Current Elections

November 5, 2024 General Elections

Our JDCBA Board is pleased to announce JDCBA's endorsement of Democratic Party candidates in Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.

The endorsement process included reviewing written responses to our endorsement questionnaire and conducting candidate interviews on a range of issues reflecting Democratic Party and Jewish values as set forth in JDCBA's purpose and bylaws as a pro-Jewish and pro-Israel Club. All the endorsees have a history and background of supporting the Jewish Community and working for tikkun olam (repairing the world), social justice, equity, and environmental protection. They support Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, as well as being strong advocates against antisemitism and hate in all its forms.

Our endorsements are continuing. Please check back later to see more endorsements:

Statewide, Congressional, and Assembly Races: Statewide: Adam Schiff for Senate California Legislative Jewish Caucus Members in Our Four Counties: Senator Josh Becker, District 13 Senator Scott Weiner, District 11 Senator Steven Glazer, District 7 (not running for re-election -- we will miss him!) Congress: Congressman Kevin Mullin, CA 15 Congressman Jimmy Panetta, CA 19 Running for Congress: Assemblymember Evan Low, CA 16 Assembly: Asm Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, AD16 Asm March Berman, AD23 Asm Gail Pellerin, AD28 Asm Dawn Addis, AD30 Running for Assembly: Patrick Ahrens, Assembly CA District 26

Newly Announced (Santa Clara County) Endorsements: Palo Alto City Council: Strong Support: Greer Stone Keith Reckdahl Pat Burt Support: Cari Templeton George Lu Superior Court Judge, Santa Clara County: Jay Boyarsky

Newly Announced (Alameda County) Endorsements: State Senate:      1. Jesse Arreguín, District 9 Alameda County Board of Supervisors: John Bauters, District 5 Berkeley Mayor: Sophie Hahn Berkeley City Council: Terry Taplin, District 2 Oakland City Council At-Large: Strong Support: LeRonne Armstrong Support: Rowena Brown Kanitha Matoury Oakland Unified School District (OUSD): Patrice Berry, District 5

Santa Clara County Endorsements: Mountain View City Council: Strong Support: Chris Clark Support: Ida Rose Sylvester Nicolas Hargis West Valley-Mission Community College District: Trustee Area #5: Mary-Lynne Bernald Trustee Area #6: Adrienne Grey Foothill-De Anza Community College District: Trustee Area #3: Peter Landsberger Trustee Area #5: Forest Peterson Fremont Union High School District: Trustee Area #2: Pat Carpio Santa Clara County Board of Education: Trustee Area #1: Jessica Spieser Trustee Area #3: Don Rocha & Jyl Lutes San Jose Unified School District: Trustee Area #5: Lenka Wright Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA) Union High School District: Alex Levich Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD): Josh Salcman Rowena Chiu Alison Kamhi Cupertino Union School District: Lakshmi Sharma Doug Kunz Mountain View Whisman School District (Support): Erin Davis-Hung Lisa Henry Christine Case-Lo Charles Difazio

San Mateo County Endorsements: For Board of Supervisors: Lisa Gauthier For City Council: South San Francisco: Avin Sharma, District 4, City Council, South San Francisco Portola Valley: Helen Wolter, City Council, Portola Valley City of San Mateo: Nicole Fernandez, City Council, City of San Mateo Belmont: Davina Hurt Cathy Jordan San Mateo County Board of Education: Trustee Area #5: Mike O'Neill Trustee Area #6: Patricia Love San Mateo Foster City School District: Trustee Area #5: Gene Kim Brisbane School District (At-large, 2 seats): Gaby Makstman Nancy Lacsamana Las Lomitas School District: Paige Winikoff

Previous Elections

March 5th, 2024 Presidential Primary Election

Our Board is pleased to announce JDCBA's endorsement of Democratic Party candidates in Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.

The endorsement process included reviewing written responses to our endorsement questionnaire and conducting candidate interviews on a range of issues reflecting Democratic Party and Jewish values as set forth in JDCBA's purpose and bylaws as a pro-Jewish and pro-Israel Club. All the endorsees have a history and background of supporting the Jewish Community and working for tikkun olam (repairing the world), social justice, equity, and environmental protection. They support Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, as well as being strong advocates against antisemitism and hate in all its forms.

Be sure to vote in the November 5th General Election!

Santa Clara County:

For our Congressional Candidates district 16, we endorse (click links for completed questionnaires):

1. Strong Support:  Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian
2. Support: Assemblymember Evan Low, Former mayor of San Jose Sam Liccardo


Congressional District 19:  Congressman Jimmy Panetta

Congressional District 15: Congressman Kevin Mullin

Assemblymember in District 26: Our Board member and friend Patrick Ahrens

San Jose City Council District 4:  Incumbent David Cohen

Superior Court Judge Judicial Office 5: Jay Boyarsky

Santa Clara County Supervisor District 5: Margaret Abe-Koga

Co- Endorsed by DFI, our California Legislative Jewish Caucus Members:

1. State Senator, District 13, Josh Becker
2. Assemblymember AD 23,  Marc Berman
3. Assemblymember AD 28,  Gail Pellerin
4. Assemblymember AD 30   Dawn Addis


