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2025 Statewide Officer and Regional Director Elections Voting Instructions – Coming Soon!

Instrucciones para votar en las elecciones de funcionarios del partido demócrata y directores regionales de 2025 – ¡Muy Pronto!

Election Memo and Intent to Run Form

2025 Statewide Officer and Regional Director Elections Memo

2025 Statewide Officer and Regional Director Intent to Run Form
The filing of this Notice of Intent to Run Declaration Form is required to be completed and submitted by a only a member of this Committee (2025-27 DSCC Delegate) by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, to be eligible as a candidate for any Statewide or Regional Director Office, and this filing will be considered a nomination for that specific office.

If the current officeholder for a particular position does not file the notice of intent to run by that date, the filing deadline will be extended to noon on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, for that office.

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Final Election Results

Individual Votes Cast

Candidates

Candidates listed in the order they filled out the Intent to Run form
SIF (Self Identified Female) / OSIF (Other Than Self Identified Female)

Chair
Rusty Hicks*
Alan Vargas Cerna
Vice – Chair (SIF)
Deepa Sharma
Vice – Chair (OSIF)
David Campos*
Anthony Edward Caro
Secretary
Diana Love*
Ricardo Ortega
Controller
Carolyn Fowler*
Region 1 Director
Joanna Warrens*
Region 2 Director
Pat Johnstone*
Region 3 Director
Jeff Koertzen*
Region 4 Director
Terry P Rodriguez
Orlando Fuentes*
Region 5 Director
Alex Carrillo*
Region 6 Director
Victor Azevedo Costa*
Region 7 Director
Hene Kelly*
Region 8 Director
Rocky Fernandez*
Region 9 Director
Dominic Dursa*
Region 10 Director
Brock Neeley
Flor Olvera
Noe Garcia
Elisa Rivera
Region 11 Director
Seta Ghazarian*
Melissa Ochoa
Region 12 Director
Desmond Prescott
Region 13 Director
Henry Montalvo*
Region 14 Director
Larry Gross*
Region 15 Director
Christine Salazar
Region 16 Director
Tariq Azim
Region 17 Director
Franbert Calderon*
Region 18 Director
Connie Sullivan*
Region 19 Director
Diego Fernandez
Luis Aleman*
Region 20 Director
Cory Allen*
Region 21 Director
Ross Pike
Region 22 Director
Michelle Krug*

Incumbents will have an * asterisk after their name

Updated last 04/16/2025 10:25 PM

The CDP By-Laws supersede any information provided by staff regarding the endorsement process, including the information in this document. All candidates, DSCC members, and interested parties are urged to review the CDP By-Laws. A current copy can be found on our website at www.cadem.org.

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