ACJDC Endorsements
November 2026 General Election Endorsements
ACJDC members voted to make the following endorsements in September 2026. Our June primary endorsements remain in effect for candidates who advanced to November; the full June endorsement record is retained below.
Local candidates
Alameda Mayor: Tracy Jensen
Berkeley City Auditor: Jenny Wong
Berkeley City Council District 1: Laura Babitt — #1; Ross Bernet — #2
Berkeley City Council District 4: Igor Tregub
Berkeley City Council District 8: Mark Humbert
Castro Valley School Board Area 3: Eryka Mathews-Cain
EBMUD Director Ward 7: Gary Wolff
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District Area 2: Sara Lamnin
Livermore Mayor: John Marchand
Livermore City Council District 1: Evan Branning
Oakland Mayor: Barbara Lee
Oakland City Council District 2: Charlene Wang
Oakland School Board District 2: Arielle Fleisher
Oakland School Board District 4: Kathryn Camp
Oakland School Board District 6: LeAna Powell
Peralta Community College District Area 5: Cindi Reiss
Piedmont City Council: Adam Hundt
Pleasanton City Council District 3: Jamie Yee
Oakland City Council District 6: No recommendation
New state endorsements
California Lieutenant Governor: Fiona Ma
California Superintendent of Public Instruction: Richard Barrera
California State Senate District 10: Scott Sakakihara
Ballot measures
YES on Propositions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 37, and 38.
NO on Propositions 39, 41 and 42, 43, 44, and 45.
Proposition 40: No recommendation. Campaign information: Yes on 40 and No on 40.
YES on Measure RTM — Connect Bay Area Regional Transit Measure.
California Secretary of State’s voter information guide
November candidate resources
Watch our September 24 candidate forum · Read the returned candidate questionnaires
June 2026 Primary Endorsements — Archive
Governor: Xavier Becerra
Lieutenant Governor: Josh Fryday
Secretary of State: Shirley Weber
State Controller: Malia Cohen
Treasurer: Eleni Kounalakis
Attorney General: Rob Bonta
Insurance Commissioner: Ben Allen
State Board of Equalization, District 2: Sally Lieber
10th Congressional District: Mark Desaulnier
State Senate District 10: David Cohen
14th Assembly District: Buffy Wicks
16th Assembly District: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
18th Assembly District: Mia Bonta
Superior Court Judge, Office #13: Michael P. Johnson
Superior Court Judge, Office #19: Selia Warren
State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Josh Newman
County Superintendent of Schools: Alysse Castro
Member, Board of Education, 4th Trustee Area: Aisha Knowles
Member, Board of Education, 7th Trustee Area: Cheryl Cook-Kallio
County Supervisor, District 2: Elisa Márquez
County Supervisor, District 3: Lena Tam
District Attorney: Ursula Jones Dickson
Measure A, Peralta Community College Tax Renewal: YES
Endorsement Process
Per our Bylaws, the ACJDC Board determines the number of candidates that may be endorsed in each race and the process for voting on endorsements. Endorsements requires a 60% vote of the membership. The Board’s recommendations are not disclosed until after the closing of candidate statements at the ACJDC endorsement meeting and ballots are distributed.
For the June 2026 primary election, ACJDC co-hosted candidate forums with leading Democratic candidates for governor, and asked candidates in select races to submit questionnaires to help inform endorsement decisions. Find these resources below.
California Governor Candidate Forum Video Recordings
Governor Candidate Forum #1: Antonio Villaraigosa (starting at 5:10), Katie Porter (starting at 33:14), and Tony Thurmond (starting at 55:10). Click here.
Governor Candidate Forum #2: Ian Calderon, Betty Yee, and Eric Swalwell all spoke in forum #2, but have subsequently withdrawn from the governor’s race. To avoid confusion, the recording is available only by request.
Governor Candidate Forum #3: Matt Mahan (starting at 5:01), Tom Steyer (starting at 33:25), Xavier Becerra (starting at 1:04:42). Click here.
June 2026 Primary Candidate Questionnaires
To help inform endorsement decisions, ACJDC invited all eligible candidates running for select local, state, and federal offices to complete an endorsement questionnaire. Click here to view completed questionnaires. The following candidates returned completed questionnaires (ordered by last name):
Lieutenant Governor: Josh Fryday and Janelle Kellman
Insurance Commissioner: Ben Allen and Patrick Wolff
Board of Equalization: Sally Lieber
Congressional District 14: Melissa Hernandez, Rakhi Israni, Matt Ortega, Aisha Wahab
Senate District 10: David Cohen, Anne Kepner, Scott Sakakihara
District Attorney: Ursula Jones-Dickson, Gopal Krishan
Superior Court Judge Seat 13: Cabral Bonner, Michael Johnson
Superior Court Judge Seat 19: Patricia Miles, Selia Warren
For each of these races above, all eligible candidates were invited to submit questionnaires. However, not all races were selected for questionnaires.
Click here to view completed questionnaires for the June 2026 Primary Election.