Caroline Bañuelos, Sonoma

 

• President , Sonoma County Latino Democratic Club
• Chair, Sonoma County Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force
• Former elected member, Sonoma Democ. Cent Comm
• Former E Board Representative
• Former Elected 10th Assembly District Delegate

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Lisa Bennett, Marin

      Video Statement

• Co-Chair, ICE Out of Marin
• Elected ADEM delegate, 2018
• Board member, MultiCultural Ctr of Marin
• Trustee-elect, Sausalito Marin City School Dist.
• Core Group member,SURJ Marin
• Member, Democratic Central Committee Marin
• Founder,Indivisible Sausalito
• Chapter Board Member, ACLU Marin

 

   Connie Barker, Marin

 

• Officer, CADEM Disabilities Caucus
• Political Coordinator, People w/Disabilities Caucus, SEIU International
• EBoard and Disabilities Caucus, SEIU 2015
• Essential Worker (Homecare Provider) IHSS, Marin County
• 15 Year Member and Past President, Health Council of Marin
• (Board of Supervisors Health Advisory Council)
• former VP, Ecology House Inc (Very Low Income Disabled Housing, San Rafael)
• former Delegate, Northbay Labor Council (SEIU UHW)

 

     Ruth Carter, Marin

      Video Statement

• Chair, California Democratic Party (CDP) Senior Caucus
• Treasurer/Planning Team, Health Care for All - Marin
• Co-Chair, California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) - Marin
• Executive Board Member, Marin Democratic Central Committee
• Co-founder, Sanctuary Marin
• Treasurer, PDFA – Marin
• Member, PNHP

 

     Elizabeth Escalante, M.Ed., Sonoma

 

• Active in local politics throughout her time living in the North Bay since 2007.
• Sonoma County's Democratic Party Central Committee, 2nd Supervisorial District
• President of the Wine Country Young Democrats.
• Commissioner on Sonoma County's Commission of Human Rights.
• Middle school special education teacher in Petaluma.
• Passions include providing more equitable access for all students, social justice, BIPOC and Asian American Pacific Islander leadership, and the integrity of human rights.

 

 

     Samantha Ramirez, Marin

       Video Statement

• Bilingual (english/spanish)
• Daughter of immigrants from Central America
• Former candidate for San Rafael School Board, Trustee Area 1 in 2020
• Member of the Youth and Parent Council- Marin Promise Partnership 2020 
• Educator for 13 years, specializing in youth development and family engagement
• BA in Social Work, San Francisco State University 2012
• First Generation College Grad!
• Activist for social and racial justice, immigrant rights, education and liberation from all oppression
• Occupation: Senior Program Coordinator- Youth Leadership Institute

 

     Carey Caccavo Wheaton, MSW, Sonoma

      Video Statement

• Two-term Elected AD10 Delegate since January 2017
• Member of Progressive, Environmental, Senior, Women's Caucuses
• Reclaim Our Vote national/regional leader since 2018
• Phone bank/postcard host 2002-present: MoveOn, Dems, Bernie, ROV
• Co-author of grassroots Progressive Democratic ballot guides
• Member Santa Rosa Democratic Club
• Singer in resistance themed band supporting Sonoma County Dems
• Writer and voiceover artist, Reclaim Our Vote training videos
• Creator of Early Voting Jingle

     Omar Figueroa, Sonoma

      Video Statement

• Freedom defense lawyer with decades of pro bono service defending activists facing criminal prosecution
• Volunteer Board Member, ACLU of Sonoma County
• Author of California Cannabis Laws and Regulations 2020.
• Criminal justice reform advocate with a deep understanding of how the system works in AD10.

 

     Daniel Forest Levy, Marin

      Video Statement

• Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology
• Pro-Labor and Mental Health Advocate and Activist
• Background of research in Suicide Prevention
• Former EMT of 6 years in Sonoma and Marin County
• Running to modernize the leadership in the Democratic Party

     Perry Lloyd, Marin

      Video Statement

• Two-term Elected AD10 Delegate since January 2017 
• Activist for Medicare for All, Climate Preservation and Repair and Social Justice
• Member of Progressive, Environmental and Senior Caucuses
• Former Fellow at Redefining Progress
• Former Treasurer at the Pacific Forest Trust 

     Mark Malouf, Sonoma

      Video Statement

• Union organizer at International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• Two-time Bernie Sanders Delegate to the DNC
• Former opposition researcher at CA Democratic Party
• Former Club President, Students for Bernie Sanders 2016
• Former Sonoma County Democratic Party Central Comm. Member

     Ralph Miller, Marin

      Video Statement

• AD10 Executive-Board Representative
• Chair, 10th Assembly District Democrats
• Member, CDP Rules Committee
• Treasurer, CDP Senior Caucus
• Past Officer, CDP Progressive Caucus

 

     Norman Solomon, Marin

     

• Elected as a Bernie Sanders delegate to the 2016 and 2020 DNCs
• Co-Founder & National Director of the progressive online activist group RootsAction.org
• Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy
• Currently an elected delegate to the CA Democratic Party
• Author of a dozen books include "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death."
• Political wirter published in Common Dreams, Salon and other media outlets

 

     Jerry Threet, Sonoma

     

• Founding Director (retired), Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review & Outreach (IOLERO)
• Independent Attorney/Counsultant - Community Oversight of Police and Correctional Agencies
• Former SF Deputy City Attorney
• Former Contract Attorney, working for then US Attorney Robert Mueller, N.D. Cal.
• Former Litigation Attorney, US Dept. of Justice
• Chair Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights
• Former President, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club
• First generation college grad., raised in poor working class family in SE Texas
• Core focus: Police Accountability issues; Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability and Local Self-Sufficiency