Tuesday, June 8th is Election Day!

Dear Fellow Democrats:

The June 8th, 2010, Primary Election is just days away and many Democratic Party voters have already voted by mail but many others will go to the polls on Election Day. That is why it is critical that we help get the word about our endorsed candidates and get good Democrats elected to local, state and federal offices.

The California Democratic Party and the San Mateo County Democratic Party has endorsed numerous candidates for many offices. Below is the full slate of candidates endorsed by the Democratic Party who represent San Mateo County.

Statewide Endorsed Candidates
US Senate - Barbara Boxer*
Governor - Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown
Secretary of State - Debra Bowen*
Controller - John Chiang*
Treasurer - Bill Lockyer*
Insurance Commissioner - Dave Jones
Board of Equalization District 1 - Betty T. Yee*

Congressional & Legislative Endorsements
Congressmember District 12 - Jackie Speier*
Congressmember District 14 - Anna Eshoo*
State Senator District 8 - Leland Yee*
Assemblymember District 12 - Fiona Ma*
Assemblymember District 19 - Jerry Hill*

Propositions
Proposition 13 - Yes
Proposition 14 - No
Proposition 15 - Yes
Proposition 16 - No
Proposition 17 - No

*Denotes Incumbent

For the full list of CDP endorsements of all partisan officeholders in California please visit the CDP endorsements page.

Locally, the San Mateo County Democratic Party has endorsed the following candidates and measures:

San Mateo County Supervisor District 2 - Carole Groom
San Mateo County Supervisor District 3 - April Vargas
San Mateo County Treasurer-Tax Collector - Dave Mandelkern
San Mateo County Coroner - Stacie Nevares
Measure E - Cabrillo Unified School District Education Parcel Tax - YES
Measure G - SM County Community College District Education parcel Tax - YES

These candidates need the votes of Democrats to win. To help these Democratic candidates to victory, please consider helping by walking a precinct, calling voters, contacting friends and family via email and social networking tools to help spread the word. Please visit the candidate web sites for more information and to contact the candidates or measure campaigns.

In addition, the campaign stores for our candidates for Governor, Attorney General Jerry Brown, and U.S. Senate, Senator Barbara Boxer, are now online. To purchase Brown for Governor or Boxer for Senate t-shirts, buttons, stickers and more please visit their online campaign stores.

As we move closer to the November General Election the San Mateo County Democratic Party will be actively reaching out to Democratic Party activists through a variety of events and media. To stay informed, keep reading this newsletter and consider joining the San Mateo County Democratic Party's Facebook Page to keep abreast of events and breaking news.

There remains much work to do in the near future as we prepare for the June and November 2010 elections and we invite all San Mateo County Democrats to participate in upcoming events and to keep San Mateo County blue.

Democratically Yours,

David Burruto
Chair
San Mateo County Democratic Party