Cheryl Sudduth

While Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles will be campaigning for the District 15 seat in this November’s general election, many of their opponents in the primaries will be continuing their civic engagement to address issues afflicting the East Bay.

All of the co-sponsors work in public health and equity, and therefore the questions at the forum were about how health impacts other public issues, according to Amber Akemi Piatt.

Ten out of the 12 candidates vying for the Assembly seat were present at the public forum, which was hosted by The League of Women Voters, including Buffy Wicks, Owen Poindexter, Ben Bartlett, Cheryl Sudduth, Jovanka Beckles, Raquella Thaman, Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, Dan Kalb, Andy Katz and Sergey Piterman.

California State Assembly District 15 candidates met to discuss their positions on education accessibility, housing and homelessness at the Assembly District 15 Candidates Forum on Monday night.

A poll commissioned by the Ben Bartlett campaign found that Bartlett holds a slight lead over a large field of candidates for Assembly District 15.

Richmond Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles won the endorsement of Berkeley Progressive Alliance, Berkeley Citizens Action and Berkeley Tenants Union for the California State Assembly District 15 seat after a forum of the seat’s candidates Sunday afternoon.

California Assemblymember Tony Thurmond will step down from his position in April to run for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, leaving nine candidates in a race to fill his position.

State Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, endorsed Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto’s campaign for the 15th state assembly seat, according to a press release published Tuesday.

Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett, who previously filed his candidacy for the California 15th State Assembly District election in 2018, formally announced his campaign Wednesday morning.

Two additional candidates, writer and activist Owen Poindexter and registered nurse Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, joined the expanding list of candidates for the 2018 California 15th State Assembly District election.