GOTV THIS WEEKEND FOR OUR ENDORSED CANDIDATES! ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH!!

NWPC LA Westside is proud to support NWPC LA Westside and NWPC California endorsed candidates for the statewide General election on Tuesday, November 6th. Each woman is dedicated to our bottom line issues: 

✔️Protecting women's reproductive freedom, and 

✔️Achieving gender equality throughout all levels of society.

You can help them advance by joining their Get Out The Vote efforts this weekend! With your help, when women run, women win!

For more information on NWPC California endorsed candidates across the state, visit the NWPC California website.

NWPC LA Westside Endorsements

The following candidates are endorsed by the Los Angeles Westside chapter of the National Women's Political Caucus. Each candidate sought endorsement and was vetted and approved by the Board based upon her commitment to NWPC bottomline issues and the credibility of her campaign. For more information on each candidate's campaign, please visit her website. Don't forget to vote on November 6th!

Santa Monica City Council

Pam O'Connor (incumbent)
Previously endorsed NWPC LA Westside candidate
www.pamoconnor2018.com

Sue Himmelrich (incumbent)
Previously endorsed NWPC LA Westside candidate
www.suestandsfirm.com

Ashley Powell
www.ashleypowellsantamonica.com

 Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education

Laurie Lieberman (incumbent)
Previously endorsed NWPC LA Westside candidate
www.liebermanforschoolboard.com

Santa Monica College Board of Trustees

Louise Jaffe
Previously endorsed NWPC LA Westside candidate
www.louisejaffe.com 

Nancy Greenstein

Previously endorsed NWPC LA Westside candidate

www.nancygreenstein.com

Los Angeles Coordinating Council Endorsements

The following candidates were recommended for endorsement by the Los Angeles Coordinating Council, a collaboration of the 5 NWPC chapter across Los Angeles County: NWPC Greater Pasadena, NWPC LA Metro, NWPC LA Westside, NWPC South Bay, and NWPC San Fernando Valley.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge

Seat 4

A. Veronica Sauceda

Seat 16 (dual endorsed by LACC)

Sydne Jane Michel

Patricia Hunter

Seat 60

Holly Hancock

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP OUR CANDIDATES WIN ON NOVEMBER 6TH!

LET'S BREAK THE GLASS CEILING IN EXECUTIVE OFFICE! Eleni Kounalakis is running to become California's first elected female Lt. Governor, help us break that glass ceiling!  Spread the word through her campaign's friend-to-friend outreach tool.  Spread the word through social media. GENDER FLIP FOR GENDER PARITY! Congress There are lots of opportunities to help Katie Hill, NWPC National endorsed candidate, flip Congressional District 25. You can do everything from  canvassing to phone banking from your home! Or, join Senator Kamala Harris for a rally to Get Out the Vote on Saturday, Nov. 3rd at 8:30 am. For more information, visit Katie's website.  California State Assembly and Senate  We also have the opportunity to elect five of our candidates to districts where they would unseat Republican men-let's flip those districts and put women at the helm.  Christy Smith, Assembly District 38 (Northern Los Angeles County) Phone bank daily from 1:00-8:00pm Cottie Petrie-Norris, Assembly District 74 (Orange County) Phone bank Wednesday, October 31st from 5:00-8:00 pm Phone bank Thursday, November 1st from 5:00-8:00pm Sunday Gover, Assembly District 77 (San Diego)  Phone bank Wednesday, October 31st from 5:00-8:00pm  Phone bank Thursday, November 1st from 5:00-8:00pm Melissa Hurtado, Senate District 14 (Central Valley) Phone bank Thursday, November 1st from 5:30-7:30pm Sign up to phone bank at any day or time before the election. Joy Silver, Senate District 28 (Riverside County) Phone bank Thursday, November 1st from 6:00-8:30pm  Join the Get Out The Vote rally on Monday, November 5th

ATTENTION VOTE-BY-MAIL VOTERS:   Be sure to drop your absentee ballot in the mail by  this weekend. Or, turn in your ballot at the polls on Tuesday, November 6. Don't know where to vote? Check out the Los Angeles County Registrar's website by clicking below: Where in the world do I vote?!

Support NWPC Endorsed Candidates on 

Election Day, June 5th, 2018!

Do you have a Voting Plan? Check out where you can vote at Los Angeles County Registrar's website.

NWPC LA Westside Candidates

Assembly District 54: Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Incumbent)

NWPC Los Angeles Coordinating Council Candidates

Board of Equalization Seat 3: Cheryl Turner

Superior Court Judge Seat 67: Onica Valle Cole

NWPC Greater Pasadena Candidates

Assembly District 48: Blanca Rubio (Incumbent)

NWPC California Endorsements:

Ready to Run Training at Mount St. Mary's University April 28th

Women get Ready to Run® in Southern California

Mount Saint Mary's Center for the Advancement of Women is hosting its annual training on April 28th in Los Angeles featuring an all-star lineup of political women and campaign operatives. Learn more HERE.  QUESTIONS? Contact: HEATHER SCHRAEDER AT HSCHRAEDER@MSMU.EDU OR 213.477.2761.  PRESENTED BY MOUNT SAINT MARY'S CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN.

Don't Forget to Vote for NWPC Endorsed Candidates March 7th!

R ENDORSED CANDIDATES
NWPC LA Westside is proud to endorse the following candidates. Each woman is dedicated to supporting our bottom line issues: protecting women's reproductive freedom and achieving gender equality throughout all levels of society. 


http://myemail.constantcontact.com/GOTV-Support-Our-Endorsed-Candidates.html?soid=1102117930857

THE DOUBLE X FACTOR

From "The Nooner"on 8/14/12 (see full post here)

I have written a few times on the prospects of women candidates to the state Legislature. There was a moment last year at which it appeared that there could be a significant reduction--when there were discussions of serious intra-party challenges to three Democratic women senators, Loni Hancock (SD09), Carol Liu (SD25), and Fran Pavley (SD27).

Some very tense discussions in legislative caucuses and elsewhere quelled each of those attempts. So, where are we?

There are currently 21 women in the Assembly--including 6 Republicans and 15 Democrats. In the Senate, there are 12 women, consisting of 2 Republicans and 10 Democrats.

In the Assembly, four seats currently held by women will switch to men--AD08 (Huber), AD19 (Ma), AD23 (Halderman), and AD50 (Butler). There are two more seats that are 50/50 as to whether a woman will continue to represent--AD20 (Hayashi --> Ong v. Quirk) and AD47 (Carter --> Baca, Jr. v. Brown).

Thus, women will lose 4-6 seats that are currently held, with all but one being Democrats.

There are four seats currently held by men where pickups will or might happen. AD58 (C. Calderon --> Garcia) and AD75 (Jeffries --> Waldron) will be picked up by women, and AD67 and AD76 are competitive with a woman running.

In the upper house, three seats currently held by women will switch to men: SD15 (Alquist --> Beall v. Coto), SD21 (Runner --> Knight), and SD39 (Kehoe --> Block v. Plescia). There are two possible pickups in SD13 (Simitian --> Lieber v. Hill) and SD27 (Strickland --> Pavley v. Zink).

Pavley will likely be succeeded in her "old" seat by Hannah-Beth Jackson.

In the end, there will likely be 2-3 fewer women in the Legislature, but it won't be as bad as it briefly appeared last year.