KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES! Please find CRPA’s recommendations for candidates in the upcoming election inside this packet. For more information and updates about the election and candidates visit CRPA’s website at www.crpa.org/election-guide. This election cycle is unlike any we have witnessed in many years. Americans in general, and Californians in particular, are in an epic struggle to preserve our right to keep and bear firearms for ourselves and future generations. This election cycle, our freedoms are under siege from opportunistic and power hungry politicians. These politicians are pushing dozens of bad laws in Sacramento, additionally, we face a new threat from an initiative that is being pushed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom’s initiative would do nothing to stop criminals and will cost law- abiding gun owners more time and money. Read more about this latest assault at www.coalitionforcivilliberties.com. The winning side of any election is the one that is able to most effectively mobilize their supporters to the polls. CRPA is working to get every gun owner registered and out to vote in June and November. To achieve this, we are taking advantage of advancements in communication technology and election strategy. If we are to be successful, CRPA must adopt these new technologies and techniques. To accomplish this, the CRPA needs your help to rebuild and optimize the CRPA campaign machine by donating to CRPA. Succeeding will also require each and every gun owner to rise up, vote, and get involved in reinvigorating the movement to protect the right to keep and bear arms. There are an estimated 18 million gun owners in California. If everyone steps up we could change the face of California. To do this, we need funds to register gun owners and get them to the polls. Another way to help is to volunteer, if you are able, please email [email protected]. Addition- ally, you can spread our message on social media and subscribe to CRPA’s alerts, then share and forward these messages to ALL of your friends. Dedicated individuals like you are the ones who secure and protect our rights for future generations here in California. Please help us continue this ongoing fight to ensure that common sense prevails.
Carpe Electionem,
C.D. “Chuck” Michel CRPA President
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Election Guide CA STATE SENATE ELECTIONS STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 1 2016 Primary Election Guide & (R) STEVEN BAIRD...... A (R) TED GAINES...... I/A Voting Recommendations (D) ROB ROWEN...... D STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 3 (R) GREG COPPES...... A June 7, 2016 (D) BILL DODD...... FTAQ (D) GABE GRIESS...... FTAQ (D) MARIKO YAMADA...... F STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 5 (R) SAMUEL ANDERSON…...... B (R) ALAN NAKANISHI...... A (D) CATHLEEN GALGIANI...... I/C HERE’s WHAT The RATInGs mEAn: STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 7 (R) JOSEPH RUBAY...... FTAQ A can ate's questionnaire score an /or (D) STEVE GLAZER…...... I/F did d (D) GUY MOORE…...... FTAQ past voting recor an legislative efforts d d STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 9 were taken into consideration before a (R) RICH KINNEY...... FTAQ final grade was assigned to a candidate. (D) NANCY SKINNER...... F CRPA candidate ratings are solely based (D) SANDRE SWANSON...... FTAQ on a can i ate's position on econ (D) KATHERINE WELCH...... FTAQ d d S d STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 11 Amendment and hunting related issues. (R) KEN LOO...... A (D) JANE KIM...... FTAQ (D) SCOTT WIENER...... FTAQ (d) Democrat Party STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 13 (G) Green Party (R) RICK CIARDELLA...... FTAQ (L) Libertarian Party (D) JERRY HILL...... I/F (nP) No Party (L) JOHN WEBSTER...... A (P&F) Peace and Freedom Party STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 15 (R) Republican Party (R) ANTHONY MACIAS...... A (R) CHUCK PAGE...... D (D) JIM BEALL...... I/F I: Indicates an incumbent candidate. (D) NORA CAMPOS...... F STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 17 FTAQ: Indicates that the candidate was sent a CRPA ques- tionnaire and failed to answer the questionnaire. As a result, (R) PALMER KAIN…...... FTAQ CRPA was unable to evaluate the candidate's position on (D) BILL MONNING...... I/F firearms and hunting-related