EQCA endorses viable candidates running for local, state and federal offices who have a proven track record of supporting equal rights and legal protections for LGBT Californians and who are committed to advancing these goals in their capacity as elected officials.

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Current Endorsements

President of the United States:

Hillary Clinton

United States Congress:

U.S. Senate: Kamala Harris

California Congress:

Congressional District 1: No Endorsement
Congressional District 2: Jared Huffman
Congressional District 3: John Garamendi
Congressional District 4: No Endorsement
Congressional District 5: Mike Thompson
Congressional District 6: Doris Matsui
Congressional District 7: Ami Bera
Congressional District 8: No Endorsement
Congressional District 9: Jerry McNerney
Congressional District 10: Michael Eggman
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: No Endorsement
Congressional District 17: Mike Honda
Congressional District 18: Anna Eshoo
Congressional District 19: Zoe Lofgren
Congressional District 20: Jimmy Panetta
Congressional District 21: Emilio Huerta
Congressional District 22: No Endorsement
Congressional District 23: No Endorsement
Congressional District 24: Salud Carbajal
Congressional District 25: Bryan Caforio
Congressional District 26: Julia Brownley
Congressional District 27: Judy Chu
Congressional District 28: Adam Schiff
Congressional District 29: Tony Cardenas
Congressional District 30: Brad Sherman
Congressional District 31: No Endorsement
Congressional District 32: Grace Napolitano
Congressional District 33: Ted Lieu
Congressional District 34: Xavier Becerra
Congressional District 35: Norma Torres
Congressional District 36: Raúl Ruiz
Congressional District 37: Karen Bass
Congressional District 38: Linda Sánchez
Congressional District 39: No Endorsement
Congressional District 40: Lucille Roybal-Allard
Congressional District 41: Mark Takano
Congressional District 42: No Endorsement
Congressional District 43: Maxine Waters
Congressional District 44: Isadore Hall III
Congressional District 45: No Endorsement
Congressional District 46: Bao Nguyen
Congressional District 47: Alan Lowenthal
Congressional District 48: No Endorsement
Congressional District 49: Doug Applegate
Congressional District 50: No Endorsement
Congressional District 51: Juan Vargas
Congressional District 52: Scott Peters
Congressional District 53: Susan Davis

California Senate:

Senate District 1: No Endorsement
Senate District 3: Mariko Yamada
Senate District 5: Cathleen Galgiani
Senate District 7: Steve Glazer
Senate District 9: Nancy Skinner
Senate District 11: Scott Wiener
Senate District 13: Jerry Hill
Senate District 15: Jim Beall
Senate District 17: Bill Monning
Senate District 19: Hannah-Beth Jackson
Senate District 21: Johnathon Ervin
Senate District 23: No Endorsement
Senate District 25: Anthony Portantino
Senate District 27: Henry Stern
Senate District 29: Josh Newman
Senate District 31: Richard Roth
Senate District 33: Ricardo Lara
Senate District 35: No Endorsement
Senate District 37: No Endorsement
Senate District 39: Toni Atkins

California Assembly:

