Teamsters 856 thoroughly vets all endorsements of candidates and ballot measures. Make sure that your vote is for working families.
President
U.S. Senate
Congressional Candidates
Assembly Candidates
State Senate Candidates
Statewide Ballot Measures
Alameda County
Contra Costa County
Marin County
Merced County
Napa County
Sacramento County
San Francisco
San Mateo County
Santa Clara County
Solano County
Sonoma County
* indicates incumbent
President
Hillary Clinton (D)
U.S. Senate
Congressional Candidates
District 1 Jim Reed (D)
District 2 *Jared Huffman (D)
District 3 * John Garamendi (D)
District 4 No Endorsement
District 5 *Mike Thompson (D)
District 6 * Doris Matsui (D)
District 7 No Endorsement
District 9 *Jerry McNerney (D)
District 10 Michael Eggman (D)
District 11 *Mark DeSaulnier (D)
District 12 *Nancy Pelosi (D)
District 13 *Barbara Lee (D)
District 14 *Jackie Speier (D)
District 15 *Eric Swalwell (D)
District 16 No Endorsement
District 17 *Mike Honda (D)
District 18 *Anna Eshoo (D)
District 19 *Zoe Lofgren (D)
District 20 Jimmy Panetta (D)
District 21 Emilio Huerta (D)
District 22 No Endorsement
State Assembly Candidates
District 1 No Endorsement
District 2 *Jim Wood (D)
District 3 Edward Richie (D), James Gallagher (R)
District 4 Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D)
District 5 No Endorsement
District 6 No Endorsement
District 7 *Kevin McCarty (D)
District 8 *Ken Cooley (D)
District 9 *Jim Cooper (D)
District 10 *Marc Levine (D)
District 11 *Jim Frazier (D)
District 12 No Endorsement
District 13 *Susan Eggman (D)
District 14 Mae Torlakson (D), Tim Grayson, (D) (Dual)
District 15 *Tony Thurmond (D)
District 16 Cheryl Cook-Kallio (D)
District 17 *David Chiu (D)
District 18 *Rob Bonta (D)
District 19 *Phil Ting (D)
District 20 *Bill Quirk (D)
District 21 *Adam Gray (D)
District 22 *Kevin Mullin (D)
District 23 No Endorsement
District 24 Vicki Veenker (D)
District 25 *Kansen Chu (D)
District 26 No Endorsement
District 27 Ash Kalra (D)
District 28 *Evan Low (D)
District 29 *Mark Stone (D)
District 30 Anna Caballero (D)
District 31 Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D)
State Senate Candidates
District 1 No Endorsement
District 3 Bill Dodd (D)
District 5 *Cathleen Galgiani (D)
District 7 No Endorsement
District 9 Sandre Swanson (D)
District 11 Jane Kim (D)
District 13 *Jerry Hill (D)
District 15 *Jim Beall (D)
Statewide Ballot Measures
PROPOSITION 51 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
School Bonds. Funding for K-12 School and Community College Facilities.
PROPOSITION 52 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
State Fees on Hospitals. Federal Medi-Cal Matching Funds.
PROPOSITION 53 — RECOMMENDATION: NO
Revenue Bonds Statewide Voter Approval
PROPOSITION 54 — RECOMMENDATION: NO
Legislature, Legislation and Proceedings.
PROPOSITION 55 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
Tax Extension to Fund Education and Health Care.
PROPOSITION 56 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
Cigarette Tax to Fund Health Care, Tobacco Use Prevention, Research and Law Enforcement
PROPOSITION 57 — RECOMMENDATION: NO RECOMMENDATION
Criminal Sentences, Juvenile Criminal Proceedings, and Sentencing
PROPOSITION 58 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
English Language Education
PROPOSITION 59 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
California Overturn of Citizens United Act Advisory Question (2016)
PROPOSITION 60 — RECOMMENDATION: NO ENDORSEMENT
Adult Films Condom Requirements
PROPOSITION 61 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
State Prescription Drug Purchases Pricing Standards
PROPOSITION 62 — RECOMMENDATION: NO RECOMMENDATION
Death Penalty. Repeal.
PROPOSITION 63 — RECOMMENDATION: NO ENDORSEMENT
Firearms. Ammunition Sales
PROPOSITION 64 — RECOMMENDATION: NEUTRAL
Marijuana Legalization
PROPOSITION 65 — RECOMMENDATION: NO RECOMMENDATION
Carry -Out Bags. Charges.
PROPOSITION 66 — RECOMMENDATION: NO RECOMMENDATION
Death Penalty. Procedures.
PROPOSITION 67 — RECOMMENDATION: YES
Referendum to Overturn Ban on Single-Use Plastic Bags.
