We will leave these 2022 recommendations up, but will revised them before the next election.
As a long time LGBTQ Rights Advocate, I, Jack Castiglione (https://www.jackcastiglione.com/) and my fellow Democrat committee recommend the following individuals for office because they support LGBTQ rights. Vote on Nov 8, 2022:
JUDICIAL OFFICES
California State Supreme Court
Patricia Guerrero – Yes
Goodwin Liu – Yes
Martin J. Jenkins -Yes
Joshua P. Groban – Yes
Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal
2nd District Div 1 Frances Rothchild – Yes
2nd District Div 5 Laurence D. Rubin – Yes
2nd District Div 8 Maria E. Stratton – Yes
Associate justice, Court of Appeal
2nd District, Div 2 Judith M Ashmann – No
2nd District, Div 3 Luis A Lavin – Yes
2nd District, Div 4 Audrey B. Collins – Yes
2nd District, Div 4 Brian S. Curry – Yes
2nd District, Div 5 Lamar W. Baker – Yes
2nd District, Div 6 Hernaldo J. Baltodano – Yes
2nd District, Div 7 John L. Segal – Yes
2nd District, Div 8 John Shepard Wiley – Yes
2nd District, Div 8 Elizabeth Annette Grimes – No
Judge of the Superior Court
Office No. 60 Abby Baron
Office No. 67 Elizabeth Lashley-Hayes
Office No. 70 Holly Hancock
Office No. 90 Melissa Lyons
Office No. 118 Melissa Hammond
Office No. 151 Patrick Hare
California Propositions:
Prop 1 Yes
Prop 26 No
Prop 27 No
Prop 28 Yes
Prop 29 No
Prop 30 No
Prop 31 Yes
- US Senate Alex Padilla
- Governor Gavin Newsom
- Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis
- Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber
- Attorney General Rob Bonta
- Treasurer Fiona Ma
- Controller Malia Cohen
- Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara
- CA Superintendent of Public Instruction – Tony Thurmond
- Board of Equalization Antonio Vazquez
- Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
- California’s 26th Congressional District Julia Brownley
- California’s 27th Congressional District Christy Smith
- California’s 28th Congressional District Judy Chu
- California’s 29th Congressional District Tony Cardenas
- California’s 30th Congressional District Adam Schiff
- California’s 31st Congressional District Grace Napolitano
- California’s 32nd Congressional District Brad Sherman
- California’s 34th Congressional District Jimmy Gomez
- California’s 35th Congressional District Norma Torres
- California’s 36th Congressional District Ted Lieu
- California’s 37th Congressional District Sydney Kamlager
- California’s 38th Congressional District Linda Sánchez
- California’s 42nd Congressional District Robert Garcia
- California’s 43rd Congressional District Maxine Waters
- California’s 44th Congressional District Nanette Barragán
- California’s 45th Congressional District Jay Chen
- California’s 20th Senate District Daniel Hertzberg
- California’s 22nd Senate District Susan Rubio
- California’s 24th Senate District Ben Allen
- California’s 26th Senate District Maria Elena Durazo
- California’s 28th Senate District Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
- California’s 30th Senate District Bob Archuleta
- California’s 39th Assembly District Juan Carrillo
- California’s 40th Assembly District Pilar Schiavo
- California’s 41st Assembly District Chris Holden
- California’s 42nd Assembly District Jacqui Irwin
- California’s 43rd Assembly District Luz Rivas
- California’s 44th Assembly District Laura Friedman
- California’s 46th Assembly District Jesse Gabriel
- California’s 48th Assembly District Blanca Rubio
- California’s 49th Assembly District Mike Fong
- California’s 51st Assembly District Rick Chavez Zbur
- California’s 52nd Assembly District Wendy Carrillo
- California’s 53rd Assembly District Freddie Rodriguez
- California’s 54th Assembly District Miguel Santiago
- California’s 55th Assembly District Isaac Bryan
- California’s 56th Assembly District Lisa Calderon
- California’s 57th Assembly District Reggie Jones-Sawyer
- California’s 61st Assembly District Robert Pullen-Miles
- California’s 69th Assembly District Josh Lowenthal
- California’s 62nd Assembly District Anthony Rendon
- California’s 64th Assembly District Blanca Pacheco
- California’s 65th Assembly District Mike Gipson
- California’s 67th Assembly District Sharon Quirk-Silva
- California’s 66th Assembly District Al Muratsuchi