LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization, announced the endorsements of 54 incumbent legislators running for reelection to the California Senate and Assembly in the 2018 election cycle. Executive Director Rick Zbur issued the following statement:
“LGBTQ Californians are lucky to have so many strong pro-equality champions fighting for our civil rights and social justice in Sacramento. Indeed, the Golden State is leading the nation’s fight for full, lived LGBTQ equality — serving as a beacon of hope to LGBTQ people around the world — because of our partners in the California Legislature. As they continue to stand with Equality California and demonstrate their unwavering support for a world that is healthy, just and fully equal for all LGBTQ people, we’ll continue to stand with them — and we’re confident that California voters will, too.”
Equality California announced endorsements of the following incumbent legislators for reelection in 2020:
California Senate Steve Glazer for Senate District 7 Nancy Skinner for Senate District 9 Scott Wiener for Senate District 11 Anthony Portantino for Senate District 25 Henry Stern for Senate District 27 Lena Gonzalez for Senate District 33 Steven Bradford for Senate District 35 Toni Atkins for Senate District 39
California Assembly Jim Wood for Assembly District 2 Cecilia Aguiar-Curry for Assembly District 4 Kevin McCarty for Assembly District 7 Marc Levine for Assembly District 10 Buffy Wicks for Assembly District 15 Rebecca Bauer-Kahan for Assembly District 16 David Chiu for Assembly District 17 Rob Bonta for Assembly District 18 Phil Ting for Assembly District 19 Bill Quirk for Assembly District 20 Kevin Mullin for Assembly District 22 Marc Berman for Assembly District 24 Ash Kalra for Assembly District 27 Evan Low for Assembly District 28 Mark Stone for Assembly District 29 Robert Rivas for Asssembly District 30 Joaquin Arambula for Assembly District 31 Rudy Salas, Jr. for Assembly District 32 Luz Rivas for Assembly District 39 James Ramos for Assembly District 40 Chris Holden for Assembly District 41 Laura Friedman for Assembly District 43 Jacqui Irwin for Assembly District 44 Jesse Gabriel for Assembly District 45 Eloise Gómez Reyes for Assembly District 47 Blanca Rubio for Assembly District 48 Ed Chau for Assembly District 49 Richard Bloom for Assembly District 50 Wendy Carrillo for Assembly District 51 Freddie Rodriguez for Assembly District 52 Miguel Santiago for Assembly District 53 Sydney Kamlager-Dove for Assembly District 54 Eduardo Garcia for Assembly District 56 Reggie Jones-Sawyer for Assembly District 59 Sabrina Cervantes for Assembly District 60 Jose Medina for Assembly District 61 Autumn Burke for Assembly District 62 Anthony Rendon for Assembly District 63 Mike Gipson for Assembly District 64 Sharon Quirk-Silva for Assembly District 65 Al Muratsuchi for Assembly District 66 Tom Daly for Assembly District 69 Patrick O’Donnell for Assembly District 70 Cottie Petrie-Norris for Assembly District 74 Tasha Boerner Horvath for Assembly District 76 Shirley Weber for Assembly District 79
Candidates shown in bold are members of the California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus. For a full list of Equality California’s 2020 endorsements to date, visit eqca.org/elections.
Equality California extends pro-forma endorsements to incumbent candidates in the California Assembly and Senate who have earned a 100 percent pro-equality rating for their votes in both of the last two years on the organization’s scored legislation and who meet Equality California’s code of ethics, standards of conduct and other applicable endorsement criteria. Candidates who took office in 2019 are evaluated based on this year’s score only. Equality California’s Endorsement Process and Guidelines are available online at eqca.org/elections. Equality California’s 2018 and 2019 Legislative Scorecards are also available online here.
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Equality California is the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. We bring the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people. We advance civil rights and social justice by inspiring, advocating and mobilizing through an inclusive movement that works tirelessly on behalf of those we serve. www.eqca.org
