TEAMSTER ENDORSEMENTS FOR NEXT ELECTION

                                   

Teamsters Joint Council 42 Voter Guide

November 4 Presidential Election

Barack Obama

U.S. House of Representatives

22              No Endorsement

23              *Lois Capps (D)

24              No Endorsement

25              No Endorsement

26              Russell Warner (D)

27               *Brad Sherman (D)

28               *Howard Berman (D)

29               *Adam Schiff (D)

30               *Henry Waxman (D)

31               *Xavier Becerra (D)

32               *Hilda Solis (D)

33               *Diane Watson (D)

34               *Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)

35               *Maxine Waters (D)

36               *Jane Harman (D)

37               *Laura Richardson (D)

38               *Grace Napolitano (D)

39               *Linda Sanchez (D)

40               Christine Avalos (D)

41               No Endorsement           

42               Edwin Chau (D)

43               *Joe Baca (D)

44               Bill Hedrick (D)

45               No Endorsement

46               No Endorsement

47               *Loretta Sanchez (D)

48               Steve Young (D)

49               No Endorsement           

50               Nicholas Leibham (D)

51               *Bob Filner (D)

52               Mike Lumpkin (D)

53               No Endorsement

California State Senate

15               No Endorsement

17               No Endorsement

19               Hannah-Beth Jackson (D)

21               Carol Liu (D)

23               Fran Pavley (D)

25               Rod Wright (D)

27               *Alan Lowenthal (D)

29               Joseph Lyons (D)

31               No Endorsement

33               Gary Pritchard (D)

35               No Endorsement

37               No Endorsement

39               *Christine Kehoe (D)

California State Assembly

32        No Endorsement

33        Robert Evan Cuthbert (D)

34        No Endorsement

35        *Pedro Nava (D)

36        Linda Jones (D)

37        Ferial Masry (D)

38        No Endorsement

39        *Felipe Fuentes (D)

40        Robert Blumenfield (D)

41        *Julia Brownley (D)

42        *Michael Feuer (D)

43        *Paul Krekorian (D)

44        *Anthony Portantino (D)

45        *Kevin DeLeon (D)

46        John Perez (D)

47        *Karen Bass (D)

48        *Mike Davis (D)

49        *Mike Eng (D)

50        *Hector De La Torre (D)

51        *Curren Price, Jr. (D)

52        Isadore Hall (D)

53        *Ted Lieu (D)

54        Bonnie Lowenthal (D)

55        *Warren Furutani (D)

56        *Tony Mendoza (D)

57        *Ed Hernandez (D)

58        *Charles Calderon (D)

59        No Endorsement

60        Diane Singer (D)

61        Norma Torres (D)

62        *Wilmer Amina Carter (D)

63        No Endorsement

64        No Endorsement

65        Carl Wood (D)

66        Grey Frandsen (D)

67        *Jim Silva (R)

68        Kenneth Arnold (D)

69        *Jose Solorio (D)

70        Michael George Glover (D)

71        No Endorsement

72        John MacMurray (D)

73        No Endorsement

74        No Endorsement

75        No Endorsement

76        *Lori Saldana (D)

77        *Joel Anderson (R)

78        Marty Block (D)

79        *Mary Salas (D)

80        Manuel Perez (D)

Los Angeles County

Santa Monica, Malibu Unified School District

Ralph Mechur

Maria Leon-Vasquez

Ben Allen

Alhambra Unified School District

Adele Andrade-Stradler

Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water

District 2                                 Charles Trevino

  District 4                                 Andrew McIntyre

Central Basin Municipal Water

District 4                                 Rudy Montalvo

    Leticia Vasquez

                        District 5                                 Mason Buchanan Inocentes

Water Replenishment District of Southern California

     Division 2                               Rob Katherman

Division 5                               Albert Robles

Gardena City Council

Shannon Lawrence

Alhambra City Council

 Efren Moreno, Jr.

