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California
Primary Election, June 2nd 2026
THE LEFT UNITY SLATE.
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Left Unity Slate for California
June 2026 primary election being
organized.
State-level officials of the Green
Party and the Peace and Freedom
Party have begin meeting to work on
organizing a Left Unity Slate to run
in the June 2026 primary
election. It is hoped that
both parties can endorse a unified
slate of candidates for statewide
offices, and for US House of
Representatives, California
Assembly, and California State
Senate as well. Candidates are
needed! If you are interested
in running, or know someone who
might run, please let us know.
The convenors of this effort are
Gregory Jan (Green Party) and Kevin
Akin (Peace and Freedom
Party). At this point,
candidates for Assembly, State
Senate, and Congress (House of
Representatives) are particularly
needed.
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California
Primary Election, March 5th 2024
THE LEFT UNITY SLATE.
(From July 2024.)
The seven members of the Left Unity
Slate, candidates for Congress and
Assembly from the Peace & Freedom
Party and the Green Party, now know
their final vote totals from the March
2024 primary election. One of our
candidates came close to making the
November runoff, but when the counting
was finalized, all were – as is almost
always the case – out of the "top two"
and off the November ballot.
These results again show why the “top
two” system for primary elections was
developed: to reduce voter choice in
November by leaving only two big-money
candidates in the runoff.
One thing that is clear to see from the
results is that voter eligibility and
turnout vary sharply between
districts. Congressional districts
have roughly equal population, but
William Patterson in the 28th District
got 3,503 votes which represented 2.2%
of the vote, while Aaron Reveles in the
neighboring 34th District got 3,223
votes, but this represented 4% of the
vote in that district. (Both
districts are in Los Angeles County.)
Another district that neighbors the 34th
in Los Angeles County is the 37th
District, where John Thompson Parker got
7,316 votes, or 8.4% -- this result
landed Parker not far behind the
second-place candidate, independent Juan
Rey, who received 10.3% of the vote and
so made the November ballot. Sean
Dougherty in the 19th District in
Monterey, Santa Clara, and San Luis
Obispo got 13,080 votes, nearly twice
Parker’s total, but this represented
only 6.4% of the vote. The main
factors in the difference are the age
and citizenship of the population in the
districts. Those who are not US
citizens are unable to vote, and a
younger population in a district also
means fewer people can vote.
The final results for the Left Unity
candidates were as follows:
Congress 19th District: Sean Dougherty,
Green Party. 13,080 votes, 6.4%.
Congress 28th District: William
Patterson, Peace and Freedom.
3,503 votes, 2.2%.
Congress 34th District: Aaron Reveles,
PFP. 3,223 votes, 4.0%.
Congress 37th District: John Thompson
Parker, PFP. 7,316 votes, 8.4%.
Assembly 6th District: Kevin Olmar
Martinez, PFP. 1,861 votes, 1.8%.
Assembly 52nd District: Shannel Pittman,
Green. 1160 votes, 1.5%.
Assembly 71st District: Babar Khan, PFP.
2,912 votes, 2.6%.
By mid-2025, work will be well underway
on putting together a Left Unity Slate
for the 2026 elections in California.
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