The San Mateo County Democratic Party (SMCDems) invites Democrats running for city council, school district office, community college board, or open space district in San Mateo County to apply for the Democratic Party endorsement for the November 2024 election. SMCDems will also consider endorsements for ballot measures.
Candidate Endorsements
The requirements for endorsement are:
- Be a registered Democrat. To make sure, check here.
- Take the Fossil Fuel Pledge , that is included in the application process.
Here is the endorsement schedule:
- 7/23 SMCDems Candidate application online here
- 8/4 Candidate Endorsement Training
- 8/15 Candidate applications due
- 8/24 - 25 Candidate interviews
- 9/5 Candidate and ballot measure endorsement decisions made
To apply for the SMCDem Endorsement, please fill out our questionnaire. If you are logged into your Google account when you start the questionnaire, Google Forms should save your progress in the questionnaire as you go. However, we cannot guarantee that it will do so if you attempt to complete the questionnaire over multiple sessions. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you download the text (Google Doc/Word) version of the questionnaire and enter your answers to the narrative questions into the document. When you have finished entering your answers to the relevant questions, copy your answers from the document into the online Google Form and submit it. Please do not send additional documents, resumes, flyers or endorsement letters.
Applications are due on Thursday, August 15th at 10 PM. For races in which the filing date is extended, the application deadline will also be extended to Saturday, August 17th at 10 PM.
Eligible applicants will be scheduled for an interview on August 24th or August 25th from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM via Zoom. Please keep these dates open for your interview.
To find out more about the SMCDems endorsement process:
- Review the Endorsement Process document.
- Register for candidate training on Monday August 5th at 7 PM here.
You may want to watch the San Mateo and Santa Clara Democratic Party County's Candidate Training recordings.
Ballot Measure Endorsements
SMCDems will consider endorsing all local ballot measures. If you want our endorsement or don’t want our endorsement, contact the co-chairs.
It is our job to recruit, mentor, support, and elect good Democrats. We take great pride in the large numbers of our endorsed candidates that are elected and measures passed. In addition, we like to get to know and build relationships with the people who serve in these important elected positions. It is the backbone of why we exist as a County Democratic Party.
If you have any questions during this process, please contact the Endorsements Committee leadership:
Karen Maki, Endorsement Committee co-chair, SMCDCC Chair: [email protected]
Heather Zimmerman, Endorsement Committee co-chair, [email protected]