Equality California endorses viable candidates running for local, state and federal offices who have a proven track record of supporting equal rights and legal protections for LGBTQ+ Californians and who are committed to advancing these goals in their capacity as elected officials. Below are our endorsements for the 2020 Primary Election.

President of the United States

Pete Buttigieg

United States House of Representatives:

Congressional District 2: Jared Huffman
Congressional District 3: John Garamendi
Congressional District 5: Mike Thompson
Congressional District 6: Doris Matsui
Congressional District 7: Ami Bera
Congressional District 8: Chris Bubser
Congressional District 9: Jerry McNerney
Congressional District 10: Josh Harder
Congressional District 11: Mark DeSaulnier
Congressional District 12: Nancy Pelosi
Congressional District 13: Barbara Lee
Congressional District 14: Jackie Speier
Congressional District 15: Eric Swalwell
Congressional District 16: Jim Costa
Congressional District 17: Ro Khanna
Congressional District 18: Anna Eshoo
Congressional District 19: Zoe Lofgren
Congressional District 20: Jimmy Panetta
Congressional District 21: TJ Cox
Congressional District 22: Phil Arballo
Congressional District 24: Salud Carbajal
Congressional District 25: Christy Smith – WON Primary; Advances to May 12 special election
Congressional District 26: Julia Brownley
Congressional District 27: Judy Chu
Congressional District 28: Adam Schiff
Congressional District 29: Tony Cárdenas
Congressional District 30: Brad Sherman
Congressional District 31: Pete Aguilar
Congressional District 32: Grace Napolitano
Congressional District 33: Ted Lieu
Congressional District 34: Jimmy Gomez
Congressional District 35: Norma Torres
Congressional District 36: Raul Ruiz
Congressional District 37: Karen Bass
Congressional District 38: Linda Sánchez
Congressional District 39: Gil Cisneros
Congressional District 40: Lucille Roybal-Allard
Congressional District 41: Mark Takano
Congressional District 43: Maxine Waters
Congressional District 44: Nanette Barragan
Congressional District 45: Katie Porter – WON Primary
Congressional District 46: Lou Correa
Congressional District 47: Alan Lowenthal
Congressional District 48: Harley Rouda – WON Primary
Congressional District 49: Mike Levin – WON Primary
Congressional District 50: Ammar Campa-Najjar – WON Primary
Congressional District 51: Juan Vargas
Congressional District 52: Scott Peters
Congressional District 53: Georgette Gómez – WON Primary and Sara Jacobs – WON Primary (dual endorsement)

California Senate:

Senate District 5: Susan Eggman – WON Primary
Senate District 9: Nancy Skinner
Senate District 11: Scott Wiener – WON Primary
Senate District 13 (primary): Sally Lieber – LOSS and Shelly Masur – LOSS (dual endorsement)
Senate District 13 (general): Josh Becker
Senate District 15: Ann Ravel – WON Primary
Senate District 17: John Laird
Senate District 19: Monique Limón
Senate District 21: Kipp Mueller
Senate District 23: Abigail Medina – WON Primary
Senate District 25: Anthony Portantino
Senate District 27: Henry Stern
Senate District 28: Joy Silver – LOSS and Elizabeth Romero – WON primary; advances to May 12 special election (dual endorsement)
Senate District 29: Josh Newman
Senate District 31: Richard Roth
Senate District 33: Lena Gonzalez
Senate District 35: Steven Bradford
Senate District 37: Dave Min
Senate District 39: Toni Atkins

California Assembly:

Assembly District 2: Jim Wood
Assembly District 4: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assembly District 6: Jackie Smith
Assembly District 7: Kevin McCarty
Assembly District 10: Marc Levine
Assembly District 13: Kathy Miller
Assembly District 15: Buffy Wicks
Assembly District 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Assembly District 17: David Chiu
Assembly District 18: Rob Bonta
Assembly District 19: Phil Ting
Assembly District 20: Bill Quirk
Assembly District 22: Kevin Mullin
Assembly District 24: Marc Berman
Assembly District 25 (primary): Anne Kepner – LOSS
Assembly District 25 (general): Alex Lee
Assembly District 26: Drew Phelps
Assembly District 27: Ash Kalra
Assembly District 28: Evan Low
Assembly District 29: Mark Stone
Assembly District 30: Robert Rivas
Assembly District 31: Joaquin Arambula
Assembly District 32: Rudy Salas, Jr.
Assembly District 35: Dawn Addis
Assembly District 36: Johnathon Ervin
Assembly District 37: Steve Bennett – WON Primary and Cathy Murillo – LOSS (dual endorsement)
Assembly District 39: Luz Rivas
Assembly District 40: James Ramos
Assembly District 41: Chris Holden
Assembly District 42: Chad Mayes
Assembly District 43: Laura Friedman
Assembly District 44: Jacqui Irwin
Assembly District 45: Jesse Gabriel
Assembly District 46: Adrin Nazarian
Assembly District 47: Eloise Gómez Reyes
Assembly District 48: Blanca Rubio
Assembly District 49: Ed Chau
Assembly District 50: Richard Bloom
Assembly District 51: Wendy Carrillo
Assembly District 52: Freddie Rodriguez
Assembly District 53: Miguel Santiago
Assembly District 54: Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Assembly District 55: Andrew Rodriguez
Assembly District 56: Eduardo Garcia
Assembly District 56: Lisa Calderon and Sylvia Rubio (dual endorsement)
Assembly District 59: Reggie Jones-Sawyer
Assembly District 60: Sabrina Cervantes
Assembly District 61: Jose Medina
Assembly District 62: Autumn Burke
Assembly District 63: Anthony Rendon
Assembly District 64: Mike Gipson
Assembly District 65: Sharon Quirk-Silva
Assembly District 66: Al Muratsuchi
Assembly District 68: Melissa Fox
Assembly District 69: Tom Daly
Assembly District 70: Patrick O’Donnell
Assembly District 72: Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen
Assembly District 73: Scott Rhinehart
Assembly District 74: Cottie Petrie-Norris
Assembly District 76: Tasha Boerner Horvath
Assembly District 78: Chris Ward – WON Primary
Assembly District 79: Shirley Weber

Local:

Alameda County Judge: Elena Condes
Corona City Council District 3: Meg E’amato
Huntington Park City Council: Eddie Martinez
Loma Linda City Council: Gabriel Uribe
Los Angeles Community College District Board: David Vela
Monterey Park City Council District 4: Henry Lo
National City City Council: Marcus Bush
Orange County Board of Education: Jordan Brandman
Sacramento City Council: Steve Hansen
San Diego Mayor: Todd Gloria – Won Primary
San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 3: Terra Lawson-Remer – WON Primary
Superior Court Judge, San Bernardino County: Judge Joel S. Agron
Yolo County Supervisor: Linda Deos

California Ballot Measures:

Schools & Communities First

Bold indicates an openly LGBTQ+ candidate.

Past Endorsements

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