Organized Labor’s Slate of Endorsed Partisan Candidates
And Ballot Propositions For the November 2, 2004 Election

As always, organized labor—as represented by the State of California and Los Angeles County Federations of Labor—have endorsed pro-union, pro-working people candidates in the upcoming general election. Further, the federations have taken stands on the key ballot propositions you will vote on next month. Please support labor-backed candidates and propositions! Thank you.

President and Vice President - John Kerry and John Edwards

United States Senator - Barbara Boxer

United States Congress

District 23 – Lois Capps

District 24 – Brett Wagner

District 25 – Tim Willoughby

District 26 – Cynthia Matthews

District 27 – Brad Sherman

District 28 – Howard Berman

District 29 – Adam Schiff

District 30 – Henry Waxman

District 31 – Xavier Becerra

District 32 – Hilda Solis

District 33 – Diane Watson

District 34 – Lucille Roybal-Allard

District 35 – Maxine Waters

District 36 – Jane Harman

District 37 – Juanita Millender-McDonald

District 38 – Grace Napolitano

District 39 – Linda Sanchez

District 40 – J. Tilman Williams

District 41 – No endorsement

District 42 – No endorsement

District 43 – Joe Baca

District 44 – Louis Vandenberg

District 45 – John Thomas

District 46 – Jim Brandt

District 47 – Loretta Sanchez

District 48 – No endorsement

District 49 – Mike Byron

District 50 – Francine Busby

District 51 – Bob Filner

California State Senate

District 19 – Paul Graber

District 21 – Jack Scott

District 23 – Sheila Kuehl

District 25 – Edward Vincent

District 27 – Alan Lowenthal

District 29 – No Endorsement

District 31 – Marjorie Mikels

District 33 – Randall Daugherty

District 35 – Rita Siebert

District 37 – Pat Johansen

District 39 – Christine Kehoe

California State Assembly

District 33 – Tom Hutchings

District 34 – Maggie Florez

District 35 – Pedro Nava

District 36 – No endorsement

District 37 – Ferial Masry

District 38 – No Endorsement

District 39 – Cindy Montanez

District 40 – Lloyd Levine

District 41 – Fran Pavley

District 42 – Paul Koretz

District 43 – Dario Frommer

District 44 – Carol Liu

District 45 – Jackie Goldberg

District 46 – Fabian Nunez

District 47 – Karen Bass

District 48 – Mark Ridley-Thomas

District 49 – Judy Chu

District 50 – Hector de la Torre

District 51 – Jerome Horton

District 52 – Mervyn Dymally

District 53 – Mike Gordon

District 54 – Betty Karnette

District 55 – Jenny Oropeza

District 56 – Rudy Bermudez

District 57 – Ed Chavez

District 58 – Ron Calderon

District 59 – Dan Harden

District 60 – Patrick Martinez

District 61 – Gloria Negrete-McLeod

District 62 – Joe Baca, Jr.

District 63 – No endorsement

District 64 – Robert Melsh

District 65 – Rita Ramirez-Dean

District 66 – Laurel Nicholson

District 67 – David Silva

District 68 – Al Snook

District 69 – Tom Umberg

District 70 – Carl Mariz

District 71 – Bea Foster

District 72 – Ross Johnson

District 73 – Kathleen Calzada

District 74 – Karen Underwood

State Ballot Propositions

Proposition 59 – Access to Government Information – YES

Proposition 60 – Primary Elections – No recommendation

Proposition 61 – Children’s Hospital Projects – YES

Proposition 62 – Primary Elections – NO

Proposition 63 – Expanded Mental Health Services – YES

Proposition 64 – Limits on Enforcing Unfair Business Competition Laws – NO

Proposition 65 – Local Government Funding – NO

Proposition 66 – Limitations on “Three Strikes” Law – YES

Proposition 67 – Telephone Surcharge for Emergency Services – No recommendation

Proposition 68 – Tribal Gaming (Racetracks and Card Clubs) – NO

Proposition 69 – Collection of Samples for a State DNA Database – NO

Proposition 70 – Tribal Gaming Compacts – NO

Proposition 71 – Stem Cell Research and Funding – YES

Proposition 72 – Amendments to Health Care Coverage Requirements - YES