California Candidate Scorecard – Primary Election – June 7, 2016

Grades are based on a comprehensive questionnaire which was sent to each (non-incumbent) candidate that was certified by the Secretary of State. Incumbents are graded exclusively on their voting records. Incumbents or candidates coming from the other house, who have a voting record already, are noted with an *.

Blank grades indicate candidate did not respond.

An A+ indicates authorship of pro-2nd Amendment legislation.
An F- indicates authorship of anti-gun legislation.

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Assembly District	Grade	Candidate	Party	Senate District	Grade	Candidate	Party
A-1	A	Brian Dahle*	Rep	S-1	B-	Rob Rowen	Dem
A-2	F	Jim Wood*	Dem		A	Ted Gaines*	Rep
A-3	C	Edward Ritchie	Dem		A	Steven Baird	Rep
A-3	A+	James Gallagher*	Rep	S-3	F-	Bill Dodd*	Dem
A-4		Cecilia M. Aguiar-Curry	Dem			Gabe Griess	Dem
	A	Elmer Mark Kropp	Dem			Mariko Yamada	Dem
		Don Saylor	Dem		A	Greg “Coach” Coppes	Rep
		Dan Wolk	Dem	S-5	A-	Samuel Anderson	Rep
	A	Charlie Schaupp	Rep		C-	Cathleen Galgiani*	Dem
A-5		Robert Carabas	Dem		A	Alan Nakanishi	Rep
		Kai Ellsworth	Dem	S-7		Guy Moore	Dem
	A	Frank Bigelow*	Rep		F-	Steve Glazer*	Dem
		Mark Belden	NPP		A	Joseph Alexander Rubay	Rep
A-6	C-	Brian Caples	Dem	S-9	F	Nancy Skinner*	Dem
	C+	John Edward Z’Berg	Dem		F	Sandré R. Swanson*	Dem
	A	Bill Halldin	Rep			Katherine Grace Welch	Dem
	A	Kevin Hanley	Rep			Rich Kinney	Rep
	A	Gabriel L. Hydrick	Rep	S-11		Jane Kim	Dem
		Suzanne Jones	Rep			Scott Weiner	Dem
	A	Kevin Kiley	Rep		A	Ken Loo	Rep
		Ron “Mik” Mikulaco	Rep	S-13		Rick Ciardella	Rep
	A	Cristi Nelson	Rep		F-	Jerry Hill*	Dem
	A-	Andy Pugno	Rep		A	John H. Webster	Lib
		“Bo” Bogdan I. Ambrozewicz	NPP	S-15	A	Anthony Macias	Rep
A-7	F-	Kevin McCarty*	Dem		F-	Jim Beall*	Dem
A-8	D-	Ken Cooley*	Dem		F-	Nora Campos*	Dem
	A	Nick Bloise	Rep		A	Chuck Page	Rep
		Janice Marlae Bonser	Lib	S-17	F-	Bill Monning*	Dem
A-9	F-	Jim Cooper*	Dem	S-17	B+	Palmer Kain	Rep
A-9	A-	Tim Gorsulowsky	Rep	S-19	F-	Hannah-Beth Jackson*	Dem
A-10		Veronica “Roni” Jacobi	Dem	S-19	B+	Colin Patrick Walch	Rep
	F-	Marc Levine*	Dem	S-21		Johnathon Levar Ervin	Dem
		Gregory Allen	Rep			Steve Hill	Dem
A-11	B	Jim Frazier*	Dem		A	Scott Wilk*	Rep
A-11	B	Dave Miller	Rep		A	Star Moffatt	Rep
A-12		Harinder Grewal	Dem	S-23		Ronald J. O’Donnell	Dem
		Virginia Madueno	Dem			Mark Westwood	Dem
		Heath Flora	Rep		A	Mike Morrell*	Rep
		Cindy Marks	Rep	S-25		Chris Chahinian	Dem
		Ken Vogel	Rep			Teddy Choi	Dem
A-13		K. Jeffrey Jafri	Dem			Katherine Perez-Estolano	Dem
