November 2020 Election Preliminary Results

Preliminary results (as of Nov. 5) of Sierra Club endorsements for Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties in the November 2020 election. Currently, over 80% of our endorsed candidates have won or are winning.

Congress

  • House, District 2: Jared Huffman (DI) WON
  • House, District 9: Jerry McNerney (DI) WON
  • House, District 11: Mark DeSaulnier (DI) WON
  • House, District 12: Nancy Pelosi (DI) WON
  • House, District 13: Barbara Lee (DI) WON
  • House, District 14: Jackie Speier (DI) WON
  • House, District 15: Eric Swalwell (DI) WON
  • House, District 17: Ro Khanna (DI) WON 

California Legislature

  • Assembly District 15: Buffy Wicks (DI) WON
  • Assembly District 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (DI) WON
  • Assembly District 17: David Chiu (DI) WON
  • Assembly District 18: Rob Bonta (DI) WON
  • Assembly District 19: Phil Ting (DI) WON
  • Senate District 9: Nancy Skinner (DI) WON

Local Candidates

  • AC Transit Board Ward 1: Joe Wallace  LOST
  • AC Transit Board Ward 2: Jean Walsh  WON
  • AC Transit board at large: Chris Peeples WON
  • Alameda City Council: Jim Oddie LOSING (but could change)
  • Alameda City Council: Malia Vella WON
  • Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Dist. 1: Vinnie Bacon LOSING (could change)
  • Alameda County Water District: Aziz Akbar WON
  • Alameda County Water District: Jim Gunther WINNING (but could change)
  • Albany City Council: Preston Jordan, Aaron Tiedeman & Ge'Nell Gary WINNING
  • Antioch City Council, Dist. 1: Takisha Walker LOSING (Too close to call)
  • Antioch Mayor: Julio Jesse Mendez WON
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Dist. 1: Jaime Salcido WON
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Dist. 3: Rebecca Salesman WON
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Dist. 7: Lateefah Simon WON
  • Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Dist. 9: Bevan Dufty WON
  • Berkeley City Council, Dist. 2: Cheryl Davila (1st choice, in ranked choice election) LOST
  • Berkeley City Council, Dist. 2:  Terry Taplin (2nd choice) WON
  • Berkeley City Council, Dist. 3: Ben Bartlett WON
  • Berkeley City Council, Dist. 5: Sophie Hahn WON
  • Berkeley City Council, Dist. 6: Susan Wengraf WON
  • Berkeley Mayor: Jesse Arreguin WON
  • Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board: Mari Mendonca, Leah Simon-Weisberg, Timothy "Xavier" Johnson, Andy Kelley & Dominique Walker – all 5 WON
  • Brentwood City Council, Dist. 3: Susannah Meyer WON
  • Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Board of Directors: Mariah Lauritzen WON, Paul Causey LOST  & Tad Pilecki WON
  • College of Marin Board of Trustee: Stephanie O’Brien & Paul da Silva WON
  • Concord City Council, Dist. 2: Carlyn Obringer WON
  • Contra Costa Community College District Governing Board, Ward 5: Fernando Sandoval  WON
  • Contra Costa Water District, Div. 4: Antonio Martinez WON                    
  • Diablo Water District, Ward 1: Marilyn Tiernan WON
  • Diablo Water District, Ward 5: Joe Kovalick WON
  • Dublin City Council: Dawn Plants; also, actions in support, without endorsement, of Kashef Qaadri
  • Dublin Mayor: Arun Goel WON
  • East Bay Municipal Utility District, Ward 1: Lesa Macintosh WON
  • East Bay Municipal Utility District, Ward 5: Doug Linney WON
  • East Bay Regional Parks District, Ward 1: Norman La Force  LOST
  • El Cerrito City Council: Paul Fadell, WON
  • El Cerrito City Council: Tessa Rudnick WON
  • El Cerrito City Council:Lisa Motoyama WON
  • Emeryville City Council: John Bauters WON
