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Throughout his career, Christopher consistently received a 100% pro-choice rating from Planned Parenthood. For this election, however, Planned Parenthood's political arm has taken the extraordinary step of giving Christopher their sole endorsement for the 8th Assembly District seat. Planned Parenthood was formed in 1916 and is a leading advocate in the struggle to protect a woman's right to choose, as well as one of the most important providers of reproductive health services and education. Planned Parenthood believes that Christopher will be this district's strongest and most effective leader in the battle to protect reproductive freedom and beat back the right-wing forces abusing the initiative process to put girls at risk.

 

The Suisun City waterfront was a picturesque backdrop for a huge vote of confidence in our campaign last week, as Assemblywoman Lois Wolk announced her endorsement, alongside her two predecessors, Helen Thomson and Tom Hannigan. For three decades, California's finest legislators have come form our district, and we were deeply honored by their enthusiastic pledge of support for our campaign. During a speech at the event, Assemblywoman Wolk said, "I know both candidates well. But not only does Christopher have the experience, he has the skill set, the ability to negotiate, navigate the political minefield, and find workable solutions. He has intimate knowledge of the legislative process and will hit the ground running next January." We are grateful to have the support of nearly every elected official in our district, just as we thank people like you for your continued support in our grassroots effort to win the Assembly seat in June.

 

For the eighty assembly district races currently engaged in California, only five contested candidates got endorsements from the California Democratic Party (CDP), and ours was one of them! This is very big news for our campaign and it means that we won the votes of large percentages of Democratic activists in the district and statewide. At the CDP pre-endorsement conference, our campaign got 71% of the vote, just enough to push us over the 70% threshold, placing us on the consent calendar. This was re-affirmed at the CDP convention itself, where we won an impressive 69% of the 8th Assembly District caucus vote, when we only needed 60% to keep us on the consent calendar. Then, on the floor of the convention, our endorsement was approved by a unanimous vote among the 1,100 delegates. Our campaign is very honored by the support this endorsement represents and we will keep building on the momentum until victory in June!

 

The California League of Conservation Voters, one of the largest politically active environmental protection organizations in the state, has decided to endorse Christopher Cabaldon for his race for the 8th assembly district.

He has shown leadership on a variety of environmental issues while working as a Delta Protection Commissioner, fighting to prevent the delta's precious farmland from urban encroachment. As a board member for the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, he helped lower automobile polution.

To learn more about the CLCV endorsement, click here: http://www.ecovote.org/endorse/

 

Senator Pat Wiggins has joined every Democratic Mayor and Democratic Supervisor in the 8^th  Assembly District in supporting Christopher Cabaldon for the Assembly.

With Senator Wiggins’ endorsement, both of the Senators (Machado) representing the district join every Democratic State Senator bordering the 8^th Assembly District.

For the press release, click here

 

 

On Sunday, October 28th, come to the 11th annual Rail Raiser. Starting at 2:30, board a train in West Sacramento that will take you to Uncle Ray's pumkin farm to purchase pumkins just in time for Halloween! Children under 12 are free. For more information, click below!

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On the People's Vanguard of Davis, a progressive political blog that covers political and social issues in Davis and much of Yolo County, Christopher Cabaldon beat his Democratic Primary opponent in the online straw poll that ended on September 20th regarding the 8th Assembly District race.  Christopher won with over 67% of the vote, after a week of voting from the online political community. Click below for more information.

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West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon won the full support and endorsement of more key Solano County Democratic Party leaders and Solano County Democratic elected officials. Solano County Board of Supervisors Vice-Chair John Silva, Dixon City Councilmember Jack Batchelor, former Dixon City Councilmember Herb Cross, Rio Vista Democratic Club President Marie Johnson, Rio Vista Democratic Club Vice-President Marlene Sarnat, and Rio Vista Democratic Club co-founder Carol Turgeion have joined with nearly all of Solano's leaders in the Democratic Party in supporting Cabaldon for the Assembly.

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Mayor Christopher Cabaldon announced the first labor union endorsement in the Democratic primary for the 8th Assembly District, winning the full support of Engineers and Scientists of California, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 20, AFL-CIO. This is the first labor union to back a candidate in the 8th Assembly District Race. Click Below for more info:

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California's top education official joined with nearly all of the 8th Assembly District's key elected Democrats and prominent education leaders in supporting West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon for the State Legislature.  State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced today his full support for Cabaldon's candidacy.  Standing with O'Connell and Cabaldon in a classroom of the Davis Center for the Los Rios Community College District were Washington Unified School District Trutees Dave Westin, Mary Leland, and Sandra Vargas, Yuba Community College Trustee Xavier Tafoya who represents Woodland, and Yolo County Board of Education Trustee Davis Campbell. At the front of the Solano County Office of Educatioin building in Fairfield, Dr. Tony Ubalde with the Solano County Community College Board, Trustees of the Solano County Board of Education Jose Briseno and Larry Asera, and former Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Trustee Abe Bautista joined O'Connell in supporting Cabaldon for the Assembly.
“Christopher and I have worked closely for years to improve the state’s schools and he has been a very active leader in providing educational opportunities for students on the K-12 level and on the higher education level,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell to a crowd of students, elected officials, and media. “The State Legislature needs a strong advocate like Christopher for the schools of Yolo and Solano counties. No other candidate brings the commitment and the experience that is needed for our students and classrooms, so that is why I am supporting his candidacy for the Assembly.”

