The Queer Crowd
2022 Primary Voter Guide

Welcome to The Queer Crowd voter guide. Below are our recommendations for the upcoming mid-term elections.

These are NOT endorsements. We believe it is important to vote in every race, and therefore the candidates listed here range from people we would be excited to have represent us and who have many shared values to candidates who are the "least bad" in their given race.

state

Governor - Gavin Newsom

Lieutenant Governor - Eleni Kounalakis

Secretary of State - Shirley N. Weber

Controller - Malia M. Cohen

Treasurer - Fiona Ma

Attorney General - Rob Bonta

Board of Equalization 2nd District - Sally J. Lieber

united states senator

US Senator - Alex Padilla

US Senator (Partial Term) - Alex Padilla

united states representative

Congressional Race District 24 - Salud Carbajal

Congressional Race District 19 - Jimmy Panetta

Congressional Race District 22 - Rudy Salas

member of the state assembly

State Assembly AD-30 - Dawn Addis

State Assembly AD-37 - Gregg Hart

State Assembly AD-38 - Steve Bennett

State Assembly AD-42 - Jacqui Irwin

judicial

Chief Justice of California - Yes

Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, 2nd District

  • Division 3 - Yes

  • Division 4 - Yes

  • Division 5 - Yes

  • Division 7 - Yes

  • Division 8 - Yes

Propositions

Proposition 28 - Yes

Proposition 29 - Yes

Proposition 30 - Yes

Proposition 1 - Yes

school

Superintendent of Public Instruction - Tony K. Thurmond

Community College Governing Board

  • Trustee Area No. 3 - Non-competitive race

  • Trustee Area No. 4 - Adrienne Garcia-Specht

LMUSD Governing Board

  • Trustee Area No. 5 - Colleen Martin

  • Trustee Area No. 7 - Donna Kandel

SLCUSD Governing Board

  • Trustee Area No. 4 - Mark Buchman

PRJUSD Governing Board

  • Trustee Area No. 1 - Jim Cogan

  • Trustee Area No. 4 - Sondra Williams

  • Member to Represent Entire District - Adelita Hiteshew

CESD Governing Board

  • Trustee Area No. 1 - Kerry Friend

AUSD Board of Trustees - Vy Pierce, Tracy Ellis-Weit

Oceano CSD - Whole District - Charles Varni

Avila Beach Community Services District - Ara Najarian

City

Mayor

  • San Luis Obispo - Erica Stewart

  • Pismo Beach - Non-competitive race

  • Morro Bay - John Heading

  • Grover Beach - Karen Bright

  • Atascadero - Non-competitive race

  • Arroyo Grande - Caren Ray-Russom

  • Paso Robles - Steve Martin

City Council

  • San Luis Obispo - Michelle Shoresman, Emily Francis

  • Morro Bay - Casey Cordes

  • Atascadero - Susan Funk

  • Grover Beach - Dan Rushing

  • Arroyo Grande - James Robert Guthrie

  • Santa Maria - Gloria Soto

Measures

  • Measure C-22 - Yes

  • Measure D-22 - Yes

  • Measure F-22 - Yes