Dear Resistance Force Fighters,
The Spring 2017 local elections provide the first opportunity to make your voice heard at the ballot box and fight back against Trump’s radical agenda.
Click here to see a list of the Democratic Party’s officially endorsed candidates and ballot measure positions for local races. Elections throughout LA County take place as early as this Tuesday, March 7th, so please check our list and mark your calendars.
We have loaded our endorsement page with links to campaign websites to help you find more information about our endorsements and get opportunities to volunteer with these vital local races.
You might ask yourself “Are these local races really that important?”
Well, those who preside over local school boards decide whether our students’ curriculum is formulated by science, facts and reason, or are guided by “alternative facts” and ultra-conservative ideologies. They also vote on whether to fully fund public schools or outsource our children’s education to charter and private schools.
City council members vote on contracts for city services and decide whether local governments ensure protections for working people and support good middle class jobs, or provide fodder for big corporate executives to receive giant tax breaks and bonuses. They also hold influence over whether local police forces are subjugated to serve as local enforcement agencies of federal immigration orders.
Community college boards ensure that higher education and technical training remain an accessible and affordable option to ensure no one is left out of an ever-changing work force.
Local elections have major consequences, often felt more directly in our day-to-day lives than higher profile elections. Republicans across the country are taking over school boards and municipal seats and building a bench of experienced and connected candidates for higher office. It is in our hands to fight back and elect good Democrats to these local seats to ensure a good quality of life for our residents and a prepared farm team for the future.
We must resist the destructive policies of Trump’s alt-right-wing administration, and a key step in that resistance is to ensure that the LA County Democratic Party’s endorsed candidates and ballot measures are victorious in local elections this Spring so Los Angeles can stay in the forefront of the fight.
Please remember to vote for the Democratic Party’s endorsed candidates and measures in your local elections, and help us keep Los Angeles a beacon for the rest of the country to look toward.
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Democratic Party Official Endorsements
For Spring 2017 Local Elections
In Los Angeles County
All elections are March 7, 2017 unless otherwise specified.
* Incumbent
Los Angeles Mayor
Eric Garcetti* Los Angeles City Attorney
Mike Feuer* Los Angeles City Controller
Ron Galperin* Los Angeles City Council
District 1 – Gil Cedillo* District 3 – Bob Blumenfield* District 5 – Paul Koretz* District 7 – No Consensus District 9 – Curren Price* District 11- Mike Bonin* District 13 – Mitch O’Farrell* District 15 – Joe Buscaino* Los Angeles Community College District
District 2 – Steve Veres District 4 – Dallas Fowler District 6 – Gabriel Buelna Los Angeles Unified School District
Seat 2 – No Endorsement Seat 4 – Steve Zimmer* Seat 6 – Imelda Padilla Los Angeles County
Measure H – SUPPORT Los Angeles City
Measure M – SUPPORT Measure N – OPPOSE Measure S – OPPOSE Measure P – SUPPORT Arcadia Unified School District
Measure A – SUPPORT Bell
Measure T – SUPPORT Bellflower
Measure B – SUPPORT Claremont City Council
Compton Mayor
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 18, 2017) No Endorsement Compton City Clerk
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 18, 2017) No Consensus Compton City Treasurer
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 18, 2017) No Endorsement Compton City Attorney
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 18, 2017) Marcus Musante Compton City Council
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 18, 2017) Seat 2 – Bill Ivey Seat 3 – Tana McCoy* Covina City Council
Jorge Marquez* Covina
Measure CC – SUPPORT Cudahy
Measure PS – OPPOSE Gardena Mayor
Mark Henderson Glendale City Clerk
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 4, 2017) Ardy Kassakhian* Glendale Community College Board of Trustees
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 4, 2017) Seat 2 – Ann Hazel Ransford* Seat 4 – Victor Ernesto Garcia Glendale Unified School District
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 4, 2017) Area B – No Endorsement Area C – Armina Gharpetian* Area D – Shant Sahakian Inglewood City Council
Inglewood Unified School District
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 4, 2017) Seat 1 – Dionne Faulk Seat 3 – Melody Ngaue-Tu’uholoaki* Inglewood
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 4, 2017) Measure DE – SUPPORT La Mirada City Council
Diane Gramajo La Verne Mayor
Tim Hepburn La Verne City Council
Matthew Lyons Monrovia City Council
(Election Day: Tuesday, April 11, 2017) Larry Spicer* Monterey Park
Measure LL – SUPPORT Norwalk City Council (Unexpired Term)
Margarita Rios Norwalk City Council (Full Term)
Enrique Aranda Palos Verdes Estates
Measure D – SUPPORT Pasadena City Council
District 5 – Victor Gordo* District 7 – No Endorsement Pasadena Unified School Board
District 1 – Kimberly Kenne* District 3 – Adrienne Ann Mullen* District 5 – Elizabeth Pomeroy* Redondo Beach Mayor
Bill Brand Redondo Beach
Measure C – SUPPORT San Fernando
Measure SF – OPPOSE San Gabriel City Clerk
Florencia Albert Signal Hill
Measure F – NO ENDORSEMENT South El Monte Mayor
Joseph Gonzalez South Gate City Clerk
Carmen Avalos* South Gate City Treasurer
No Consensus South Gate City Council
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