	F	Susan Talamantes Eggman*	Dem		F	Anthony J. Portantino*	Dem
		Kevin J. Lincoln, II	Rep			Phlunte’ Riddle	Dem
		Jacob “Jake” Souza	Rep			Michael D. Antonovich	Rep
A-14		Tim Grayson	Dem	S-27		Shawn Bayliss	Dem
		Harmesh Kumar	Dem			Janice Kamenir-Reznik	Dem
		Mae Torlakson	Dem			David Pollock	Dem
		Debora Allen	Rep			Henry Stern	Dem
A-15		Tony Thurmond	Dem			George Christopher Thomas	Dem
A-15		Claire Chiara	Rep			Steve Fazio	Rep
A-16		Cheryl Cook-Kallio	Dem	S-29		Sukhee Kang	Dem
A-16	C	Catherine Baker*	Rep			Josh Newman	Dem
A-17	F-	David Chiu*	Dem		A	Ling Ling Chang*	Rep
A-17		Matthew Del Carlo	Rep	S-31	A	Richard Roth*	Dem
A-18	F-	Rob Bonta*	Dem	S-31	B	Richard Reed	Rep
A-18		Roseann Slonsky-Breault	Rep	S-33	F-	Ricardo Lara*	Dem
A-19	F-	Phil Ting*	Dem	S-35	F	Steven Bradford*	Dem
A-19		Carlos “Chuck” Taylor	Rep		F	Warren T. Furutani*	Dem
A-20	F-	Bill Quirk*	Dem			Isaac Galvan	Dem
A-20		Luis A. Wong	Rep			Charlotte Ann Svolos	Rep
A-21	B	Adam Gray*	Dem	S-37		Ari Grayson	Dem
A-21		Greg Opinski	Rep	S-37	A	John M. W. Moorlach*	Rep
A-22	F	Kevin Mullin*	Dem	S-39	F	Toni Atkins*	Dem
		Mark Gilham	Rep			J. Bribiesca	Rep
		Art Kiesel	Rep			Richard M. Fago	Rep
A-23	F	Gwen L. Morris	Rep		A	John Renison	Rep
A-23	A	Jim Patterson*	Rep
A-24		Marc Berman	Dem
		Barry Chang	Dem
		Mike Kasperzak	Dem
		Sea Reddy	Dem
		Vicki Veenker	Dem
		Peter Ohtaki	Rep
	A	John M. Inks	Lib
		Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera	NPP
A-25	F	Kansen Chu*	Dem
A-25		Bob Brunton	Rep
A-26		Ruben Macareno	Dem
	A+	Devon Mathis*	Rep
	A	Rudy Mendoza	Rep
A-27		Cong Thanh Do	Dem
		Darcie Green	Dem
		Esau Herrera	Dem
		Ash Kalra	Dem
		Madison Nguyen	Dem
		Andres Quintero	Dem
		Van Le	Rep
A-28	F-	Evan Low*	Dem
A-28		Nicholas Sclavos	Rep
A-29	F-	Mark Stone*	Dem
A-29		Sierra Roberts	Rep
A-30		Karina Cervantez Alejo	Dem
		Anna Caballero	Dem
		Georgia Acosta	Rep
		John M. Nevill	Rep
A-31		Joaquin Arambula	Dem
		Ted Miller	Dem
		Clint Olivier	Rep
A-32	D	Rudy Salas*	Dem
A-33		Scott Markovich	Dem
A-33	A	Jay Obernolte*	Rep
A-34		Perrin Swanlund	Dem
		Michael Garcia Biglay	Rep
		Vince Fong	Rep
	B	Ernie Gollehon	Rep
A-35		Dawn Oritz-Legg	Dem
		Jordan Cunningham	Rep
		Steve Lebard	Rep
	A	Dominic Robert Rubini	Lib
A-36		Steve Fox	Dem
	A	Ollie M. McCaulley	Dem
		Darren W. Parker	Dem
	A	Tom Lackey*	Rep
A-37		S. Monique Limón	Dem
A-37		Edward Fuller	NPP
A-38		Christy Smith	Dem
	A	Dante Acosta	Rep
		Jarrod R. Degonia	Rep
		Tyler Izen	Rep
A-39		Raul Bocanegra	Dem
		Mina Creswell	Dem
		Joel Fajardo	Dem
		Joanne Fernandez	Dem
	F	Patty Lopez*	Dem
		Kevin James Suscavage	Dem
