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DISTRICT CITY CANDIDATE ENDORSED ASSEMBLY AD 1 Eureka Patty Berg AD 6 San Rafael Jared Huffman AD 7 Santa Rosa Noreen Evans AD 8 Davis Lois Wolk AD 9 Sacramento Dave Jones AD 12 San Francisco Fiona Ma AD 13 San Francisco Mark Leno AD 14 Berkeley Loni Hancock AD 16 Oakland Sandre Swanson AD 17 Tracy Cathleen Galgiani AD 18 San Leandro Mary Hayashi AD 19 S. San Francisco Gene Mullin AD 22 Mountain View Sally Lieber AD 24 Campbell James Beall, Jr. AD 27 Santa Cruz John Laird AD 28 Salinas Anna Caballero AD 31 Fresno Juan Arambula AD 35 Santa Barbara Pedro Nava AD 39 San Fernando Richard Alarcón AD 41 Agoura Hills Julia Brownley AD 40 Van Nuys Lloyd Levine AD 42 West Hollywood Mike Feuer AD 43 Glendale Paul Krekorian AD 44 La Cañada- Flintridge Diana Peterson-More AD 45 Los Angeles Kevin DeLeon AD 47 Los Angeles Karen Bass AD 48 Los Angeles Anthony Willoughby AD 49 Monterey Park Mike Eng AD 52 Compton Mervyn Dymally AD 53 Torrance Ted Lieu AD 54 Long Beach Betty Karnette AD 56 Norwalk Tony Mendoza AD 62 San Bernardino Wilmer Amina Carter AD 66 San Diego Laurel Nicholson AD 69 Santa Ana Jose Solorio AD 76 San Diego Lori Saldana AD 79 San Diego Mary Salas SENATE SD 2 Arcata Patricia Wiggins SD 6 Sacramento Darrell Steinberg SD 8 Hillsborough Leland Yee SD 10 Sunol Ellen Corbett SD 20 Sun Valley Alex Padilla SD 26 Los Angeles Mark Ridley-Thomas SD 28 Marina del Rey Jenny Oropeza SD 32 Pomona Gloria Negrete McLeod STATEWIDE Governor California Phil Angelides Lt. Governor California John Garamendi Attorney General California Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Secretary of State California Debra Bowen Treasurer California Bill Lockyer Controller California John Chiang Public Instruction California Jack T. O'Connell Insurance Commissioner California Cruz Bustamante Board of Equalization, Dist 1 San Francisco Betty Yee Board of Equalization, Dist 4 Los Angeles Judy Chu Congressional District 3 Sacramento Bill Durston, MD Congressional District 4 Sacramento Charles Brown Congressional District 6 Santa Rosa Lynn Woolsey Congressional District 11 San Joaquin Jerry McNerney Congressional District 19 Fresno T.J. Cox Congressional District 51 Chula Vista Bob Filner STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS Prop 85 No Prop 87 Yes Prop 89 Yes, yes, yes! Prop 90 No LOCAL Eden Township Healthcare Dist Carole Rogers, RN Antelope Valley Healthcare Roger Berger Antelope Valley Healthcare June A. Snow, RN BD of Ed, Dist 1 Long Beach Jim D. Deaton BD of Ed, Dist 3 Long Beach Michael Ellis BD of Ed, Dist 5 Long Beach David Barton Mayor Oakland Ronald Dellums Mayor San Jose Cindy Chavez County Supervisor, Dist 2 San Luis Obispo Judy Vick City Council, Dist 2 Oakland Aimee Allison Superintendent School Alameda Sheila Jordan LOCAL PROPOSITIONS Prop F San Francisco Yes Measure H L.A. Housing Bond Yes Measure K Santa Cruz Yes Measure P Santa Barbara Yes Measure Q & R Sacramento No Measure W Arcata No 10 R E G I S T E R E D N U R S E W W W . C A L N U R S E S . O R G O C T O B E R 2 0 0 6 NewsBriefs W ith elections happening practically every year now in California, it's easy to get jaded about politics. But don't fall into that trap. It does matter whom we elect to represent us in Sacramento. They make the rules and control the purse strings. Getting a bill through the Legisla- ture is how CNA/NNOC was able to pass our state's seminal RN-to-patient ratio laws. So are you informed about this year's elections? The general election is Nov. 7. Don't worry, CNA/NNOC has done extensive interviews to identify the most nurse-friendly candidates. Check out our list to see whom and what we're endorsing. O U R 2 0 0 6 C A L I F O R N I A E L E C T I O N E N D O R S E M E N TS Who's nurse friendly? Who supports ratios? Don't worry, we've done your homework for this year's elections. This list reflects endorsements available as of press time. Congressional district endorsements are only shown for open races. A full list of recommendations for those races, as well as a com- plete list of all endorsements, can be viewed on the CNA/NNOC website at www.calnurses.org.