APA Dem Caucus Endorsement Results for Nov 2020 Election
Endorsement Meeting RESULTS for East County (Cities of Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore) Candidates (Nov 2020 Election)
Dublin Mayor
Melissa Hernández
Dublin City Council
Samir Qureshi
Dublin Unified School District Trustee
Michael Utsumi
Livermore Mayor
Mony Nop
Livermore City Council District 3
Britni Kiick
Livermore Unified School District Trustee
Kristie Wang
Pleasanton – Mayor
Monith Ilavarasan
Pleasanton Unified School District Trustees
Mary Jo Carreon
Kelly Mokashi
Jamie Yee
Endorsement Meeting RESULTS for South County (Cities of Fremont, Hayward, Newark, San Leandro, Union City) Candidates (Nov 2020 Election)
Fremont Mayor
Lily Mei
Fremont City Council
Raj Salwan
Fremont School Board
Area 4: Jhansi Kalapala
Area 5: Lucy Shen
Hayward City Council
Angela Andrews
Elisa Marquez
Newark School Board
Terence Grindall
San Leandro City Council
District 4: Fred Simon
Union City Mayor
Carol Dutra-Vernaci
Union City City Council
District 1 – Gary Singh
New Haven School Board
Area 2 – Melissa Shuen-Mallory
Area 3 – Sharan Kaur
Alameda County Water District
Aziz Akbari
Oro Loma Sanitary District
Benny Lee
Eden Health District Board
Pam Russo
Ohlone Community College
Greg Bonaccorsi
20th District (Hayward-Tri Cities-Fremont)
Bill Quirk
25th Assembly District (Fremont-Milpitas-San Jose)
Alex Lee
Endorsement Meeting RESULTS for North County (Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda) Candidates (Nov 2020 Elections)
AC Transit , Ward 1
Benjamin Fong
AC Transit, Ward 2
Jean Walsh
Alameda City Council
Jim Oddie
Malia Vella
Alameda Unified School District
Jennifer Williams
Beth Aney
Berkeley City Mayor
Jesse Arreguin
Berkeley City Council, Dist. 2
Terry Taplin
Berkeley City Council, Dist. 3
Ben Bartlett
Berkeley Unified School District
Laura Babbitt
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
Xavier Johnson
Andy Kelley
Mari Mendonca
Oakland City Council, Dist. 3
Carroll Fife
Oakland City Council, Dis. 7
Treva Reid
Oakland City Council, At-Large
Rebecca Kaplan
Oakland City Attorney
Barbara Parker
Oakland Unified School District, Dist. 1
Sam Davis
Oakland Unified School District, Dist. 3
Mark Hurty
Oakland Unified School District, Dist. 7
Kristina Molina
East Bay Regional Park District, Ward 1
Elizabeth Echols
Endorsement Meeting RESULTS for At-Large and Cross-Regional Candidates (Nov 2020 Elections)
Assembly District 18
Rob Bonta
AC Board of Supervisors, Dist. 1
Vinnie Bacon
At-large, AC Transit Director
H. Christian Peeples
2020 APA Dem Caucus Endorsement Meeting Highlights
2020 began auspiciously with our primary endorsement in-person meeting in January. A record-breaking 69 candidates participated. A total of 18 were endorsed for seats on the County board of supervisors, board of education, superior court and central committee. Then the pandemic hit and we went virtual.
In September for the general election, we broke a new record with 116 candidates participating. We held three general election endorsement meetings, adding an East County meeting to our existing South and North County meetings.
Special thanks to Andy Kelley who Zoom moderated our meetings, and members Phong La, Shawn Kumagai, Jennifer Ong, Suzanne Lee Chan, Sheng Thao, Julie Yim, Marilyn Ng, and Lena Tam for the live interviews with the mayoral and city council candidates and/or serving on our endorsement committee. Behind the curtain, our staff Jasmine Danh kept track of candidates and voting members.
By The Numbers
APADC 2020 Endorsement Meeting Results
116 — number of candidates seeking our endorsement
50 — number we endorsed
38 — number of Endorsed Candidates who won their election
9 — number of Asians who we endorsed and won
6 — number of incumbents among the 9
2 — number of Board members who will be in new seats
Congratulations to Board members Benny Lee (Oro Loma Sanitary District), and Stewart Chen (Alameda Healthcare District) for their electoral success!