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ENDORSEMENTS (partial list)
ELECTED OFFICIALS
State of California
Jack O’Connell, Superintendent, California Department of Education
Joe Simitian, State Senator
Joe Coto, State Assemblymember
Jim Beall, State Assemblymember
Dom Cortese, former State Assemblymember and former County Supervisor
Jim Cunneen, former State Assemblymember
Santa Clara County
Sheriff Laurie Smith
Supervisor Blanca Alvarado
Supervisor Don Gage
Supervisor Liz Kniss
Supervisor Ken Yeager
Sig Sanchez, former County Supervisor
Diane McKenna, former County Supervisor
Mary Greenwood, Public Defender
San Jose City Council
Chuck Reed, Mayor
Nora Campos
Judy Chirco
Pete Constant
Sam Liccardo
Pierluigi Oliverio
Nancy Pyle
Forrest Williams
Janet Gray Hayes, former Mayor
Susan Hammer, former Mayor
Tom McEnery, former Mayor
Cindy Chavez, former Vice Mayor
John Diquisto, former Councilmember
Linda LeZotte, former Councilmember
Sunnyvale City Council
Tony Spitaleri, Mayor
Melinda Hamilton
Ron Swegles
Milpitas City Council
Bob Livengood, Vice Mayor
Debbie Giordano
Armando Gomez
ORGANIZATIONS
Public Safety Organizations
Santa Clara County Firefighters Association
San Jose Firefighters Association
San Jose Police Officers Association -- SJPOA
Latino Peace Officers Association
Milpitas Firefighters Association
Probation Peace Officers Union of Santa Clara County
Community Organizations
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee - BAYMEC
California Apartment Association – Tri County Division
California League of Conservation Voters
East Side Teachers Association
Evergreen Times
Golden State Manufactured Home Owners League, Inc - GSMOL
La Raza Roundtable
Operating Engineers – Local 3
Registered Professional Nurses Association
San Jose/Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce – COMPAC
Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee - SCCDCC
Santa Clara County Democratic Club - SCCDC
Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS
Santa Clara County Employees Management Association – CEMA
Santa Clara County Government Attorneys Association
Service Employees International Union – Local 521
Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum
South Bay Labor Council - COPE
Santa Clara County Hillside Association
Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS
Teamsters – Local 287
United Farm Workers
EDUCATORS
East Side Union High School District Trustees
Frank Biehl
Eddie Garcia
Manuel Herrera
Jeff Ota, former Trustee
Esau Herrera, former Trustee
Evergreen Elementary School District Trustees
Sylvia Alvarez
Merrilee Claverie
Carolyn Clark
Tom Matsumoto, former Trustee
Tom Andrade, former Superintendent
Alum Rock Elementary School District Trustees
Frank Chavez
Tanya Freudenberger
Gustavo Gonzales
Lalo Morales
Kim Mesa, former Trustee
Jason Rodriguez, former Trustee
Tony Russo, former Superintendent
Milpitas Unified School District Trustees
Marsha Grilli
Carmen Montano
San Jose Unified School District Trustees
Pam Foley
Richard Garcia
Leslie Reynolds
Other School Districts
Autumn Gutierrez, Trustee, San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
Betty Martinez, Trustee, Mount Pleasant Elementary School District
Other Santa Clara County Elected Officials
Don Burr, Vice Mayor, City of Campbell
Larry Carr, Councilmember, City of Morgan Hill