  • Emeryville City Council: Christian Patz WON 
  • Emeryville City Council: Ally Medina WON
  • Fairfax Town Council, Barbara Coler WON
  • Fairfax Town Council, John Reed LOST
  • Fremont City Council, Dist. 5: Raj Salwan WON
  • Fremont City Council, Dist. 6: Yogi Chugh  LOSING (but too close to call)
  • Hayward Area Recreation Board: Peter Rosen  WINNING (could change)
  • Hayward Area Recreation Board: Rick Hatcher WON
  • Hayward City Council: Francisco Zermeño, WON
  • Hayward City Council: Angela Andrews WINNING (but too close to call)
  • Hayward City Council: Elise Márquez  WON
  • Hercules City Council: Alexander Walker-Griffin WINNING
  • Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District: Judy Schriebman WON
  • Marin Municipal Water District, Div. II: Monty Schmitt WON
  • Moraga Town Council: David  Stromberg, Renata Sos & Teresa Onoda WON
  • Newark City Council: Jason Miguel LOST
  • Newark City Council: Taranjir "Singh” Gujral LOSING (too close to call)
  • Oakland City Attorney: Barbara Parker WON
  • Oakland City Council, Dist. 1: Dan Kalb WON
  • Oakland City Council, Dist. 3: actions in support, without endorsement of Carroll Fife WON
  • Oakland City Council, Dist. 5: Noel Gallo  WON
  • Oakland City Council, Dist. 7: Treva Reid WON
  • Oakland City Council, at large: Rebecca Kaplan WON                        
  • Oakley City Council: Conan Moats LOSING
  • Oakley City Council: George Fuller WON
  • Pinole City Council: Maureen Toms WON
  • Piedmont City Council: Jen Cavenaugh WON
  • Pittsburgh City Council: Frank Aiello LOST
  • Pleasanton City Council: Nancy Allen LOSING & Valeria Arkin WINNING
  • Pleasanton Mayor: Karla Brown WINNING
  • Richmond City Council, District 1: Melvin Willis WON
  • Richmond City Council, District 5: Gayle McLaughlin TOO CLOSE TO CALL
  • Richmond City Council, District 6: Claudia Jimenez WON
  • San Anselmo Town Council: Alexis Fineman WINNING
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 1: Connie Chan TOO CLOSE TO CALL, 25 votes behind
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 3: Aaron Peskin (I) WON
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 5: Dean Preston (I) WON
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 7: Vilaska Nguyen (1st choice, in ranked choice election) LOST
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 7 Myrna Melgar (2nd choice) WON
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 9: Hillary Ronan WON
  • Sam Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dist. 11: John Avalos LOST
  • San Francisco Community College Board: Tom Temprano WON
  • San Francisco Community College Board: Shanell Williams WON
  • San Francisco Community College Board: Han Zou LOST
  • San Francisco Community College Board: Alan Wong  WON (results could change here)
  • San Leandro City Council, Dist. 2: Ed Hernandez WON
  • San Leandro City Council, Dist. 4: Fred Simon WON
  • San Leandro Unified School District Trustee, Area 5: Diana Prola WON
  • San Rafael City Council, Dist. 4: Greg Knell WON
  • San Ramon City Council, Dist. 1: Luz Gomez WON
  • San Ramon City Council, Dist. 3: Sridhar Verose WON
  • San Ramon Mayor: actions in support without endorsement for Sabina Zafar LOSING and Aparna Madireddi LOST
  • Sausalito City Council: Janelle Kellman & Melissa Blaustein WON
  • Sausalito School Board: Alena Maunder & Lisa Bennett WON
  • Tiburon Town Council: Holli Their WON
  • Walnut Creek City Council: Kevin Wilk & Cindy Darling WON
  • West County Wastewater, District 1: Cesar Zepeda WON
  • West County Wastewater, District 2: Sherry Stanley WON
  • West County Wastewater, District 4: Harry Weiner WON