November 2024 Endorsements

 

United States President

SOLE ENDORSEMENT KAMALA HARRIS

 

United States Vice President

SOLE ENDORSEMENT TIM WALZ

 

United States Senate

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ADAM SCHIFF 

 

United States Congress

SOLE ENDORSEMENT EVAN LOW, District 16

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ZOE LOFGREN, District 18

SOLE ENDORSEMENT RO KHANNA, District 17

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JIMMY PANETTA, District 19

 

State Senate

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JOSH BECKER, District 13

SOLE ENDORSEMENT DAVE CORTESE, District 15

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JOHN LAIRD, District 17

 

State Assembly

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ASH KALRA, District 25

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ALEX LEE, District 24

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ROBERT RIVAS, District 29

SOLE ENDORSEMENT GAIL PELLERIN, District 28

DUAL ENDORSEMENT TARA SREEKRISHNAN / PATRICK AHRENS, District 26

 

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor

SOLE ENDORSEMENT BETTY DUONG, District 2

SOLE ENDORSEMENT MARGARET ABE-KOGA, District 5

OPEN ENDORSEMENT SALLY LIEBER, District 5

 

San Jose City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT PAMELA CAMPOS, District 2

SOLE ENDORSEMENT OLIVIA NAVARRO, District 6

SOLE ENDORSEMENT DOMINGO CANDELAS, District 8

OPEN ENDORSEMENT ARJUN BATRA, District 10

 

Gilroy City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT REBECA ARMENDARIZ

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ZACH HILTON

OPEN ENDORSEMENT FRED TOVAR

 

Los Altos City Council

OPEN ENDORSEMENT IBRAHIM BASHIR

 

Mountain View City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT EMILY ANN RAMOS

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ERIK POICON

SOLE ENDORSEMENT PAT SHOWALTER

 

Cupertino City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT HUNG WEI

SOLE ENDORSEMENT GILBERT WONG

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ROD SINKS

OPEN ENDORSEMENT CLAUDIO BONO

 

Hollister City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT MIA CASEY,  Mayor

SOLE ENDORSEMENT RICK PEREZ 

 

Campbell City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JUAN RODRIGUEZ, District 1

SOLE ENDORSEMENT SERGIO LOPEZ, District 2

 

Milpitas City Council

OPEN ENDORSEMENT CARMEN MONTANO, MAYOR

SOLE ENDORSEMENT BILL CHUAN

OPEN ENDORSEMENT DIPAK AWASTHI

 

Morgan Hill City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT YVONNE MARTINEZ-BELTRAN, Mayor

SOLE ENDORSEMENT MIRIAM VEGA, District A

 

Palo Alto City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT KATIE CAUSEY

SOLE ENDORSEMENT GEORGE LU

SOLE ENDORSEMENT CARI TEMPLETON

OPEN ENDORSEMENT GREER STONE

 

Santa Clara City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ALBERT GONZALEZ, District 1

SOLE ENDORSEMENT TERESA O'NEILL, District 4

SOLE ENDORSEMENT SUDS JAIN, District 5

OPEN ENDORSEMENT ANTHONY BECKER, District 6

OPEN ENDORSEMENT KELLY COX, District 6

 

Sunnyvale City Council

SOLE ENDORSEMENT LARRY KLEIN, Mayor

OPEN ENDORSEMENT RUSS MELTON, Mayor

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ALYSA CISNEROS, District 2

SOLE ENDORSEMENT EILEEN LE, District 6

 

Santa Clara Valley Water

SOLE ENDORSEMENT SHILOH BALLARD, District 2

SOLE ENDORSEMENT RICHARD "DICK" SANTOS, District 3

 

El Camino Healthcare District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JULIA MILLER

SOLE ENDORSEMENT CAROL ANN SOMERSILLE

 

Campbell Union School District

OPEN ENDORSEMENT DON THORVUND, Trustee Area 2

 

East Side Union High School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT PATTIE CORTESE

 

San Jose Unified School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT TERESA CASTELLANOS, Trustee Area 1

SOLE ENDORSEMENT CARLA D. COLLINS, Trustee Area 3

SOLE ENDORSEMENT LENKA WRIGHT, Trustee Area 5

 

Alum Rock Union School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT BRENDA ZENDEJAS

SOLE ENDORSEMENT MINH NGUYEN

OPEN ENDORSEMENT CORINA HERRERA-LOERA

 

Cupertino Union School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT SYLVIA LEONG

 

