Current Endorsements

Elected Officials

Labor Leaders

Organizations

• Chair and Member Malia Cohen, State Board of Equalization District 2

• Alameda County Labor Council 

• Alameda County Democratic Party

• State Senator Nancy Skinner, District 9

• Building Trades Council of Alameda County

• Black Young Democrats of the East Bay
  

• State Assemblymember Rob Bonta, District 18

• IAFF Local 55, Oakland Firefighters

• East Bay Young Democrats

• State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, District 15

• SEIU Local 1021, Service Employees International Union

• Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club

• Mayor Libby Schaaf, City of Oakland

• LiUNA! Laborers Local 304

• Metropolitan-Greater Oakland Democratic Club

• Council President Rebecca Kaplan, City of Oakland At-Large

• NCCR, Northern California Carpenters Regional Council

• Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County

• Council Pro Tem Dan Kalb, City of Oakland District 1

• SMART Local 104, Sheet Metal Workers

• Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club

• Councilmember Sheng Thao, City of Oakland District 4

• IBEW Local 595, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 

• Black Women Organized for Political Action's BWOPA-PAC

• Councilmember Noel Gallo, City of Oakland District 5

• Teamsters Local 70, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

• East Bay Women’s Political Alliance

• Councilmember Loren Taylor, City of Oakland District 6

Community Leaders

• Sierra Club

• Dezie Woods-Jones, Former Oakland Councilmember and Vice Mayor

• Aimee Allison, Democracy in Color and She the People, Founder & CEO

• Oakland Rising Action

• Annie Campbell Washington, Former Oakland Councilmember and Vice Mayor

• Fran David, Former City Manager and District 7 Resident 

• Bay Rising Action

• Superintendent Karen Monroe, Alameda County Office of Education  

• Gloria Bailey-Ray, Talk Show Host of Did You Get the Memo

• Oakland Chamber of Commerce (OakPac) 

• Assessor Phong La, Alameda County 

• John Jones III, Just Cities / Dellums Institute 

• Hayward Chamber of Commerce (Good Government Now!)

• Supervisor Nate Miley, Alameda County District 4

• Ken Benson, Oakland Fire Safe Council / City Commissioner 

• East Bay Times

• Supervisor Keith Carson, Alameda County District 5

• Sarah Chavez, East Oakland Boxing Association, Past Executive Director

• Oakland Post

• President and Director Lateefah Simon, BART District 7

• Sheryl Walton, Block by Block Organizing Committee, District 7

Faith Leaders

• Director Mark Williams, AC Transit Ward 4

• Solomon Howard, East Oakland Boxing Association, Executive Director

•  Pastors Melinda & Javier Ramos, Shiloh Church

• President and Trustee Julina Bonilla, Peralta College Board Area 7

• Zeydi Gutierrez, Oakland Workforce Development Board, Chair

• Pastor Michael McBride, The Way Christian Center

• Vice President and Trustee Cynthia Napoli-Abella Reiss, Peralta College Board Area 5

• Gladys Green, President of the Elmhurst Community Board

• Bishop J.E. Watkins, Jack London Square Chapel 

• Trustee Linda Handy, Peralta College Board Area 3

• Marilyn Washington, Founder of The Khadafy Washington Foundation

• Rev. Cheryl D. Ward, Cheryl Ward Ministries 

• Councilmember Deborah Cox, City of San Leandro District 1

• Rosa Velasquez, Director of the Latino Business Network & Allies

• Bishop George Matthews,  Genesis Worship Center

• Councilmember Ed Hernandez, City of San Leandro District 2

• Donna Griggs Murphy, Alameda County Commission on Aging

• Rev. Dr. Martha Taylor, Allen Temple Baptist Church

• Councilmember Corina Lopez, City of San Leandro District 5

• Allene Warren, Community Organizer

• Rev. Dr. Harold R. Mayberry, First AME Church

• Councilmember Malia Vella, City of Alameda 

• Mary Forte, Community Organizer

• Rev. Ken Chambers, West Side Missionary Baptist Church

• Councilmember Jim Oddie, City of Alameda 

• Dee Johnson, Founder of Lend a Hand Foundation

• Councilmember Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito 

• Giovanni Hernandez, Director of Education for the National Children’s Campaign

• Councilmember Jael Myrick, City of Richmond 

• Antoinette Warren, Publisher & Senior’s Advocate

• Councilmember Raj Salwan, City of Fremont 

• Kat Khadijah Leverette, District 7 Resident & Business Owner

• Councilmember Aisha Wahab, City of Hayward 

• Bernard Ashcraft, CEO of Bay Area Business Roundtable (BABRT)

• President and Trustee Mia Bonta, Alameda United School District 

• Kimberly Ellis, Founder of Unbought – Unbossed, an incubator for the next generation of political disruptors and former Executive Director of Emerge California

•  Yvette Simpson, Former Cincinnati Pro Tem and Councilmember & Democracy for America, CEO

• Elaine Brown, Former Black Panther Party Chairman 

• Shelia Young, Former Mayor of San Leandro