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Your Power Starts Here: Register to Vote

Your vote is your voice in our fight for thriving wages, better benefits and safer, stronger, healthier communities. We are a social justice union and we show up at the polls. Make sure you are registered to vote to take that important step in standing up for our rights and our communities. Let’s show up strong and make our voices impossible to ignore.

The deadline to register to vote is October 21, 2024.

Polling Locations

Know Where to Vote: Plan Ahead for Election Day

In California, our ballots are mailed to us starting October 5, but if you’re not comfortable voting by mail or didn’t receive your ballot, you can find polling location to make your voice heard on Election Day. Knowing exactly where to go means taking control of your day so that nothing stands in your way of casting your ballot.

Find your polling location.
See what’s on the ballot.
Contact your election officials.

Advocating for what is important to you!

Our Priorities

Vote for Leaders Who Support Us

As a union made up of a majority of women and people of color, we fight daily against the real challenges faced by our families, communities and clients. This election season, the stakes are higher than ever, and the power to shape our future is in our hands. We deserve wages that allow us to thrive and protections for our jobs, our clients, and our communities. Voting is not just a duty; it’s a privilege and a powerful tool to create the change we need. 

Wages and worker rights

We need leaders who support home care and family child care by strengthening labor protections, supporting better wages and benefits, and fighting to protect our communities.

Child care and family support

Let’s vote for champions of affordable child care who fight to ensure working families get the support they deserve while focusing on the true value of those providing care.

Healthcare access and affordability

We must expand healthcare coverage and lower costs to support families and ensure a healthier and happier community.

Elect Leaders Who Stand with Us

UDW and AFSCME-Endorsed Candidates: Your Allies in the Fight

The people we elect into office shape the policies that directly impact our lives, communities, and our futures. We can vote for candidates who share our values and believe in building a democracy that cares about our needs and will center our voices. Use our search tool to find candidates endorsed by UDW and AFSCME who will work to increase our wages and benefits.

Want to know how your elected leaders did fighting for UDW members and our communities? Click here for our annual Legislative Scorecard.

Choose Your County Below for a List of Endorsed Candidates

San Diego County

Office Candidate
Assembly District 74 Chris Duncan
Assembly District 76  Darshana Patel 
Assembly District 77 Tasha Boerner/td>
Assembly District 78 Chris Ward 
Assembly District 79 LaShae Collins
Assembly District 80  David Alvarez
Senate District 39 Akilah Weber
San Diego Mayor  Todd Gloria
San Diego Board of Supervisors 3 Terra Lawson-Remer 
San Diego City Attorney Brian Maienschein
Congressional District 49 Mike Levin
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff
 Orange County

Office Candidate
Assembly District 64 Blanca Pacheco
Assembly District 67 Sharon Quirk-Silva
Assembly District 68 Avelino Valencia 
Assembly District 74 Chris Duncan
Assembly District 73 Cottie Petrie-Norris 
Senate District 37 Josh Newman
Congressional District 40 Joe Kerr
Congressional District 45 Derek Tran
Congressional District 47 Dave Min
Congressional District 49 Mike Levin
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff

Riverside County

Office Candidate
Assembly District 47 Christy Holstege
Assembly District 36 Joey Acuna
Assembly District 58 Clarissa Cervantes
Assembly District 60 Corey Jackson 
Senate District 19 Lisa Middleton
Senate District 31 Sabrina Cervantes
Congressional District 41 Will Rollins
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff

Alpine, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties

Office Candidate
Assembly District 22 Jessica Self
Assembly District 27 Esmeralda Soria 
Senate District 5 Jerry McNerney
Congressional District 13 Adam Gray
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff

Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties

Office Candidate
Assembly District 30 Dawn Addis 
Assembly District 35 Jasmeet Bains
Senate District 17 John Laird
Senate District 21 Monique Limon
Kern District 5 Supervisor Kimberly Salas
Santa Maria City Council District 1 Maria Salguero
Congressional District 22 Rudy Salas
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff

Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, and Sutter Counties

Office Candidate
Congressional District 3 Jessica Morse
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff

Imperial County

Office Candidate
Assembly District 36   Joey Acuna
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff

Contra Costa, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma, Ventura, and Yolo Counties

Office Candidate
Assembly District 2  Chris Rogers
Assembly District 4  Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assembly District 10  Stephanie Nguyen
Assembly District 11  Lori Wilson
Assembly District 14  Buffy Wicks
Assembly District 15 Anamarie Avila Farias
Assembly District 16  Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Assembly District 17  Matt Haney
Assembly District 18  Mia Bonta
Assembly District 21  Diane Papan
Assembly District 23  Marc Berman
Assembly District 38  Steve Bennett
Senate District 5 Jerry McNerney
Senate District 7 Jesse Arreguin
Senate District 9 Tim Grayson
Senate District 11 Scott Wiener
Senate District 13 Josh Becker
Senate District 21 Monique Limon
Senate District 27 Henry Stern
Congressional District 3 Jessica Morse
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff

Presidential

Kamala Harris / Tim Walz

Ballot Initiatives

UDW-Endorsed propositions

 

Proposition Recommendation Description
3 YES This proposition would change the California Constitution by removing the part that says only marriages between a man and a woman are valid in the state. Instead, it would state that everyone has a fundamental right to marry, regardless of gender.
5 YES Allows approval of local infrastructure and housing bonds for low and middle income Californians with 55% vote.
6 YES This proposal would remove involuntary servitude from the state constitution as a punishment for a crime. It would also allow the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to give credits to incarcerated people who choose to participate in work assignments.
32 YES This proposal would raise the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2026 for all employers. After that, the minimum wage would be adjusted each year based on the cost of living.
36 NO This measure would increase prison sentences and harsher penalties for minor theft and drug-related crimes. However, it would reduce important funding for mental health care, housing, and other community services.

UDW Member Stories

Why Voting Matters

Learn why voting is crucial in our fight for justice, dignity and the future we all deserve.

Sydney O’Connor

We are a social justice union, and a lot of the rhetoric being pushed… is xenophobic, homophobic, racist—against the fabric that makes up our union. So, that’s scary stuff.

Monica Escalante

Our rights are being violated. I feel like these last few years have set us back many years… I’d like our rights back. It’s important.

Jermaine Moore

“[This election is] important for me in regards to my children because I’m raising little Black girls who are going to be Black women. So, my support is also a reflection upon them.

Take Action

Register to Vote

Make sure you are registered to vote to take that important step in standing up for our rights and our communities. Let’s show up strong and make our voices impossible to ignore.

Share Your Story of Care

We want to hear about your experiences of care to celebrate its vital role in our communities and to inspire others to vote for the change we all need.

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