CDT ally Karthick Ramakrishnan’s UC Riverside’s Center for Social Innovation released a report on Inland Empire civic engagement that “showed an 84% increase in Inland voting between 2014 and 2018, including a 260% surge in voting by 18- to 24-year-olds, a 214% surge among 25- to 34-year-old voters and a 159% surge in voting by Latinos in those age groups,” setting the IE up as a key region in the 2020 election, including the presidential primary race.
Courage California released their new Courage Scores for the 2019 legislative year. Courage awards the top scorers with their “All Star” designation. CDT endorsed legislators were 5 of the 21 (24%) All Stars. Below are the scores for CDT endorsed elected officials (those with * by their names were jointly endorsed with V4P).
CDT partner California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) Action released their 2020 primary voter guide, including their endorsements of Abigail Medina for SD23 and DeniAntionette Mazingo for AD42.
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