Candidate Endorsements

ACSS endorses legislative candidates that are best suited to benefit excluded employees. We do a thorough job of interviewing and surveying candidates to select individuals that will fight for the issues that impact managers, supervisors, classified and exempt state workers. Candidates that we endorse generally support employee's rights, protect pensions, believe in fair and equitable salary ranges for state workers, and are pro-union. ACSS endorses candidates from all political parties. Money that we receive through our Political Action Committee (PAC) goes towards supporting these ACSS endorsed candidates. 

Updated 3/26/2024

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Controller

Malia Cohen 

Democrat

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Lt. Governor

Eleni Kounalakis 

Democrat

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Insurance Commissioner

Ricardo Lara 

Democrat

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Treasurer

Fiona Ma 

Democrat

R

Governor

Gavin Newsom 

Democrat

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Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tony Thurmond 

Democrat

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Secretary of State

Shirley Weber 

Democrat

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Attorney General

Rob Bonta 

Democrat

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AD District 02

Rusty Hicks 

Democrat

R

SD District 03

Rozzana Verder-Aliga 

Democrat

R

AD District 04

Cecelia Aguiar-Curry 

Democrat

R

AD District 09

Heath Flora 

Republican

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SD District 09

Tim Grayson 

Democrat

R

AD District 10

Stephane Nguyen 

Democrat

R

SD District 11

Scott Wiener 

Democrat

R

AD District 11

Lori Wilson 

Democrat

R

AD District 12

Damon Connolly 

Democrat

R

SD District 13

Josh Becker 

Democrat

R

AD District 14

Buffy Wicks 

Democrat

R

SD District 15

Dave Cortese 

Democrat

R

AD District 16

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan 

Democrat

R

AD District 17

Matt Haney 

Democrat

R

SD District 17

John Laird 

Democrat

R

AD District 18

Mia Bonta 

Democrat

R

AD District 19

Catherine Stefani 

Democrat

R

AD District 20

Liz Ortega 

Democrat

R

SD District 21

Monique Limon 

Democrat

R

AD District 21

Diane Papan 

Democrat

R

AD District 22

Juan Alanis 

Democrat

R

AD District 23

Marc Berman 

Democrat

R

SD District 23

Kipp Mueller 

Democrat

R

AD District 24

Alex Lee 

Democrat

R

AD District 25

Ash Kalra 

Democrat

R

AD District 27

Esmerelda Soria 

Democrat

R

SD District 27

Henry Stern 

Democrat

R

AD District 28

Gail Pellerin 

Democrat

R

SD District 29

Eloise Gomez-Reyes 

Democrat

R

AD District 29

Robert Rivas 

Democrat

R

AD District 30

Dawn Addis 

Democrat

R

AD District 31

Joaquin Arambula 

Democrat

R

SD District 31

Angelo Farooq 

Democrat

R

SD District 33

Lena Gonzalez 

Democrat

R

AD District 35

Jasmeet Bains 

Democrat

R

AD District 36

Joey Acuna 

Democrat

R

AD District 37

Gregg Hart 

Democrat

R

SD District 37

Josh Newman 

Democrat

R

AD District 38

Steve Bennett 

Democrat

R

AD District 39

Juan Carrillo 

Democrat

R

SD District 39

Akilah Weber 

Democrat

R

AD District 40

Pilar Schiavo 

Democrat

R

AD District 41

Phulunte Riddle 

Democrat

R

AD District 42

Jacqui Irwin 

Democrat

R

AD District 44

Nick Schultz 

Democrat

R

AD District 45

James Ramos 

Democrat

R

AD District 46

Jesse Gabriel 

Democrat

R

AD District 49

Mike Fong 

Democrat

R

AD District 50

Dejonae Shaw 

Democrat

R

AD District 51

Rick Chavez-Zbur 

Democrat

R

AD District 54

Mark Gonzalez 

Democrat

R

AD District 55

Isaac Bryan 

Democrat

R

AD District 56

Lisa Calderon 

Democrat

R

AD District 60

Corey Jackson 

Democrat

R

AD District 61

Tina McKinnor 

Democrat

R

AD District 62

Jose Solache 

Democrat

R

AD District 64

Blanca Pacheco 

Democrat

R

AD District 65

Mike Gipson 

Democrat

R

AD District 66

Al Muratsuchi 

Democrat

R

AD District 67

Sharon Quirk-Silva 

Democrat

R

AD District 68

Avelino Valencia 

Democrat

R

AD District 69

Josh Lowenthal 

Democrat

R

AD District 73

Cottie Petrie-Norris 

Democrat

R

AD District 74

Chris Duncan 

Democrat

R

AD District 77

Tasha Boerner-Horvath 

Democrat

R

AD District 78

Chris Ward 

Democrat

R

AD District 79

Colin Parent 

Democrat

R

AD District 80

David Alvarez 

Democrat

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