2022 Los Angeles, California, Primary Progressive Voter Guide

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U.S. Senate

Senator

Alex Padilla

(This seat will appear twice on your ballot, for the current term Padilla was appointed to when Kamala Harris became vice president, and for the next six-year term)


City of Los Angeles

City-Wide Offices

Mayor

Gina Viola

City Attorney

Faisal Gill

City Controller

Kenneth Mejia

L.A. City Council

City Council, 1st District

Eunisses Hernandez

City Council, 3rd District

Bob Blumenfield

City Council, 5th District

Scott Epstein

City Council, 7th District

Monica Rodriguez

City Council, 9th District

Dulce Vasquez

City Council, 11th District

Erin Darling

City Council, 13th District

Hugo Soto-Martínez

City Council, 15th District

Bryant Odega

Board of Education

Member of the Board of Education, District 2

Rocío Rivas

Member of the Board of Education, District 4

Nick Melvoin

Member of the Board of Education, District 6

Marvin Rodriguez

State Legislature

CA State Senate

State Senate, 20th

Caroline Menjivar

State Senate, 22nd

don’t vote*

State Senate, 24th

Ben Allen

State Senate, 26th

Maria Elena Durazo

State Senate, 28th

Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

State Senate, 30th

Martha Camacho Rodriguez

State Senate, 34th

don’t vote*

State Senate, 36th

Kim Carr

CA State Assembly

State Assembly, 34th

Rita Ramirez Dean

State Assembly, 39th

Juan Carrillo

State Assembly, 40th

Pilar Schiavo

State Assembly, 41st

Chris Holden

State Assembly, 42nd

Jacqui Irwin

State Assembly, 43rd

Luz Maria Rivas

State Assembly, 44th

Laura Friedman

State Assembly, 46th

Jesse Gabriel

State Assembly, 48th

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 49th

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 51st

Louis Abramson

State Assembly, 52nd

Mia Livas Porter

State Assembly, 53rd

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 54th

Miguel Santiago

State Assembly, 55th

Isaac Bryan

State Assembly, 56th

Lisa Calderon

State Assembly, 57th

Reggie Jones-Sawyer

State Assembly, 61st

Tina Simone McKinnor

State Assembly, 62nd

don’t vote*

State Assembly, 64th

Elizabeth Alcantar

State Assembly, 65th

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair

State Assembly, 66th

Al Muratsuchi

State Assembly, 67th

Param Brar

State Assembly, 69th

Merry Taheri

U.S. Congress

US Rep 23rd

Derek Marshall

US Rep 26th

Julia Brownley

US Rep 27th

Ruth Luevanos

US Rep 28th

Judy Chu

US Rep 29th

Angélica María Dueñas

US Rep 30th

Adam Schiff

US Rep 31st

Grace Napolitano

US Rep 32nd

Shervin Aazami

US Rep 34th

David Kim

US Rep 35th

Norma Torres

US Rep 36th

Ted Lieu

US Rep 37th

Daniel Lee

US Rep 38th

Linda Sánchez

US Rep 42nd

Nicole López

US Rep 43rd

Maxine Waters

US Rep 44th

Nanette Barragán

US Rep 45th

Jay Chen

Ballot Measures

MEASURE BB

No

Los Angeles County

County Supervisors

LA County Supervisor, District 1

Hilda Solis

LA County Supervisor, District 3

Lindsey Horvath

 

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SHERIFF

Eric Strong

ASSESSOR

Jeffrey Prang

 

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Judges

Judge of the Superior Court, 3

Sherilyn Peace Garnett

Judge of the Superior Court, 60

Anna Slotky Reitano

Judge of the Superior Court, 67

Elizabeth Lashley-Haynes

Judge of the Superior Court, 70

Holly L. Hancock

Judge of the Superior Court, 90

Kevin Thomas McGurk

Judge of the Superior Court, 116

Lloyd E. Handler

Judge of the Superior Court, 118

Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park

Judge of the Superior Court, 151

Patrick Hare

Judge of the Superior Court, 156

don’t vote*

State-Wide Offices

Governor

Gavin Newsom

Lieutenant Governor

Eleni Kounalakis

Secretary of State

Shirley N. Weber

Controller

Malia M. Cohen

Treasurer

Fiona Ma

Attorney General

Rob Bonta

Insurance Commissioner

Marc Levine

Member of State Board of Equalization (3rd District)

Tony Vazquez

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Marco Amaral

 


Notes

* “don’t vote” indicates that either a bad candidate is running unopposed or all candidates in the race are so terrible there’s no one worth voting for. I generally advocate for mitigating harm and voting for a bad Democrat when they’re running against a Republican. However, since climate change is an existential threat, where an anti-environment Democrat is running against an anti-environment Republican, I said “don’t vote.” Democrats have a supermajority in the California state legislature that they do little with. The party should run pro-environment candidates in order to earn your vote. Remember: Your vote is meaningful, and there’s power in withholding it.


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