A-40		Abigail Medina	Dem
A-40	A	Marc Steinorth*	Rep
A-41	F	Chris Holden*	Dem
		Casey C. Higgins	Rep
	A	Dan M. Taylor	Rep
		Alan S. Reynolds	NPP
A-42		Greg Rodriguez	Dem
	A	Chad Mayes*	Rep
		Jeff Hewitt	Lib
A-43		Andrew J. Blumenfeld	Dem
	F	Dennis R. Bullock	Dem
		Rajiv Dalal	Dem
		Laura Friedman	Dem
		Ardy Kassakhian	Dem
		Alexandra A. Bustamante	Rep
		Mark MacCarley	Rep
	D	Aaron Cervantes	AIP
A-44	F	Jacqui Irwin*	Dem
A-44		Kerry J. Nelson	Rep
A-45		Doug Kriegel	Dem
	F	Matt Dabebnah*	Dem
		Jerry Kowal	Rep
A-46	F	Adrin Nazarian*	Dem
A-47		Eloise Reyes	Dem
	F	Cheryl R. Brown*	Dem
		Aissa Chanel Sanchez	Rep
A-48		Armando Barajas	Dem
		Manuel Lozano	Dem
		Blanca E. Rubio	Dem
		Bryan Urias	Dem
		Cory Ellenson	Rep
A-49	F	Ed Chau*	Dem
A-50	F	Richard Bloom*	Dem
A-50	A	Matthew Gene Craffey	Rep
A-51	F	Jimmy Gomez*	Dem
A-52		Paul Vincent Avila	Dem
A-52	F	Freddie Rodriguez*	Dem
A-53		Kevin H. Jang	Dem
	F-	Miguel Santiago*	Dem
		Sandra Mendoza	Dem
A-54	D-	Sebastian Ridley-Thomas*	Dem
A-54		Glen Ratcliff	Rep
A-55		Gregg D. Fritchle	Dem
	A	Phillip Chen	Rep
		Ray Marquez	Rep
	A	Mike Spence	Rep
		Steven M. Tye	Rep
A-56	F	Eduardo Garcia*	Dem
A-57	F	Ian C. Calderon*	Dem
A-57		Rita Topalian	Rep
A-58	F-	Cristina Garcia*	Dem
A-59	F-	Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer*	Dem
A-60		Sabrina Cervantes	Dem
		Ken Park	Dem
	B-	Eric Linder*	Rep
A-61	F	Jose Medina*	Dem
A-61		Hector Diaz	Rep
A-62	F	Autumn Burke*	Dem
A-63	F	Anthony Rendon*	Dem
A-63		Adam Joshua Miller	Rep
A-64	F-	Mike A. Gipson*	Dem
A-64	B	Theresa Sanford*	Rep
A-65		Sharon Quirk-Silva	Dem
A-65	A	Young Kim*	Rep
A-66		Mike Madrigal	Dem
		Al Muratsuchi	Dem
	B-	David Hadley*	Rep
A-67		Jorge Lopez	Dem
A-67	A+	Melissa Melendez*	Rep
A-68	A	Sean Jay Panahi	Dem
		Steven S. Choi	Rep
	A-	Alexia Deligianni-Brydges	Rep
	B	Deborah Pauly	Rep
	A-	Kostas Roditis	Rep
	A	Harry Sidhu	Rep
	A	Brian Chuchua	NPP
A-69	F	Tom Daly*	Dem
A-69		Ofelia Velarde-Garcia	Rep
A-70	F	Patrick O’Donnell*	Dem
A-71		Leo Hamel	Rep
		Tony Teora	Rep
	A	Randy Voepel	Rep
A-72		Lenore Albert-Sheridan	Dem
		Nam Pham	Dem
	A	Travis Allen*	Rep
A-73	A	William (Bill) Brough*	Rep
A-74		Karina Onofre	Dem
	A	Matthew Harper*	Rep
	A	Katherine Daigle	Rep
A-75		Andrew Masiel Sr.	Dem
A-75	A	Marie Waldron*	Rep
A-76	A	Rocky Chavez*	Rep
A-77		Melinda K. Vásquez	Dem
A-77	A	Brian Maienschein*	Rep
A-78		Todd Gloria	Dem
A-78		Kevin D. Melton	Rep
A-79	F	Shirley N. Weber*	Dem
A-79		John Moore	Rep
A-80	F-	Lorena Gonzales*	Dem
	A	Lincoln Pickard	Rep
	F	Louis J. Marinelli, III	NPP

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