Democratic Party Endorsed Candidates for November 6 2018
California has regularly scheduled statewide primary and general elections in even-numbered years during both gubernatorial and presidential election cycles.
Sacramento County and local municipal elections are at the same time as the statewide primary: March 3rd, 2020.
The following candidates are officially endorsed by the Democratic Party of Sacramento County (* indicates incumbent):
Federal
- Congressional District 6 — Doris Matsui*
- Congressional District 7 — Ami Bera*
- Congressional District 9 — Jerry McNerney*
- U.S. Senate — Kevin de León
Statewide Officers
- Governor — Gavin Newsom
- Secretary of State — Alex Padilla*
- Attorney General — Xavier Becerra*
- Superintendent of Public Instruction — Tony Thurmond
- Insurance Commissioner — Ricardo Lara
- State Controller — Betty Yee*
- State Treasurer — Fiona Ma
State Legislative
- Assembly District 6 — Jackie Smith
- Assembly District 7 — Kevin McCarty*
- Assembly District 8 — Ken Cooley*
- Assembly District 9 — Jim Cooper*
- Assembly District 11 — Jim Frazier*
- Senate District 4 — Phillip Kim
- Senate District 6 — Dr. Richard Pan*
State Propositions
- Prop 1 — Support
- Prop 2 — Support
- Prop 4 — Support
- Prop 5 — Oppose
- Prop 6 — Oppose
- Prop 7 — Support
- Prop 8 — Support
- Prop 10 — Support
- Prop 11 — Oppose
- Prop 12 — Support
Local
Local Measures
- Measure C: Oppose – Would establish term limits for Folsom City Council
- Measure D: Support – Would increase limit on campaign contributions
- Measure E: Oppose – Would create 0.5 percent increase on sales tax to fund general city purposes in Folsom
- Measure G: Oppose – Would make the office of the city clerk for the City of Galt appointive
- Measure H: Support – Would issue $46,200,000 of bonds to Robla Elementary School District
- Measure J: Support – Would issue $26.9 million of bonds to improve parks and recreation in Fair Oaks —
- Measure K: Oppose – Sacramento City Government Accountability and Efficiency Act
- Measure L: Support – Would issue $172,000,000 of bonds to Natomas Unified School Distric
School Boards
- Folsom Cordova School Board — Jaya Badiga
- Natomas Unified School Board — Teri Burns*, Cynthia Connell
- San Juan Unified School Board — Zima Creason
- Sacramento City Unified School Board Area 1 — Anna Molander
- Sacramento City Unified School Board Area 2 — Ellen Cochrane*
- City Councils
- Citrus Heights City Council — Porsche Middleton Elk Grove City Council District 2 — Andres Ramos
- Elk Grove City Council District 4 — Orlando Fuentes Folsom City Council — Barbara Leary
- Rancho Cordova City Council — Garrett Gatewood*
Other Local Districts & Boards
- American River Flood Control District (3 open seats) — Brian Holloway*, Rachelanne “Rae” Vander Werf
- SMUD Board Ward 3 — Gregg Fishman*
- SMUD Board Ward 4 — Rosanna Herber
- SMUD Board Ward 6 — Dave Tamayo*
- Cordova Recreation & Park District — Terri Leimbach*
- Cosumnes Community Service Board (2 open seats) — Rod Brewer*, Jaclyn Moreno