Oct 26
A misleading mail piece is being sent around Santa Monica suggesting that our club is against Measure TL. This is false. The club voted by an overwhelming margin to endorse *YES on TL*!
Read the story here: https://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2018/October%20-%202018/10_24_2018_SMRR_Campaign_Mailer_Raises_Waves%20.html
Our official list of endorsements is here on our website (see below). Look for the official SMDC mailer in your mailbox this week. Accept no imitations.
Oct 12
The Santa Monica Democratic Club has issued the following endorsements in advance of the November 2018 General Elections:
US Senator: Kevin de León
US House: Rep. Ted Lieu
State Senator: Ben Allen
State Assembly: Richard Bloom
Governor: Gavin Newsom
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
Controller: Betty Yee
Treasurer: Fiona Ma
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
Board of Equalization: Tony Vazquez
LA County Sheriff: Alex Villanueva
LA County Assessor: Jeffrey Prang
LA County Board of Supervisors: Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
City Council:
Sue Himmelrich
Kevin McKeown
Greg Morena
Rent Control Board:
Nicole Phillis
Naomi Sultan
Steve Duron
SMMUSD School Board:
Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein
Oscar de la Torre
Laurie Lieberman
SMC College Board:
Louise Jaffe
Nancy Greenstein
Sion Roy
Barry Snell
Local Ballot Measures:
YES on TL
YES on SMS
YES on SM
YES on RR
YES on WStatewide Ballot Measures:
Prop 1 – YES
Prop 2 – YES
Prop 3 – NO
Prop 4 – YES
Prop 5 – NO
Prop 6 – NO
Prop 7 – YES
Prop 8 – YES
Prop 10 – YES
Prop 11 – NO
Prop 12 – YESJudicial Office #4: A Veronica Sauceda
Judicial Office #16: Patti Hunter
Judicial Office #60: Tony Cho
Judicial Office #113: Javier PerezThe rest is up to you: VOTE on November 6!!
Jun 06
Last night, we saw the results of our tireless GOTV work at the Westside Democratic HQ. After 40,000 phone calls, thousands of doors knocked, and several in-district rallies, Democrats advanced to the Top Two in all of our targeted House districts! Thank you to the staff and volunteers of the Westside Democratic HQ for their hard work in making this happen! We are taking two days off at the HQ, and then on Friday it’s back to work for the general election!
Join us soon: westsidedemhq.org
Donate to the HQ here.
Although the ballots are still being counted, we have compiled a list of preliminary results for your reference. The following candidates have advanced to the general election. Democratic candidates are in blue. Republican candidates are in red. An asterisk* denotes an SMDC-endorsed candidate.
Governor – Gavin Newsom, John Cox
Lieutenant Governor – Eleni Kounalakis, Ed Hernandez
US Senator – Dianne Feinstein, Kevin De Leon*
Attorney General – Xavier Becerra, Steven Bailey
Insurance Commissioner – Ricardo Lara*, Steve Poizner
Secretary of State – Alex Padilla*, Mark Meuser
Controller – Betty Yee*, Konstantinos Rodtis
Treasurer – Fiona Ma*, Greg Conlon
Superintendent of Public Instruction – Tony Thurmond*, Marshall Tuck
Board of Equalization, District 3 – Tony Vazquez*, Rick Marshall
Congress (CA-33) – Ted Lieu*, Kenneth Wright
CA Senate (SD-26) – Ben Allen*, Baron Bruno
Assembly (AD-50) – Richard Bloom*
LA County Sheriff – Alex Villanueva*, Jim McDonnell</span
Ballot Measure Results
Ballot Measure 68 – YES
Ballot Measure 69 – YES
Ballot Measure 70 – NO
Ballot Measure 71 – YES
Ballot Measure 72 – YES
(All five of our endorsed positions succeeded.)
May 21
On April 25, at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Santa Monica Democratic Club, with a quorum present, the membership of SMDC voted to endorse the following candidates running in the June 5, 2018, California primary election:
US Senator – Kevin de León
Attorney General – Dave Jones
Insurance Commissioner – Ricardo Lara
Secretary of State – Alex Padilla
Controller – Betty T. Yee
Treasurer – Fiona Ma
Superintendent of Public Instruction – Tony Thurmond
Board of Equalization, District 3 – Tony Vazquez
Congress (CA-33) – Ted Lieu
CA Senate (SD-26) – Ben Allen
Assembly (AD-50) – Richard Bloom
LA County Sheriff – Alex Villanueva
No consensus was reached in the Governor and Lieutenant Governor races after two rounds of balloting. We will reconsider these two races after the primary is held.
