California should be leading the way in progressive politics, but we’re not! Some of our DSA-LA comrades are trying to change that. That’s why they’re running for leadership in the California Democratic Party as ADEM (Assembly District Election Meeting) delegates! The 300 ADEM delegates in LA County help decide if the Democratic Party will endorse (and spend its resources on) corporate hacks or socialists.

In general, DSA avoids dedicating significant socialist time and energy towards the internals of the Democratic Party. However, being an ADEM delegate as a democratic socialist, particularly during competitive state legislative special elections, is one way members can contribute to advancing working class politics.

So for the 2023 election, DSA-LA has collected the names of our members running for ADEM seats! We encourage you to vote for them! If you’re a DSA-LA member in good standing, and are already running for ADEMs, please let us know! 

Assembly District 20*

Joey Mauro

Assembly District 23*

Forest Peterson

Assembly District 40

Isaac Lieberman

Assembly District 41

Ryan Bell
Sam Berndt
Steven Gibson
Dan Huynh

Assembly District 51

Mike Rose

Assembly District 52

Michael Berlind
Eunisses Hernandez
Philip Iglauer
Jae Eun Kwak
Cheng-Sim Lim
Jeanine Rohn

Assembly District 53

Timothy Cotran

Assembly District 54

Selene Betancourt
David Kim
Marissa Roy
Lynn Stransky
Sam Sukaton
Calvin Truong

Assembly District 55

Daniel Lee
Leah Pressman
Aura Vasquez
Andrew Swetland

Assembly District 56

Assembly District 57

Michael Daurio
Senator Zavala

Assembly District 61

Estefany Castaneda

Assembly District 65

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair

Assembly District 66

Wade Kyle
Adam Schwartz

 

* (District outside of Los Angeles County)