Here is the latest on BAYMEC-endorsed candidates who are currently placing in their elections or who have already won.
We are thrilled to report that 8 of our record 14 LGBTQ candidates this cycle have won or are leading!
Ricardo Lara, State Insurance Commissioner
Evan Low, State Assembly District 28
Laura Parmer-Lohan, San Carlos City Council
Donna Meyers, Santa Cruz City Council
Tyller Williamson, Monterey City Council
Jeff Baron, Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council
Cindy Ranii, Santa Cruz City Schools District Board
Jorge Pacheco Jr., Oak Grove School District TA 3
They are also indicated below in bold purple.
In addition, three BAYMEC-endorsed LGBTQ candidates either won in the primary or were appointed in lieu of election:
Adam Spickler, Cabrillo College Board of Trustees and the FIRST openly trans man in CA state history (appointed in lieu of election)
Shay Franco-Clausen, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority and FIRST queer woman of color to hold office in Santa Clara County (appointed in lieu of election)
Nancy Magee, San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools (elected in June)
For a complete list of our endorsements, please see our endorsements page.
STATE AND FEDERAL CANDIDATES
Ro Khanna, Congressional District 17
Anna Eshoo, Congressional District 18
Zoe Lofgren, Congressional District 19
Jimmy Panetta, Congressional District 20
Ricardo Lara, State Insurance Commissioner
Bob Wieckowski, State Senate District 10
Anna Caballero, State Senate District 12
Marc Berman, State Assembly District 24
Kansen Chu, State Assembly District 25
Ash Kalra, State Assembly District 27
Evan Low, State Assembly District 28
Mark Stone, State Assembly District 29
Robert Rivas, State Assembly District 30
**See all statewide and congressional election results here.
SAN MATEO COUNTY
Susan Alvaro, San Mateo County Board of Education
Richard Holober, San Mateo County Community College Board
Charles Stone, Belmont City Council
Julia Mates, Belmont City Council
Warren Lieberman, Belmont City Council
Ray Buenaventura, Daly City Council
Debbie Ruddock, Half Moon Bay City Council
Deborah Penrose, Half Moon Bay City Council
Cecilia Taylor, Menlo Park City Council
Giselle Hall, Redwood City Council
Diane Howard, Redwood City Council
Laura Parmer-Lohan, San Carlos City Council
Sara McDowell, San Carlos City Council
Mark Nagales, South San Francisco City Council
Amy Koo, Belmont-Redwood Shores School District Board
Stephanie Fitch, Ravenswood School District
***See all San Mateo County results here.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Susan Ellenberg, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 4 (Ken Yeager’s seat)
Laurie Smith, Santa Clara County Sheriff
Kathleen King, Santa Clara County Board of Education Area 2
Claudia Rossi, Santa Clara County Board of Education Area 7
Mike Potter, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Paul Resnikoff, Campbell City Council
Kavita Tankha, Los Altos Hills City Council
George Tyson, Los Altos Hills City Council
Marico Sayoc, Los Gatos City Council
Peter Leroe-Munoz, Gilroy City Council
Ellen Kamei, Mountain View City Council
Lucas Ramirez, Mountain View City Council
Alison Cormack, Palo Alto City Council
Maya Esparza, San Jose City Council District 7
Pam Foley, San Jose City Council District 9
Rishi Kumar, Saratoga City Council
Gustav Larsson, Sunnyvale City Council
Glenn Hendricks, Sunnyvale City Council
Mason Fong, Sunnyvale City Council
Andres Quintero, Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
David Cohen, Berryessa School District Board
Thelma Boac, Berryessa School District Board
Hugo Jimenez, Berryessa School District Board
Kristiina Arrasmith, Campbell Union High School District Board
Lorena Chavez, East Side Union High School District Board
Marisa Hanson, Evergreen School District Board
Maimona Afzal Berta, Franklin-McKinley School District Board
Chris Norwood, Milpitas Unified School District Board
Tami Moore, Oak Grove Union School District TA 2
Jorge Pacheco Jr., Oak Grove Union School District TA 3
Brian LoBue, Oak Grove Union School District TA 5
Shounak Dharap, Palo Alto Unified School District Board
Brian Wheatley, San Jose Unified School District TA 4
Huong Nguyen, San Jose Evergreen Community College District Board TA 4
Jodi Muirhead, Santa Clara Unified School District Board
Bridget Watson, Sunnyvale School District Board
***See all Santa Clara County results here.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Donna Meyers, Santa Cruz City Council
Cindy Ranii, Santa Cruz City Schools District
***See all Santa Cruz County results here.
MONTEREY COUNTY
Tyller Williamson, Monterey City Council
Jeff Baron, Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council
Jason Campbell, Seaside City Council
Jon Wizard, Seaside City Council
***See all Monterey County results here.