The final 2022 California General election results are in – and we have big wins to celebrate!
Courage California top election highlights:
- Rep. Katie Porter won her re-election in a tougher, more Republican district by 9,000 votes (3.4%).
- Courage polled 3,432 voters in 6 battleground congressional districts in the Central Valley and Southern California and found that 20-40% of voters were undecided on who to vote for and that jobs and the economy was the top issue they cared about.
- We endorsed 23 candidates for state and local offices and 15 won, including LA Mayor-elect Karen Bass, Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo who defeated a Republican incumbent in the Los Angeles region, and State Controller-elect Malia Cohen, who will be the first Black controller for the state.
- We ran 4 radio and TV ads in Hmong and Punjabi in congressional district 22 – where 38% of voters were undecided – to reach AAPI voters usually unengaged by campaigns. While the Democratic candidate lost to the Republican incumbent by 3 points (3,134 votes), we turned out first-time voters for this race and are positioned to turn out more in 2024.
Thank you and congratulations!
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Enjoy our end-of-year episode of our Courage, It Looks Good on You! podcast with our thanks to you from each member of the Courage team.