Endorsements

State Elected Officials

  • State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond

  • State Senator Bob Archuleta

  • State Senator Sabrina Cervantes

  • State Senator Eloise Gomez-Reyes

  • Assemblymember Sade Elhawary

  • Assemblymember Mike Fong

  • Assemblymember Robert Garcia

  • Assemblymember Mike Gipson

  • Assemblymember Corey Jackson

  • Assemblymember Tina McKinnor

  • Assemblymember Chris Ward

  • State Senator Richard Polanco (Ret.)

  • Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo (Ret.)

Local Elected Officials

  • Riverside County Board Supervisor Manny Perez 

  • Moreno Valley Mayor Ulises Cabrera

  • Banning Councilmember Colleen Wallace

  • Jurupa Valley Councilmember Chris Barajas

  • Jurupa Valley Councilmember Guillermo "Willy" Silva

  • Riverside City Councilmember Steve Hemenway

  • Riverside City Councilmember Sean Mill

  • Santa Ana City Councilmember Johnathan Hernandez

  • Riverside Community College District Trustee Keri Then

  • Riverside Community College District Trustee Bill Hedrick

  • Riverside Community College District Trustee Mary Figueroa

  • Pasadena Area Community College District Trustee Alton Wang

  • Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control Board Vice President Nancy Jimenez-Hernandez

  • Western Municipal Water Board Director Fauzia Rizvi

  • Jurupa Valley Councilmember Leslie Altamirano (Ret.)

  • Palm Springs Councilmember Lisa Middleton (Ret.)      

  • Riverside Councilmember Andy Melendrez (Ret.)

Community Leaders

  • Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta

  • Jane Block, Co-Founder of Friends of Riverside Hills

  • Roger Cheng, Co-Founder of Inland Chinese American Alliance

  • Karen Cheng, Co-Founder of Inland Chinese American Alliance

  • Jack B. Clark Jr, Partner of Best Best & Krieger, and Past President of Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce

  • Alex Cortez, President of Riverside Latino Network

  • Gilberto Esquivel, Founder, Past President of LULAC Riverside

  • Yolanda Esquivel, Founder, Past President of LULAC of Riverside

  • Tami Friedrich, Women of the Year, Senate District 31

  • Gabriel Maldonado, Chief Executive Officer, TruEvolution

  • Raj Singh, UCR Professor and Chairman, La Sierra Group

  • Rose Mayes, Executive Director of the Fair Housing Council of Riverside and Woman of the Year for AD 61

  • Richard Block, Co-Founder of Friends of Riverside Hills

  • Carmen Roberts, Adrian Dell & Carmen Roberts Foundation, Non-Profit of the Year for AD58

  • Adrian “Dell” Roberts, Adrian Dell & Carmen Roberts Foundation and Co-Founder of the Riverside Black History Parade

Local Business Owners

  • Budget Inn of Riverside - Danny Kumar

  • Cellar Door Bookstore - Linda Sherman Nurick

  • Chela’s Bakery

  • Eastside Arthouse - Juan Navarro

  • Euryale Brewing Company - Carrie Miller

  • Estrella Taqueria & Lounge, Prohibition, The Downtown Experiment - McGuire Brothers

  • Punjab Palace - Raj Sharma

  • Papa Joe’s Pizza - Eli Maroun

    Zacatecas Cafe – Jon and Vicky Medina

*Titles used for identification purposes only

Labor Unions and Community Organizations

CA LGBTQ+ Legislative Caucus

IE Votes

Painters and Allied Trades District Council 36

San Bernardino Riverside Building and Construction Trades Council

SMART Local 104

SMART Local 105

UA Local 250

UA Local 364

UA Local 398