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ENDORSEMENT VOTE RESULTS September 2026
City Council:
No endorsement.
No candidate crossed the Club's 60% threshold after rounds of Ranked Choice Voting were completed.
School Board:
The Albany Democratic Club endorses 3 candidates:
Melissa Boyd
Becky Hopwood
Josh Mahoney
These 3 candidates crossed the 60% threshold after the rounds of Ranked Choice Voting were done. There is a 4th opening on the Board but a 4th candidate did not cross the 60% threshold.
The forum was written up in the Albany Scanner:
https://www.albanyscanner.com/2026/09/01/city/albany-council-candidates-clash-housing-taxes/
Thanks go out to candidates for their participation to introduce themselves and their ideas to the Club and to the public. Thanks also for Club members for voting and participating in the discussions. Thanks too for your patience while we resolved the early termination of the voting window.
Learn more about the candidates and their campaigns and how to get involved from this survey they filled out for the Club which we are sharing with the general public. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vu34oyrwX8CxphOz6avRG0xT2ygvO1e4cHY3UGvgAkA/edit?usp=sharing
See the video of the forum here with CC the 1st hour, SB the 2nd hour.
https://youtu.be/MMcT_tE1mNo?si=CXlWQEtZHUISXlZN
The Albany Democratic Club endorses Tom Steyer for Governor of California in the June 2026 Ballot
The Albany Democratic Club endorses the following candidates & measures for the November 2024 Ballot:
School Board
Veronica Davidson
Dayna Inkeles
City Council
Preston Jordan
Peggy McQuaid
Aaron Tiedemann
State Senate
Jesse Arreguin
All city measures
Special Parcel Tax to repair and upgrade public sidewalks and pathways, replacing existing special sidewalk repair parcel tax
Supplemental Special Business License Tax on residential rental businesses to fund tenant rental assistance programs, residential rental code enforcement, legal assistance for tenants and landlords, and to support rental providers to avoid financial hardship
Charter Amendment - appointment of City officers and organization of departments
Charter Amendment - eliminating bonding requirement for City officers
Charter Amendment - removing exception for school purpose bonds from the City's bonding limit and clarifying the City's bonding limit
Charter Amendment - allowing youth voting on local candidates and ballot measures (16-17 year olds)
The Albany Democratic Club endorses the following candidates & measures for the March 2024 Ballot:
US Senate Race
Barbara Lee-D, CA-12 congressmember
Katie Porter-D, CA-47 congressmember
US Senate Race
Lateefah Simon for House
State Senate
Dan Kalb, Oakland City Council Member
Board of Supervisors - 5th District (Berkeley-Oakland-Emeryville-Albany)
John Bauters, Emeryville councilmember
Alameda County Superior Court Judge
Albany Measure G
Yes
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following candidates & measures for the November, 2022 Ballot:
AC Transit At-Large
Albany City Council
John Miki and Nick Pilch
Albany School Board
Sadia Khan
Check out the recording of this meeting for more information
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following candidates and issues for the Spring 2022 Ballot:
Alameda County Sheriff
Ysenia Sanchez
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools
Alysse Castro
We also endorsed a resolution on rooftop solar to help keep rooftop solar a viable proposition for those who have it and those who want to install it.
State Controller
Malia Cohen - Democrat for Controller
Alameda County District Attorney
Terry Wiley for Alameda County DA - Terry Wiley for Alameda County DA
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following
candidates & measures for the November, 2020 Ballot:
candidates & measures for the November, 2020 Ballot:
Albany City Council, 60% threshold based on total votes cast for multiple seats:
Preston Jordan
Aaron Tiedemann
Albany School Board, 60% threshold based on total votes cast for multiple seats:
Melissa Boyd
Veronica Davidson
Measure BB:
Endorsed vote FOR
Measure CC:
No position taken
Measure DD:
Endorsed vote FOR
Measure EE:
No position taken
(You can view the recordings of the meeting here)
Superior Court Judge, Office #2,
No endorsement
AC Transit District Director, At-large
Christian Peeples
AC Transit District Director, Ward 1
Ben Fong
BART Director, District 7
Lateefah Simon
East Bay Regional Park District Director, Ward 1
Elizabeth Echols
Measure W
No position taken
Measure V
No position taken
(You can view the recordings of the meeting here)
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following
The Albany Democratic Club is proud to endorse the following
candidates & ballot measures for
candidates & ballot measures for
March 3, 2020:
March 3, 2020:
Alameda County Court Judge, Seat 2
No endorsement (Threshold not met)
Alameda County Supervisor
Nick Pilch endorsed
Albany Measure B:
Endorsement - Yes
Alameda County Democratic Party AD15, 60% threshold based on total votes cast for multiple seats:
Kathy Neal
Nick Pilch
Barbara "Bobbi" Lopez
Andy Kelley
Igor A. Tregub
The Albany Democratic Club was proud to endorse the following candidates for
The Albany Democratic Club was proud to endorse the following candidates for
November 6th, 2018:
November 6th, 2018:
California Assembly District 15
California Assembly District 15
Albany City Council:
Albany City Council:
Albany School Board:
Albany School Board:
Vote "Yes" on:
Vote "Yes" on:
Vote "No" on:
Vote "No" on:
The Albany Democratic Club was proud to endorse the following candidates for
The Albany Democratic Club was proud to endorse the following candidates for
June 5th, 2018:
June 5th, 2018:
Other Endorsements:
Other Endorsements:
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