Need Some Help Voting? Here's My Voter Guide!
Need Some Help Voting? Here's My Voter Guide!
Info for San Diego Voters From A Progressive Viewpoint
Counties in California have mailed 2022 general election ballots to 22 million registered California voters. It’s time to start making some decisions. I beg you not to procrastinate; let’s get this over with.
The midterm cycle began on January 6, 2021 with the practice coup attempt aimed at overturning the presidential election.
Since then, ideologues and theocrats have fanned out around the country planting the seeds of distrust in democracy, organizing volunteers to gum up the mechanisms necessary to count and verify votes, and inferring falsehoods designed to portray themselves as victims of evildoing at the hands of anybody who doesn’t share their views..
The Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion and the subsequent displays of of misogyny by a broad swath of Republicans have made the importance of this election clear to a broad swath of voters
In California, Republican voter registrations have continued shrinking to under 24% of the electorate. The $200 million attempted recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom failed in a landslide. And the party has maybe one chance at electing a statewide official.
The big picture is what’s important now. It’s not enough to simply defeat reactionary candidates; they’ve got to lose by margins large enough to send an affirmative message about the resolve of Americans to keep and improve upon our system of democracy. Not voting is the same as voting for bad people.
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Below are my suggestions for voters. Follow the (green) links to relevant websites, legacy media, and social media for details on candidates and ballot measures.
I expect people will have disagreements with some choices, and that’s okay by me. I’m not perfect, but have tried hard to research and write up information to make your task of voting easier.
Thank you for reading.
U.S. Senate - Alex Padilla
House of Representatives
District 48 Stephen Houlahan
District 49 Mike Levin
District 50 Scott Peters
District 51 Sara Jacobs
District 52 Juan Vargas
Governor –Gavin Newsom
Lt Governor - Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State - Shirley Weber
Controller - Malia Cohen
Treasurer - Fiona Ma
Attorney General - Rob Bonta
Superintendent of Public Instruction - Tony Thurmond
Insurance Commissioner - Ricardo Lara
District 74 - Chris Duncan
District 75 - No Good Choice
District 76 - Brian Maienschein
District 77 - Tasha Boerner Horvath
District 78 - Chris Ward
District 79 - Akilah Weber
District 80 - David Alvarez*
(* Georgette Gomez has suspended her campaign)
District 18 - Steve Padilla
District 32 - Brian Nash
District 38 - Catherine Blakespear
District 40 - Joseph Rocha
David Dodson
Judicial
Seat 35 Rebecca Kanter
Seat 36 Peter Singer
Statewide Ballot Propositions
Proposition 29: Regulating Dialysis Clinics and the Definition of Insanity YES
Proposition 30: A Poison Pill Concealed by Sweet Promises NO
District 4 - Nathan Fletcher
District 5 - Tiffany Boyd-Hodgson
County Sheriff, Assessor, and Treasurer Races
Sheriff - No Good Choice
Assessor - Barbara Bry
Treasurer - Greg Hodosevich
Measure A - Marijuana Is On the Ballot - YES
San Diego City Council
District Two - Dr. Jenn Campbell
District Four - Monica Montgomery-Stepp
District Six - Kent Lee
District Eight - Vivian Moreno
City Of San Diego Ballot Measures
San Diego Unified Ballot Measure
Measure U: More Bonds, More Safety, No New Taxes - YES
Boards of Education Contests
District Three - Alicia Muñoz.
District Four - Richard Shea
Area B - Godwin Higa
Area C - Cody Peterson
Area One - Arturo Solis
Area Three - Elva Lopez-Zapeda
Area Five - Marti Emerald
Area B - Frita Brunzell
Area C - Heather Plotzke
Area D - Michelle O’Connor Ratcliff
Seat One - Francisco Tamayo
Seat Three - Leslie Bunker
Seat Five - Cesar Fernandez
Area C - Andres Ramos Martin
Area E - Stacy Carlson
Area Two - Debbie Morton
Area Three - Martha Alvarado
Area Three - Jo Hart Lloyd
Area Four - Jeanie Tyler
Area Five - Terry Kohlenberg
Area One - Nancy Licona
Area Three - Stacy Begin
Area Four - Raquel Alvarez
Area One - Bob Weller
Area Two - Bill Durney (Unopposed)
Area Five - Jon Petersen
Area One - Rimga Viskanta
Area Three - Jane Lea Smith
Area Five - Julie Bronstein
Full Term (Vote for 3) - Helen Anderson-Cruz; Alexia Palacios-Peters; Malachie Denis
Short Term - Renee Cavanaugh
Area One - Michele Tsutagawa-Ward
Area Four - Jennifer Fornal
Area Five - Kathleen Hope Rallings
Area Two - Elizabeth Shulok
Area Four - Georgine Tomasi
Area Five - Frank Huston (Unopposed)
Vote for 3 - Emily Andrade, Raquel Pfeifer, Marla Strich
Area 1: Judy Patacsil
Area 4: Kartik Raju
Area 5: Nora Miyamoto
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