issues. STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 19 (R) COLIN WALCH…...... FTAQ Indicates an elected official who has an excellent voting A+: (D) HANNAH-BETH JACKSON...... I/F record and who has made a significant effort to defend the Second Amendment and hunting issues. STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 21 (R) STAR MOFFATT...... B A/A-: Indicates a pro-gun candidate who strongly supports CRPA positions on Second Amendment and hunting-related (R) SCOTT WILK...... A- issues. (D) JONATHAN ERVIN...... F (D) STEVEN HILL...... FTAQ B+/B/B-: Indicates a candidate that supports Second Amendment and hunting-related issues in most instances. STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 23 (R) MIKE MORRELL...... I/A C+/C/C-: Indicates a candidate that supports some CRPA (D) RONALD O'DONNELL...... FTAQ positions but is not consistently a pro-gun or pro-hunting (D) MARK WESTWOOD...... FTAQ candidate. STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 25 d+/D/D-: Indicates an anti-gun and anti-hunting candidate (R) MICHAEL ANTONOVICH…...... FTAQ who is not supportive of CRPA positions. (D) CHRIS CHAHINIAN…...... F (D) TEDDY CHOI…...... FTAQ F: Indicates a vehement anti-gun candidate. If the candidate is an incumbent they always oppose gun owner's rights and/or (D) KATHERINE PEREZ-ESTOLANO...... FTAQ actively support or sponsor anti-gun and anti-hunting legislation. (D) ANOTHONY PORTANTINO...... D (D) PHLUNTE' RIDDLE…...... FTAQ STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 27 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 6 continued (R) STEVE FAZIO…...... FTAQ (D) JOHN Z'BERGH…...... C+ (D) SHAWN BAYLISS…...... FTAQ (D) BRIAN CAPLES...... F (D) JANICE KAMENIR-REZNIK...... FTAQ (NP) BOGDAN AMBROZEWICZ…...... C (D) DAVID POLLOCK…...... FTAQ (D) HENRY STERN…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 7 (D) KEVIN MCCARTY…...... I/F (D) GEORGE THOMAS…...... FTAQ STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 29 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 8 (R) LING LING CHANG…...... A (R) NICK BLOISE…...... A (D) SUKHEE KANG…...... FTAQ (D) KEN COOLEY...... I/C- (D) JOSH NEWMAN…...... FTAQ STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 31 (L) JANICE BONSER...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 9 (R) RICHARD REED…...... I/FTAQ (D) STEVE ROTH…...... I/FTAQ (R) TIM GORSULOWSKY...... FTAQ STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 33 (D) JIM COOPER…...... I/FTAQ (D) RICARDO LARA ...... F STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 10 STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 35 (R) GREGORY ALLEN...... …FTAQ (R) CHARLOTTE A. SVOLOS...... FTAQ (D) MARC LEVINE…...... I/F (D) STEVEN BRADFORD...... F (D) WARREN FURUTANI…...... F (D) VERONICA JACOBI…...... FTAQ (D) ISAAC GALVAN…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 11 STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 37 (D) JIM FRAZIER...... …...... I/FTAQ (R) JOHN MOORLACH…...... I/A (R) DAVE MILLER…...... FTAQ (D) ARI GRAYSON…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 12 STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 39 (R) HEATH FLORA…...... A (R) J. BRIBIESCA…...... FTAQ (R) CINDY MARKS…...... F (R) RICHARD FAGO…...... A (R) KEN VOGEL…...... FTAQ (R) JOHN RENISON...... D (D) HARINDER GREWAL…...... FTAQ (D) TONI ATKINS...... F (D) VIRGINIA MADUENO…...... FTAQ CA STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 13 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 1 (D) SUSAN EGGMAN…...... I/F (R) BRIAN DAHLE...... I/A (R) K. JEFFREY JAFRI…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 2 (R) KEVIN LINCOLN…...... C (D) JIM WOOD…...... I/F (R) JACOB SOUZA…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 3 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 14 (R) JAMES GALLAGHER…...... I/A+ (R) DEBORA ALLEN...... …...... FTAQ (D) EDWARD RITCHIE…...... FTAQ (D) TIM GRAYSON…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 4 (D) HARMESH KUMAR…...... FTAQ (R) CHARLIE SCHAUPP...... A (D) MAE TORLAKSON...... …...... FTAQ (D) CECILIA AGUIAR-CURRY...