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2022 General Election Endorsements

BAYMEC Endorsed Candidates
2022 General Election

General Election Endorsements

BAYMEC is proud to share our complete and updated list of endorsements. We hope that you will use this list as you vote in the upcoming election.

Santa Clara County

Cindy Chavez – San Jose Mayor
Bob Jonsen – Santa Clara County Sheriff 
Sylvia Arenas – Santa Clara County Supervisor District 1
Marc Berman – Assembly District 23
Alex Lee – Assembly District 24
Ash Kalra – Assembly District 25
Evan Low – Assembly District 26
Gail Pellerin – Assembly District 28
Anna Eshoo – Congressional District 16
Ro Khanna – Congressional District 17
Zoe Lofgren – Congressional District 18
Jimmy Panetta – Congressional District 19
Sally Lieber – State Board of Equalization
Chuck Cantrell – Santa Clara Valley Water Board Member District 6

 Anthony Becker – City of Santa Clara Mayor
Rich Constantine – Morgan Hill Mayor 
Omar Torres – San Jose City Council District 3
Maya Esparza – San Jose City Council District 7 
Lucas Ramirez – Mountain View City Council

Ellen Kamei – Mountain View City Council
 Richard Mehlinger – Sunnyvale City Council District 5
 JR Fruen – Cupertino City Council
Jose Magana – San Jose Unified Area 2 Trustee
Minh Pham – Governing Board Member, Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
Jaria Jaug – School Board Member for Berryessa Union School District
James Kim – Governing Board Member, Campbell Union High School District, Trustee Area 1
Elizabeth Halliday – Governing Board Member, Campbell Union High School District TA 2
Jason Baker – Governing Board Member, Campbell Union High School District TA 3
Danielle Cohen – Governing Board Member, Campbell Union School District, Trustee Area #5
Marisa Hanson – Evergreen School Board
Jeremy Barousse – Governing Board Member, Evergreen School District
Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto – Trustee, Fremont Union High School District Board
Thida Cornes – MVLA Board
Raeena Lari – Governing Board Member, Santa Clara County Board of Education, TA #7
Nicole Chiu-Wang – Palo Alto School Board

San Mateo County

Kevin Mullin – Congressional District 15
Anna Eshoo – Congressional District 16
Sally Lieber – State Board of Equalization

Laura Parmer Lohan – San Mateo County Board of Supervisors District 3
Marc Berman – Assembly District 23
Sarah Fields – San Mateo City Council District 3 
 Chris Sturken – Redwood City Council District 2
Eddie Flores – South San Francisco City Council District 5

Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties

Zoe Lofgren – California Congressional District 18
Jimmy Panetta – California Congressional District 19
Sally Lieber – State Board of Equalization

Gail Pellerin – 28th Assembly District 
Robert Rivas – 29th Assembly District 
Dawn Addis – 30th Assembly District
Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson – Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 3 
Adam Spickler – Cabrillo Community College Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 2
Kimberly De Serpa – Pajaro Valley Unified
School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 1 
Lucia Rocha-Nestler – Scotts Valley Unified School District Governing Board Member
Fred Keeley – Santa Cruz Mayor

Scott Newsome – Santa Cruz City Council  District 4
Alexander Pedersen – City of Capitola Councilmember
Yvette Lopez Brooks – City of Capitola Councilmember
Derek Timm – City of Scotts Valley Councilmember
Regina M. Gage – Monterey County Supervisor
Tina M. Nieto – Monterey County Sheriff & Coroner
Ulises Gonzalez – Monterey County Board of Education Governing Board Member Trustee Area 6
Mary Claypool – Monterey County Board of Education Governing Board Member Trustee Area 6

Victor Manuel Tafoya – Governing Board Member Trustee Area 3
Tyller Williamson – Monterey Mayor
 John Uy – City of Del Rey Oaks City Council
Elisabeth "Liesbeth" Visscher – City of King City Council, District 4

Alameda County
Shawn Kumagai – Assembly District 20
Alex Lee – Assembly District 24

BAYMEC Endorses Glenn Hendricks for Sunnyvale City Council

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
March 6, 2018

Press Contacts:
James Gonzales, BAYMEC President (510) 551-8218

BAYMEC Endorses Glenn Hendricks for Sunnyvale City Council

San Jose, CA — The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) is excited to endorse Mayor Glenn Hendricks in his reelection campaign for Sunnyvale City Council Seat 2.

“I am proud to be associated with BAYMEC, an organization that champions respect and rights for all members of our community,” Hendricks said.  “I look forward to working hand-in-hand with BAYMEC on issues that affect LGBTQ residents of Sunnyvale and the rest of the region.”

“As Mayor, Mayor Hendricks has been a strong advocate for and ally of the LGBTQ community,” said BAYMEC Vice President Paul Escobar.  “We are proud to stand with Mayor Hendricks and look forward to collaborating with him to address the needs of the LGBTQ community.”

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The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) is a bi-partisan lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) political action group. It has been advocating for the civil rights of LGBT people since 1984 in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.