SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, announced endorsements of 53 incumbent members of the California legislature running for re-election in 2024 on Friday.

Equality California extends pro forma endorsements to incumbent California state legislators running for re-election who have earned a 100% pro-equality rating on the organization’s state legislative scorecards in both of the last two years and who meet Equality California’s code of ethics, standards of conduct and other applicable endorsement criteria. (See below for additional details.)

“LGBTQ+ Californians are lucky to be represented in Sacramento by so many incredible pro-equality champions,” said Executive Director Tony Hoang. “Together with these legislators as well as members of the California LGBTQ Legislative Caucus, Equality California is working to protect transgender youth and their families, defend abortion access and reproductive freedom, preserve access to gender-affirming care, and create a world that is healthy, just and fully equal for all LGBTQ+ people. We are proud to support these fantastic leaders in their campaigns for reelection this year.”

Equality California announced new 2024 endorsements for the following members of the California state legislature:

Senate District 11: Scott Wiener
Senate District 13: Josh Becker
Senate District 15: Dave Cortese
Senate District 17: John Laird
Senate District 21: Monique Limón
Senate District 27: Henry Stern
Senate District 33: Lena Gonzalez
Senate District 37: Josh Newman
Assembly District 4: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assembly District 10: Stephanie Nguyen
Assembly District 11: Lori Wilson
Assembly District 12: Damon Connolly
Assembly District 13: Carlos Villapudua
Assembly District 14: Buffy Wicks
Assembly District 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Assembly District 17: Matt Haney
Assembly District 18: Mia Bonta
Assembly District 20: Liz Ortega
Assembly District 21: Diane Papan
Assembly District 23: Marc Berman
Assembly District 24: Alex Lee
Assembly District 25: Ash Kalra
Assembly District 26: Evan Low
Assembly District 27: Esmeralda Soria
Assembly District 28: Gail Pellerin
Assembly District 29: Robert Rivas
Assembly District 30: Dawn Addis
Assembly District 31: Joaquin Arambula
Assembly District 35: Dr. Jasmeet Bains
Assembly District 36: Eduardo Garcia
Assembly District 37: Gregg Hart
Assembly District 38: Steve Bennett
Assembly District 39: Juan Carrillo
Assembly District 40: Pilar Schiavo
Assembly District 42: Jacqui Irwin
Assembly District 46: Jesse Gabriel
Assembly District 48: Blanca Rubio
Assembly District 49: Mike Fong
Assembly District 51: Rick Chavez Zbur
Assembly District 55: Isaac Bryan
Assembly District 56: Lisa Calderon
Assembly District 60: Corey Jackson
Assembly District 61: Tina McKinnor
Assembly District 64: Blanca Pacheco
Assembly District 65: Mike Gipson
Assembly District 66: Al Muratsuchi
Assembly District 67: Sharon Quirk-Silva
Assembly District 68: Avelino Valencia
Assembly District 69: Josh Lowenthal
Assembly District 73: Cottie Petrie-Norris
Assembly District 77: Tasha Boerner
Assembly District 78: Chris Ward
Assembly District 80: David Alvarez

Bold names indicate out LGBTQ+ candidates.

Additional Details:

Candidates who took office in 2022 are evaluated based on last year’s score only. Equality California’s Endorsement Process and Guidelines are available online at eqca.org/elections.

For a complete list of Equality California’s endorsements, please visit eqca.org/elections.

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