SEIU Local 721 members made endorsements in 86 campaigns covering six southern California Counties. These races include statewide offices, state and federal legislative offices, as well various local races. The results for all the races are below. Please note that some races are still too close to call as of June 10th. Hopefully we will have the final results in about a week when the outstanding absentee ballots are counted. Of the 86 endorsements made, 78 of those campaigns won, seven lost, and one is still too close to call.
Endorsed Campaigns – Primary 2014
*election results as of 6/10/14
Federal Races:
Lois Capps for Congressional District 24 – WON
Lee Rogers for Congressional District 25 – LOST
Julia Brownley for Congressional District 26 – WON
Judy Chu for Congressional District 27 – WON
Adam Schiff for Congressional District 28 – WON
Tony Cardenas for Congressional District 29 – WON
Brad Sherman for Congressional District 30 – WON
Grace Napolitano for Congressional District 32 – WON
Ted Lieu for Congressional District 33 – WON
Xavier Becerra for Congressional District 34 – WON
Norma Torres for Congressional District 35 – WON
Raul Ruiz for Congressional District 36 – WON
Karen Bass for Congressional District 37 – WON
Linda Sanchez for Congressional District 38 – WON
Lucille Roybal-Allard for Congressional District 40 – WON
Mark Takano for Congressional District 41 – WON
Maxine Waters for Congressional District 43 – WON
Janice Hahn for Congressional District 44 – WON
Loretta Sanchez for Congressional District 46 – WON
Alan Lowenthal for Congressional District 47 – WON
Statewide Races:
Jerry Brown for Governor – WON
Gavin Newsom for Lieutenant Governor – WON
John Chiang for State Treasurer – WON
John Perez for State Controller – too close to callAlex Padilla for Secretary of State – WON
Kamala Harris for Attorney General – WON
Tom Torlakson for Superintendent of Public Instruction – WON
Dave Jones for State Insurance Commissioner – WON
Jerome Horton for Board of Equalization, Seat 4 – WON
State Senate Races:
Bob Hertzberg for Senate District 18 – WON
Connie Leyva for Senate District 20 – WON
Ed Hernandez for Senate District 22 – WON
Kevin De Leon for Senate District 24 – WON
No Recommendation for Senate District 26 -Sandra Fluke (D) and Ben Allen (D) advance to the General ElectionHolly Mitchell for Senate District 30 – WON
Tony Mendoza for Senate District 32 – WON
Jose Solorio for Senate District 34 – WON
State Assembly Races:
Steve Fox for Assembly District 36 – WON
Das Williams for Assembly District 37 – WON
Raul Bocanegra for Assembly District 39 – WON
No Recommendation for Assembly District 40-Kathleen Henry (D) and Marc Steinorth (R) advance to the General Election
Chris Holden for Assembly District 41 – WON
Jacqui Irwin for Assembly District 44 – WON
Matt Dababneh for Assembly District 45 – WON
Adrin Nazarian for Assembly District 46 – WON
Roger Hernandez for Assembly District 48 – WON
Ed Chau for Assembly District 49 – WON
Richard Bloom for Assembly District 50 – WON
Jimmy Gomez for Assembly District 51 – WON
Freddie Rodriguez for Assembly District 52 – WON
Miguel Santiago for Assembly District 53 – WON
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas for Assembly District 54 – WON
Eduardo Garcia for Assembly District 56 – WON
Ian Calderon for Assembly District 57 – WON
Cristina Garcia for Assembly District 58 – WON
Reggie Jones-Sawyer for Assembly District 59 – WON
Jose Medina for Assembly District 61 – WON
No Recommendation for Assembly District 62-Autumn Burke (D) and Ted Grouse (R) advance to the General Election
Anthony Rendon for Assembly District 63 – WON
No Recommendation for Assembly District 64-Mike Gipson (D) and Prophet Walker (D) advance to the General Election
Sharon Quirk-Silva for Assembly District 65 – WON
Al Muratsuchi for Assembly District 66 – WON
Tom Daly for Assembly District 69 – WON
Patrick O’Donnell for Assembly District 70 – WON
County & Local Races:
Hilda Solis for LA County Board of Supervisors, Seat 1 – WON
No Recommendation for LA County Board of Supervisors, Seat 3-Sheila Kuehl (D) and Bobby Shriver(D) advance to the General Election
Jeff Prang for LA County Assessor – WON
No Recommendation for LA County Sheriff-Too close to call; Jim McDonnell is less than 1% away from winning outright
Amy Carter for LA County Superior Court, Seat 22 – WON
Charles Calderon for LA County Superior Court, Seat 48 – LOST
Shannon Knight for LA County Superior Court, Seat 54 (dual endorsement) – WON
Debra Losnick for LA County Superior Court, Seat 54 (dual endorsement) – LOST
Dayan Mathai for LA County Superior Court, Seat 61 – WON
Alison Matsumoto Estrada for LA County Superior Court, Seat 76 – WON
Andrew Stein for LA County Superior Court, Seat 87 – WON
Serena Murillo for LA County Superior Court, Seat 90 – WON
Teresa Pineda Magno for LA County Superior Court, Seat 97 – WON
Emma Castro for LA County Superior Court, Seat 107 – LOST
Steven Klaif for LA County Superior Court, Seat 113 – LOST
Marc Gibbons for LA County Superior Court, Seat 138 – LOST
Andrew Cooper for LA County Superior Court, Seat 157 – WON
Vartan Gharpetian for Glendale City Council – LOST
Alex Johnson for LA Unified School District, Seat 1 – WON
Mike Hestrin for Riverside County District Attorney – WON
Peter Aldana for Riverside County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder – WON
Don Kent for Riverside County Treasurer – WON
No on Measure M in Santa Barbara County (facilities maintenance ordinance) – WON
Janet Wolf for Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, Seat 2 – WON
Mark Lunn for Ventura County Clerk Recorder – WON
Geoff Dean for Ventura County Sheriff – WON
Dan Goodwin for Ventura County Assessor – WON
Jeff Burgh for Ventura County Auditor Controller – WON