{"id":18343,"date":"2024-02-18T13:58:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/?page_id=18343"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T02:16:24","slug":"central-committee-candidates-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sccdp.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/18\/central-committee-candidates-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Committee Candidates 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Democratic Central Committee Election<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>For Central Committee Election results, follow <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/central-committee-results-2024-03-05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THIS LINK<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee is the governing body of the Democratic Party in our County.&nbsp; Every four years, six Central Committee Members are elected from each of the six Assembly Districts in Santa Clara County.&nbsp; These election contests appear on the same ballot page as the Presidential Primary contest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boundaries of the six Assembly Districts do not align with the boundaries of the County, so each Assembly District is home to a differing number of Democratic voters.&nbsp; In order to balance representation to account for these differences, the Central Committee bylaws define a procedure for appointing additional elected-equivalent members.&nbsp; These additional members are selected from the runners-up in the six contests, in order of their rank by votes cast.&nbsp; The total number of Members from each Assembly District are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assembly District 23 &#8211; 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assembly District 24 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assembly District 25 &#8211; 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assembly District 26 &#8211; 9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assembly District 28 &#8211; 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assembly District 29 &#8211; 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>DO NOT vote for more than six candidates.  The Central Committee will add the elected equivalent members, in order of their rank by votes cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Registrar of voters does not post candidate statements for the Central Committee elections.&nbsp; The League of Women Voters has posted candidate statements in the past, but has not done so for this election.&nbsp; Voters seeking information about the candidates can do a Google search for:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>&lt;candidate name&gt; Democratic central committee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A list of the candidates for each Assembly District follows.&nbsp; Each name is a link to a Google search as described above.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table><tr><td><h3>Assembly District 23<\/h3><ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Jason+Baker+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Jason Baker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Jennifer+DiBrienza+Democratic+central+committee+north+star' rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer DiBrienza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Kate+Disney+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Kate Disney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Herb+Engstrom+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Herb Engstrom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Mariam+Ghazvini+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Mariam Ghazvini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Adrienne+Grey+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Adrienne Grey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Bill+James+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Bill James<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Anjali+Kausar+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Anjali Kausar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=James+S+Kim+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">James S Kim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Rishi+Kumar+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Rishi Kumar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Anna+Marie+Morales+Democratic+central+committee+north+star' rel=\"noopener\">Anna Marie Morales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Forest+Olaf+Peterson+Democratic+central+committee+north+star' rel=\"noopener\">Forest Olaf Peterson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Emily+Ann+Ramos+Democratic+central+committee+north+star' rel=\"noopener\">Emily Ann Ramos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Joe+Simitian+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Joe Simitian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Cari+Templeton+Democratic+central+committee+north+star' rel=\"noopener\">Cari Templeton<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><td><h3>Assembly District 24<\/h3><ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Zahed+Uddin+Ahmed+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Zahed Uddin Ahmed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=David+Cohen+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">David Cohen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Marsha+Grilli+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Marsha Grilli<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Jaria+Jaug+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Jaria Jaug<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Jamal+Khan+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Jamal Khan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Reena+Khan+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Reena Khan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Clarence+Madrilejos+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Clarence Madrilejos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Jo+Nguyen+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Jo Nguyen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Anthony+Phan+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Phan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><td><h3>Assembly District 25<\/h3><ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Sylvia+Arenas+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Sylvia Arenas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Alejandra+Arguello+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Alejandra Arguello<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Jordan+Daniel+Eldridge+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Daniel Eldridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Emilie+G.+Gatfield+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Emilie G. Gatfield<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Wendy+L.+Ho+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Wendy L. Ho<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Raeena+Lari+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Raeena Lari<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Diego+A.+Martinez+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Diego A. Martinez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Karen+Martinez+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Karen Martinez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Phuong+Nguyen+Democratic+central+committee+-communist' rel=\"noopener\">Phuong Nguyen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Peter+Ortiz+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Peter Ortiz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Andr\u00e9s+Quintero+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Andr\u00e9s Quintero<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Brisa+Rojas+Moreno+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Brisa Rojas Moreno<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Omar+Torres+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Omar Torres<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Brenda+Zendejas+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Brenda Zendejas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h3>Assembly District 26<\/h3><ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Nisar+Ali+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Nisar Ali<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Helen+K.+Chapman+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Helen K. Chapman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Pearl+Cheng+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Pearl Cheng<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Ava+Chiao+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Ava Chiao<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Dahlia+Eltoumi+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Dahlia Eltoumi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Milad+Abo+Kaas+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Milad Abo Kaas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Justin+Lardinois+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Justin Lardinois<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Margaret+Okuzumi+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Margaret Okuzumi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Neil+Park-McClintick+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Neil Park-McClintick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Martin+Pyne+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Martin Pyne<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Angelica+Yvette+Ramos+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Angelica Yvette Ramos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Dina+Saba+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Dina Saba<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Chris+Stampolis+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Chris Stampolis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Sameena+Usman+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Sameena Usman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Dianna+Zamora-Marroquin+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Dianna Zamora-Marroquin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><td><h3>Assembly District 28<\/h3><ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=David+Bini+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">David Bini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=James+Steven+Kastelman+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">James Steven Kastelman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=James+K+Kim+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">James K Kim<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Olivia+Navarro+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Olivia Navarro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Ruben+Navarro+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Navarro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Pierluigi+Claudio+Oliverio+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Pierluigi Claudio Oliverio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Bill+Roth+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Bill Roth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Buu+Chau+Thai+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Buu Chau Thai<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td><td><h3>Assembly District 29<\/h3><ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Maria+Aguilar+Democratic+central+committee+Gilroy' rel=\"noopener\">Maria Aguilar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Rebeca+Armendariz+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Rebeca Armendariz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Joanne+FIerro+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Joanne FIerro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Sousan+Manteghi+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Sousan Manteghi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Michelle+Osorio+Democratic+central+committee' rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Osorio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>Fewer than six candidates filed.<br>No election is necessary.\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Central Committee Election For Central Committee Election results, follow THIS LINK The Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee is the governing body of the Democratic Party in our County.&nbsp; 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