Members of our Club running for their county Central Committees:

Board members and past Board members:

     1. Adrienne Grey, AD23
     2. James Kastelman, AD28
     3. Jonathan Levinson, District 3, San Mateo County
     4. Rick Bonilla Central Committee Supervisorial District, San Mateo County 2


Other members of our Club for Central Committee in Santa Clara County:

AD 23:
   1. Adrienne Grey
   2. Emily Ann Ramos
   3. Rishi Kumar
   4. Joe Simitian

AD 24:
   1. David Cohen
   2. Marsha Gilli

AD 26:
   1. Martin Pyne
   2. Angelica Ramos

AD 28:
   1. James Kastelman
   2. James Kim

San Mateo County:

District 1:
    1. Nick Akers
    2. David Burreto

District 2:
    1. Nicole Fernandez
    2. Sarah Fields

District 3:
    1. Jon Levinson
    2. Helen Wolter

District 4:
   1. Karen Maki

Alameda County:

For State Senate, District 7 (co-endorsed by DFI):
Dan Kalb (member of our club!)

For Board of Supervisors, District 5, we strongly support (click on links for completed questionnaires):

• Ben Bartlett (Q1, Q2)
  
• John J. Bauters (Q1, Q2)
  
• Ken Berrick (Q1, Q2)
  

State Assembly, District 16 (co-endorsed by DFI):
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (AD 16)

Democratic Central Committee, District 14:

• Igor Tregub (member of our club!)
• Michael Barnett
• Wendy Bloom
• Ana Vasudeo
• Elizabeth Echols
• Sarah Price
• Julie Caskey

Democratic Central Committee, District 16:

• Patricia Munro (member of our club!)
• Cheryl Cook-Kallio
• Jacqueline Tarin-Rankl
• Yeon Park

Democratic Central Committee, District 18:

• Adrien Abuven
• Mayra Alvarado
• Zac Bowling
• Rowena Brown
• Regina Chagolla
• Sean Dugar
• Nicole Grashton
• Hannah Groce
• Amber Childress
• Loren Taylor
• Arielle Fleisher

Democratic Central Committee, District 20:

• Melissa Hernandez
• Aisha Knowles
• Corina Lopez
• Elisa Marquez
• Harris Mojadedi
• Julie Roche
• Scott Sakakihara
• Robin Torello

Democratic Central Committee, District 24:

• Raj Salwan
• Nancy Thomas
• Annie Koruga

November 8, 2022 General Election

Our JDCSV Board is pleased to announce JDCSV's endorsement of Democratic Party candidates in both Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties for the November 8, 2022 General Election. In addition to our new endorsements for General Election, we carry forward our Primary Election endorsements into the General Election as well.

The endorsement process included reviewing written responses to our endorsement questionnaire and conducting candidate interviews on a range of issues reflecting Democratic Party and Jewish values as set forth in JDCSV's purpose and bylaws as a pro-Jewish and pro-Israel Club. All the endorsees have a history and background of supporting the Jewish Community and working for tikkun olam (repairing the world), social justice, equity, and environmental protection. They support the right of Israel to exist, as well as being strong advocates against antisemitism and hate in all its forms.

Be sure to vote in the November 8 General Election!

Santa Clara County:                           

For Mountain View City Council.           

Ellen Kamei,

Lucas Ramirez,

For Los Gatos Town Council       

Rob Moore

Rob Rennie

 

For Palo Alto City Council 

Julia Lythcott-Haimes

Vicki Veenker

For County Sheriff:

Robert Jonsen

For Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Governing Board Member

Alex Shultz

For Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Governing Board Member

Thida Cornes

For Palo Alto Unified School District Board Governing Board Member

Nicole Chiu-Wang

Shounak Sanjeev Dharap, dual endorsed

Shana Segal, dual endorsed

For US House:

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, incumbent, CD 16

Congressman Jimmy Panetta, incumbent, CD 19

For State Assembly:

Assemblymember Marc Berman, incumbent, AD 23

Assemblymember Evan Low, incumbent, AD 26

Gail Pellerin, AD 28

For Santa Clara County Supervisor:

Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, incumbent, District 4

For Santa Clara County District Attorney:

DA Jeff Rosen, incumbent

San Mateo County:  

For San Mateo City Council:

Lisa Nash, District 1

Sarah Fields, District 3

For Foster City City Council:

Richa Awasthi

Evan Adams, dual endorsed

Stacy Jimenez, dual endorsed

For Sequoia Union High School District Member, Governing Board, Trustee

Suvarna Bhopale, dual endorsed for Area A

Amy Koo, dual endorsed for Area A

Sathvik Nori, for Area D

For US House:

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, incumbent,  CD 16

Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, for CD 14

For State Assembly:

Assemblymember Marc Berman, incumbent,  AD 23

For San Mateo County Supervisor:

Charles Stone, District 2

City Council Member Ray Mueller, Menlo Park, dual endorsed for District 3

City Council Member Laura Parmer-Lohan, San Carlos, dual endorsed for District 3