June 2026 Endorsement Process

June 2, 2026 Election Endorsement Applications

The San Francisco Democratic Party issues endorsements for municipal and regional candidates as well as local ballot measures.

The California Democratic Party makes endorsements for federal and state candidates as well as statewide ballot measures. These endorsements become the official endorsements of the San Francisco Democratic Party.

Board of Supervisors, Board of Education & Local Ballot Measures

A joint meeting of the Endorsements Committee & the Issues and Resolutions Committee will hold a meeting on Monday, February 23, 2026 at 5pm to interview candidates for the following offices:

  • Board of Supervisors (Districts 2, 4)

  • Board of Education (1 seat)

They will also be interviewing proponents and opponents of local ballot measures anticipated to be on the June 2nd ballot that have applied in time to be considered.

To qualify for an endorsement interview, all candidates must indicate that they support the principles of our Party platform, the candidate endorsement questionnaire, and return it to info@sfdems.org by Friday, February 13, 2026, at 5 pm. Candidates must also complete a sexual harassment training and prevention course as required by our Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Policy, which can be found on our website here.

Questionnaires will be published to the SF Democratic Party website once the deadline has passed.

The SF DCCC will deliberate and vote to endorse candidates and local ballot measures on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm. This meeting will be conducted in person and be recorded and uploaded on the SF DCCC’s YouTube page. Public comment will be taken at the beginning of the meeting.