ACSS Endorsed Candidates – Election Results November 2016

Posted: 11/10/2016

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