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California Special Interest Groups

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2009 N/A California Abortion and Reproductive Rights League
2021 2022 California Pro-Life Council
2019 2020 Life Priority Network
2022 2022 NARAL Pro-Choice California
2021 2022 Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2018 California Citrus Mutual PAC
2007 2019 California Farm Bureau Federation
2019 N/A Roots of Change
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2022 2021 PawPAC - California's Political Action Committee for Animals
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2018 2016 California Park & Recreation Society
2009 N/A Capitol Weekly
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A Alliance for Better Business
2021 N/A California Chamber of Commerce
N/A N/A California Federation of Business and Professional Women
2018 2010 California Manufacturers and Technology Association
2019 N/A California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG)
2017 2018 Consumer Federation of California
2022 2022 National Federation of Independent Business - California
2002 N/A Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2020 California Association of Professional Scientists
N/A 2020 California Association of Professional Scientists
N/A 2020 California Association of Professional Scientists
N/A 2020 California Association of Professional Scientists
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2020 N/A ACLU of California
2007 N/A Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality
2015 N/A California Civil Liberties Advocacy
2014 N/A California Communities United Institute
2019 N/A Courage Campaign
N/A 2022 Honor PAC
2007 N/A Lambda Letters Project
2009 N/A Race Forward
2011 2018 Republican Liberty Caucus of California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A American Conservative Union (California State Legislature)
2017 2022 California Republican Assembly
2002 N/A Christian Coalition of California
2021 N/A Save California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2022 Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS)
N/A 2020 Crime Victims United of California
N/A 2020 Peace Officers Research Association of California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2016 2018 Drug Policy Forum of California (DPFCA)
2008 N/A DrugSense
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2019 N/A Courage Campaign
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2005 N/A American Association of University Women of California
N/A 2022 California Faculty Association
2020 2022 California Federation of Teachers
2015 2022 California School Employees Association
2021 2022 California Teachers Association
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2018 N/A California Clean Money Action
2017 2022 California Republican Assembly
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N/A 2022 Americans for Democratic Action-Southern California
2021 2018 National Association of Social Workers - California
N/A 2020 Professional Engineers in California Government
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N/A 2022 Americans for Democratic Action-Southern California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2022 Americans for Democratic Action-Southern California
2021 2020 California Environmental Justice Alliance
2021 2022 California League of Conservation Voters
2018 2016 California Park & Recreation Society
2016 2022 Clean Water Action California
2009 2018 Environment California
2021 2022 Sierra Club California
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2015 N/A Capitol Resource Institute
2021 N/A Save California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2013 N/A American Conservative Union (California State Legislature)
N/A 2021 New Majority California
2011 2018 Republican Liberty Caucus of California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2019 N/A Roots of Change
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2022 Democrats for Israel Los Angeles
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2021 2022 AFSCME California (American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees)
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2014 California Chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
2022 2020 Gun Owners of California
1999 N/A Jack Berman Advocacy Center
2014 2014 National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A AIDS Project Los Angeles
2018 N/A American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN) - California
2021 N/A Health Access California
2007 N/A Lambda Letters Project
N/A 2022 National Union of Healthcare Workers
2021 2022 Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
2002 N/A San Francisco AIDS Foundation
N/A 2022 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - California
2008 N/A United Nurses Associations of California / Union of Health Care Professionals
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2021 N/A Health Access California
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A California State Student Association
2014 N/A University of California Student Association
N/A 2021 University Professional and Technical Employees
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2022 Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
2016 N/A California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights
2004 N/A Housing California
N/A 2022 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - California
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2004 N/A California Immigrant Policy Center
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2018 2018 California Police Chiefs Association
2015 2022 California Professional Firefighters
N/A 2010 Fraternal Order of Police - California State Lodge
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N/A 2022 United Teachers Los Angeles
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2021 2022 AFSCME California (American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees)
N/A 2022 AFSCME Local 3299 (American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees)
N/A 2022 Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS)
N/A 2020 California Association of Professional Scientists
N/A 2022 California Faculty Association
2020 2022 California Federation of Teachers
2021 2022 California Labor Federation
N/A 2022 California Nurses Association
2018 2018 California Police Chiefs Association
2015 2022 California Professional Firefighters
2015 2022 California School Employees Association
N/A 2021 California State University Employees Union
N/A 2022 California Statewide Law Enforcement Association
N/A 2022 National Union of Healthcare Workers
N/A 2020 Peace Officers Research Association of California
N/A 2020 Professional Engineers in California Government
2021 2020 United Domestic Workers of America (UDW) - AFSCME Local 3930
N/A 2022 United Teachers Los Angeles
N/A 2021 UNITE HERE-Local 11 (California)
N/A 2021 University Professional and Technical Employees
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N/A 2018 Consumer Attorneys of California
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N/A 2022 Americans for Democratic Action-Southern California
N/A 2022 California Young Democrats
N/A 2022 Democrats for Israel Los Angeles
N/A 2020 Democrats for Neighborhood Action
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2019 N/A Children's Advocacy Institute
2007 N/A Lambda Letters Project
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2021 2022 California League of Conservation Voters
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2002 N/A Christian Coalition of California
2021 N/A Save California
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2021 2022 Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
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2018 N/A American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN) - California
2002 2016 BIOCOM
N/A 2020 California Association of Professional Scientists
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2008 N/A California Alliance for Retired Americans
2018 N/A Congress of California Seniors
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2014 N/A California Communities United Institute
2021 2022 Equality California
N/A 2021 Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club
N/A 2022 Stonewall Democratic Club
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2014 N/A Friends Committee on Legislation of California
2005 N/A Jericho
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2013 N/A American Conservative Union (California State Legislature)
2015 N/A Capitol Resource Institute
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2022 Tri-Valley Democratic Club
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2016 N/A California Taxpayers' Association
2021 2022 Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
2002 N/A National Tax-Limitation Committee
N/A 2020 Spirit of Democracy
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2015 2022 California Bicycle Coalition
Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2005 N/A American Association of University Women of California
N/A N/A California Federation of Business and Professional Women
2011 2020 California National Organization for Women
2007 N/A Lambda Letters Project
N/A 2020 Latinas Lead California
N/A 2022 National Women's Political Caucus California
N/A 2020 Women's Political Committee
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