No Recommendation
Based on our analysis, there is no progressive candidate to recommend for your vote in this race.
About the Position
State Assembly Members form part of the California State Legislature, and work alongside the governor to establish laws and a state budget. They hold the power to pass bills that affect public policy, set state spending levels, raise and lower taxes, and uphold or override the governor’s vetoes. The California State Assembly has 80 districts. Each represents a population of at least 465,000 Californians. Representatives are elected to the Assembly for a four-year term. Every two years, all 80 seats are subject to election. Members elected before 2012 are restricted to three two-year terms (six years) in the Assembly. Those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years total across both the State Senate and Assembly. This term, Democrats currently hold a two-thirds supermajority of 61 seats in the California State Assembly, while Republicans hold 17 seats. One seat is held by an Independent, and one seat is currently vacant.
About the District
California's 70th Assembly District includes parts of Los Angeles County and includes the cities of Avalon, Long Beach, San Pedro, and Signal Hill. Democrats typically hold this district. The most recent election results show AD-70 voted for Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 and Gavin Newsom for governor in 2018.
About the Race
In the primary, Democratic incumbent Patrick O’Donnell led Republican opponent David Thomas by a margin of 48.8 percent. Neither candidate has signed a pledge to refuse corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money.
About the Candidate
Democratic incumbent Patrick O’Donnell has not lived up to voter expectations, earning an F grade of 53 from Courage Score, our annual analysis of legislators’ progressive voting records. In 2019, he opted out of voting on numerous progressive bills, including legislation on workplace protections, oil spill regulations, and decriminalizing truancy. Furthermore, he has voted to deny formerly incarcerated people the right to sit on a jury, to protect no-rehire policies that harm victims of workplace harassment, and to enhance mandatory sentencing requirements. AD-70 regularly polls as one of the more progressive districts in the state. We cannot condone O’Donnell’s voting record and acceptance of large sums of police and fossil fuel money as in alignment with progressive values.
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No Progressive Candidate - AD70
Based on our analysis, there is no progressive candidate to recommend for your vote in this race.
About the Position
State Assembly Members form part of the California State Legislature, and work alongside the governor to establish laws and a state budget. They hold the power to pass bills that affect public policy, set state spending levels, raise and lower taxes, and uphold or override the governor’s vetoes. The California State Assembly has 80 districts. Each represents a population of at least 465,000 Californians. Representatives are elected to the Assembly for a four-year term. Every two years, all 80 seats are subject to election. Members elected before 2012 are restricted to three two-year terms (six years) in the Assembly. Those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years total across both the State Senate and Assembly. This term, Democrats currently hold a two-thirds supermajority of 61 seats in the California State Assembly, while Republicans hold 17 seats. One seat is held by an Independent, and one seat is currently vacant.
About the District
California's 70th Assembly District includes parts of Los Angeles County and includes the cities of Avalon, Long Beach, San Pedro, and Signal Hill. Democrats typically hold this district. The most recent election results show AD-70 voted for Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 and Gavin Newsom for governor in 2018.
About the Race
In the primary, Democratic incumbent Patrick O’Donnell led Republican opponent David Thomas by a margin of 48.8 percent. Neither candidate has signed a pledge to refuse corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money.
About the Candidate
Democratic incumbent Patrick O’Donnell has not lived up to voter expectations, earning an F grade of 53 from Courage Score, our annual analysis of legislators’ progressive voting records. In 2019, he opted out of voting on numerous progressive bills, including legislation on workplace protections, oil spill regulations, and decriminalizing truancy. Furthermore, he has voted to deny formerly incarcerated people the right to sit on a jury, to protect no-rehire policies that harm victims of workplace harassment, and to enhance mandatory sentencing requirements. AD-70 regularly polls as one of the more progressive districts in the state. We cannot condone O’Donnell’s voting record and acceptance of large sums of police and fossil fuel money as in alignment with progressive values.
Keep reading for recommendations in other key races and on ballot measures where your vote can make a critical difference.