Source: Coby Pizzotti
Date: 6/5/2008

This election cycle CSLEA decided to endorse in 80 legislative races for the June 3, 2008 primary. Out of the 80 candidates we endorsed 77 won their primary elections, with one that is so close a winner has yet to be determined. This would give us a winning percentage of 96.25 percent with the possibility of reaching 97.5 percent.

Once again, your CSLEA Political Action Committee did an excellent job interviewing candidates and identifying future leaders whose ideologies are philosophically aligned with our members. Our support, in many cases, helped push candidates over the finish line to victory.

Here are the candidates CSLEA endorsed and their result:

SENATE RACES

SD 01 Dave Cox-WON
SD 03 Carole Migden and Mark Leno - DUAL ENDORSE- LENO WON
SD 07 Mark De Saulnier-WON
SD 11 Joe Simitian-WON
SD 13 Elaine Alquist-WON
SD 15 Abel Maldonado-WON
SD 17 George Runner-WON
SD 21 Carol Liu-WON
SD 25 Mervyn Dymally and Rod Wright - DUAL ENDORSE-WRIGHT WON
SD 27 Alan Lowenthal-WON
SD 29 Bob Huff-WON
SD 31 Bob Dutton-WON
SD 33 Harry Sidhu-LOST
SD 35 Tom Harman-WON
SD 37 Russ Bogh-LOST
SD 39 Christine Kehoe-WON

ASSEMBLY RACES

AD 01 Wesley Chesbro-WON
AD 02 Jim Nielsen-WON
AD 03 Dan Logue-WON
AD 05 Roger Niello-WON
AD 06 Jarred Huffman-WON
AD 07 Noreen Evans-WON
AD 09 Dave Jones-WON
AD 11 Tom Torlakson-WON
AD 12 Fiona Ma-WON
AD 13 Tom Ammiano-WON
AD 16 Sandre Swanson-WON
AD 17 Cathleen Galgiani-WON
AD 18 Mary Hayashi-WON
AD 19 Gina Papan-TO CLOSE TO CALL YET
AD 20 Alberto Torrico-WON
AD 21 Ira Ruskin-WON
AD 23 Joe Coto-WON
AD 24 Jim Beall-WON
AD 25 Tom Berryhill-WON
AD 26 Bill Berryhill-WON
AD 28 Anna Caballero-WON
AD 29 Mike Villines-WON
AD 31 Juan Arambula-WON
AD 32 Jean Fuller-WON
AD 33 Sam Blakeslee-WON
AD 35 Pedro Nava-WON
AD 36 Steve Knight -WON
AD 38 Cameron Smyth-WON
AD 39 Felipe Fuentes-WON
AD 41Julia Brownley-WON
AD 42 Mike Feuer-WON
AD 43 Paul Krekorian-WON
AD 44 Anthony Portantino-WON
AD Kevin De Leon-WON
AD 46 John Perez-WON
AD 47 Karen Bass-WON
AD 48 Mike Davis-WON
AD 49 Mike Eng-WON
AD 50 Hector De La Torre-WON
AD 51 Curren Price-WON
AD 52 Isadore Hall-WON
AD 53 Ted Lieu-WON
AD 55 Warren Furutani-WON
AD 56 Tony Mendoza-WON
AD 57 Ed Hernandez-WON
AD 58 Charles Calderon-WON
AD 59 Anthony Adams-WON
AD 60 Curt Hagman-WON
AD 62 Wilmer Amina Carter-WON
AD 63 Bill Emmerson-WON
AD 64 Brian Nestande-WON
AD 65 Paul Cook-WON
AD 66 Kevin Jefferies-WON
AD 67 Jim Silva-WON
AD 68 Van Tran-WON
AD 69 Jose Solorio-WON
AD 70 Chuck DeVore-WON
AD 71 Jeff Miller-WON
AD 72 Mike Duvall-WON
AD 74 Martin Garrick-WON
AD 75 Nathan Flether-WON
AD 76 Lori Saldana-WON
AD 77 Joel Anderson-WON
AD 79 Mary Salas-WON