Tony Estremera, Board Member, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Gary Fazzino, former Mayor, City of Palo Alto
Dan Furtado, Mayor, City of Campbell
Bob Gross, former Board Member, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Rosemary Kamei, Board Member, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Michael Kasperzak, former Mayor, City of Mountain View
Alex Kennett, Board Member, Santa Clara County Open Space Authority
Norman Kline, former Mayor, City of Saratoga
Rick Lowenthal, Mayor, City of Cupertino
Kevin Moore, Councilmember, City of Santa Clara
Dena Mossar, former Mayor, City of Palo Alto
Matthew Pear, Councilmember, City of Mountain View
Joe Pryzinski, Mayor, Town of Los Gatos
Rich Santos, Board Member, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Barbara Spector, Vice Mayor, Town of Los Gatos
Stephen Tate, Mayor, City of Morgan Hill
Regional Elected Officials
Carol Butler, Clerk of the Board, Menlo Park Fire District
Bill Dodd, Supervisor, Napa County
Jack Gingles, Mayor, City of Calistoga
John Gioa, Supervisor, Contra Costa County
Mark Green, Mayor, City of Union City
Scott Haggerty, Supervisor, Alameda County
Jerry Hill, Supervisor, San Mateo County
Janet Lockhart, Mayor, City of Dublin
Gwen Regalia, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Walnut Creek
Simon Salinas, Supervisor, Monterey County
John Silva, Supervisor, Solano County
City Commissioners
Gunawan Ali Santosa, Milpitas Planning Commission
Xavier Campos, San Jose Planning Commission
Helen Chapman, Chair, San Jose Parks and Recreation Commission
Larry Ciardella, Milpitas Planning Commission
Russ Danielson, Member, Coyote Valley Task Force
Lisa Jensen, San Jose Planning Commission
Matt Kamkar, San Jose Planning Commission
Erik Kaeding, Disability Advisory Commission
Randi Kinman, San Jose Planning Commission
Rex Lindsay, former Santa Clara County Planning Commissioner
Michael Luu, Santa Clara County Planning Commission
Narendra Pathak - City of Sunnyvale Trustee - Board of Libraries
Jim Zito, San Jose Planning Commission
Community Leaders
Richard Alexander, former Santa Clara County Bar Association President
Teresa Alvarado, President, Hispanic Foundation Silicon Valley
Sal Alvarez, Reverend Deacon
Tahir Anwar, Imam, South Bay Islamic Association
Wasim Azhar, Professor, Stanford University and UC Berkeley
Bill Buchholz, Pastor, Family Community Church
Rick Callendar, President, Silicon Valley NAACP
Rick Caton, Teacher, Oak Grove High School
Eugene Garcia, President, Rayner Park Neighborhood Association
Victor Garza, Sr, President, La Raza Roundtable
Don Gralnek, General Counsel, San Jose Sharks
Warren Hegg, President, Digital Clubhouse Network
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the UFW with Cesar Chavez
Rita Chavez Medina, sister of Cesar Chavez
Rudy Medina, CEO of Santa Clara Valley Water District and son of Rita Chavez Medina
Lurdes Rivera, Treasurer, Santa Visits Alviso Foundation
Al Rosell, Principal, Olinder Elementary School
Gilbert Sangari, Publisher, San Jose Magazine
Jose Sandoval, Voluntarios de la Comunidad
Wiggsy Siversten, BAYMEC founder
Wendy Stegeman, Teacher, Andrew Hill High School
Clarence Stone, Santa Clara County Hillside Association
Mark Tiernan, President, Lincoln Law School Student Bar Association
Tam Tuong Nguyen, Publisher Saigon USA
Jim Weyermann, President and CEO, San Jose Giants
