Endorsements

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Current and Previous Elected Officials and Office Holders

Paloma Aguirre
Imperial Beach City Councilmember

Serge Dedina
Mayor of Imperial Beach

Marti Emerald
Former San Diego City Councilmember (D9)

George Gastil
Lemon Grove City Councilmember

Jeff Griffith
Palomar Health District

Mark Gracyk
Helix Water District

Ed Harris
Former San Diego City Councilmember (D2)

Tony Kranz
Encinitas City Councilmember

Terra Lawson-Remer
San Diego County Supervisor (D3)

Mitz Lee
Former San Diego Unified Board Member

Sherri Lightner
Former San Diego City Councilmember (D1)

Harry Mathis
Former San Diego City Councilmember (D1)

Jennifer Mendoza
Lemon Grove City Councilmember

RL Miller
Democratic National Committee (DNC)

Suzanne Till
Padre Dam Municipal Water District

Igor Tregub
Chair, CADEM Environmental Caucus

Howard Wayne
Former California Assemblymember (AD78)

Organizational Endorsements

Sierra Club
League of Conservation Voters
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest Action Fund (100 percent rating)
Progressive Democrats of America (California chapter)
San Diegans for Gun Violence Prevention
Hammond Climate Solutions
Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
San Diego Voice and Viewpoint
Point Loma and Ocean Beach Democratic Club
Rancho Peñasquitos Democratic Club
San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action
San Diego Progressive Democratic Club
San Diego Downtown Democratic Club
San Diego Woman's Democratic Club (rated acceptable with fellow candidates)
San Diego Union-Tribune (primary)

Community Members

Victoria Abrenica
Sarah Adams
Dave Addams
Marya Ahmad
Christine Allen
Kiah Amande
Patrick Ambrosio
Dr. Peter Andersen
Allison Andrews
Doug Applegate
Jane Asher Reaney
Ron Askeland
Christopher Auckerman
Susan Baldwin
Maya Banks
John and Dora Barba
Trent Baskerville
Steve Belknap
Linda Bernstein
Dr. Tim Bilash
Sharon Bodon
Dr. Jerry Boggs
Cassie Brill
Kathryn Burton
David and Julie Busse
Josie Caballero
Jack and Lisa Canning
Keri Cannon
Chris Cantore
Christina Capella
Todd Cardiff
Alexandria Cassatt
Jan Chatten-Brown
Henry Chiu
Chris Clarke
Patrick Clasby
John Cole
Bruce and Alana Coons
Brandon Coopersmith
Amanda Dahl
Roxieann Danner
Ruth DeSantis
Roman Diaz, Jr.
Suzie Ditmars (RIP)
Dr. Mohamed Elnakib
David Engel
Peg Engel
Ernest and Sherilyn Fagan
Kaanchan S. Farkiya
Ellen Feeney
Anne Fege
Megan Flaherty
Michael Lynn Filio
Cara Furio
Dan Gallagher
Wei Gao
Gary Gartner
Michelle Gastil
Allison Gill
Danna Givot
Jane L. Glasson
Carl Grunsky
Rick Guerrero
Paul and Carol Gunderson
Trang Ha
Stewart Halpern
Michael Halloran

Rick Halsey
Trish Halsey-Munroe
Lesley Handa
Mandy Havlik
Rikki Hawkins
John and Pam Heatherington
Anetra Henry
Jim Herrington
Bill Hickman
Vinh Hoang
Jim Hodgdon
Dave Hogan
Elizabeth Hogue
Katherine Hogue
Greg Hoxsie
Tai Tung Huang
Geoff Hueter
Mark and Karen Hughes
Dr. Samm Hurst
Jules Jackson
Sunshine Johnson
Prashant and Neeta Kantak
Isabelle Kay
Azim Khamisa
Howie Klein
Debby Knight
Valerie Kosheleff
Michael Kreizenbeck
Paul Krueger
Narender and Neelu Kumar
Bonnie and Keebler Kutch
Adrian Kwiatkowski
Bridger Langfur
Liz Lavertu
Mackenzie Lawrence
Elizabeth Leventhal
Meg Ley
Dr. Cary Lowe
Alegra Loewenstein
Tina Luu
Kevin Liu Mahoney
Mayela Manasjan
Anya Marina
Rena Marrocco
John Mattes
Len May
Molly Ann McCarren
Dan McClellan
David McCullough
Dallas McLaughlin
John McNab
John McNeil
Rod Meade
Mo Mellady
Garett Michaels
Keith Mikas
David and Kathy Muckley
Tom Mullaney
Edie Munk
Ross Naismith
Dareen Nasser
Rod Nazaire
Malte Niebelschuetz
Marilyn Nieves
Howard Nguyen
Lisa Nguyen
Phuoc Nguyen

Michael Norman
George and Diane Ohanian
Ria Otero
Bryan Pease
Dave Peiser
Micah Perlin
Dr. Cody Petterson
Jim Peugh
Patrick Pierce
Shelley Plumb
Mark Powell
Bill Powers
Mohammad Jawad Rahimi
Moretza Rahimi
Joan Raphael
Bruce Reznik
Robin Rierdan
Dr. Gregg Robinson
Karenlee Robinson
Sonja Robinson
Dr. Marcy Rogers
Ruth Rollins
Lisa Ross
Dana Rubin
Aurora Ruvalcaba
Rose Ryan
George Sadler
Moyboy Salas
Paul Sasso
Robert Scannell
Stefanie Sekich-Quinn
Denise Sellers
Dr. Dan Silver
Lisa Sinclair
Jon Sinton
Sandra Stahl
Paula Stein
Kenya Taylor
Mia Taylor
JP Theberge
Mudita Tiwary
Ngan Tran
Phillip Tran
Clayton Tschudy
Matt Valenti
John Vallas
Dr. Chip Vasquez
Andréa Vega
Nicole Verdes
Kristen Victor
José Viesca, Jr.
Mary Anne Viney
Lawrence Wang
Susan Wayo
Ilka Weston
Brian White
Andy Wiese
David Wright
David and Jill Yapo
Quentin Yates
Dr. Elizabeth Yoe
Cindy Yurkovich
Patrick Zabrocki
Peter Zahn
Ahmad Zakee
Dr. Bart Ziegler
Dr. Karin Zirk