Riverside County Voter Guide

This Election 2020 Riverside County voter guide will help you cut through the rhetoric, election propaganda and biased media coverage of the campaigns. This guide ranks every aspect of a candidate’s record according to experience, integrity, and commitment to community.

Here you’ll find recommendations for:

• President
• Propositions
• Superior Court Judges
• Congress
• State Senator
• Assembly Men
• City Council

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Ratings: Every candidate is considered after thorough research; we also have a questionnaire for candidates to complete. Here is our rating system:

•  : The best candidate. Our strongest endorsement.
• : Very good.
• : Acceptable.
• : Vote only to prevent worse candidate(s) from winning.
• : Terrible. Do Not Vote. All your other votes will count.

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2020  Presidential Election Recommendations

(View official election schedule here)

President

• Joe Biden(D) 
• Elizabeth Warren (D) 
• Bernie Sanders (D) 
• Pete Buttigieg (D) 
• Tom Steyer (D) 
• Mike Bloomberg (D) 
• Donald Trump (R)  [Endorsed]
• Governor William F. Weld (R) 

Propositions

Proposition 13 = Vote “no”

U.S. Representative

District 36

• Raul Ruiz (D) (Incumbent)
• Erin Cruz (R)  
• Patrice Kimbler (R) 
• Milo Stevanovich (R) 

District 41

• Mark Takano (D) (Incumbent)
• Grace Williams (D)
• Aja Smith (R)  

District 42

• Ken Calvert (R) (Incumbent)  
• Regina Marston (D)
• William O’Mara (D)

District 50

• Marisa Calderon (D) 
• Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) 
• Carl DeMaio (R) 
• Darrell Issa (R) 
• Brian Jones (R) 
• Nathan Wilkins (R) 
• Jose Cortes (Peace and Freedom Party of California) 
• Helen Horvath (Independent) 
• Lucinda Jahn (Independent) 
• Henry Ota (Independent) 

California State Senate

District 23

• Kris Goodfellow (D)
• Abigail Medina (D)
• Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R) 
• Cristina Puraci (R) 
• Lloyd White (R) 

District 28

• Anna Nevenic
• Joy Silver
• Elizabeth Romero
• John Schwab
• Melissa Melendez

District 31

• Richard D. Roth

State Assembly

District 42

• DeniAntionette Mazingo (D) 
• Andrew Kotyuk (R) 
• Chad Mayes (Incumbent) (Independent)

District 56

• Eduardo Garcia (D) (Incumbent)
• America Figueroa (R) 

District 60

• Sabrina Cervantes (D) (Incumbent)
• Chris Raahauge (R) 

District 61

• Jose Medina (D) (Incumbent)
• Ali Mazarei (R) 

District 67

• Jerry Carlos (D)
• Steve Manos (R) 
• Nick Pardue (R)
• Kelly Seyarto (R) 
• Jeremy Smith (R) 

District 71

• Liz Lavertu (D) 
• Randy Voepel (R) (Incumbent) 

District 75

• Roger Garcia (D) 
• Karen Schwartz (D) 
• Marie Waldron (R) (Incumbent) 

Supervisor (recommendations):

Riverside

1: Kevin Jeffries

3: Joe Scarafone

Los Angeles

2: Albert Robles

4: No Recommendation

5: Kathryn Barger

Member, Trustee Area 3 — Riverside County Board of Education

Dominic Zarecki

Corey A. Jackson

Member, Trustee Area 4 — Riverside County Board of Education

Marlon Ware

Bruce N. Dennis

Measures: