antonio Rivas
Watsonville Council Member Kimberly Petersen
Watsonville Council Member Manuel Bersamin
Watsonville Mayor Todd McFarren (Former)

Cabrillo College Trustee Claudine Wildman
Cabrillo College Trustee Rebecca Garcia
Cabrillo College Trustee Katy Stonebloom
Cabrillo College Trustee Susan True
Foothill-De Anza Community College Trustee Laura Casas Frier
Hartnell Community College Trustee Erica Padilla-Chavez
Monterey County Board of Education Trustee Barbara Cornett
Monterey Peninsula Community College Trustee Loren Steck
Monterey Peninsula Community College Trustee Charles Page
San José /Evergreen Community College Trustee Mayra Cruz
San José /Evergreen Community College Trustee Randy Okamura
San José /Evergreen Community College Trustee Ron Lind
San José /Evergreen Community College Trustee Richard Hobbs
West Valley/Mission Community College Trustee Chris Stampolis

Atascadero Unified School District Trustee Tami Gunther
Atascadero Unified School District Trustee Donn Clickard
Berryessa School District Trustee David Cohen
Campbell Union High School District Trustee Margie Mitchell (Former)
Carmel Unified School District Superintendent Marvin Biasotti
Carmel Unified School District Board President Amy Funt
Carmel Unified School District Board Member Mathew Fuzie
Carmel Unified School District Board Member Annette Yee Steck
East Side Union High School District Trustee Frank Biehl
Franklin-McKinley School District Board Trustee John Lindner
Gilroy Unified School District Trustee Rhoda Bress
Live Oak Unified School District Trustee Bernard Bricmont
Lucia Mar School District Trustee Erik Howell
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Board President Regena Lauterbach
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Trustee Elizabeth Panetta
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Trustee Helen Rucker
Morgan Hill Union School District Trustee Kathy Sullivan
Mountain View Whisman School District Trustee Rose Fillicetti (Former)
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Doug Keegan
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Karen Osmundson
Paso Robles Unified School District Trustee Pastor Ruben F. Tate, Jr
Paso Robles Unified School District Trustee Tim Gearhart
Paso Robles Unified School District Trustee Jeanne Dugger
Salinas Union High School District, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fernando Elizondo (Ret.)
San José Unified School District Superintendent Don Iglesias
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Board President Walter Millar
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Board Clerk Kathryn Eisendrath-Rogers
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Trustee Mark Buchman
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Trustee Marilyn Rodger
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Trustee Ellen Sheffer
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Trustee Chris Ungar
San Luis Coastal Unified School District Superintendent Edward Valentine (Former)
San Luis Obispo County Superintendent of Schools Julian Crocker
Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee Teresa O'Neill (Former)
Santa Cruz City Schools Superintendent Gary Bloom
Santa Cruz City Schools Board President Rachel Dewey Thorsett
Santa Cruz City Schools Board Vice President Cynthia Hawthorne
Santa Cruz City School Board Member Claudia Vestal
Santa Cruz City School Board Member Don Maxwell
Santa Cruz City School Board Member Ken Wagman
Santa Cruz City School Board Member Wendy Strimling
Santa Cruz County Office of Education Superintendent Michael Watkins
Santa Cruz County Board of Education Trustee Arnold Levine
Santa Cruz County Board of Education Trustee Dana Sales
Scotts Valley Unified School District Trustee Allison Niday
Scotts Valley Unified School District Trustee Sue Roth
Soquel Union Elementary School District Board President Lynette Hamby
Soquel Union Elementary School District Trustee Judy McGooden

Carmel Area Wastewater District Board Member Charlotte Townsend
Carmel Valley Recreation and Park District President Randy Horace Randazzo
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District Board Member John Dalessio
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, Chair - Regina Doyle
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Board Member Judi Lehman
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Board Member Kristi Markey
Open Space Authority Director Alex Kennett
Open Space Authority Vice Chair Mike Potter
Pajaro Valley Water Mgmt Agency Board Member & former Watsonville Mayor Dennis Osmer
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Member Larry Wilson
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Member Rosemary Kamei
Saratoga Planning Commissioner Zhao Yan
Watsonville Planning Commission Member Daniel Dodge
Watsonville Planning Commission Member Rhea DeHart

ORGANIZATIONS

AFSCME Council 57
Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265
Atascadero Democratic Club
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC)
Cabrillo Classified Employees Union
Cabrillo College Democrats
Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers
California Association of Professional Scientists
California Association of Psychiatric Technicians
California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union
California Democratic Party
California Faculty Association
California Federation of Teachers
California Labor Federation
California Laborers for Equality and Progress
California Latino Legislative Caucus
California League of Conservation Voters
California Machinists Non Partisan Political League
California Nurses Association
California Privacy PAC
California Professional Firefighters
California School Employees Association
California State Council of Laborers
California State Employees Association
California State Pipe Trades Council Political Action
California Teachers Association
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
California United Homecare Workers Union Local 4034
Cambria Democratic Club of the North Coast
CA-NV Conference of Operating Engineers
CDF Firefighters
Clean Water Action
Committee on Political Education
Consumer Federation of California
CSU Employees Union/SEIU Local 2579
Cuesta College Federation of Teachers
Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley
Democracy For America
Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)
Democratic Club at the Villages
Democratic Club of the Monterey Peninsula
Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County
DRIVE Committee
East San José Democratic Club
El Moro Democratic Club
Equality California
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Freedom Democratic Club
Friends of Lighthouse Field
GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz
Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League
Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers
Green Party of Monterey County
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 234
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 302
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 332
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 340
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 413
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 595
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 6
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 639
International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Southern California District Council
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Laborers Union Local 220
Laborers Union Local 270
Mission City Democratic Club
Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
Monterey County Democratic Central Committee
Monterey Firefighters IAFF Local 3707
NARAL Pro-choice CA Privacy PAC
National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
Operating Engineers Local 3
Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club
Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers Local 1936
Peace Officers Research Association of California
Peninsula Democratic Coalition
People Power
People's Democratic Club
Pipe Trades District Council No. 36
Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte
Political Action for Classified Employees of California School Employees
Professional Engineers in California Government
Salinas Valley Democratic Club
San José Police Officers' Association
San José State Democratic Caucus
San Luis Obispo City Firefighters Local 3523
San Luis Obispo City Police & Fire Association
Santa Clara & San Benito Counties Building & Construction Trades Council
Santa Clara County Democratic Club
Santa Cruz County Democratic Central Committee
Santa Cruz County Deputy Sheriff's Association Board
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
Service Employees International Union Local 1000
Service Employees International Union Local 521
Service Employees International Union Local 721
Service Employees International Union State Council, AFL-CIO
Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 104
Sierra Club
Silicon Valley Democratic Club
Sonoma County Democratic Party
South Bay Labor Council
South County Democratic Club
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
State Building & Construction Trades Council of California
Stonewall Democratic Club Central California Coast
Sunnyvale Democratic Club
UAW International
UFCW Region 8 State Council
United Farmworkers of America
United Public Employees
United Transportation Union
Victory Fund
Vote the Coast
West Valley For Change Democratic Club
Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers