Your voice matters! 

Home care workers can effect real change by making sure we elect leaders who will fight for us and our clients. In 2016, we get to do just that. Our vote is our voice and our power, so we carefully vet candidates in both local and statewide races. Recommendations are made to each local UDW board and our executive board, so that UDW members have a direct say in which candidates will best represent the needs of home care workers, our clients, and our communities.

Are you registered to vote? Register online by October 24, 2016 so that you can vote in the general election on November 8th!

Click here for information on your voting rights. If you have problems at the polls, call 1-877-321-VOTE (8683) to report them.

UDW Endorsements

UDW only endorses candidates that complete our endorsement process, which is open to all candidates regardless of political party.

For a local or statewide race not listed above, you can find union-endorsed candidates on the California Labor Federation’s website here.

The following candidates have been endorsed by the UDW Executive Board:

State Assembly

• Frank Bigelow, State Assembly, 5th District
• Brian Caples, State Assembly, 6th District
• Heath Flora, State Assembly, 12th District
• Mae Torlakson, State Assembly 14th District
• Adam Gray, State Assembly, 21st District
• Ash Kalra, State Assembly, 27th District
• Karina Cervantes Alejo, State Assembly 30th District
• Dawn Ortiz-Legg, State Assembly, 35th District
• S. Monique Limon, State Assembly, 37th District
• Abigail Medina, State Assembly, 40th District
• Cheryl Brown, State Assembly, 47th District
• Brian Urias, State Assembly, 48th District
• Jose Medina, State Assembly, 61st District
• Mike Gipson, State Assembly, 64th District
• Sharon Quirk-Silva, State Assembly, 65th District
• Todd Gloria, State Assembly, 78th District
• Lorena Gonzalez, State Assembly, 80th District

State Senate

• Cathleen Galgiani, State Senate, 5th District
• Hannah-Beth Jackson, State Senate, 19th District
• Josh Newman, State Senate, 29th District
• Richard Roth, State Senate, 31st District

The following candidates have been endorsed by the UDW District Executive Boards:

Orange County

• Maurice Huffman, Board of Supervisors, 5th District

Imperial County

• Luis Plancarte, Board of Supervisors, 2nd District
• Mike Kelley, Board of Supervisors, 3rd District
• Ryan Kelley, Board of Supervisors, 4th District
• Bruce Kuhn, Imperial Irrigation, 2nd District Division
• Erik Ortega, Imperial Irrigation, 4th District Division

Kern County

• Andrae Gonzales, City Council, Bakersfield Ward 2

Merced County

• Lee Lor, Board of Supervisors, 2nd District

Orange County

• Michelle Martinez, Board of Supervisors, 1st District
• Kim Nguyen, City Council, Garden Grove
• Sergio Contreras, City Council, Westminster
• Vincente Sarmiento, City Council, Santa Ana 1st District

Riverside County

• Tonya Burke, Mayor, Perris

San Diego County

• Dave Roberts, Board of Supervisors, 3rd District
• Barbara Bry, City Council, 1st District
• Chris Ward, City Council, 3rd District
• Alejandra Sotelo Solis, City Council, National City
• Jose Rodriguez, City Council, National City
• Mara Elliott, San Diego City Attorney

San Luis Obispo County

• Adam Hill, Board of Supervisors, 3rd District
• Eric Michielssen, Board of Supervisors, 5th District

Santa Barbara County

• Das Williams, Board of Supervisors, 1st District
• Joan Hartmann, Board of Supervisors, 3rd District
• Terri Zuniga, City Council, Santa Maria
• Hector Sanchez, City Council, Santa Maria

The following propositions and measures have been endorsed by the UDW District Executive Boards:

• Proposition 56
• Proposition 57
• Proposition 58
• Measure K (San Diego)
• Measure L (San Diego)