Pomona City Council District #4

Primo Castro

El Monte Measure: City Services Preservation

Recommendation: YES

Inglewood Measure: Community Users Tax Rate Reduction

Recommendation: YES

Maywood Measure: Transactions & Use Tax

Recommendation: YES

Pico Rivera Measure: Services Protection

 Recommendation: YES

MTA Measure R

Recommendation: YES

Los Angeles Community College District Bond

Recommendation: YES

Los Angeles Unified School District Bond

Recommendation: YES

Pasadena Unified School District Bond

Recommendation: YES

Carson City Council - Recall Jim Dear

Recommendation: NO

Long Beach Measure I: Infrastructure Initiative

Recommendation: YES

Orange County

Garden Grove City Council

Linh Ho

Paul Lucas

Anaheim City Council

Lori Galloway

Kostas “Gus” Roditis

Buena Park City Council

 Greg Ferguson

Costa Mesa City Council

Katrina Foley

Huntington Beach City Council

Dan Kalmick

Keith Bohr

City of Irvine

  Mayor                         Sukhee Kang

City Council               Larry Agran

                                    Beth Krom

Tustin City Council

Deborah Gavelli

 City of Santa Ana

Mayor                         Miguel Pulido

City Council              

     Ward 1                       Vincent Sarmiento

Ward 5                       Claudia Alvarez

Fullerton City Council

Karen Haluza

Sharon Quirk

Capistrano Unified School District Trustee

Area 5                                    Ken Maddox

Garden Grove Unified School District

Linda Zamora

Kim Oanh Nguyen-Lam

Santa Ana Unified School District

Irene Ibarra

Valerie Amezcua

Gloria Alvarado

Anaheim Unified School District

Ann Marie Randle Trejo

Coast Community College Trustee

 Area 2                        Jerry Patterson

   Area 3                        Lorraine Prinsky

Area 4                        Charlotte Pirch

Orange Unified School District Trustee

Area 3                                    Florice Hoffman

North Orange County Community College District Trustee

Michael Matsuda

 Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee

Area 1                        Brian Conley

Westminster Unified School District

Sergio Contreras

 San Bernardino County

Chino Valley Unified School Board 

Silver Aguilar

John Pruitt

Colton City Council

  District 3                     Jeremy Baca

District 6                     Issac Suchil

Apple Valley Town Council

Rick Roelle

San Diego County

San Diego City Council

      District 1                     Sherri Lightner

District 3                     Todd Gloria

                                                 Stephen Whitburn

    District 7                     Marti Emerald

San Diego Community College District

Area B                        Bill Schwandt

           Area D                        Dwayyne Crenshaw

                                    Mary Graham

San Diego School Board

 Richard Barrera

 John Lee Evans

Sheila Jackson

Chula Vista City Council

       Seat 3                         Pamela Bensoussan

Seat 4                         Steve Castaneda

Imperial County

 Measure D: Safe Roads and Streets

Recommendation:    YES

California State Propositions

Proposition 1A. "Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century." Authorizes issuance of $9.95 billion of general obligation bonds to create a high-speed passenger train network beginning with a line between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Recommendation:   YES

Proposition 2 – Treatment of Farm Animals. Initiative Statute "California Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act." Prohibits confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, or fully extend their limbs.

Recommendation:  NO

Proposition 3 - Children's Hospital Bond Act. Authorizes issuance of $980 million in bonds to build, renovate and equip children's hospitals.

Recommendation:  YES 

Proposition 4 – Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy. Constitutional Amendment. "Sarah's Law: the Child and Teen Safety and Stop Predators Act." Requires parental notification prior to minors' abortions.

Recommendation:  NO RECOMMENDATION

Proposition 5 – Nonviolent Offenders. Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation. Statute. "Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008." Establishes a California secretary of rehabilitation and parole and other departments, offices and programs intended to provide rehabilitation and alternative sentencing for drug defendants.