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 15 (D) ELMER KROPP…...... C (R) CLAIRE CHIARA…...... FTAQ (D) DON SAYLOR…...... FTAQ (D) TONY THURMOND…...... I/FTAQ (D) DAN WOLK…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 16 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 5 (R) CATHERINE BAKER…...... I/FTAQ (R) FRANK BIGELOW…...... I/A (D) CHERYLE COOK-KALLIO...... I/FTAQ (NP) MARK BELDEN…...... F STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 17 (D) ROBERT CARABAS...... FTAQ (D) DAVID CHIU...... …...I/FTAQ (D) KAI ELLSWORTH…...... F (R) MATTHEW DEL CARLO…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 6 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 18 (R) BILL HALLDIN…...... A (D) ROB BONTA...... …...... I/F (R) KEVIN HANLEY...... …...... A (R) ROSEANN SLONSKY-BREAULT...... FTAQ (R) GABRIEL HYDRICK…...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 19 (R) SUZANNE JONES...... …....A- (R) CARLOS TAYLOR...... …...... FTAQ (R) KEVIN KILEY…...... A (D) PHILIP TING…...... I/FTAQ (R) RON MIKULACO…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 20 (R) CRISTI NELSON…...... A (D) BILL QUIRK…...... I/FTAQ (R) ANDY PUGNO...... …...... A (R) LUIS WONG…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 21 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 33 (D) ADAM GRAY…...... I/FTAQ (D) SCOTT MARKOVICH...... FTAQ (R) GREG OPINSKI.…...... FTAQ (R) JAY OBERNOLTE...... I/A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 34 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 22 (R) MIKE BIGLAY...... FTAQ (R) MARK GILHAM…...... A (R) VINCENT FONG...... A (R) ART KIESEL…...... F (R) ERNIE GOLLEHON...... A (D) KEVIN MULLIN…...... I/F (D) PERRIN SWANLUND...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 35 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 23 (R) JORDAN CUNNINGHAM…...... A (R) GWEN MORRIS…...... F (R) STEVE LEBARD...... FTAQ (R) JIM PATTERSON...... I/A (D) DAWN ORTIZ-LEGG…...... FTAQ (L) DOMINIC RUBINI...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 24 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 36 (D) MARC BERMAN...... FTAQ (D) STEVE FOX…...... A- (NP) JAY CABRERA...... FTAQ (R) TOM LACKEY…...... I/A (D) OLLIE MCCAULLEY...... D (D) BARRY CHANG...... FTAQ (D) DARREN PARKER...... FTAQ (L) JOHN INKS...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 37 (D) MIKE KASPERZAK...... FTAQ (NP) EDWARD FULLER...... FTAQ (R) PETER OHTAKI...... FTAQ (D) S. MONIQUE LIMON...... FTAQ (D) SEA REDDY...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 38 (D) VICKI VEENKER...... FTAQ (R) DANTE ACOSTA...... …...... A (R) JARROD DEGONIA…...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 25 (R) TYLER IZEN…...... FTAQ (R) BOB BRUNTON...... FTAQ (D) CHRISTY SMITH…...... FTAQ (D) KANSEN CHU...... I/F STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 39 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 26 (D) RAUL BOCANERGRA...... FTAQ (D) RUBEN MACARENO...... FTAQ (D) MINA CRESWELL…...... FTAQ (R) DEVON MATHIS…...... I/A (D) JOEL FAJARDO…...... F (R) RUDY MENDOZA…...... FTAQ (D) JOANNE FERNANDEZ…...... FTAQ (D) PATTY LOPEZ…...... I/D STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 27 (D) KEVIN SUSCAVAGE…...... F (D) CONG DO…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 40 (D) DARCIE GREEN...... FTAQ (D) ABIGAIL MEDINA…...... FTAQ (D) ESAU HERRERA…...... FTAQ (R) MARC STEINORTH...... I/A (D) ASH KALRA…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 41 (R) VAN LE…...... FTAQ (R) CASEY HIGGINS…...... FTAQ (D) MADISON NGUYEN...... FTAQ (D) CHRIS HOLDEN…...... I/F (D) ANDRES QUINTERO...... FTAQ (NP) ALAN REYNOLDS…...... C (R) DAN TAYLOR…...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 28 (D) EVAN LOW…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 42 (R) NICHOLAS SCLAVOS...... FTAQ (L) JEFF HEWITT…...... C (R) CHAD MAYES…...... I/A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 29 (D) GREG RODRIGUEZ…...... FTAQ (R) SIERRA ROBERTS...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 43 (D) MARK STONE...... I/FTAQ (D) ANDREW BLUMENFELD…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 30 (D) DENNIS BULLOCK…...... F (R) GEORGIA ACOSTA...... FTAQ (R) ALEXANDRA BUSTAMANTE...... FTAQ (D) KARINA ALEJO...... FTAQ (AIP) AARON CERVANTES...... …D (D) ANNA CABALLERO...... FTAQ (D) RAJIV DALAL…...... FTAQ (R) JOHN NEVILL...... FTAQ (D) LAURA FRIEDMAN…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 31 (D) ARDY KASSAKHIAN...... FTAQ (D) JOAQUIN ARAMBULA...... FTAQ (R) MARK MACCARLEY…...... FTAQ (D) TED MILLER…...... FTAQ (R) CLINT OLIVIER…...