Joel Fried, my friend and the The Alameda County Democratic Lawyers (ACDL) Executive Board member, issued the list of candidates the group’s endorsing in the upcoming November Mid-term Election.
The highlights featured a parade of incumbents, save for one: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was selected for re-election, as was Oakland District Two City Councilmember Abel Guillen, but current Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks was skipped over by the surging (in endorsements) Natasha Middleton, and not one of the 10 candidates for the Oakland City Council District Four seat were picked.
My personal feeling about endorsements is that the best way to determine who the best candidate is for the people of Oakland is to ask a subset of the people of Oakland.
Here’s the total list, but at the time, Joel had mistakenly left Mayor Schaaf off of it. I wrote him to ask why there was no endorsement for Mayor of Oakland, and he wrote back “Whoops. The club did endorse Libby Schaaf but she was not on the list that I copied from our Facebook page and so I will have to send out a supplemental email. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.”
Here are the Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club Endorsements for the fast-approaching Tues. Nov. 6 General Election.
Joel Freid
Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club Executive Board MemberFEDERAL OFFICES
13TH Congressional District: BARBARA LEE –ENDORSED
15TH CD: ERIC SWALWELL—ENDORSED
17TH CD: RO KHANNA—ENDORSEDSTATE OFFICES
ASSEMBLY
15TH Assembly District: JOVANKA BECKLES—ENDORSED
16TH AD: REBECCA BAUER-KAHAN—ENDORSED
18TH AD: ROB BONTA—ENDORSED
20TH AD: BILL QUIRK- ENDORSEDSTATE SENATE
10TH SD: BOB WIECKOWSKI- ENDORSED
CITY OF ALAMEDA
MAYOR—MARILYN EZZY-ASKCRAFT- ENDORSED
CITY COUNCIL—JIM ODDIE- ENDORSEDCITY OF BERKELEY
DISTRICT 1: IGOR TREGUB- ENDORSED
DISTRICT 4: KATE HARRISON- ENDORSED
DISTRICT 7: CES ROSALES- ENDORSED
DISTRICT 8: LORI DROSTE- ENDORSEDCITY OF HAYWARD
MAYOR: BARBARA HALLIDAY- ENDORSED
CITY COUNCIL: SARA LAMNIN AND AISHA WAHAB- ENDORSED
SCHOOL BOARD: NO POSITIONOAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
DISTRICT 2: ABEL GUILLEN- ENDORSED
DISTRICT 4: NO POSITION
DISTRICT 6: NATASHA MIDDLETON- ENDORSEDOAKLAND SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT 2: AIMEE ENG- ENDORSED
DISTRICT 4: NO POSITION
DISTRICT 6: SHANTHI GONZALES- ENDORSEDOAKLAND CITY AUDITOR
COURTNEY RUBY- ENDORSED
CITY COUNCIL OF PIEDMONT
TEDDY GRAY KING AND TIM ROOD—BOTH ENDORSED
CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
SCHOOL BOARD: MONIQUE TATE- ENDORSED
ALAMEDA COUNTY ASSESSOR
PHONG LA- ENDORSED
AC TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WARD 3: ELSA ORTIZ- ENDORSED
WARD 4: MARK WILLIAMS- ENDORSED
WARD 5: DIANE SHAW- ENDORSED
AT LARGE: JOEL YOUNG – ENDORSEDBART BD OF DIRECTORS
DIST. 4: ROBERT RABURN- ENDORSED
DIST. 6: ANU NATARAJAN- ENDORSEDEBMUD
WARD 2: JOHN COLEMAN- ENDORSED
WARD 3: MARGUERITE YOUNG- ENDORSED
WARD 4: ANDY KATZ- ENDORSED
WARD 7: FRANK MELLON- ENDORSEDEBRPD
WARD 3: DENNIS WAESPI- ENDORSED
WARD 5: AYN WIESKAMP- ENDORSED
WARD 6: BEVERLEY LANE- ENDORSED
WARD 7: COLIN COFFEY- ENDORSEDPERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES
AREA 3: LINDA HANDY- ENDORSED
AREA 5: BILL RILEY- ENDORSED
AREA 7: JULINA BONILLA- ENDORSED
Stay tuned.