Recommendation:  NO RECOMMENDATION

Proposition 6 – Criminal Penalties and Laws. Public Safety Funding. Statute.Safe Neighborhoods Act." Establishes an Office of Public Safety Education and Information and appropriates $12.5 million annually to pay for it and other programs; establishes a California Early Intervention, Rehabilitation and Accountability Commission to evaluate publicly funded anti-crime programs and sets standards for such programs; appropriates $92.5 million annually to help counties house juvenile offenders; appropriates $50 million for a Juvenile Probation Facility and Supervision Fund; broadens the admissibility of hearsay evidence; establishes a Crimestopper Reward Reimbursement Fund and appropriates $10 million annually to fund it.

Recommendation:  NO RECOMMENDATION

Proposition 7 – Renewable Energy. Statute. "The Solar and Clean Energy Act of 2008." Establishes mandatory renewable energy threshold for the L.A. Department of Water and Power and other government utilities.

Recommendation:  NO

Proposition 8 – Limit on Marriage. Constitutional Amendment. "California Marriage Protection Act." Outlaws same-sex marriage by adding the following words to the state Constitution: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

Recommendation:  NO RECOMMENDATION

Proposition 9 – Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole. Constitutional Amendment and Statute. "Marsy's Law: the Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008." Broadens role of victims and victims' families in parole hearings and restricts frequency of hearing.

Recommendation:  NO RECOMMENDATION

Proposition 10 – Bonds. Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Statute. "The California Renewable Energy and Clean Alternative Fuel Act." Authorizes $5 billion in bonds ($9.8 billion with interest), much of which would provide rebates to buyers of hybrids and other alternative-fuel cars and fund research.

Recommendation:  NO

Proposition 11 – Redistricting Constitutional Amendment and Statute. "Voters FIRST Act." Would transfer the power to re-draw Assembly, state Senate, and Board of Equalization district lines, once every 10 years after census data come in, from the political parties and elected officials to a 14-member citizens' commission.

Recommendation:  NO

Proposition 12 – Veteran’s Bond Act of 2008 Provides for a bond issue of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) to provide farm and home aid for California veterans.  Would replenish the Cal-Vet fund and help meet an expected increase in demand, this measure would authorize the state to issue up to $900 million of bonds for use in the Cal-Vet program.

Recommendation:  YES

NEVADA TEAMSTER ENDORSEMENTS

Dist. 1                                     Representative In Congress                        Shelley Berkley                      Democrat

Dist. 2                                     Representative In Congress                        Jill Derby                                Democrat

Dist. 3                                     Representative In Congress                        Dina Titus                               Democrat

Dist. 1                                     State Senate                                                 John Lee                                Democrat

Dist. 3                                     State Senate                                                 Valerie Wiener                      Democrat

Dist. 4                                     State Senate                                                 Steven A. Horsford               Democrat

Dist. 5   (Seat A)                   State Senate                                                Shirley Breeden                    Democrat

Dist. 6                                     State Senate                                                 Allison Copening                   Democrat

Dist. 7   (Seat A)                   State Senate                                                 David Parks                           Democrat

Northern Nevada Senatorial Dist.   Northern Nevada Senatorial Dist.   Dean A. Rhoads       Republican

Dist. 11                                   State Senate                                                 Mike Schneider                     Democrat

Dist. 1                                     State Assembly                                             Marilyn Kirkpatrick                Democrat

Dist. 2                                     State Assembly                                             Carlos Blumberg                   Democrat

Dist. 3                                     State Assembly                                             Peggy Pierce                                   Democrat

Dist. 4                                     State Assembly                                             No Endorsement                  

Dist. 5                                     State Assembly                                             Marilyn Dondero Loop          Democrat

Dist. 6                                     State Assembly                                             Harvey J. Munford                 Democrat

Dist. 7                                     State Assembly                                             Morse Arberry Jr.                  Democrat

Dist. 8                                     State Assembly                                             Barbara Buckley                   Democrat