RESIDENTS AND SUPPORTERS
Connie and Guido Abele
Majeeda Abdullah
Brian Adams
Barinder S. Ahluwalia
Rashid & Khullat Alladin
Ed Alvarez
Mahbubal Amin
Luciano “Lucky” Amutan
Penny Aguila
Jose Aranda
Elisia Araya
John Armando
Frank Arnold
Jill Arnone, The Arnone Group
Alphonse Arretz
Diane Ayala
Arsenio Ayon
Nabil Azhar
Rosemary Baez
Surjit Bains
Kirpal Bajwa
Marty and Bonnie Bamburg
Aziz Baquer
Cy Barbaccia
Tere Barbella
Jim Bariteau
Bill Baron
Allan Baumgartner
Steve Bennette
Bruce Berg
Diane Berger
Charles Berry
Elizabeth Bich Lien Vo
Ed Blackmond
Eugene (Gino) Blefari
Chris Block
Neba Bonetor
Jeff Bornefeld
Steve Bosma
Marc Boyd
Nina Boyd
Larry Braddock
Betsy Bryant
Mama and Jim Brass
Jim Campagna
Bobby and John Campbell
Mike Campi
Queen Ann Cannon
Paul Caputo
Anthony Caruso
Kevin Carroll
Cris Castrence
Susie Caton
Cris Caton
Deborah Cauble
Milton Chang
Dan Chapman
Ramla Chaudhry
Henry Chen
Seeling Cheung
Bob Churchill
Dallas Clark
Larry Clark
Rich Claverie
Clare Cloutier
George Colacicco
Franklin Collazo
Carl Cookson
George Cooper
Karl and Cheryl Cortese
Brian Cortese
Rob Cortese
Kristina Cortese-Banks
Craig Costanza
Inez Creps
Rich Cristina
Anne Marie Cruz
Kris Cunningham
Harvey Darnell
Dennis Del Ponte
Dr. Robert Delaney, Th.D
Mary Delaney
Timonthy Denner
John De Vincenzi
Joshua DeVincenzi Melander
Nancy DeVincenzi-Melander
Mita Dey
Bob Dhillon
Hung Do
Ruben Dominguez
Mike Donohoe
Melanie Dougall
Pat Dugan
Mel Dutra
Ed Eliason
Enid and Dale Emde
Olga Enciso Smith
Phil Esguerra
Sid Espinosa
Blanca Estela Esquivel
Christopher Evans
Dania Fagundo
Pamela Falcone-Horita
Paul Feci
Susan and Duane Fish
Stan Fitzgerald
Adam Flores
Enrique Flores
Kathleen Flynn
Dennis Fong
Mike Fox, Jr.
Don Fox
Julie Frambach
Butch Francisco
Bala Gampa
Gerri Garcia
John Garcia
Janet Garvey
Danny Garza
Victor Garza, Jr.
Dominic Giacalone
Pasquale Giannotta
Mike Gibeau
Bob Gill
Sherry Gilmore
Robert Gionfriddo
Dan Gordon
Lowell Grattan
Weda Gray
Ann and Rufus Green
Sister Margaret Gregg
Pritam Grewal
Mike Guarino
Gerald Guevarra
Hank Guidici
Clark Gussin
Abdul Hamid
Iklark Hanif
Sid Haro
Kenneth Hayes
David Heagerty
Christian Hemingway
Patrick Hendry
Ken Heredia
Ginny Hinkle
Carl Hirano
Michell and Mark Horn
Kathy Hudson
Norm Hulberg
Mohammed Iqbal
Bryan Jarvis
Paula Jimenez-Cornejo
Zag Kadah
Mohammed Kaleem
Phyllis Karsten
Jim and Marion Keaney
Munib Khan
Teri and Bill Kozlovsky
Charles Krinard
Dennis Kyne
Satish Lalit
Cecil Lawson
Kristine Le
Tho D Le
Hon Lien
Scarlett Li Lam
Nguyen Thanh Lien
Jean Lu
Charles Luckhardt
John Luk
Gordon Lund
Adan Lupercio
Jian Ma
David Mac
Ciaran MacGowan
John Machado
Hari Mahesh
Mohinder Mann
Sahib Mann
Chris Marchese
George M. Marcus
Dr. Ramon Martinez
Marla Masters
Susan McAllister
Don McKell
Robert Means
Jennie Meehan
Michael Minh Nguyen
David Mirassou
David Mitchell
Rocky Morella
Kimberly and Michael Mulcahy
Fred Mulipola
Debra Murphy
Bill Neves
Nancy Newlin
Debbie Nghiem
Tan V. Nguyen
Luc Nguyen
Douglas Nguyen
Charles Olson
Dale Osborn
Dan Orloff
Jesus Orosco
Sohail Parekh
Jeannie Pedroza
Joanie and Ralph Pepper
Kevin Pezzaniti
Garth Pickett
Ken Podgorsek
Adre Polizzi
Seerna Pollayil
Diane Poteete
Janeice & Gordon Prieur
Joyce Puopolo
Shorty Joe Quartuccio
Rania Quynh Tram Cao
Mohammed Rahman
Adnan Rasheed
Mohammed Rasheed
Sandra Rasmussen
Lucy and Aaron Resendez
Daniel Reyes
Loretta and Hal Riddle
