ACSS Endorsed Candidates – Election Results November 2016
ACSS Legislative Analyst Ted Toppin describes the results of the election in regards to ACSS-Endorsed Candidates. Overall, our ACSS-Endorsed Candidates had a tremendous amount of success.
For ACSS, the state election results were pretty spectacular. The ACSS-endorsed legislative candidate won in 80 of the 82 races in which ACSS took a position. The one ACSS-supported ballot measure – Proposition 55 (Tax Extension for Education) – passed easily.
In the Assembly, the ACSS candidate won in 63 races and lost in two. In contested open seat contests, ACSS was 7-0, including wins in hard fought victories by Jordan Cunningham (R-Central Coast) in AD 35, Raul Bocanegra (D-San Fernando Valley) in AD 39, and Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) in AD 66.
The two losses were those of incumbent legislators facing serious challenges. In AD 47, incumbent Democrat Cheryl Brown (San Bernardino) lost a tight race to a challenger from her own party who accused her of not acting like a Democrat. In AD 60, ACSS- endorsed Asm. Eric Linder (R-Corona) lost to a Democrat in a suburban Riverside County seat that increasingly votes Democratic.
The 17 state Senate candidates endorsed by ACSS all prevailed. In open seat races, ACSS was 7-0. This includes races in which the ACSS Democratic candidate had to beat another Democrat: Bill Dodd in SD 3 (Napa), Nancy Skinner in SD 9 (East Bay), and Steven Bradford in SD 35 (Gardena). In what were considered three of the bigger partisan Senate face-offs, the ACSS candidate won in each: Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) in SD 21, Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) in SD 25, and Henry Stern (D-Thousand Oaks) in SD 27.
Complete election results for ACSS-endorsed candidates are below. Open seat candidates are in bold.
State Assembly Candidates
| Office Sought |
Name |
Position |
| AD-01 |
Asm. Brian Dahle |
Won |
| AD-02 |
Asm. Jim Wood (D)
|
Won |
| AD-03 |
Asm. James Gallagher (R)
|
Won |
| AD-04 |
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D)
|
Won |
| AD-05 |
Asm. Frank Bigelow (R)
|
Won |
| AD-07 |
Asm. Kevin McCarty (D)
|
Won |
| AD-08 |
Asm. Ken Cooley (D)
|
Won |
| AD-09 |
Asm. Jim Cooper (D)
|
Won |
| AD-10 |
Asm. Marc Levine (D)
|
Won |
| AD-11 |
Asm. Jim Frazier (D)
|
Won |
| AD-13 |
Asm. Susan Eggman (D)
|
Won |
| AD-15 |
Asm. Tony Thurmond (D)
|
Won |
| AD-17 |
Asm. David Chiu (D)
|
Won |
| AD-18 |
Asm. Rob Bonta (D)
|
Won |
| AD-19 |
Asm. Phil Ting (D)
|
Won |
| AD-20 |
Asm. Bill Quirk (D)
|
Won |
| AD-21 |
Asm. Adam Gray (D)
|
Won |
| AD-22 |
Asm. Kevin Mullin (D)
|
Won |
| AD-23 |
Asm. Jim Patterson (R)
|
Won |
| AD-25 |
Asm. Kansen Chu (D)
|
Won |
| AD-26 |
Asm. Devon Mathis (R)
|
Won |
| AD-28 |
Asm. Evan Low (D)
|
Won |