Dist. 9                                     State Assembly                                             “Tick" Segerblom                  Democrat

Dist. 10                                   State Assembly                                             Joe Hogan                             Democrat

Dist. 11                                   State Assembly                                             Ruben Kihuen                        Democrat

Dist. 12                                   State Assembly                                             James Ohrenschall               Democrat

Dist. 13                                   State Assembly                                             Andrew Martin                       Democrat

Dist. 14                                   State Assembly                                             Ellen M. Koivisto                   Democrat

Dist. 15                                   State Assembly                                             Kathy Mcclain                        Democrat

Dist. 16                                   State Assembly                                             John Oceguera                      Democrat

Dist. 17                                   State Assembly                                             Kelvin Atkinson                      Democrat

Dist. 18                                   State Assembly                                             Mark Manendo                      Democrat

Dist. 19                                   State Assembly                                             Jerry D. Claborn                    Democrat

Dist. 20                                   State Assembly                                             No Endorsement                  

Dist. 21                                   State Assembly                                             Ellen Spiegel                         Democrat

Dist. 22                                   State Assembly                                             No Endorsement                  

Dist. 34                                   State Assembly                                             William Horne                        Democrat

Dist. 37                                   State Assembly                                             Marcus Conklin                     Democrat

Dist. 41                                   State Assembly                                             Paul Aizley                             Democrat

Dist. 42                                   State Assembly                                             Harry Mortenson                    Democrat

Dist. A                                    Clark County Commissioner                       Steve Sisolak                        Democrat

Dist. B                                    Clark County Commissioner                       Tom Collins                            Democrat

Dist. C                                    Clark County Commissioner                       Larry Brown                           Democrat

Dist. D                                    Clark County Commissioner                       Lawrence Weekly                 Democrat

Constable, Goodsprings Township                                                            Harry "Frank" Marden           Non-Partisan

Dept. 1                                   Dist. Court Judge                                          Ken Cory                                Non-Partisan

Dept. 2                                   Dist. Court Judge                                          Valorie J. Vega                      Non-Partisan

Dept. 3                                   Dist. Court Judge                                         Douglas W. Herndon            Non-Partisan

Dept. 4                                   Dist. Court Judge                                         Kathy A. Hardcastle              Non-Partisan

Dept. 5                                   Dist. Court Judge                                         Jackie Glass                           Non-Partisan

Dept. 6                                   Dist. Court Judge                                         Elissa Cadish                         Non-Partisan

Dept. 7                                   Dist. Court Judge                                         Linda Marie Bell                     Non-Partisan

Dept. 8                                   Dist. Court Judge                                         Doug Smith                             Non-Partisan

Dept. 9                                   Dist. Court Judge                                         Jennifer P. Togliatti               Non-Partisan

Dept. 10                                 Dist. Court Judge                                         William Kephart                     Non-Partisan

Dept. 11                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Betsy Gonzalez                     Non-Partisan

Dept. 12                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Michelle Leavitt                     Non-Partisan

Dept. 13                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Mark Ralph Denton               Non-Partisan

Dept. 14                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Donald M. Mosley                 Non-Partisan

Dept. 15                                 Dist. Court Judge                                         Abbi Silver                               Non-Partisan

Dept. 16                                 Dist. Court Judge                                         Tim Williams                           Non-Partisan

Dept. 17                                 Dist. Court Judge                                         Michael Villani                        Non-Partisan

Dept. 18                                 Dist. Court Judge                                         David Barker                          Non-Partisan

Dept. 19                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Allan R. Earl                           Non-Partisan

Dept. 20                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          David T. Wall                          Non-Partisan

Dept. 21                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Valerie Adair                          Non-Partisan

Dept. 22                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Susan Johnson                      Non-Partisan

Dept. 23                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Stefany Miley                         Non-Partisan

Dept. 24                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          James M. Bixler                    Non-Partisan

