Here is the latest on BAYMEC-endorsed candidates who are currently placing in their elections or who have already won.

We are thrilled to report that 8 of our record 14 LGBTQ candidates this cycle have won or are leading!

Ricardo Lara, State Insurance Commissioner

Evan Low, State Assembly District 28

Laura Parmer-Lohan, San Carlos City Council

Donna Meyers, Santa Cruz City Council

Tyller Williamson, Monterey City Council

Jeff Baron, Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council

Cindy Ranii, Santa Cruz City Schools District Board

Jorge Pacheco Jr., Oak Grove School District TA 3

They are also indicated below in bold purple.

In addition, three BAYMEC-endorsed LGBTQ candidates either won in the primary or were appointed in lieu of election:

• Adam Spickler, Cabrillo College Board of Trustees and the FIRST openly trans man in CA state history (appointed in lieu of election)

• Shay Franco-Clausen, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority and FIRST queer woman of color to hold office in Santa Clara County (appointed in lieu of election)

• Nancy Magee, San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools (elected in June)

For a complete list of our endorsements, please see our endorsements page.

STATE AND FEDERAL CANDIDATES

Ro Khanna, Congressional District 17

Anna Eshoo, Congressional District 18

Zoe Lofgren, Congressional District 19

Jimmy Panetta, Congressional District 20

Ricardo Lara, State Insurance Commissioner

Bob Wieckowski, State Senate District 10

Anna Caballero, State Senate District 12

Marc Berman, State Assembly District 24

Kansen Chu, State Assembly District 25

Ash Kalra, State Assembly District 27

Evan Low, State Assembly District 28

Mark Stone, State Assembly District 29

Robert Rivas, State Assembly District 30

**See all statewide and congressional election results here.

SAN MATEO COUNTY

Susan Alvaro, San Mateo County Board of Education

Richard Holober, San Mateo County Community College Board

Charles Stone, Belmont City Council

Julia Mates, Belmont City Council

Warren Lieberman, Belmont City Council

Ray Buenaventura, Daly City Council

Debbie Ruddock, Half Moon Bay City Council

Deborah Penrose, Half Moon Bay City Council

Cecilia Taylor, Menlo Park City Council

Giselle Hall, Redwood City Council

Diane Howard, Redwood City Council

Laura Parmer-Lohan, San Carlos City Council

Sara McDowell, San Carlos City Council

Mark Nagales, South San Francisco City Council

Amy Koo, Belmont-Redwood Shores School District Board

Stephanie Fitch, Ravenswood School District

***See all San Mateo County results here.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY

Susan Ellenberg, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 4 (Ken Yeager’s seat)

Laurie Smith, Santa Clara County Sheriff

Kathleen King, Santa Clara County Board of Education Area 2

Claudia Rossi, Santa Clara County Board of Education Area 7

Mike Potter, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

Paul Resnikoff, Campbell City Council

Kavita Tankha, Los Altos Hills City Council

George Tyson, Los Altos Hills City Council

Marico Sayoc, Los Gatos City Council

Peter Leroe-Munoz, Gilroy City Council

Ellen Kamei, Mountain View City Council

Lucas Ramirez, Mountain View City Council

Alison Cormack, Palo Alto City Council

Maya Esparza, San Jose City Council District 7

Pam Foley, San Jose City Council District 9

Rishi Kumar, Saratoga City Council

Gustav Larsson, Sunnyvale City Council

Glenn Hendricks, Sunnyvale City Council

Mason Fong, Sunnyvale City Council

Andres Quintero, Alum Rock Union Elementary School District

David Cohen, Berryessa School District Board

Thelma Boac, Berryessa School District Board

Hugo Jimenez, Berryessa School District Board

Kristiina Arrasmith, Campbell Union High School District Board

Lorena Chavez, East Side Union High School District Board

Marisa Hanson, Evergreen School District Board

Maimona Afzal Berta, Franklin-McKinley School District Board

Chris Norwood, Milpitas Unified School District Board

Tami Moore, Oak Grove Union School District TA 2

Jorge Pacheco Jr., Oak Grove Union School District TA 3

Brian LoBue, Oak Grove Union School District TA 5

Shounak Dharap, Palo Alto Unified School District Board

Brian Wheatley, San Jose Unified School District TA 4

Huong Nguyen, San Jose Evergreen Community College District Board TA 4

Jodi Muirhead, Santa Clara Unified School District Board

Bridget Watson, Sunnyvale School District Board

***See all Santa Clara County results here.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

Donna Meyers, Santa Cruz City Council

Cindy Ranii, Santa Cruz City Schools District

***See all Santa Cruz County results here.

MONTEREY COUNTY

Tyller Williamson, Monterey City Council

Jeff Baron, Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council

Jason Campbell, Seaside City Council

Jon Wizard, Seaside City Council

***See all Monterey County results here.