Local Endorsements
Alameda County
Measure A1 ($580 mil. housing bond): Yes
Measure B1( School Bond): Yes
Measure M1 (Renter Protection): Yes
Measure K1 (Utility Transfer Tax): Yes
Measure RR: BART Bond: Yes
AC Transit Parcel Tax: Yes
Alameda County Superior Court Judge: Scott Jackson
AC Transit Board – At Large: Chris Peeples
BART Board Dist. 3: Rebecca Saltzman
City of Alameda
City Council: Malia Vella
Auditor: Mike McMahon
Treasurer: Jeff Bratzler
School Board: Gray Harris (incumbent); Matt Hettich; Dennis Popalardo
City of Berkeley
City Council, District 2: Darryl Moore (incumbent)
City of Dublin
Mayor: David Haubert
City Council: Melissa Hernandez-Strah
City of Fremont
Mayor: Bill Harrison (incumbent)
City of Livermore
City Council: Gary Stewart (incumbent)
Mayor: John Marchand
City of Oakland
City Council Dist. 3: Lynette Gibson McElhaney
City Council Dist. 7: Larry Reid (incumbent)
School Directors Dist. 1: Jody London (incumbent)
School Directors Dist. 5: Roseann Torres (incumbent)
Measure HH (Soda Tax): No
Measure JJ (Renters Protection): Yes
Measure KK (Infrastructure Bond): Yes
City of San Leandro
City Council Dist. 2: Bryan Azevedo
City Council Dist. 6: Pete Ballew
School Board Area 5: Diane Prola
Measure PP (Infrastructure Tax): Yes
Measure J1 (School Bond): Yes
City of Union City
Mayor: Jim Navarro
City Council: Gary Singh
Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors
District 3: Diane Burgis
District 5: Federal Glover (incumbent)
Measure RR (BART Bond): Yes
City of Antioch
City Council: Monica Wilson (incumbent); Mary Rocha
City of Brentwood
Claudette Staton
City of Concord
Carlyn Obringer
Edi Birsan (incumbent)
City of Martinez
Treasurer: Carolyn Robinson (incumbent)
City Council: Mark Ross
City of Orinda
City Council: Inga Miller
City of Pittsburg
City Council: Ben Johnson (incumbent)
City of Pleasant Hill
City Council: Ken Carlson (incumbent)
City of Richmond
City Council: Nathaniel Bates (incumbent); Jael P. Myrick (incumbent); Cesar Zepeda (incumbent)
City of San Ramon
City Council: Phil O’Loane (incumbent); Sabina Zafar
Mount Diablo Unified School District
Cherise Khaund; Joanne Durkee
Martinez School Board
Jonathan Wright (incumbent)
Marin County
Board of Supervisors
District 4: Dennis Rodoni
Judge Seat
Sheila Lichtblau
Merced County
Board of Supervisors
District 2: Hub Walsh (incumbent)
District 4: Lloyd Pareira
City of Merced
Mayor: Joshua Pedrozo
Napa County
Board of Supervisors
District 2: Mark Luce
City of Napa
City Council: Scott Sedgely (incumbent); Mary Luros (incumbent)
Mayor: Jill Techel (incumbent)
Sacramento County
City of Elk Grove
Mayor: Steve Ly
West Sacramento City Council
Beverly Sandeen
Quirina Orozco
Measure B – Road Maintenance & Traffic Relief: YES
City & County of San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
District: 1: Sandra Lee Fewer
District 3: Aaron Peskin
District 5: London Breed
District 7: Norman Yee
District 9: Josh Arce, Hillary Ronan
District 11: Ahsha Safai
BART Board of Directors
District 7: Lateefa Simon
District 9: Bevan Dufty
San Francisco Community College District
Alex Randolph
Tom Temprano
Rafael Mendelman
San Francisco Board of Education
Matt Haney
Stevon Cook
Mark Sanchez
Measure A (San Francisco School Bond): Yes
Measure J (SF Funding for Homelessness & Transportation): Yes
Measure K (SF General Sales Tax): Yes
Measure RR (BART BOND): Yes
Measure W (SF Real Estate Transfer): Yes
Measure V (SF Soda Tax): No
San Mateo County
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
District 5: David Canepa
Jefferson Unified High School District:
Kalimah Slahddin
Daly City City Council
Juslyn Manalo
Glenn Sylvester
Pacifica City Council
Sue Vaterlaus
Santa Clara County
County-Wide:
Measure A (Housing Bond): Yes
Measure B (Transportation Funding): Yes
City of Campbell
City Council: Donald Christopher Young, Richard Waterman
City of Cupertino
City Council: Jerry Liu
City of Milpitas
City Council: Robert Nunez, Mark Tiernan
City of Morgan Hill
City Council: Larry Carr, Rene Angelo Spring
City of Mountain View
City Council: Margaret Koga, Thilda Cornes, Lisa Matichak, Lucas Ramirez
Measure V (Rent Stabilization/Control Ordinance): Yes
City of Santa Clara
City Council: Seat 3: Debi Davis
City Council Seat 4: Tino Silva
City Council Seat 6: Kathy Watanabe
City Council Seat 7: Teresa O’Neill
Santa Clara Unified School District, Area 2: Albert Gonzalez
Santa Clara Unified School District, Area 3: Anna Welsh
City of San Jose
City Council Dist. 2: Sergio Jimenez
City Council Dist. 5: Helen Chapman
City Council Dist. 8: Sylvia Arenas
Measure E (Opportunity to Work): Yes
Measure F: Yes
Solano County
County-Wide
Board of Supervisors Dist. 2: Mike Ioakimedes
City of Benecia
City Council: Christina Strawbridge (incumbent); Lionel Largaespada
Mayor: Mark Hughes
City of Dixon
Mayor: Jack Batchelor (incumbent)
City Council Dist. 3: Steve Bird (incumbent)
City Council Dist. 4: Jerry Castanon (incumbent)
City of Fairfield
City Council: Rick Vaccaro (incumbent); Robert Marin
City of Suisun
City Council: Mike Segala (incumbent); Lori Wilson (incumbent)
City of Vacaville
City Council: Ron Rowlett (incumbent)
City of Vallejo
Mayor: Landis Graden
City Council: Latressa Alford. Rozzana Verder-Aliga
Sonoma County
County-Wide
Board of Supervisors Dist. 5: Lynda Hopkins, Noreen Evans
City of Santa Rosa
City Council: Chris Rogers, Jack Tibbetts, Ernesto Olivares
Measure N & O: Yes
Town of Windsor
Town Council: Debora Lynn Fudge