Dept. 25                                 Dist. Court Judge                                          Suzan Scann                         Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. G               Dist. Court Judge                                          Cynthia 'Dianne' Steel          Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. H                Dist. Court Judge                                         Art Ritchie                              Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. I                  Dist. Court Judge                                         Cheryl Moss                           Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. J                Dist. Court Judge                                         Kenneth E. Pollock               Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. K                Dist. Court Judge                                          Cynthia N. Giuliani                Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. L                Dist. Court Judge                                         Jennifer L. Elliott                    Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. M               Dist. Court Judge                                         William Potter                        Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. N                Dist. Court Judge                                         John Jensen                          Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. O               Dist. Court Judge                                         Frank P. Sullivan                   Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. P                Dist. Court Judge                                         Sandra L. Pomrenze            Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. Q               Dist. Court Judge                                          Bryce C. Duckworth              Non-Partisan

Family Div Dept. R                Dist. Court Judge                                         Brigid Duffy                            Non-Partisan

Henderson Twnsh

Dept. 2                                   Justice Of The Peace                                   No Endorsement                   

Henderson Twnsh

Dept. 3                                   Justice Of The Peace                                   David Gibson, Sr.                  Non-Partisan

Las Vegas Twnsh

Dept. 4                                   Justice Of The Peace                                   Melissa A. Saragosa            Non-Partisan

Las Vegas Twnsh

 Dept. 11                                Justice Of The Peace                                   No Endorsement                  

Las Vegas Twnsh

Dept. 12                                 Justice Of The Peace                                   Diana L. Sullivan                   Non-Partisan

North Las Vegas Twnsh

Dept. 3                                   Justice Of The Peace                                   Chris Lee                                Non-Partisan

Seat B                                    Justice Of The Supreme Court                    Deborah Schumacher          Non-Partisan

Seat D                                    Justice Of The Supreme Court                    Mark Gibbons                        Non-Partisan

Dist. 5, Dept. 1 

(Tonopah)                              Dist. Court Judge                                          John P. Davis                        Non-Partisan

Dist. 5, Dept. 2  

(Pahrump)                              Dist. Court Judge                                          Robert W. Lane                     Non-Partisan

Dist. 1                                     Member, State Board Of Education           Sharon Frederick                  Non-Partisan

Dist. 3                                     Member, State Board Of Education           No Endorsement                  

Dist. 4                                     Member, State Board Of Education           No Endorsement                  

Dist. 7                                     Member, State Board Of Education            Chris Wallace                       Non-Partisan

Dist. 2                                     Regent, State University                              Robert Blakely                       Non-Partisan

Dist. 3                                     Regent, State University                               No Endorsement                  

Dist. 5                                     Regent, State University                               Jack Schofield                       Non-Partisan

Dist. A                                    Trustee, Clark County School                     Edward E. Goldman             Non-Partisan

Dist. B                                    Trustee, Clark County School                     Chris Garvey                          Non-Partisan

Dist. C                                    Trustee, Clark County School                     Ronan Matthew                     Non-Partisan

Dist. E                                    Trustee, Clark County School                     Terri Janison                          Non-Partisan

Dist. 3   (Moapa)                   Trustee, Overton Power                               Gary L. Leavitt                       Non-Partisan

Dist. 5   (Mesquite)               Trustee, Overton Power                              David Jay Anderson             Non-Partisan

Dist. 5    (Mesquite)             Trustee, Overton Power                              Tracy Verl Lee                       Non-Partisan

Trustee, Moapa Valley Tv

Maintenance Dist.                                                                                         Craig Fabbi                             Non-Partisan

Trustee, Moapa Valley Tv

Maintenance Dist.                                                                                         Daniel Huse Pray                  Non-Partisan

Member, Virgin Valley Water Dist., Mesquite                                          Joe Macias                                 Non-Partisan.

Member, Virgin Valley Water Dist., Mesquite                                           Ted Miller                               Non-Partisan

 
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