Central California Voter Guide

This is a list of CLORV-endorsed candidates for districts in Central California. Districts in Bold are considered to be hot races. Empty cells are for races where CLORV has not endorsed a candidate.

The 2006 election is seeing the largest number of state legislative OPEN seats in California history; thirty-six in the Assembly and twelve in the Senate. Due to the fine are of gerrymandering, winning the June Primary election was tantamount to victory in November in the overwhelming majority of the open seats.
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United States House of Representatives

All House of Representatives seats are voted on in each election held every two years.

Congressional District	Candidate Name	Party Affiliation	Counties Represented	Election Result
CD 17	Anthony De Mao	Republican	Monterey, San Benito & portions of Santa Cruz	Lost
CD 18	Dennis Cardoza*	Democrat	Stanislaus, Merced, & portions of San Joaquin & Madera	Won
CD 19	George Radanovich*	Republican	Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera, & portions of Fresno	Won
CD 20	Jim Costa*	Democrat	Fresno, Kings, & portions of Kern	Won
CD 21	Devin Nunes*	Republican	Fresno, Tulare	Won
CD 22	Kevin McCarthy	Republican	San Luis Obispo, Kern, & portions of Los Angeles	Won
CD 23	Victor Tognazzini	Republican	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura	Lost
CD 24	Elton Gallegly*	Republican	Santa Barbara, Ventura	Won

California State Senate

The State Senate has 40 Senators. Each Senator serves a four-year term.
Elections are held every two years for 20 of the 40 districts, odd or even numbered.
The candidates in the 2006 election are running for districts with even numbers.

State Senate District	Candidate Name	Party Affiliation	Counties Represented	Election Result
SD 12	Jeff Denham*	Republican	Stanislaus, Merced, San Benito, Monterey	Won
SD 14	Dave Cogdill	Republican	San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno	Won
SD 16	Dean Florez*	Democrat	Fresno, Kings, Kern, Tulare	Won

California State Assembly

The State Assembly has 80 members. Each member serves a two-year term.
All seats are voted one in each election every two years.

State Assembly District	Candidate Name	Party Affiliation	Counties Represented	Election Result
AD 25	Tom Berryhill	Republican	Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mono, Mariposa, Madera	Won
AD 26	Greg Aghazarian*	Republican	San Joaquin, Stanislaus	Won
AD 27	Michael Morrison	Republican	Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey	Lost
AD 28	Ignacio Velazquez	Republican	Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey, & portions of Santa Cruz	Lost
AD 29	Mike Villines*	Republican	Fresno, Madera	Won
AD 30	Nicole Parra*	Democrat	Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern	Won
AD 31	Juan Arambula*	Democrat	Fresno, Tulare	Won
AD 32	Jean Fuller	Republican	Kern, San Bernardino	Won
AD 33	Sam Blakeslee*	Republican	San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara	Won

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