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 - Elena Kounalakis

Secretary of State - Shirley Weber

Controller - Malia M. Cohen

Treasurer - Fiona Ma

Attorney General - Rob Bonta

Insurance Commissioner - Nathalie Hrizi

Board of Equalization District 1 - Jose S. Altamirano

Board of Equalization District 2 - Sally Lieber

Board of Equalization District 3 - Tony Vazquez

Board of Equalization District 4 - David Dodson

united states senator

US Senate (Full Term) - Alex Padilla

US Senate (Partial Term) - Alex Padilla

united states representative

Member of Congress 19th District - Jimmy Panetta

Member of Congress 24th District - Salud Carbajal

member of the state assembly

Member of State Assembly 30th District - Jon Wizard

Member of State Assembly 37th District - Gregg Hart

Member of State Assembly 38th District - Daniel Wilson

Member of State Assembly 42nd District - Jacqui Irwin

judicial

Judge of the Superior Court, Office #10 - Erin Childs

Judge of the Superior Court, Office #12 - Paul M. Phillips

school

Superintendent of Public Instruction - Marco Amaral

County Superintendent of Schools - James Brescia

county

County Supervisor, 2nd District - Bruce Gibson

County Supervisor, 3rd District - Partial Term - Dawn Ortiz-Legg

County Supervisor, 4th District - Jimmy Paulding

Assessor - Tom Bordonaro Jr.

County Clerk-Recorder - Elaina Cano

District Attornery - Abstain/write in

Sheriff-Coroner - Abstain/write in

city

City of Morro Bay, Councilmember - Partial Term - Jen Ford