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 40th Assembly District includes parts of San Bernardino County, which includes the cities of San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga. Republicans typically hold this district. The most recent election results show AD-40 voted for Clinton for president in 2016 and Newsom for governor in 2018.
About the Race
In the primary, Democratic incumbent Representative James Ramos led Republican challenger Jennifer Tullius by a margin of 18.8 percent. Ramos’s campaign has raised $1,048,867.97. Ramos has not committed to refusing corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money, and his campaign is funded by all three. Tullius’s campaign trails Ramos’s in donations by a large margin, having raised only $3,550.00. Tullius has also not committed to refusing corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money, but her campaign is funded by only herself and one other individual.
About the Candidate
Assemblymember James Ramos is the incumbent, having served in the Assembly in 2018. He scores a lifetime score of 18 out of 100 on Courage Score, our annual analysis of legislators’ progressive voting records. Based on our Courage Score analysis, Rep. Ramos has supported few progressive bills that made it to a vote. While Ramos has progressive stances on education and the economy, he has voted against key progressive bills on criminal-justice reform, health care, the environment, labor, and housing.
Because the Democratic candidate in this race is considered to be a safe win in this district, we feel comfortable providing no recommendation in this race. Keep reading for progressive recommendations in other key races and on ballot measures where your vote can make a critical difference.
No Progressive Candidate - AD40
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 40th Assembly District includes parts of San Bernardino County, which includes the cities of San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga. Republicans typically hold this district. The most recent election results show AD-40 voted for Clinton for president in 2016 and Newsom for governor in 2018.
About the Race
In the primary, Democratic incumbent Representative James Ramos led Republican challenger Jennifer Tullius by a margin of 18.8 percent. Ramos’s campaign has raised $1,048,867.97. Ramos has not committed to refusing corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money, and his campaign is funded by all three. Tullius’s campaign trails Ramos’s in donations by a large margin, having raised only $3,550.00. Tullius has also not committed to refusing corporate PAC, fossil fuel, or police money, but her campaign is funded by only herself and one other individual.
About the Candidate
Assemblymember James Ramos is the incumbent, having served in the Assembly in 2018. He scores a lifetime score of 18 out of 100 on Courage Score, our annual analysis of legislators’ progressive voting records. Based on our Courage Score analysis, Rep. Ramos has supported few progressive bills that made it to a vote. While Ramos has progressive stances on education and the economy, he has voted against key progressive bills on criminal-justice reform, health care, the environment, labor, and housing.
Because the Democratic candidate in this race is considered to be a safe win in this district, we feel comfortable providing no recommendation in this race. Keep reading for progressive recommendations in other key races and on ballot measures where your vote can make a critical difference.
Two candidates in this district offer the chance to make LACC more reflective of its highly diverse student population, Dr. Nichet James-Gray and Nichelle M. Henderson.
About the Position
Members of the Los Angeles Community College District Board are elected at large for terms of four years. Elections are held every two years, with three members being chosen at one election and four members at the other.
About the District
The Los Angeles Community College District is located in Los Angeles County and includes nine colleges, serving a population of roughly 240,000 Californians.