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UFCW WORKERS BACK CHAMPIONS FOR WORKING PEOPLE IN GENERAL ELECTION

Sacramento, CA – The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council today announced additional endorsements of candidates on California’s November ballot that will be champions for California’s working people and their families. UFCW Western States Council represents 200,000 workers in grocery, retail, drug stores, food processing and the cannabis industry, among other sectors in California, Arizona and Nevada.

Additional UFCW Western States Council November 2020 General Election Endorsements:

California State Senate

SD 1: Pamela Swartz

SD 3: Sen. Bill Dodd

SD 7: Sen. Steve Glazer

SD 9: Sen. Nancy Skinner

SD 11: Sen. Scott Wiener

SD 25: Sen. Anthony Portantino

SD 27: Sen. Henry Stern

SD 31: Sen. Richard Roth

SD 33: Sen. Lena Gonzalez

SD 35: Sen. Steven Bradford

SD 39: Sen. Toni Atkins

California State Assembly

AD 1: Elizabeth Betancourt

AD 2: Asm. Jim Wood

AD 4: Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

AD 6: Jackie Smith

AD 7: Asm. Kevin McCarty

AD 8: Asm. Ken Cooley

AD 10: Asm. Marc Levine

AD 12: Asm. Heath Flora

AD 15: Asm. Buffy Wicks

AD 16: Asm. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

AD 17: Asm. David Chiu

AD 18: Asm. Rob Bonta

AD 19: Asm. Phil Ting

AD 20: Asm. Bill Quirk

AD 22: Asm. Kevin Mullin

AD 24: Asm. Marc Berman

AD 26: Drew Phelps

AD 27: Asm. Ash Kalra

AD 28: Asm. Evan Low

AD 29: Asm. Mark Stone

AD 30: Asm. Robert Rivas

AD 31: Asm. Joaquin Arambula

AD 37: Steve Bennett

AD 39: Asm. Luz Rivas

AD 40: Asm. James Ramos

AD 41: Asm. Chris Holden

AD 43: Asm. Laura Friedman

AD 44: Asm. Jacqui Irwin

AD 45: Asm. Jesse Gabriel

AD 46: Asm. Adrin Nazarian

AD 47: Asm. Eloise Gomez Reyes

AD 49: Asm. Ed Chau

AD 50: Asm. Richard Bloom

AD 51: Asm. Wendy Carrillo

AD 52: Asm. Freddie Rodriguez

AD 54: Asm. Sydney Kamlager

AD 56: Asm. Eduardo Garcia

AD 59: Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer

AD 61: Asm. Jose Medina

AD 62: Asm. Autumn Burke

AD 63: Asm. Anthony Rendon

AD 64: Asm. Mike Gipson

AD 67: Jerry Carlos

AD 70: Asm. Patrick O’Donnell

AD 73: Scott Rhinehart

AD 76: Asm. Tasha Boerner Horvath

AD 80: Asm. Lorena Gonzalez

Congress

CD 1: Audrey Denney

CD 2: Rep. Jared Huffman

CD 3: Rep. John Garamendi

CD 4: Brynne Kennedy

CD 5: Rep. Mike Thompson

CD 6: Rep. Doris Matsui

CD 7: Rep. Ami Bera

CD 8: Chris Bubser

CD 9: Rep. Jerry McNerney

CD 10: Rep. Josh Harder

CD 11: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier

CD 12: Rep. Nancy Pelosi

CD 13: Rep. Barbara Lee

CD 14: Rep. Jackie Speier

CD 15: Rep. Eric Swalwell

CD 16: Rep. Jim Costa

CD 17: Rep. Ro Khanna

CD 18: Rep. Anna Eshoo

CD 19: Rep. Zoe Lofgren

CD 20: Rep. Jimmy Panetta

CD 21: Rep. TJ Cox

CD 22: Phil Arballo

CD 23: Kim Mangone

CD 24: Rep. Salud Carbajal

CD 25: Christy Smith

CD 26: Rep. Julia Brownley

CD 27: Rep. Judy Chu

CD 28: Rep. Adam Schiff

CD 29: Rep. Tony Cárdenas

CD 30: Rep. Brad Sherman

CD 31: Rep. Pete Aguilar

CD 32: Rep. Grace Napolitano

CD 33: Rep. Ted Lieu

CD 34: Rep. Jimmy Gomez

CD 36: Rep. Raul Ruiz

CD 37: Rep. Karen Bass

CD 38: Rep. Linda Sánchez

CD 39: Rep. Gil Cisneros

CD 40: Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard

CD 41: Rep. Mark Takano

CD 43: Rep. Maxine Waters

CD 44: Rep. Nanette Barragán

CD 45: Rep. Katie Porter

CD 46: Rep. Lou Correa

CD 47: Rep. Alan Lowenthal

CD 48: Rep. Harley Rouda

CD 49: Rep. Mike Levin

CD 50: Ammar Campa-Najjar

CD 51: Rep. Juan Vargas

CD 52: Rep. Scott Peters

CD 53: Georgette Gómez

“The year’s election will be transformational for the lives of working people – from wages, jobs, healthcare, and our right to be safe at work,” said Andrea Zinder, president, UFCW Western States Council and UFCW Local 324. “UFCW members know just how much workers’ lives depend on decisions made from choices bubbled in on the ballot. That’s why UFCW members will be working tirelessly to get out the vote for candidates who are committed to hard-working Californians and their families and make sure our voices are heard at the ballot box.”

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 6, 2020

Contact: Jenna Thompson, 949.246.1620, [email protected]