Election day is coming up on November 3, 2026 – let your union help you with your democracy homework! Several items on your ballot will significantly affect public education, including our neighborhood schools in San Diego and schools throughout California. All registered voters should receive a ballot in the mail the week of October 5. See more information about this election and your voting options at sdvote.com.
SDEA’s endorsements:
Over the past months, SDEA members elected as site and program reps and to the Board of Directors have voted on a few specific endorsements. See more about the SDEA process for endorsements.
🍎 Vote YES on Measure M: Urgently needed repairs for neighborhood schools without raising taxes! See more about this measure here and access the SDUSD resolution which details their proposed improvements across the District. (It’s a long document because it includes improvements at all sites across the District, but you can search for specific sites.) Our union contract gives us the right to safe, well-maintained schools. Our power as voters helps ensure that SDUSD has the bond funds needed to maintain and update our schools!
🍎 Vote for Hayden Gore for SDUSD School Board (District C)! Hayden is a full time teacher and is invested in union values – he and his colleagues unionized their entire charter network!
*Some additional endorsements may be shared out after the Oct. 7 Representative Council if elected SDEA reps vote to endorse. Check back here for more!
Vote Union, Up & Down Your Ballot:
While SDEA does not endorse in every race, see below for other labor endorsements, from CTA and from our local San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council. (Note that depending on where you live, not everything on this list will be on your ballot. If you live outside the City of San Diego you might want to check out the full list of endorsements from Labor Council.)
Legend:
- 🍎 Endorsed by SDEA (See above)
- 🔵 Endorsed by CTA (See more information about their recommendations, including recommendations based on exactly who will be on your ballot)
- ✊ Endorsed by San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council (See more about their endorsements)
Statewide:
- Governor: Xavier Becerra 🔵✊
- Lt. Governor: Fiona Ma 🔵✊
- Secretary of State: Dr. Shirley Weber 🔵✊
- CA Controller: Malia Cohen 🔵✊
- CA Treasurer: Eleni Kounalakis 🔵✊
- Attorney General: Rob Bonta 🔵✊
- Insurance Commissioner: Jane Kim 🔵✊
- Board of Equalization – District 1: Nelson Esparza 🔵
- Board of Equalization – District 2: Sally Lieber 🔵
- Board of Equalization – District 3: Mike Gipson 🔵
- Board of Equalization – District 4: Tom Umberg 🔵✊
- US Congress – House of Representatives – District 25: Raul Ruiz 🔵✊
- US Congress – House of Representatives – District 48: Marni von Wilpert 🔵✊
- US Congress – House of Representatives – District 49: Mike Levin 🔵✊
- US Congress – House of Representatives – District 50: Scott Peters 🔵✊
- US Congress – House of Representatives – District 51: Sara Jacobs 🔵✊
- US Congress – House of Representatives – District 52: Juan Vargas ✊
- CA State Assembly – District 74: Sergio Farias 🔵
- CA State Assembly – District 76: Dr. Darshana Patel 🔵✊
- CA State Assembly – District 77: Tasha Boerner 🔵✊
- CA State Assembly – District 78: Chris Ward 🔵✊
- CA State Assembly – District 79: Dr. LaShae Sharp-Collins 🔵✊
- CA State Assembly – District 80: David Alvarez 🔵
- CA State Senate – District 18: Steve Padilla 🔵✊
- CA State Senate – District 38: Catherine Blakespear 🔵✊
- CA State Senate – District 40: Mara Elliott 🔵✊
- YES on Prop 1 (Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act) ✊
- YES on Prop 2 (Increases State’s Rainy Day Fund) ✊
- YES on Prop 3 (Protect our Schools & Healthcare) 🔵✊
- YES on Prop 4 (Repeals Ban on Public Funding of Election Campaigns) ✊
- YES on Prop 5 (Changes Recall Election Process for Statewide Officers) ✊
- YES on Prop 37 (Loan Program for Middle-Income New Home Buyers) 🔵✊
- NO on Prop 39 (Protect our voice, protect our vote) 🔵✊
- NO on Prop 40 (One-Time Billionaire Tax leaves out education, housing and safety.) 🔵
- NO on Prop 41 (Requires Audits for New State Special Taxes) ✊
- NO on Prop 42 (Prohibits New State Personal Property Taxes) ✊
- NO on Prop 43 (Limits Voters’ Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Services) 🔵✊
- NO on Prop 44 (Stop the attack on patients & clinics) 🔵
- NO on Prop 45 (Limits CEQA Environmental Review and Public Input) ✊
School:
- State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Richard Barrera 🔵✊
- San Diego County Board of Education – 3: Alicia Muñoz ✊
- San Diego County Board of Education – 5: Rick Shea ✊
- San Diego Unified School District Board of Education District C: Hayden Gore 🍎✊
- San Diego Community College District – A: Maria Senour ✊
- San Diego Community College District – C: Craig Milgrim ✊
- San Diego Community College District – E: Geysil Arroyo ✊
San Diego County:
- Board of Supervisors – District 4: Monica Montgomery Steppe ✊
- Board of Supervisors – District 5: Kyle Krahel ✊
- Treasurer-Tax Collector: Larry Cohen ✊
- Valle De Oro Community Planning: Jay Steiger ✊
- YES on Measure A (A transparent, accountable, modern county government) ✊
- YES on Measure B (Fund San Diego County Health and Social Services) ✊
City of San Diego:
- City Council – District 2: Nicole Crosby ✊
- City Council – District 4: Henry Foster III ✊
- City Council – District 6: Kent Lee ✊
- City Council – District 8: Antonio Martinez ✊
- YES on Measure M (Repairs for Neighborhood Schools Without Raising Taxes) 🍎✊
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District:
- YES on Measure G (Bond Measure for Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District) ✊
Get out the vote!
Voters listen to educators, and educators across California are knocking on doors to make sure our communities understand what’s at stake. This election includes votes that can make or break our schools!
Sign up to canvass in your community any weekend (or every weekend!) until Election Day:
- Central San Diego: From the SDEA Union Hall!
- East County: El Cajon, Lakeside, or Santee
- South Bay: Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, or National City
- North County: Oceanside, San Marcos, or Temecula
More resources to get the message out:
- Spread the word about why school funding matters to YOU by recording a video
- More resources from CTA
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