| AD-29 |
Asm. Mark Stone (D)
|
Won |
| AD-31 |
Asm. Joaquin Arambula (D)
|
Won |
| AD-32 |
Asm. Rudy Salas (D)
|
Won |
| AD-33 |
Asm. Jay Obernolte (R)
|
Won |
| AD-35 |
Jordan Cunningham (R)
|
Won |
| AD-37 |
Monique Limon (D)
|
Won |
| AD-39 |
Raul Bocanegra (D)
|
Won |
| AD-40 |
Asm. Marc Steinorth (D)
|
Won |
| AD-41 |
Asm. Chris Holden (D)
|
Won |
| AD-42 |
Asm. Chad Mayes (R)
|
Won |
| AD-44 |
Asm. Jacqui Irwin (D)
|
Won |
| AD-45 |
Asm. Matt Dababneh (D)
|
Won |
| AD-46 |
Asm. Adrin Nazarian (D)
|
Won |
| AD-47 |
Asm. Cheryl Brown (D)
|
Lost |
| AD-48 |
Blanca Rubio(D)
|
Won |
| AD-49 |
Asm. Ed Chau (D)
|
Won |
| AD-50 |
Asm. Richard Bloom (D)
|
Won |
| AD-51 |
Asm. Jimmy Gomez (D)
|
Won |
| AD-52 |
Asm. Freddie Rodriguez (D)
|
Won |
| AD-53 |
Asm. Miguel Santiago (D)
|
Won |
| AD-54 |
Asm. Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D)
|
Won |
| AD-56 |
Asm. Eduardo Garcia (D)
|
Won |
| AD-57 |
Asm. Ian Calderon (D)
|
Won |
| AD-58 |
Asm. Cristina Garcia (D)
|
Won |
| AD-59 |
Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D)
|
Won |
| AD-60 |
Asm. Eric Linder (R)
|
Lost |
| AD-61 |
Asm. Jose Medina (D)
|
Won |
| AD-62 |
Asm. Autumn Burke (D)
|
Won |
| AD-63 |
Asm. Anthony Rendon (D)
|
Won |
| AD-64 |
Asm. Mike Gipson (D)
|
Won |
| AD-66 |
Al Muratsuchi (D)
|
Won |
| AD-67 |
Asm. Melissa Melendez (R)
|
Won |
| AD-69 |
Asm. Tom Daly (D)
|
Won |
| AD-70 |
Asm. Patrick O'Donnell (D)
|
Won |
| AD-72 |
Asm. Travis Allen (R)
|
Won |
| AD-73 |
Asm. William Brough (R)
|
Won |
| AD-74 |
Asm. Matthew Harper (R)
|
Won |
| AD-75 |
Asm. Marie Waldron (R)
|
Won |
| AD-76 |
Asm. Rocky Chavez (R)
|
Won |
| AD-77 |
Asm. Brian Maienschen (R)
|
Won |
| AD-78 |
Todd Gloria (D)
|
Won |
| AD-79 |
Asm. Shirley Webber (D)
|
Won |
| AD-80 |
Asm. Lorena Gonzalez (D)
|
Won |
| TOTALS |
|
63 Wins/2 Losses
|
State Senate Candidates
| Office Sought |
Name |
Position |
| SD-01 |
Sen. Ted Gaines (R)
|
Won |
| SD-03 |
Asm. Bill Dodd (D)
|
Won |
| SD-05 |
Sen. Cathleen Galgani (D)
|
Won |
| SD-07 |
Sen. Steve Glazer (D)
|
Won |
| SD-09 |
Nancy Skinner (D)
|
Won |
| SD-13 |
Sen. Jerry Hill (D)
|
Won |
| SD-15 |
Sen. Jim Beall (D)
|
Won |
| SD-17 |
Sen. Bill Monning (D)
|
Won |
| SD-19 |
Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D)
|
Won |
| SD-21 |
Asm. Scott Wilk (R)
|
Won |
| SD-23 |
Sen. Mike Morrell (R)
|
Won |
| SD-25 |
Anthony Portantino (D)
|
Won |
| SD-27 |
Henry Stern (D)
|
Won |
| SD-31 |
Sen. Richard Roth (D)
|
Won |
| SD-33 |
Sen. Ricardo Lara (D)
|
Won |
| SD-35 |
Steven Bradford (D)
|
Won |
| SD-39 |
Asm. Toni Atkins (D)
|
Won |
| TOTALS |
|
17 Wins/0 Losses
|
GRAND TOTAL - 80 Wins/2 Losses
Statewide Ballot Measures
| Ballot Number |
Position |
Description |
Result |
| Prop 55 |
Yes |
Tax Extension for Education & Health Care |
Won |
| TOTALS |
|
|
1 Wins/0 Losses
|