The next scheduled election for which the Democratic Party will consider endorsements will take place November 8, 2022. If you are a previously endorsed incumbent, a candidate for office, or considering running for office, please read the following webpage, and then contact Endorsements Chair Joe Pierre jpierre3@comcast.net.
Endorsements for the following offices will be considered at the Democratic Party Central Committee on Thursday, May 5.
- City of Goleta, City Council District 1
- City of Goleta, City Council District 2
- City of Santa Maria, City Council District 3
Statewide Primary Election
ELECTION DAY: JUNE 7, 2022
Salud Carbajal
U.S. CONGRESS (24TH DISTRICT)
Gregg Hart
STATE ASSEMBLY (37TH DISTRICT)
Laura Capps
COUNTY SUPERVISOR (DISTRICT 2)
Susan Salcido
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Governor: Gavin Newsom
Controller: Malia Cohen
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Board of Equalization, District 2: Sally Lieber
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Treasurer: Fiona Ma
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
Past Endorsements
November 2021
- Santa Barbara Mayor: Cathy Murillo
- Santa Barbara City Council, District 4: Kristen Sneddon
- Santa Barbara City Council, District 5: Eric Friedman
- Santa Barbara City Council, District 6: Meagan Harmon
September 2021
- Recall of Governor Gavin Newsom: No
- Replacement Candidate: No endorsement
November 2020
- President: Joe Biden
- Vice President: Kamala Harris
- U.S. Congress: Salud Carbajal
- California State Senate: Monique Limón
- California State Assembly, District 35: Dawn Addis
- California State Assembly, District 37: Steve Bennett
- Buellton City Council: Elysia Lewis
- Carpinteria City Council: Natalia Alarcon
- Goleta Mayor: Paula Perotte
- Goleta City Council: Kyle Richards
- Goleta City Council: Stuart Kasdin
- Lompoc City Council, District 4: Jeremy Ball
- Santa Maria City Council, District 1: Osvaldo Sotello
- Solvang City Council: Chris Bowyer
- Allan Hancock Community College District Board of Trustees, District 4: Jeffrey Hall
- Carpinteria Unified School District Board of Trustees: Craig Cooke
- Goleta Union School District Board of Trustees: Patricia “Max” Rorty and Sholeh Jahangir
- Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees: Janet Blevins
- Santa Barbara Community College Board of Trustees, District 2: Robert Miller
- Santa Barbara Community College Board of Trustees, District 3: Erin Guereña
- Santa Barbara Community College Board of Trustees, District 4: Anna Everett
- Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Trustees: Jackie Reid, Laura Capps, and Wendy Sims-Moten
- Santa Maria Joint Union High School District: Angie Bolden and Jennifer Melena
- Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District Board of Trustees: José Juan Ibarra
- Santa Barbara County Board of Education, District 3: Richard Fulton
- Santa Barbara County Board of Education, District 6: Joe Howell
- Goleta Sanitary District: Sharon Rose
- Goleta Water District: Bill Rosen, Farfallah Borah, and Lauren Hanson
- Isla Vista Community Services District: Catherine Flaherty, Ethan Bertrand, and Marcos Aguilar
- Isla Vista Recreation and Park District: Mia Rahmen
- Montecito Fire Protection District: Robert Kemp
March 2020
- U.S. Congress: Salud Carbajal
- California State Senate: Monique Limón
- California State Assembly: N/A
- Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, District 1: Das Williams
- Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, District 3: Joan Hartmann
November 2019
- Santa Barbara City Council, District 1: Alejandra Gutierrez
- Santa Barbara City Council, District 2: Mike Jordan
- Santa Barbara City Council, District 3: Oscar Gutierrez
- Santa Barbara City Council, District 6: Meagan Harmon
November 2018
- California Governor: Gavin Newsom
- U.S. Senate: Kevin de León
- California Attorney General: Xavier Bacerra
- California Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
- California State Treasurer: Fiona Ma
- California State Controller: Betty Yee
- California Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
- California Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
- California Board of Equalization, District 2: Malia Cohen
- U.S. Congress, District 24: Salud Carbajal
- California State Assembly, District 35: Bill Ostrander
- California State Assembly, District 37: Monique Limón
- Carpinteria City Council: Al Clark
- Goleta Mayor: Paula Perotte
- Goleta City Council: James Kyriaco
- Santa Maria City Council, District 3: Gloria Soto
- Santa Maria City Council, District 4: Rafa Gutierrez
- Goleta Union Schoo District Board of Trustees: Luz Reyes-Martín, and Richard Mayer
- Santa Maria-Bonita School District Board of Trustees: Abe Melendrez
- Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Trustees: Ismael Paredes Ulloa and Rose Muñoz
- Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees, Area 4: Darcél Elliott
- Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees, Area 6: Kate Parker
- Goleta Water District Board of Directors: Kathleen Werner and Matias Eusterbrock