November Don t Forget to Vote! Only you can ensure that the voice of physicians and patients are heard loud and clear at the ballot box.

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1 california medical association «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««November 2014 Voter Guide «««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««Inside is a list of propositions and candidates that are supported by the California Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Don t Forget to Vote! Only you can ensure that the voice of physicians and patients are heard loud and clear at the ballot box. ««««««««««««««««««««««««««Questions? Contact CMA at (800) or memberservice@cmanet.org.

2 If a proposition, district or race is not listed, CMA does not have an official position. Health Care Propositions Proposition 46 Vote NO Proposition 45 Vote NO State Elected Officials Governor Edmund G. Jerry Brown* Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom* U.S. Congress United States Representative District 7 Ami Bera* Occupation: Doctor/Teacher/Congressman United States Representative District 25 Tony Strickland Occupation: Business Owner United States Representative District 31 Pete Aguilar Occupation: Mayor/Business Owner United States Representative District 33 Ted Lieu Occupation: Legislator/Military Officer United States Representative District 36 Raul Ruiz* Occupation: Congressman/Emergency Physician United States Representative District 52 Scott Peters* Occupation: Representative California State Senate State Senator District 2 Mike Mcguire Occupation: County Supervisor State Senator District 4 Jim Nielsen* Occupation: Rancher/Small Businessman State Senator District 6 Richard Pan Occupation: Pediatrician/Assemblymember State Senator District 8 Tom Berryhill* Occupation: Farmer/Legislator State Senator District 12 Anthony Cannella* Occupation: Senator/Business Owner State Senator District 14 Andy Vidak* Occupation: Farmer/Small Businessman

3 State Senator District 18 Bob Hertzberg Occupation: Independent Businessman/Attorney State Senator District 20 Connie M. Leyva Occupation: Grocery Union President State Senator District 24 Kevin De Leon* Occupation: California State Senator State Senator District 26 Ben Allen Occupation: School Board Member State Senator District 30 Holly J. Mitchell* Occupation: State Senator State Senator District 32 Tony Mendoza Occupation: Teacher State Senator District 36 Patricia C. Pat Bates Occupation: Orange County Supervisor/Businesswoman State Senator District 38 Joel Anderson* Occupation: State Senator State Senator District 40 Ben Hueso* Occupation: California State Senator California State Assembly State Assembly Member District 1 Brian Dahle* Occupation: Farmer/Assembly Member State Assembly Member District 2 Jim Wood Occupation: Family Dentist/Mayor State Assembly Member District 4 Bill Dodd Occupation: Napa County Supervisor/Businessman State Assembly Member District 5 Frank Bigelow* Occupation: Rancher/Businessman/Assemblyman State Assembly Member District 6 Beth B. Gaines* Occupation: Owner/Legislator Occupation: State Assembly Member District 7 Kevin Mccarty Occupation: Councilmember/Preschool Advocate State Assembly Member District 8 Ken Cooley* Occupation: California Assemblyman State Assembly Member District 10 Marc Levine* Occupation: Member, California State Assembly, 10th District State Assembly Member District 11 Jim Frazier*, 11th District

4 State Assembly Member District 12 Kristin Olsen* Occupation: State Assemblywoman State Assembly Member District 14 Susan A. Bonilla* Occupation: State Legislator/Teacher State Assembly Member District 16 Tim Sbranti Occupation: Dublin Mayor/Teacher State Assembly Member District 17 David Chiu Occupation: President, San Francisco County Supervisors State Assembly Member District 18 Rob Bonta* California State Assemblymember State Assembly Member District 19 Phil Ting* State Assembly Member District 20 Bill Quirk* /Scientist State Assembly Member District 21 Adam Gray* State Assembly Member District 22 Kevin Mullin* /Businessman State Assembly Member District 23 Jim Patterson* Occupation: Businessman/Broadcast Executive State Assembly Member District 24 Richard S. Gordon* Occupation: Member, California State Assembly State Assembly Member District 26 Rudy Mendoza Occupation: Mayor of Woodlake State Assembly Member District 27 Nora Campos* Occupation: Incumbent State Assembly Member District 28 Evan Low Occupation: Educator/City Councilmember State Assembly Member District 29 Mark Stone* State Assembly Member District 30 Luis Alejo* Occupation: Member of The State Assembly State Assembly Member District 31 Henry T. Perea* Occupation: State Assembly Member State Assembly Member District 32 Rudy Salas* Occupation: State Assembly Member

