November 2024 Endorsements

The following are the Sierra Club's endorsements for Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Francisco County voters for the November 2024 election. The national Sierra Club is responsible for federal candidate endorsements. For 2024 congressional endorsements (U.S. House and Senate), click here. Sierra Club California is responsible for state candidate endorsements. For 2024 California Assembly and Senate endorsements, click here.

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November 5th, 2024: General Election

Federal Races

  • President: Kamala Harris
    • Vice-President: Tim Walz
  • US House, District 2:  Jared Huffman
  • US House District 10:  Mark Desaulnier
  • US House, District 11: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
  • US House, District 12:  Lateefah Simon

State Races

State Assembly

State Senate

County Races

Alameda County

Contra Costa County

  • Board of Supervisors, District 5:  Shanelle Scales-Preston

Marin County

  • Board of Supervisors, District 2:  Brian Colbert

City Races

Albany

  • City Council, At Large, Ranked 3rd:  Jennifer Hansen-Romero
  • City Council, At Large, Ranked 1st:  Preston Jordan
  • City Council, At Large, Ranked 2nd:  Aaron Tiedemann

Berkeley

  • City Council, District 2:  Terry Taplin
  • City Council, District 3:  Ben Bartlett
  • City Council, District 6: Andy Katz

El Cerrito

  • City Council: Lisa Motoyama
  • City Council:  Rebecca Saltzman

Emeryville

  • City Council, At Large:  Sukhdeep Kaur
  • City Council, At Large:  Courtney Welch

Fairfax

  • Town Council: Chance Cutrano
  • Town Council:  Barbara Coler
  • Town Council:  Bruce Ackerman

Fremont

  • Mayor:  Raj Salwan

Hayward

  • City Council:  Angela Andrews
  • City Council: Francisco Zermeño

Mill Valley

  • City Council:  Urban Carmel
  • City Council: Kat Jones
  • City Council:  Caroline Joachim

Newark

  • Mayor:  Elisa Martiniz
  • City Council:  Lucia Gutierrez
  • City Council:  Jacinta Arteaga

Oakland

  • City Attorney:  Ryan Richardson
  • City Council, District 1:  Zac Unger
  • City Council, District 5:  Noel Gallo
  • City Council, At Large:  Shawn Danino
  • City Council, At Large:  Charlene Wang

Pinole

Pleasanton

  • Mayor:  Karla Brown
  • City Council, District 2:  Valeria Arkin

Richmond

San Anselmo

  • Town Council:  Chantel Walker
  • Town Council:  Yoav Schlesinger

San Francisco

  • Board of Supervisors, District 3:  Danny Sauter
  • Board of Supervisors, District 7: Myrna Melgar
  • Board of Supervisors, District 11:  EJ Jones

San Leandro

  • City Council District 1:  Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton
  • City Council District 2:  Ed Hernandez
  • City Council District 4: Fred Simon

San Rafael

  • Mayor:  Kate Colin
  • City Council, District 4:  Rachel Kertz

Sausalito

  • City Council: Melissa Blaustein
  • City Council:  Ian Sobieski
  • City Council:  Steven Woodside

Tiburon

Union City

  • Mayor:  Emily Duncan
  • City Council:  Lance Nishihira

Special District Races

AC Transit

  • Board of Directors, Ward 2, Jean Walsh
  • Board of Directors, Ward 6:  Shonda Goward

Alameda County Water District

  • Board of Directors, Ward 1:  Jim Gunther
  • Board of Directors, Ward 5:  Aziz Akbari

BART

  • Board of Directors, District 3:  Barnali Ghosh
  • Board of Directors, District 9: Edward Wright

East Bay Regional Park District

  • Board of Directors, Ward 1:  Elizabeth Echols

EBMUD

  • Board of Directors, Ward 1: Joey Smith
  • Board of Directors, Ward 5:  Jim Oddie

Fremont Unified School District

  • Board of Directors:  Ganesh Balamitran

Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (H.A.R.D.)

  • Board of Directors:  Peter Rosen

New Haven School District

  • Board of Directors:  Jatinder Sahi

Oro Loma Sanitary District

  • Board of Directors:  Moira Mimi Dean

Southern Marin Fire District

  • Board of Directors:  Cathryn Hilliard

City Ballot Measures

Berkeley

Dublin

  • NO on II, Protect Open Space

Fairfax

Larkspur

San Francisco