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ENDORSEMENTS
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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

Abdul Hamid

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.

 
 

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.

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