5 State Assembly Member District 35 Katcho Achadjian* Occupation: Assemblyman/Businessman State Assembly Member District 37 Das Williams* State Assembly Member District 38 Scott Wilk* State Assembly Member District 39 Raul Bocanegra*, District 39 State Assembly Member District 40 Marc Steinorth Occupation: Small Businessman/Councilmember State Assembly Member District 41 Chris Holden* State Assembly Member District 42 Chad Mayes Occupation: Chief of Staff State Assembly Member District 43 Mike Gatto* Occupation: State Assemblyman State Assembly Member District 45 Matt Dababneh*, 45th District State Assembly Member District 46 Adrin Nazarian* Occupation: San Fernando Valley Assemblymember State Assembly Member District 47 Cheryl R. Brown* /Small Businesswoman State Assembly Member District 48 Roger Hernandez* State Assembly Member District 49 Ed Chau* State Assembly Member District 50 Richard Bloom* Occupation: 50th District Assemblymember State Assembly Member District 51 Jimmy Gomez* State Assembly Member District 52 Freddie Rodriguez* Occupation: Emergency Responder/Assemblymember State Assembly Member District 53 Miguel Santiago Occupation: Los Angeles Community College Board Member State Assembly Member District 54 Sebastian Mark Ridley Thomas*

6 State Assembly Member District 55 Ling-Ling Chang Occupation: City Council Member State Assembly Member District 56 Eduardo Garcia Occupation: Mayor/Policy Director State Assembly Member District 57 Ian C. Calderon* State Assembly Member District 58 Cristina Garcia* /Math Teacher State Assembly Member District 59 Reggie Jones-Sawyer* State Assembly Member District 60 Eric Linder* Occupation: Corona Businessman/Assemblyman State Assembly Member District 61 Jose Medina* /Teacher State Assembly Member District 62 Autumn Burke Occupation: Small Business Owner State Assembly Member District 63 Anthony Rendon* State Assembly Member District 64 Mike Gipson Occupation: Councilmember/Youth Pastor State Assembly Member District 65 Sharon Quirk-Silva* State Assembly Member District 66 Al Muratsuchi* State Assembly Member District 67 Melissa Melendez* Occupation: California State Assemblywoman State Assembly Member District 68 Donald P. (Don) Wagner* Occupation: Assembly Member State Assembly Member District 69 Tom Daly*, 69th District State Assembly Member District 70 Patrick O donnell Occupation: Classroom Teacher/Councilmember State Assembly Member District 71 Brian W. Jones* State Assembly Member District 72 Travis Allen*, 72nd District

7 State Assembly Member District 75 Marie Waldron* Occupation: Business Owner/Assemblymember State Assembly Member District 76 Rocky J. Chávez* State Assembly Member District 77 Brian Maienschein* Key Dates and Deadlines Register to Vote: Postmark by October 20, 2014 Request Vote by Mail Ballot: Must arrive by October 28, 2014 Completed Ballots, Including Vote-by-Mail Ballots: Must arrive by 8:00 p.m. on November 4, 2014 Election Day: November 4 (polls close at 8:00 pm) For more information, see State Assembly Member District 78 Toni Atkins* Occupation: Assemblywoman, San Diego County State Assembly Member District 79 Shirley N. Weber* Occupation: Occupation: Assemblywoman State Assembly Member District 80 Lorena Gonzalez* Occupation: California Assemblywoman/Mother