Evergreen School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JEREMY BAROUSSE

SOLE ENDORSEMENT PATTI ANDRADE

 

Franklin McKinley School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT MILAN BALINTON

SOLE ENDORSEMENT HG NGUYEN

OPEN ENDORSEMENT HONG HA HOANG

 

Morgan Hill Unified School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JENNIFER MARQUEZ, Trustee Area 5

OPEN ENDORSEMENT TYLER SMITH, Trustee Area 5

DUAL ENDORSEMENT REBECCA MUNSON / MARY PATTERSON, Trustee Area 6

SOLE ENDORSEMENT VERONICA ANDRADE, Trustee Area 7

 

Mountain View Whisman School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT CHRISTINE CASE-LO

 

Oak Grove School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT BEIJA GONZALEZ, Trustee Area 1

 

Palo Alto Unified School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JOSHN SALCMAN

SOLE ENDORSEMENT ALISON KAMHI

 

Fremont Union High School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT PAT CARPIO, Trustee Area 2

SOLE ENDORSEMENT DANNY CHOI, Trustee Area 5

 

Santa Clara Unified School District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT KATHY WATANABE, Trustee Area 2

 

West Valley-Mission Community College District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT PAUL FONG, Trustee Area 2

SOLE ENDORSEMENT DIANE LAMKIN, Trustee Area 5

DUAL ENDORSEMENT ADRIENNE GREY / REBECCA WONG, Trustee Area 6

 

Foothill-De Anza Community College District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT FOREST PETERSON, Trustee Area 5

 

San Jose-Evergreen Community College District

SOLE ENDORSEMENT TONY ALEXANDER, Trustee Area 3

SOLE ENDORSEMENT BUU CHAU THAI, Trustee Area 5

 

Santa Clara County Board of Education

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JESSICA SPEISER, Trustee Area 1

SOLE ENDORSEMENT DON ROCHA, Trustee Area 3

OPEN ENDORSEMENT DEBORAH (JYL) LUTES, Trustee Area 3

SOLE ENDORSEMENT JORGE PACHECO JR., Trustee Area 4

SOLE ENDORSEMENT VICTORIA CHON, Trustee Area 5

 

State Ballot Measures

SUPPORT PROPOSITION 2, $10 billion school facilities construction bond

SUPPORT PROPOSITION 3, Repeals ban on same-sex marriage in Constitution

SUPPORT PROPOSITION 4, $10 billion Climate Resiliency Bond

SUPPORT PROPOSITION 5, Lowers vote threshold to approve local bonds

SUPPORT PROPOSITION 6, Prohibits mandatory prison labor

SUPPORT PROPOSITION 32, $18/hr minimum wage

NO RECOMMENDATION PROPOSITION 33, Local Rent Control

NO RECOMMENDATION PROPOSITION 34, Restricts spending by health care provider

NO RECOMMENDATION PROPOSITION 35, Permanent MCO Tax for Medi-Cal Funding

NO RECOMMENDATION PROPOSITION 36, Increase felony charge for certain crimes

 

Santa Clara County Ballot Measures

YES on CITY OF MORGAN HILL MEASURE A

YES on CITY OF MORGAN HILL MEASURE B

YES on CITY OF GILROY MEASURE C

YES on CITY OF SUNNYVALE MEASURE E

YES on CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW MEASURE G

YES on CITY OF SANTA CLARA MEASURE I

YES on CITY OF MILPITAS MEASURE J

YES on EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE N

YES on CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT P

YES on MILPITAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE Q

YES on SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE R

YES on MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE S

YES on MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE T

YES on FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE W

YES on EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE X

YES on MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE AA

 

San Benito County Ballot Measures

NO on COUNTY MEASURE X

NO on COUNTY MEASURE A

YES on COUNTY MEASURE B

YES on SAN BENITO HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE L

YES on SAN BENITO HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT MEASURE M

YES on CITY OF HOLLISTER MEASURE V

YES on CITY OF HOLLISTER MEASURE W

Definition of Endorsements

*SOLE ENDORSEMENT: COPE and its affiliated members are to support only that candidate receiving an endorsement. 

*DUAL ENDORSEMENT: COPE is to support only those candidates who received an endorsement. Member affiliates are to support only a candidate or a combination of candidates who receive endorsements from COPE.

*OPEN ENDORSEMENT: COPE is to remain neutral in that race/issue for which an open endorsement has been made. Member affiliates are free to take whatever action they deem appropriate.