2018 Official Endorsements – November 6, 2018 Election

California Democratic Party Endorsements & Napa County Democratic Central Committee Endorsements

 

November 6, 2018 General Election

• Top-two Run-off Election for races from June Primary for Federal and State offices.
• General Municipal Elections for Napa, Yountville, St. Helena, and American Canyon
• Board Member Elections for Napa Valley College Board of Trustees

* = incumbent  ✓= California Democratic Party Endorsement  ✓✓=Napa County Democratic Central Committee Endorsement

NOTE:  Only Democratic Candidates are shown.

U.S. Senate

• US Senate: Dianne Feinstein*, ✓Kevin de Leon

U.S. Representative ✓Mike Thompson*

Governor ✓Gavin Newsom

Lt. Governor Ed Hernandez, Eleni Kounalakis

Attorney General ✓Xavier Becerra*

State Controller ✓Betty Yee*

Insurance Commissioner ✓Ricardo Lara

Secretary of State ✓Alex Padilla*

Superintendent of Public Instruction ✓Tony Thurmond, Marshall Tuck

State Treasurer ✓Fiona Ma

Board of Equalization Dist. 2 –✓Malia Cohen

State Assembly

• District 4: ✓Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

Napa County Measures

Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) increase of 1% taking the current 12% TOT to 13%.  Each city (American Canyon, Napa, Yountville, St. Helena, and Calistoga) and Napa County for the unincorporated areas) have a separate Measure for this on the ballot.  It is a hotel room tax increase intended to boost funding for affordable housing construction.  It would raise the transient occupancy tax at hotels, bed-and-breakfast inns and licensed in-house lodgings.

Napa County TOT 1% increase —✓Measure I

City of Napa TOT 1% increase —✓Measure F

Yountville TOT 1% increase —✓Measure S

St. Helena TOT 1% increase —✓Measure E

Calistoga TOT 1% increase —✓Measure D

American Canyon TOT 1% increase —✓Measure H

City Offices (November General Election)

American Canyon (endorsements to come)

• Mayor:
• City Council (2 seats): Mark Joseph, David Oro, Robert Vega, Pierre Washington

Napa (endorsements to come)

• City Council (2 seats): Liz Alessio, Ricky Hurtado, Mary Luros, Peter Mott*

Yountville

• Mayor:
• City Council (2 seats): Marita Dorenbecher*

St. Helena (endorsements to come)

• Mayor: Alan Galbraith*, Geoff Ellsworth
• City Council: (2 seats)  Anna Chouteau, Paul J Dohring*

Calistoga

• Mayor:
• City Council: (2 seats) James Barnes*

Educational Districts  (November General Election) (endorsements to come)

• Napa Valley College Board of Trustees: Districts: Trustee Area 2: Jeff Dodd; Trustee Area 3: Mary Ann Mancuso*, Beth Goff;  Trustee Area 5: Michael Baldini*