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2020 Endorsement Meeting Highlights

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!

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