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GLBT Alliance Endorsements for the November 2018 Election
On August 12, 2018, the GLBT Alliance began our November election endorsement process. Questionnaires were sent to every contested candidate, as well as non-incumbent uncontested candidates who filed to run for local election. Those candidates who returned a questionnaire were considered for recommendation by the GLBT Alliance Steering Committee and endorsement by our full membership. With the recommendation and endorsement process now concluded, we are proud to announce the following endorsements (requiring a vote of 50% +1 by our membership) for the November 6, 2018 election (some of which carry over from endorsements in the June, 2018 primary):

• US Congress, District 18
  • Congress Member Anna Eshoo
• US Congress, District 20
  
  • Congress Member Jimmy Panetta
    
• CA State Assembly, District 29
  
  • ​Assemblymember Mark Stone
    
• CA State Assembly, District 30
  
  • ​​Robert Rivas 
    
• ​Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, District 4
  
  • ​Jimmy Dutra 
    
• Capitola City Council
  • Yvette Brooks
  • Sam Storey
• Santa Cruz City Council​
  • Donna Meyers
• Watsonville City Council, District 4 
  
  • ​Jenny Sarmiento
    
• Watsonville City Council, District 5
  • Rebecca Garcia​
• Cabrillo College Board of Trustees, Area 6
  • Dan Rothwell
• Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Area 4
  
  • Daniel Dodge Jr.
• Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Area 7
  • Jennifer Holm
• Santa Cruz City Schools, District 1 
  
  • Deb Tracy-Proulx
• Santa Cruz City Schools, District 3
  • Cindy Ranii
• Soquel Union Elementary School District
  • Carolyn Freedman​

Click here to review summaries of the GLBT Alliance membership's endorsement vote outcomes for our June 2018 Endorsements, and our November 2018 Endorsements.

The GLBT Alliance Steering Committee also recommends support for the following measures on the November 2018 ballot:

• YES on Measure A: Scotts Valley Unified School District Parcel Tax
  
• YES on Measure B: Soquel Union Elementary School District  Parcel Tax
  
• YES on Measure G: Santa Cruz County Sales Tax
  
• YES on Measure H: Santa Cruz County Affordable Housing
  
• YES on Measure M: City of Santa Cruz Rent Control/Just Cause

The following uncontested candidates were not considered for endorsement, but submitted an informational questionnaire response:

• Cabrillo College Board of Trustees, Area 2
  
  • Adam Spickler
    

The following candidates for Santa Cruz City Council also submitted questionnaires for consideration by the GLBT Alliance:

• Paige Concannon
• Phil Crawford
• Justin Cummings
• Drew Glover
• Cynthia Hawthorne
• Greg Larson
• Richelle Noroyan

The following candidates for Watsonville City Council also submitted questionnaires for consideration by the GLBT Alliance:

• Lupe Rivas
  
• Steve Trujillo

The following candidate for Capitola City Council also submitted a questionnaire for consideration by the GLBT Alliance:

• Jack Digby
  

The following candidate for Santa Cruz City Schools also submitted a questionnaire for consideration by the GLBT Alliance:

• Jeremy Shonick
  

The following candidate for Soquel Unified Elementary School District also submitted a questionnaire for consideration by the GLBT Alliance:

• Charles Jolissaint