These are the 2020 General Election endorsements made by the membership of the Santa Monica Democratic Club, made after careful deliberation in each race as detailed elsewhere on this website. Please VOTE EARLY for these candidates. US President: Joe BidenVice President: Kamala HarrisUS House: Rep. Ted LieuCA Assembly: Asm. Richard BloomLA County District Attorney: George Gascón City CouncilTerry O’DayGleam… Read More →
Category Archives: Local
Watch our City Council Debate
In case you missed us Wednesday night, the entire meeting is available for streaming on our YouTube channel now.Here are direct links to watch the portions you are most interested in: Part 1: LA Superior Court forum, discussion on Prop 16, Prop 22, and Measure ABhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RethdUCbmbw Part 2: SMC Board of Trustees Debatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pskmf173plY Part 3: City Council… Read More →
Endorsement Results, Week 1
At our first of two endorsement meetings of 2020, the Club voted on endorsements for City Council, College Board of Trustees, LA Superior Court Office #72, and three ballot measures. Miss the meeting? Watch it here: 114 ballots were cast, which meant that 63 votes were needed to receive endorsement.The full results are listed below. Bolded… Read More →
Board Recommendations 2020
The Executive Board of the Santa Monica Democratic Club has met to deliberate over our recommendations for endorsement. As you know, this has been our most transparent endorsement process ever. Each candidate filled out a lengthy questionnaire and endured a 20-minute interview with our board. Using that process as the basis of our consideration, the Executive Board has made… Read More →
2020 SM Candidate Interviews
On Sunday, August 23, as part of the Club’s biannual endorsement process, the SMDC Executive Board met with all 20 candidates who are seeking our endorsement for local office. We spent 20 minutes on Zoom with each candidate asking follow-up questions based on their submitted, written questionnaire. All of those interviews are now uploaded to… Read More →