November 5, 2024 Endorsements
FEDERAL OFFICES
President/Vice President – Kamala Harris/Tim Walz
U.S. Senate (Full Term) – Adam Schiff
U.S. Senate (Partial Term) – Adam Schiff
U.S. House of Representatives, District 3 – Jessica Morse
U.S. House of Representatives, District 6 – Ami Bera (i)
U.S. House of Representatives, District 7 – Doris Matsui (i)
STATE OFFICES
State Senate, District 3 – Christopher Cabaldon
State Assembly, District 6 – Maggy Krell
State Assembly, District 7 – Porsche Middleton
State Assembly, District 9 – NO ENDORSEMENT*
State Assembly, District 10 – Stephanie Nguyen (i)
State Assembly, District 11 – Lori Wilson (i)
CITY OFFICES
Folsom City Council, District 2 – Hla Elkhatib
Folsom City Council, District 4 – Barbara Leary
Rancho Cordova City Council, District 3 – Joe Little
Rancho Cordova City Council, District 4 – Leroy Tripette
Sacramento Mayor – NEUTRAL**
Sacramento City Council, District 2 – Roger Dickinson
SCHOOL OFFICES
Dry Creek Elementary School District (vote for two) – Patrick Ramos & Tracy Balcom
Elk Grove Unified School District, Area 6 – Jennifer Ballerini
Elk Grove Unified School District, Area 7 – Rehana Rehman
Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Area 2 – YK Chalamcherla
Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Area 4 – Chris Clark (i)
Los Rios Community College District, Area 5 – Colette Harris-Mathews
Natomas Unified School District, Area 3 – Jonathan Cook
Roseville Joint Union High School District, Area 1 – Bill Schuetz
Sacramento City Unified School District, Area 3 – Jose Navarro
Sacramento City Unified School District, Area 4 – April Ybarra
San Juan Unified School District, Area 2 – Pam Costa (i)
San Juan Unified School District, Area 4 – Martin Ross
SPECIAL DISTRICT OFFICES
American River Flood Control District, Division 4 – Tamika L’Ecluse (i)
American River Flood Control District, Division 5 – Rae Vander Werf (i)
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Division 4 – Lee Miller
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), Ward 1 – Brandon Rose (i)
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), Ward 5 – Rob Kerth (i)
STATE PROPOSITIONS
Proposition 2 – Vote YES
Provides needed funds for public schools and community college facilities.
Proposition 3 – Vote YES
Protects the right to marry and removes obsolete discriminatory language in the CA Constitution.
Proposition 4 – Vote YES
Provides needed funds for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, and protecting communities and natural lands from climate risks.
Proposition 5 – Vote YES
Makes it easier to pass local bonds to fund affordable housing and public infrastructure by lowering the threshold to pass those local bonds from 2/3 to a 55% majority requirement.
Proposition 6 – Vote YES
Removes language in the CA Constitution that allows involuntary servitude for incarcerated persons.
Proposition 32 – Vote YES
Raises the state’s minimum wage to $18/hour.
Proposition 33 – Vote YES
Expands the power of the local governments to enact or expand residential rent control.
Proposition 34 – NEUTRAL
Restricts spending of prescription drug revenues by certain health care providers.
Proposition 35 – Vote YES
Provides permanent funding for Medi-Cal health care services.
Proposition 36 – Vote NO
Allows felony charges and increases sentences for certain drug and theft crimes.
LOCAL MEASURES
Measure E (City of Sacramento) – Vote YES
Extends and combines city’s existing parcel tax to fund local libraries.
(i) = denotes incumbent
*There is no Democratic candidate on the ballot for State Assembly, District 9.
**The Democratic Party has not endorsed a candidate running for Sacramento Mayor. Please note that both candidates running, Dr. Flo Cofer and Kevin McCarty, are Democrats.