 

The elected community college trustees from all three colleges serving Yolo and Solano counties and the head of the Assembly Higher Education Committee today announced their support of Christopher Cabaldon’s candidacy for the 8^th Assembly District.  Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, joined Phil McCaffrey, Vice President of the Solano Community College Board of Trustees, Dr. Tony Ubalde and Denis Honeychurch, Solano Community College Trustees, Woodland Community College Trustees Alan Flory and Xavier Tafoya, and Los Rios Community College Kay Albiani and Ann Blackwood in endorsing Cabaldon for Assembly, who is in his sixth term as Mayor of West Sacramento and served previously as Vice Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
 

Christopher Cabaldon’s campaign for the 8^th Assembly District won the support of the Legislature’s key environmental leaders today as Assemblymembers Jared Huffman and Mark DeSaulnier and Senator Tom Torlakson joined Assemblymember John Laird and Senators Darrell Steinberg and Sheila Kuehl in endorsing his candidacy.

 

Christopher Cabaldon’s campaign for the 8^th Assembly District today won the backing of elected school board members, including members of the Woodland and Davis school boards, and the unanimous support of the entire school board in the Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento.  They join Solano County Board of Education member Larry Asera and former Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District board member Abe Bautista in announcing their early support for Cabaldon.  

The entire leadership of the City of Winters united behind Christopher Cabaldon for Assembly as Mayor Woody Fridae, Vice Mayor Mike Martin, and City Council members Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Tom Stone, and Harold Anderson announced their unanimous support.
 

Senator Darrell Steinberg (D) today announced his endorsement of West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon for the 8th Assembly District.  Steinberg joins dozens of legislative leaders and nearly all of the district’s Democratic elected officials in supporting Cabaldon.

“Christopher Cabaldon and I have worked closely together to improve our public schools, combat hate violence and intolerance, clean up the region’s dirty air, create affordable housing for working families, and implement regional land-use and transportation strategies to promote social equity and environmental sustainability,” said Steinberg.  “He is one of the state’s most accomplished and creative leaders, and his strong commitment to progressive values and to pragmatic problem-solving will make him a terrific asset for Yolo-Solano, and for California."

 

Top state and national Democratic Party leaders today joined leaders from every Democratic club in the 8^th Assembly District to endorse Mayor Christopher Cabaldon in the Democratic primary to succeed Assemblywoman Lois Wolk.  Current and former presidents from all eight of the chartered Democratic clubs in the district, the district’s Regional Director Dan Weitzman, California Young Democrats President Crystal Strait, and four past chairs of the county Democratic central committees in the 8^th District, and Yolo Young Democrats President Kandice Richardson Fowler announced their endorsement today, joining Mike Honda, Vice Chair of the national Democratic Party, Carole Migden, Chair of the California Senate’s Democratic Caucus, and Mona Pasquil, former Western Political Director for President Clinton.

 

Led by State Controller John Chiang and Congressman Mike Honda, the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and nearly every Asian American elected official in the region, California's most prominent Asian American leaders endorsed Cabaldon for Assembly.  In addition to Chiang and Honda, Cabaldon was endorsed by Assemblymembers Fiona Ma, Mike Eng, and Ted Lieu, as well as Suisun City Mayor Pete Sanchez, Davis Vice Mayor Ruth Uy Asmundson, SMUD Board Member Genevieve Shiroma, Sacramento City Councilmember Rob Fong, former Fairfield-Suisun School Board Member Abe Bautista, and former Solano County Supervisor Larry Asera..
 

Senator Mike Machado endorses Christopher Cabaldon for the 8th District seat in the State Assembly.  Machado represents 90% of the 8th District in the State Senate.
 

Yolo County's elected leaders united behind the candidacy of Mayor Christopher Cabaldon to succeed Lois Wolk in the State Assembly.  Helping to launch the Cabaldon campaign were Yolo County Supervisors Helen Thomson and Mike McGowan, Woodland Mayor Dave Flory, Davis Vice Mayor Ruth Asmundson, West Sacramento Vice Mayor Oscar Villegas, Woodland Vice Mayor Skip Davies, West Sacramento City Councilmembers Wes Beers and Mark Johannessen, Woodland City Councilmember Jeff Monroe, and Davis City Councilmember Don Saylor.
 

At the historic Davis Train Depot, Mayor Christopher Cabaldon announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 8th Assembly District.
 

Christopher Cabaldon was reelected as Mayor of West Sacramento with more than 70 percent of the vote on Tuesday--the largest margin of victory of any municipal election in the city's history--and winning every precinct in each of the city's neighborhoods.

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"The choice for mayor is an easy one. Incumbent Cabaldon has been instrumental in all of West Sacramento's most important initiatives. One of the most capable and articulate local leaders to emerge in a generation, he has been a clear spokesman not just for his city but for the region."  Click here to read the entire editorial.