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 44 (D) JACQUI IRWIN…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 32 (R) KERRY NELSON...... …...... FTAQ (D) RUDY SALAS…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 45 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 61 (D) MATT DABABNEH…...... I/F (R) HECTOR DIAZ…...... FTAQ (R) JERRY KOWAL…...... A (D) JOSE MEDINA…...... I/FTAQ (D) DOUG KRIEGEL…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 62 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 46 (D) AUTUMN BURKE…...... I/FTAQ (D) ADRIN NAZARIAN…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 63 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 47 (R) ADAM MILLER…...... FTAQ (D) CHERYL BROWN…...... I/D (D) ANTHONY RENDON…...... I/F (D) ELOISE REYES…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 64 (R) AISSA SANCHEZ…...... FTAQ (D) MIKE GIPSON…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 48 (R) THERESA SANFORD...... FTAQ (D) ARMANDO BARAJAS…...... C STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 65 (R) CORY ELLENSON...... FTAQ (D) MANUEL LOZANO…...... FTAQ (R) YOUNG KIM…...... I/A (D) BLANCA RUBIO…...... FTAQ (D) SHARON QUIRK-SILVA…...... FTAQ (D) BRYAN URIAS…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 66 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 49 (R) DAVID HADLEY…...... I/D (D) EDWIN CHAU…...... I/F (D) MIKE MADRIGAL…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 50 (D) ALBERT MURATSUCHI...... F (D) RICHARD BLOOM…...... I/F STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 67 (R) MATTHEW CRAFFEY…...... FTAQ (D) JORGE LOPEZ…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 51 (R) MELISSA MELENDEZ...... I/FTAQ (D) JIMMY GOMEZ…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 68 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 52 (R) STEVEN CHOI…...... A (D) PAUL AVILA…...... FTAQ (NP) BRIAN CHUCHUA…...... A (D) FREDDIE RODRIGUEZ…...... I/FTAQ (R) ALEXIA DELIGIANNI-BRYDGES...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 53 (D) SEAN PANAHI…...... A (D) KEVIN JANG…...... FTAQ (R) DEBORAH PAULY…...... A (D) SANDRA MENDOZA…...... FTAQ (R) KOSTAS RODITIS…...... A (D) MIGUEL SANTIAGO…...... I/D (R) HARRY SIDHU…...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 54 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 69 (R) GLEN RATCLIFF…...... FTAQ (D) TOM DALY…...... I/FTAQ (D) SEBASTIAN RIDLEY-THOMAS...... I/F (R) OFELIA VELARDE-GARCIA...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 55 (R) PHILLIP CHEN…...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 70 (D) GREGG FRITCHLE...... FTAQ (D) PATRICK O'DONNELL...... I/FTAQ (R) RAY MARQUEZ…...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 71 (R) MIKE SPENCE…...... A (R) LEO HAMEL…...... FTAQ (R) STEVEN TYE…...... C- (R) TONY TEORA…...... FTAQ (R) RANDY VOEPEL…...... A+ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 56 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 72 (D) EDUARDO GARCIA…...... I/FTAQ (D) LENORE ALBERT-SHERIDAN...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 57 (D) IAN CALDERON…...... I/FTAQ (R) TRAVIS ALLEN…...... I/A- (R) RITA TOPALIAN…...... FTAQ (D) NAM PHAM…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 58 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 73 (D) CRISTINA GARCIA…...... I/FTAQ (R) WILLIAM BROUGH…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 59 STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 74 (D) REGINALD JONES-SAWYER...... I/FTAQ (R) KATHERINE DAIGLE...... A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 60 (R) MATTHEW HARPER…...... I/A (D) SABRINA CERVANTES...... FTAQ (D) KARINA ONOFRE…...... FTAQ (R) ERIC LINDER…...... I/B STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 75 (D) KEN PARK…...... FTAQ (D) ANDREW MASIEL…...... FTAQ (R) MARIE WALDRON…...... I/A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 76 (R) ROCKY CHAVEZ…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 77 (R) BRIAN MAIENSCHEIN…...... I/FTAQ (D) MELINDA VASQUEZ…...... FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 78 (D) TODD GLORIA…...... FTAQ Additional or updated (R) KEVIN MELTON...... FTAQ information may be available! STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 79 (R) JOHN MOORE…...... FTAQ crpa.org/election-guide (D) SHIRLEY WEBER…...... I/FTAQ STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER DISTRICT 80 (D) LORENA GONZALEZ…...... I/F (NP) LOUIS MARINELLI…...... F (R) LINCOLN PICKARD…...... A
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