A4D Voter Guide: 2024 General Election
Election Day is November 5. Vote as early as you can.
We are two weeks out from Election Day! Below are the candidates Artists 4 Democracy has endorsed in the November 5 election, for Los Angeles County as well as statewide and national offices. If you don’t see a particular race listed, we haven’t made an endorsement. There are a couple of races where we didn’t agree amongst ourselves - they’re listed below as “No endorsement.”
We encourage you to look at multiple voter guides before making your final decisions on your ballot, so at the bottom of the page you’ll find links to other resources. Please forward this Voter Guide to anyone else who might need it.
How to get through election night and the days (or weeks) to follow
The outcomes of the closest races won’t be clear on Election Night, and this probably includes the President. When the first results start to roll in, the media will revv up their “horse race” style reporting, saying that this or that candidate is “ahead” when in fact no one is winning or losing. They just haven’t finished counting all the votes.
We may have to wait days or even weeks until all the mailed ballots arrive, are counted, and the election officially certified. This is perfectly normal, and it’s a sign that our electoral system is safe and working well.
But conspiracy theorists and bad actors will use this gap to spread disinformation. Don’t fall for their lies, and please don’t re-share them. This might be a good time to cut back on social media and connect with friends. Cook a meal, read a book, make some art.
But first: VOTE
Then help everyone you know to vote too.
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
LA City Council District 10: Heather Hutt
LA City Council District 14: Ysabel Jurado
LA Unified School District 1: Sherlett Newbill
LA Unified School District 3: Scott Schmerelson
LA Unified School District 5: Karla Griego
LA Community College District Seat 1: Andra Hoffman
LA Community College District Seat 3: David Vela
LA Community College District Seat 5: Nichelle Henderson
LA Community College District Seat 7: Kelly Iino
LA COUNTY
LA County District Attorney: George Gascon
Superior Court Judge Office 39: George Turner
Superior Court Judge Office 48: Erika Wiley
Superior Court Judge Office 97: La Shea Henderson
Superior Court Judge Office 135: Georgia Huerta
Superior Court Judge Office 137: Tracey Blount
LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES
LA County Ballot Measure A (LA County sales tax to fund homelessness efforts): Yes
LA County Ballot Measure E (Property tax to fund LA County Fire Department): Yes
LA County Measure G (Expand LA County Board of Supervisors and make the County CEO an elected position): No
Pasadena Ballot Measure PL (Earthquake retrofit, repair and upgrade of the Pasadena Central Library): Yes
Pasadena Ballot Measure PR (Rent control): Yes
Pasadena Unified School District Ballot Measure EE (Parcel tax to fund public schools): Yes
Glendale Ballot Measure GCC ($600M in bonds for school improvements in the Glendale Community College District): Yes
CALIFORNIA: STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES
Proposition 2 ($10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities): Yes
Proposition 3 (Repeal Proposition 8 and establish a right to marry): Yes
Proposition 4 ($10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects): Yes
Proposition 5 (Lower the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure): Yes
Proposition 6 (Remove involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime from the state constitution): Yes
Proposition 32 (Increase the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour): Yes
Proposition 33 (Repeals Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act): Yes
Proposition 34 (Requires health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care): No
Proposition 35 (Permanently authorizes a tax on managed care organizations to fund Medi-Cal programs): No endorsement
Proposition 36 (Increase penalties for certain drug crimes and theft convictions and allow a new class of crime to be called treatment-mandated felony): No
CALIFORNIA: STATEWIDE OFFICES
California State Senate
Senate District 25: Sasha Renee Perez
Senate District 27: Henry Stern
California State Assembly
State Assembly District 34: Ricardo Ortega
State Assembly District 39: Juan Carrillo
State Assembly District 40: Pilar Schiavo
State Assembly District 41: John Harabedian
State Assembly District 42: Jacqui Irwin
State Assembly District 43: Celeste Rodriguez
State Assembly District 44: Nick Schultz
State Assembly District 46: Jesse Gabriel
State Assembly District 49: Mike Fong
State Assembly District 52: No endorsement
State Assembly District 54: John Yi
State Assembly District 55: Isaac Bryan
State Assembly District 57: Sade Elhawary
State Assembly District 61: Tina McKinnor
State Assembly District 62: Jose Luis Solache
State Assembly District 67: Sharon Quirk-Silva
NATIONAL
US President and Vice President: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
US Senator (full term): Adam Schiff
US Senator (unexpired term): Adam Schiff
US House of Representatives
US Representative District 23: Derek Marshall
US Representative District 26: Julia Brownley
US Representative District 27: George Whitesides
US Representative District 28: Judy Chu
US Representative District 29: Luz Maria Rivas
US Representative District 30: Laura Friedman
US Representative District 31: Gil Cisneros
US Representative District 32: Brad Sherman
US Representative District 34: Jimmy Gomez
US Representative District 35: Norma Torres
US Representative District 36: Ted Lieu
US Representative District 37: Sydney Kamlanger-Dove
US Representative District 38: Linda T. Sanchez
US Representative District 42: Robert Garcia
US Representative District 43: Maxine Waters
US Representative District 44: Nanatte Diaz Barragan
US Representative District 45: Derek Tran
Other voter guides & related info
Find your district in LA County: lavote.gov/apps/precinctsmaps
LAist Voter Guide: laist.com/news/politics/voter-game-plan
Knock LA: knock-la.com/the-knock-la-progressive-voter-guide-for-the-november-2024-general-election/
2024 California Voter Guide Aggregator: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c0_S35HbaNSymSoHqiDB-nYGf1-b0aVNfeddZ5dZvMo/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Voter info for anyone in the US can be found at vote.org.
If you see problems at the polls, contact the Election Protection coalition.
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