Welcome to A4D’s First-Ever Last-Minute Primary Election Voter Guide for LA County - With Judges!
Below you’ll find the candidates Artists 4 Democracy has endorsed in the 2024 primary 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. In some cases we couldn’t decide amongst ourselves, so we’ve listed our finalists in alphabetical order by last name. At the bottom of the page you’ll find a link to other progressive voter guides. Scroll down to find…
City of Los Angeles
City of Glendale
City of Long Beach
City of Pasadena
County of Los Angeles
LA County Judges
State of California
United States
Here are four very good reasons to vote in the primary election. What’s your reason?
All voters in LA County should have received a ballot by mail by now. After you fill it out you can return it by mail or drop it in an official election drop box. If you prefer to vote in person, that’s great too. Use this link to find a vote center that’s convenient to you and the hours it’s open. Whatever way you choose to vote, make sure you do it by Tuesday, March 5.
City of Los Angeles
LA City Council District 4: Nithya Raman
LA City Council District 8: Marqueece Harris Dawson
LA City Council District 10: Eddie Anderson or Reggie Jones-Sawyer
LA City Council District 12: Serena Oberstein
LA City Council District 14: Ysabel Jurado or Eduardo Vargas
LA Unified School District 3: Scott Schmerelson
LA Unified School District 5: Fidencio Gallardo
LA Unified School District 7: Tanya Oritz Franklin
Measure HLA “Healthy Streets LA”: Yes
City of Glendale
Glendale City Council (vote for two): Ardy Kassakhian and Karen Kwak
Glendale Unified School District Area A: Telly Tse
Glendale Unified School District Area E: Neda Farid
Glendale Community College Board of Trustees Area 1: Desirée P. Rabinov
City of Long Beach
Long Beach City Council District 2: Cindy Allen
Long Beach City Council District 4: Herlinda Chico
Long Beach City Council District 6: Suely Saro
Long Beach City Council District 8: Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
Long Beach Measure RW: Yes
City of Pasadena
Mayor: Allen Shay
County of Los Angeles
LA County Board of Supervisors District 2: Holly Mitchell
LA County Board of Supervisors District 4: Janice Hahn
LA County Board of Supervisors District 5: Konstantine Anthony or Chris Holden
LA County District Attorney: George Gascon
LA County Judges
Note: Most of the candidates we’ve endorsed have spent their careers working as public defenders rather than prosecutors.
Superior Court Office 12: Rhonda Haymon
Superior Court Office 39: George Turner Jr.
Superior Court Office 48: Erika Wiley
Superior Court Office 97: La Shea Henderson
Superior Court Office 115: Christmas Brookens
Superior Court Office 124: Kim Repecka
Superior Court Office 130: Chris Darden or Leslie Gutierrez
State of California
State Senate District 23: Kipp Mueller
State Senate District 25: Sasha Renee Perez
State Senate District 27: Henry Stern
State Senate District 33: Lena Gonzalez
State Senate District 35: Michelle Chambers
State Assembly District 34: Ricardo Ortega
State Assembly District 40: Pilar Schiavo
State Assembly District 44: Steve Pierson or Nick Schultz
State Assembly District 46: Jesse Gabriel
State Assembly District 48: Brian Tabatabai
State Assembly District 49: Mike Fong
State Assembly District 52: David Giron
State Assembly District 53: Javier Hernandez
State Assembly District 54: John Yi
State Assembly District 55: Isaac Bryan
State Assembly District 56: Lisa Calderon
State Assembly District 57: Greg Akili
State Assembly District 61: Tina McKinnor
Proposition 1: No
United States
Senate: Barbara Lee, Katie Porter or Adam Schiff
House of Representatives District 23: Derek Marshall
House of Representatives District 26: Julia Brownley
House of Representatives District 27: George Whitesides
House of Representatives District 27: Judy Chu
House of Representatives District 30: Laura Friedman or Maebe A. Girl
President: Joe Biden
Other progressive voter guides
On your ballot you’ll also have a chance to vote for LA County Central Committees for the two main parties. We don’t make any endorsements, but you can read about them here.
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