Westside Young Democrats

Representing Young Democrats of the LA Westside

Endorsements

November 2024 Endorsements

Candidates: fill out our endorsement request form here.

U.S. President:

  • Kamala Harris

U.S. Senate:

  • Adam Schiff

Congress:

  • Congressional District 30: Laura Friedman
  • Congressional District 36: Ted Lieu*
  • Congressional District 37: Sydney Kamlager*

Los Angeles County & City Races:

  • Los Angeles County District Attorney: George Gascon*
  • Los Angeles City Council District 10: Heather Hutt*
  • LAUSD District Seat 1: Sherlett Hendy Newbill
  • LA Community College District Seat 1: Andra Hoffman*
  • LA Community College District Seat 3: David Vela*
  • LA Community College District Seat 5: Nichelle Henderson*
  • LA Community College District Seat 7: Kelsey Iino*

State Assembly:

  • Assembly District 42: Jacqui Irwin*
  • Assembly District 51: Rick Chavez Zbur*
  • Assembly District 55: Isaac Bryan*!
  • Assembly District 61: Tina McKinnor*

Culver City Races:

  • Culver City Council:
    • Nancy Barba
    • Bubba Fish!
    • Yasmine-Imani McMorrin*
  • Culver City Unified School District Board of Trustees:
    • Sameen Ahmadnia!
    • Andrew Lachman

Santa Monica Races:

  • Santa Monica City Council:
    • Dan Hall
    • Ellis Raskin
    • Barry Snell
    • Natalya Zernitskaya!
  • Santa Monica Rent Board:
    • Kay Ambriz*!
    • Phillis Dudick

West Hollywood Races:

  • West Hollywood City Council
    • John Erickson*
    • Danny Hang

Young Democrats in LA County:

  • College of the Canyons: Andrew Taban!

*Incumbent

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Upcoming endorsements

Stay tuned! We'll post upcoming events on our linktree and social media accounts.

If you are a candidate in our district seeking an endorsement, please fill out this form or email our political director.

Candidates seeking WSYD's endorsement will also be asked to review our racial justice statement on our questionnaire (this is not a litmus test for endorsement). See below:

  • Sign a statement affirming that Black Lives Matter.
  • Not accept any donations from police unions.
  • Support legislation that mandates that all law enforcement entities be subject to a Civilian Oversight Commission, with subpoena power,  that will issue regular findings and reports of police-involved shootings and incidents.
  • For candidates that will have direct oversight of police contracts: upon taking office, call for an independent, third-party review of their department's “use of force” techniques and policies. The results of the finding must be made available to the public.

California Young Democrats

View candidates endorsed by California Young Democrats here.