California Voter Guide: Candidate Races 2018 General Election
There are numerous California candidate races in the 2018 General Election on November 6. Carl DeMaio and the team at The DeMaio Report have thoroughly researched and vetted measures and candidates for California's 2018 General Election. Carl has issued an endorsement in almost every race.
Carl DeMaio is Chairman of Reform California and the leader of the statewide Gas Tax Repeal Campaign. Carl also hosts a daily news and politics talk show weekdays from 3-6pm on NewsRadio 600 KOGO which can be heard statewide on the iHeartRadio App.
Among the factors that Carl DeMaio applies in issuing endorsements:
- Opposition to tax hikes (like the dreaded Car and Gas Tax Hikes);
- respect for the Constitution and personal freedoms; and
- support for small businesses and job creation against excessive regulation.
STATEWIDE RACES
Governor: John Cox
Lt. Governor: No endorsement
Treasurer: Greg Conlon
Attorney General: Stephen Bailey
Secretary of State: Mark Meuser
Insurance Commissioner: Steve Poizner
State Superintendent of Schools: Marshall Tuck
Comptroller: Konstantinos Roditis:
Board of Equalization: No endorsement – the position should be abolished.
US Senate: No endorsement. But DeLeon would be WORSE than Diane Feinstein.
U.S. CONGRESS
Congress - District 1: Doug LaMalfa
Congress - District 3: Charlie Schaupp
Congress - District 4: Tom McClintock
Congress - District 7: Andrew Grant
Congress - District 8: Paul Cook
Congress - District 9: Marla Livengood
Congress - District 10: Jeff Denham
Congress – District 11: No endorsement.
Congress - District 12: Lisa Remmer
Congress - District 14: Cristina Osmena
Congress - District 15: Rudy Peters
Congress - District 16: Elizabeth Heng
Congress - District 18: Christine Russell
Congress - District 21: David Valadao
Congress - District 22: Devin Nunes
Congress - District 23: Kevin McCarthy
Congress - District 24: Justin Fareed
Congress - District 25: Steve Knight
Congress - District 26: Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Congress - District 28: Johnny Nalbandian
Congress - District 30: Mark Reed
Congress - District 31: Sean Flynn
Congress - District 32: Joshua Scott
Congress - District 33: Kenneth Wright
Congress - District 35: Christian Valiente
Congress - District 36: Kimberlin Brown Pelzer
Congress - District 39: Young Kim
Congress - District 41: Aja Smith
Congress - District 42: Ken Calvert
Congress - District 43: Omar Navarro
Congress - District 45: Mimi Walters
Congress - District 47: John Briscoe
Congress - District 48: Dana Rohrabacher
Congress - District 49: Diane Harkey
Congress - District 50: No endorsement.
Congress - District 51: Juan Hildalgo
Congress - District 52: Omar Qudrat
Congress - District 53: Morgan Murtaugh
STATE SENATE
State Senate – District 4: Jim Nielsen
State Senate - District 6: Eric Frame
State Senate - District 8: Andreas Borgeas
State Senate - District 12: Rob Poythress
State Senate - District 14: Andy Vidak
State Senate - District 16: Shannon Grove
State Senate - District 18: Rudy Melendez
State Senate - District 20: Matt Munson
State Senate - District 28: Jeff Stone
State Senate - District 32: Rita Topalian
State Senate - District 34: Janet Nguyen
State Senate - District 36: Pat Bates
State Senate - District 38: Brian Jones
State Senate - District 40: Luis Vargas
STATE ASSEMBLY
State Assembly – District 1: Brian Dahle
State Assembly – District 2: Matt Heath
State Assembly – District 3: James Gallagher
State Assembly – District 5: Frank Bigelow
State Assembly – District 6: Kevin Kiley
State Assembly – District 8: Melinda Avey
State Assembly – District 12: Heath Flora
State Assembly – District 16: Catherine Baker
State Assembly – District 18: Steve Slauson
State Assembly – District 19: Keith Bogdon
State Assembly – District 22: Christina Laskowski
State Assembly – District 23: Jim Patterson
State Assembly – District 24: Alex Glew
State Assembly – District 25: Bob Brunton
State Assembly – District 26: No endorsement.
State Assembly – District 29: Vicki Nohrden
State Assembly – District 30: Niel Kitchens
State Assembly – District 31: Lupe Espinoza
State Assembly – District 32: Justin Mendes
State Assembly – District 33: Jay Obernolte
State Assembly – District 34: Vince Fong
State Assembly – District 35: Jordan Cunningham
State Assembly – District 36: Tom Lackey
State Assembly – District 38: Dante Acosta
State Assembly – District 39: Ricardo Benitez
State Assembly – District 40: Henry Nickel
State Assembly – District 42: No endorsement.
State Assembly – District 44: Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy
State Assembly – District 45: Justin Clark
State Assembly – District 46: Roxane Beckford Hoge
State Assembly – District 49: Burton Brink
State Assembly – District 52: Toni Holle
State Assembly – District 55: Phillip Chen
State Assembly – District 56: Jeff Gonzalez
State Assembly – District 57: Jessica Martinez
State Assembly – District 58: Mike Simpfenderfer
State Assembly – District 60: Bill Essayli
State Assembly - District 61: Ali Mazarei
State Assembly – District 63: Adam Miller
State Assembly – District 65: Alex Coronado
State Assembly – District 66: Frank Scotto
State Assembly – District 67: Mellissa Melendez
State Assembly – District 68: Steven Choi
State Assembly – District 71: Randy Voepel
State Assembly – District 72: Tyler Diep
State Assembly – District 73: Bill Brough
State Assembly – District 74: Matt Harper
State Assembly – District 75: Marie Waldron
State Assembly – District 76: No endorsement.
State Assembly – District 77: No endorsement. Brian Maienschein has been a disappointment.
State Assembly – District 78: Maggie Campbell
State Assembly – District 79: John Moore
State Assembly – District 80: Lincoln Pickard
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
There are numerous California Associate Justice candidate races in the 2018 General Election on November 6. You need to vote YES to retain the judge or NO to remove the judge. Carl DeMaio and the team at The DeMaio Report have thoroughly researched and vetted the Associate Justice candidates.
Vote YES
to Retain the Following Associate Justices:
- Richard Huffman YES
- Patricia Benke YES
- Art McKinster YES
- Raymond Ikola YES
Vote NO
to Remove the Following Associate Justices:
- William S. Dato NO
- Thomas Goethals NO
- Marsha Slough NO
- Cynthia Aaron NO
- David Thompson NO
- Richard Fields NO
- Douglas Miller NO
- California Ballot Measures Guide
- California Candidates Guide
- San Diego Candidate Races Guide
- San Diego Ballot Measures Guide
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