2026 June 2 Election
Here are the Sierra Club endorsements - Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter
US House of Representatives
Salud Carbajal – CD24
Brad Sherman – CD32
California Assembly
Gregg Hart – AD37
Steve Bennett—AD38
Deborah Klein-Lopez – District 42
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors
Laura Capps – District 2
Ricardo Valencia– District 5
California State Offices
Tom Steyer – Governor
Rob Bonta – Attorney General
Shirley Weber – Secretary of State
Eleni Kounalakis – Treasurer
Ben Allen – Insurance Commissioner
Malia Cohen – Controller
For more information please see California endorsements: https://www.sierraclub.org/california/2026-endorsements-scc-political-committee
Voter Information: Registered voters should receive a ballot in the mail. You can vote by mail, in ballot drop boxes, or in person.
Recent changes in postal regulations have caused the number of ballots rejected for arriving too late to skyrocket. For example in Santa Barbara County last November more than 2600 ballots were rejected, more than 14 times the prior election. Voting through drop boxes or in person can be done up until election day, but sending through the US Mail must be done much sooner.
For more information on how to cast your ballot please see:
Ventura County voters: https://recorder.countyofventura.org/elections/elections/voter-information/vote-by-mail/
Santa Barbara County voters: https://www.countyofsb.org/164/Elections
You can register for the primary until May 18. For more information go to https://registertovote.ca.gov/
The Sierra Club leverages the power of our volunteers and members to help elect environmental candidates. To ensure selection of the best candidates, our volunteers and staff have developed criteria and a multi-step endorsement process. Driven by our grassroots members, the process begins at the chapter level. Volunteers examine each candidate's environmental record and distribute questionnaires to candidates who meet our criteria. Our selection committee evaluates responses and interviews candidates. Any proposed endorsement must win super-majority support of multiple local committees, and then committees at the state or national level to become final. Throughout our process, volunteers and staff evaluate the environmental and public health records of candidates, their electability and their propensity to be a true environmental champion.
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