
Gavin Newsom's Ratings and Endorsements
Office: Governor (CA), Democratic
2018 Endorsements
- American Federation of Government Employees
- Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR)
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- California Faculty Association
- California Federation of Teachers
- California Labor Federation
- California League of Conservation Voters
- California Nurses Association
- California Professional Firefighters
- California School Employees Association
- California State University Employees Union
- California Statewide Law Enforcement Association
- Center For Biological Diversity Action Fund
- Democrats for Israel Los Angeles
- Democrats for Neighborhood Action
- Drug Policy Forum of California (DPFCA)
- Equality California
- Giffords
- Laborers' International Union of North America
- NARAL Pro-Choice California
- National Association of Social Workers - California Chapter
- National Education Association
- National Nurses United
- National Union of Healthcare Workers
- PawPAC - California's Political Action Committee for Animals
- Professional Engineers in California Government
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - California
- Sierra Club
- Sierra Club California
- Tri-Valley Democratic Club
- UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)
- United Auto Workers
- United Domestic Workers of America, UDW/AFSCME Local 3930, AFL-CIO
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