Candidate Information Sheet

1. What is the candidate's background - personal, professional, politically

Irish Catholic Rebel, Governor, and Democratic
2. What party is this candidate and what is their platform on major issues?
Democratic Party and his major issues are state housing crisis, education, and criminal justice
issues.
3. What are some speaking engagements that your candidate has spoken at? Have they
participated in any debates? What were the results?
Speaking Engagements: Placer County Meet & Greet with Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom!
CYD #Resistance Street Party w/ Gavin Newsom and Common
Take Over AT&T Park with Gavin Newsom

Debates: The two candidates for governor of California — Gavin Newsom, the Democratic
lieutenant governor, and John Cox, a Republican business executive — met on Monday for their
one and only scheduled debate of the campaign. (We will take what we can get.) Here are a few
things we learned from their civil 60-minute session moderated by the journalist Scott Shafer on
KQED, a public radio station in San Francisco.]

4. Review the campaign materials. Do campaign materials emphasize issues or just

images? Are they accurate?
Emphasizes images on peoples perspective based on the way it is presented and shown
because others may look at it differently and possibly could be accurate if the information is
credible.
5. Learn about endorsements. This is a way for interest groups and organizations to five a
"stamp of approval" to a candidate. Endorsements provide clues to the issues a
candidate supports. Get a list of endorsements for your candidate. Find out what these
groups stand for and find out why they are endorsing this candidate.
- U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D)
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Equality California
- EVOLVE
- Rep. Mark Desaulnier (D - Concord)
- Sen. Toni Atkins (D - San Diego)

6. Look into campaign contributions. Where do the candidates get the funds to finance their
campaigns? Do they use their own money or raise funds from a few wealthy donors,
from may small contributors, or from Political Action Committees? Many types of
information about campaign contributions must be reported to the government and are
watched by the press. Check the newspaper for stories on campaign finance. How might
these campaign contributions affect the candidates' conduct in office?
As of October he as $41,580,247.55 Contributions.
Individual Contributions: $27,933,249.89
Personal Funds: $90,140.00
Party Committee: $5,282.24
They can use the campaign funding for advertisement and support. It would help get their name
out more to the community and the state so people will elect him instead of the other runner.

7. Throughout the campaign, opinion polls will be taken by a variety of groups to evaluate
public support for the different candidates. Polls reveal who is leading at a certain point
in the race. As you read the polls, ask these questions: Who sponsored the poll? Were
all the figures released? What kinds of questions were asked? Were they slanted or
unbiased? Who were respondents selected - randomly or such a way to include all
segments of the population? How many people were included in the poll sample?

8. Anything else interesting or important about your candidate?