SMCDems Contribute to Victory!

Thank you to all who worked to Stop the Recall.  Together we helped inspire San Mateo County voters to vote. 66% San Mateo County voters turned out to vote compared 57% statewide.  And more importantly, 78% voted NO on the Recall in our county versus 62% statewide.

Our volunteers, leaders, and donors did a great job! We made a difference! Thank you so much.

We were able to reach 46% of the LatinX high propensity Democratic voters in the County.  This group was our main focus and our efforts were generously rewarded: 87% of LatinX voters voted NO!

Here’s how we did it:

They had only five weeks to organize a campaign, recruit volunteers and reach out to voters. These were our four efforts:

1. The San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee created and mailed a “no recall” mailer to 32,000 San Mateo County Democratic voters, which was the only “no recall” mailer they received. This effort was initiated by the E-Board, approved by the Central Committee, and managed by Rudy Espinoza-Murray and David Burruto. We are grateful to our officials (Assemblymember Kevin Mullin, Assemblymember Marc Berman, Senator Josh Becker, Assemblymember Phil Ting, Senator Scott Weiner, Supervisor David Canepa), Central Committee members, alternates, associates, and supporters for $13,000 in donations, which covered most of our $14,000 expenses. 
   
   
2. The Voter Registration Committee, led by April Vargas, Nancy Calibjo, and Mark Klein recruited old and new volunteers. Ramona Cavanaugh assembled walk materials and also canvassed. Bill Wessell delivered yard signs and walk materials to canvassers.  Jonathan Hull built the precinct walk lists and kept track of what was accomplished.  Volunteers offered their houses as staging areas for precinct walkers and others walked the precincts.
   
   
3. Rudy Espinoza-Murray built on his 2020 election work -- contacting past volunteers and creating a coalition with multiple central committees in the Bay Area and other progressive organizations, like Swing Left in San Mateo County and beyond to build one large phone bank series.
   
   
4. The 618 LatinX Team called 618 recently registered voters and those who did not vote in 2018. Nancy Calibjo led the effort.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered and donated - who helped boost San Mateo County’s impressive voter turnout.