Assembly District 1: No Endorsement
Assembly District 2: Jim Wood
Assembly District 3: No Endorsement
Assembly District 4: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assembly District 5: No Endorsement
Assembly District 6: No Endorsement
Assembly District 7: Kevin McCarty
Assembly District 8: No Endorsement
Assembly District 9: Jim Cooper
Assembly District 10: Marc Levine
Assembly District 11: Jim Frazier
Assembly District 12: No Endorsement
Assembly District 13: Susan Eggman
Assembly District 14: Mae Torlakson
Assembly District 15: Tony Thurmond
Assembly District 16: Cheryl Cook-Kallio
Assembly District 17: David Chiu
Assembly District 18: Rob Bonta
Assembly District 19: Phil Ting
Assembly District 20: Bill Quirk
Assembly District 21: No Endorsement
Assembly District 22: Kevin Mullin
Assembly District 23: No Endorsement
Assembly District 24: Marc Berman
Assembly District 25: Kansen Chu
Assembly District 26: No Endorsement
Assembly District 27: Ash Kalra
Assembly District 28: Evan Low
Assembly District 29: Mark Stone
Assembly District 30: Anna Caballero
Assembly District 31: No Endorsement
Assembly District 32: No Endorsement
Assembly District 33: No Endorsement
Assembly District 34: No Endorsement
Assembly District 35: Dawn-Ortiz Legg
Assembly District 36: No Endorsement
Assembly District 37: Monique Limón
Assembly District 38: Christy Smith
Assembly District 39: Raul Bocanegra
Assembly District 40: Abigail Medina
Assembly District 41: Chris Holden
Assembly District 42: Greg Rodriguez
Assembly District 43: Laura Friedman
Assembly District 44: No Endorsement
Assembly District 45: Matthew Dababneh
Assembly District 46: No Endorsement
Assembly District 47: Eloise Reyes
Assembly District 48: Blanca Rubio
Assembly District 49: Ed Chau
Assembly District 50: Richard Bloom
Assembly District 51: Jimmy Gomez
Assembly District 52: Freddie Rodriguez
Assembly District 53: Miguel Santiago
Assembly District 54: Sebastian Ridley-Thomas
Assembly District 55: No Endorsement
Assembly District 56: Eduardo Garcia
Assembly District 57: Ian Calderon
Assembly District 58: Cristina Garcia
Assembly District 59: Reginald 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 67: No Endorsement
Assembly District 68: No Endorsement
Assembly District 69: Tom Daly
Assembly District 70: Patrick O’Donnell
Assembly District 71: No Endorsement
Assembly District 72: No Endorsement
Assembly District 73: No Endorsement
Assembly District 74: No Endorsement
Assembly District 75: No Endorsement
Assembly District 76: No Endorsement
Assembly District 77: No Endorsement
Assembly District 78: Todd Gloria
Assembly District 79: Shirley Weber
Assembly District 80: Lorena Gonzalez

Local:

Anaheim Elementary School Board Trustee Area 1: Billie Joel Wright
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board, District 3: Rebecca Saltzman
Berkeley School Board Director: Judy Appel
Carlsbad City Council: Cori Schumacher
Cathedral City City Council: Greg Pettis
Chula Vista City Council, District 3: Steve Padilla
Concord City Council: Pablo Benavente
Desert Community College District, Trustee Area 3: Fred Jandt
Desert Healthcare District Board: Les Zendle, MD
Morgan Hill City Council: Rene Spring
Oakland City Council: Rebecca Kaplan
Oakland City Council: Peggy Moore
Oxnard City Council: Genevieve Flores-Haro
Palm Springs Unified School Board, Trustee Area 1: Thomas Lister-Looker 
Pismo Beach City Council: Erik Howell
Richmond City Council: Cesar Zepeda
San Diego Board of Supervisors, District 3: Dave Roberts
San Diego City Council, District 9: Georgette Gómez
San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 11: Kimberly Alvarenga
San Francisco City College Board of Trustees: Rafael Mandelman
San Francisco City College Board of Trustees: Alex Randolph
San Francisco City College Board of Trustees: Tom Temprano
San Francisco City College Board of Trustees: Shanell Williams
San Mateo Harbor Commission: Sabrina Brennan

Bold: indicates an LGBT candidate

Ballot Measures:

For a full explanation of Equality California’s ballot positions, click here.

Proposition 52: CA Medi-Cal Hospital Reimbursement (State Fees on Hospitals) – YES
Proposition 55: California Children’s Education and Health Care Protection Act of 2016 (Prop 30 Extension) – YES
Proposition 56: CA HealthCare, Research & Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 – YES
Proposition 57: The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016 (Governor Brown’s Criminal Justice Measure) – YES
Proposition 58: LEARN Initiative (Amend & Repeal Prop 227) – YES
Proposition 60: The California Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act – NO
Proposition 62: The Justice that Works Act of 2016 (Death Penalty Repeal) – YES
Proposition 63: Safety for All Act of 2016 (Gun Safety) – YES
Proposition 64: Control, Regular, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act – YES
Proposition 66: Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016 (Pro-Death Penalty) – NO

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