Scott Riddle
Chris Rios
Nanci Robertson
Abraham Rohim
Gerald Rosenthal
Edwart Rossette
Richard Roth
Richard Salciccia
Brian Salmon
Jack and Freda Salois
Art Sanchez
Jose Sandoval
Rebecca Sanfilippo
Cindi and Rod Schisler
Michael Schrader
Jeff Schroeder
Chris Schumb
Brenda and George Serpa
Merylee Shelton
Kulwant Sidhu
Larry Silva
Deborah Simon
Phil Sims
Avtar Singh Chahal
Jim Dean Smith
Olga Smith
Ruben Solorio
Cynthia and Michael Sorci
John Sorci
Steve Sosnowski
Will Sousae
Jason Spitzer
Jeff Stanley
Chuck Stegner
Suzanne Stevens
Don Sun
Craig Swarthout
Barry Swenson
Shafath Syed
Faten Syed
Akbar Syed
Michael Szymanski
Ed Takeda
Jesse Tarascan
Rudy & Lily Tenes
Darlene Tenes
Elvie Teodoro
Rita Tercero
Bracey Tiede
Kawing To
Al Torres
Omar Torres
Jim Towery
Jack Urata
Sridhar Vajapey
Nguyen Van Canh
Jennifer White and Michael Van Every
Alberto Verduzco
Judy Verona Joseph
John Vidovich
Alfred Villalobos
Tony Vizzusi
Trac Vo
Patrick Waite
Kathleen Wallingford
Rose Whitcomb
Ruth White
Mary Lou and Benton White
Jessica White
Bev and Bob Wiedlin
Maggie Wilhelm
Megan Williams
Nanci Williams
Mike Willis
Lew Wolff
Muhammad Zaman
Tony Zerbo
George Zhao
Randi Zlatkus
Jim Zuur
What's in a Name?
An endorsement is one of the most personal ways of joining Dave’s campaign for Supervisor. It is simply a way of saying "I'm with you, Dave," but it represents an important commitment. It means that you share common ground and have many of the same values. It shows that you trust Dave to work on the issues we face each day, once he is elected to the Board of Supervisors.
The success of this campaign will be based on how well we can build a grassroots network of supporters. We can only build that network by attracting people to lend their names as endorsers to this campaign.
Dave has already earned the support of thousands of Santa Clara County voters, including current and former elected officials, business owners, educators, police officers and firefighters, as well as church and community leaders.
Dave's endorsements include Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Chair Don Gage, and Supervisors Ken Yeager, Blanca Alvarado, and Liz Kniss as well as many other Bay Area elected officials representing wide bipartisan regional support. He's proud to have the support of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith.
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and seven of Dave’s San Jose City Council colleagues have announced their support for him. Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri, plus two Sunnyvale Councilmembers, and Milpitas Vice Mayor Bob Livengood and two members of the Milpitas City Council endorse him.
State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell (right) says,"To have Dave in a leadership position at the county level will benefit the students, teachers and administrators of San Jose, Sunnyvale and Milpitas.”
Just some of the groups backing Dave are the Santa Clara County Firefighters, San Jose Chamber of Commerce (COMPAC), United Farm Workers (UFW), the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors, the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors, Latino Peace Officers Association, and many more.
Consider supporting Dave’s candidacy by lending your name. Click here to complete a simple form.
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