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UDW Convention

Delegates are elected to represent their UDW district at UDW’s constitutional convention. The members in your district receiving the most votes will be declared winners of the election. Delegate winners must be able to attend the convention, which will be held June 17-21, 2024 in San Diego, CA. The next 2 top vote-getter nominees who are on the ballot but not elected as delegates are elected as alternates, in order of the total votes they received.

Please note: Ballots were counted on April 22, 2024 in San Diego. 

Eligibility
Any UDW member in good standing as of December 2023 is eligible to run for delegate. Members must remain in good standing for the months preceding the convention to hold elected position.

For the full voting rules, click here.

Protests

Members had until May 3, 2024 to submit a written protest to the Election Committee about the election results. No protests about the results were received.

Below is the list of delegates and alternates as of May 6, 2024. Because of a number of declinations, some districts do not have alternates and some districts have fewer delegates that permitted per the UDW Constitution.

District 1 - San Diego

OrderNameTally
1FERNANDO VAZQUEZ387
2BARBARA ROSS379
3SABRINA D BISHOP374
4TRACY TRAN369
5MARIA GARZA368
6DAVID L HASKINS364
7SHIRLEY L JENKINS359
8CHERYL SEVIER345
9LYNN EDGAR SHARP338
10ROSA L JASSO QUINONEZ336
11MARIA LEBRON336
12CARRIE J DAWSON326
13ROBERT C BITTLE324
14YUNETH GUADALUPE CONTRERAS BELTRAN313
15STEVE CHIKA310
16MIRIAM K PLOTKIN162
17JOHN STEVENSON153
18DORA CORONA108
19BEATRIZ MANJARREZ106
AlternateMARIA D BOJORGE CARDENAS85

District 2 - Orange

OrderNameTally
1ANGIE NGUYEN627
2TRANG T NGUYEN614
3CATHY LUONG612
4VAN T TRAN608
5THANH DUONG598
6HUNG NGUYEN596
7CYNTHIA WILLIAMS568
8GLORIA ORDUNA543
9MAGNA AGUILAR534
10MARIA G FOREMAN531
11TANIA M FERRUCCI500
12LUZ CEDENO488
13QUIRINO F ORTIZ474
14CLEOFE FERNANDEZ457
15BASSEM A HANNA448
16EUN N SEO443
17MICHAEL TRUONG257
18EVELYN J VILLARIN188
19CATHERINE LOUIE172
AlternateTONI M TALOA142

District 3 - Riverside

OrderNameTally
1ROSA BELTRAN537
2MARIA D SALCEDO526
3SUSANA D DUARTE GARCIA509
4SARAH ARZATE497
5NADIA PETERSON491
6JERMAINE MOORE490
7DELNITA T BROWN490
8CAMILLA E BRADFORD483
9DESMOND PRESCOTT480
10MARINO L MONTENEGRO JR478
11CAROL A SHEPPARD477
12ANDREA D DUDLEY469
13KATHLEEN J CRICK459
14CATHERINE M PASCHAL450
15THERESA M BALEANU447
16ALAA M SELIM446
17ANA LILIA MERCADO126
18JASON R VASQUEZ120
19ELIZABETH V ZAMUDIO106
20CHRISTINE YOUNG105
21DAMARIS P ROCHA93
22KELLY L KNEELAND89

District 7 - Imperial

OrderNameTally
1ARTEMISA PEREZ116
2MARIA I SERRANO114
3MARLET VIZCARRA113
4MARIA ARIAS113
5ELVIRA MARIZ107
6LUCINDA ROBLES BORBOA106
7MARIA E GODINEZ105
8JOSEFA FLORES BERISTAIN104
9LIZBETH G ORTIZ103
10MARIA ALVAREZ99
alternateFRANCISCO LOPEZ VALDIVIA35
alternateSHERRIE S NUYEN30

District 8 - Child Care

OrderNameTally
1MIREN L ALGORRI86
2SILVIA CARDENAS85
3MARIA ELENA MILLINGS77
4MARIA ISABEL VAZQUEZ75
5GUILLERMINA GARDUNO69
6SHAUNTE BROWN66
7PAMELA JEAN SYKES64
8MARIA YVONNE BEJAR54

Districts 4, 5, and 6 will not need to have an election because 10 or fewer members were nominated for the 10 delegate positions available. Here is the list of delegates:

District 4 – Alpine, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne

DelegateDistrict Number
Gloria  Brown4
Florence Corie Crowson4
Elizabeth A Diaz4
Elidia  Garcia4
Vicenta J Jimenez Padilla4
Sith  Kuch4
Sofia  Rodriguez4
Elisa  Sanchez4
Pakamon  Sopajaree4
Gladys A Tellez4
Astrid J Zuniga4

District 5 – Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara

DelegateDistrict Number
Norma  Alonso5
Walter  Drakeford5
Sarah  Ilenstine5
Ramiro  Morales Astorga5
Sydney R O’Connor5
Sharon E Pike Scott5
Rika  Smith5
Allene Villa5

District 6 – Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, and Sutter

DelegateDistrict Number
Silvia P Arellano6
Adrian J Hardy6
Griselda  Hernandez6
Alicia H Juelch6
Gavi E Lopez Loomis6
Farnoush  Makhmalbaf6
David  Nemat Nasser6
William  Reed6
Martha L Ruiz6
Belinda  Wells6

AFSCME Convention

UDW delegates will be elected to represent UDW/AFSCME Local 3930 at the AFSCME International Convention. An estimated 90 delegates receiving the most votes will be declared winners of the election. Two alternates will be elected after these top vote-getters. Delegate winners must be able to attend the convention in full for all days, including travel days. The conference will be held August 12-16, 2024, with travel days on August 11 and 17.

Please note: Ballots were counted on April 22, 2024 in San Diego. 

ELIGIBILITY FOR AFSCME CONVENTION DELEGATE
To be eligible, you must pay dues from May 2023 up until the AFSCME Convention.

For full voting rules, click here.

Protests

Members had until May 3, 2024 to submit a written protest to the Election Committee about the election results. No protests about the results were received.

Below is the list of delegates and alternates as of May 6, 2024. Because of a number of declinations, some districts do not have alternates and some districts have fewer delegates that permitted per the UDW Constitution.

District 1 - San Diego

OrderNameTally
1FERNANDO VAZQUEZ382
2MARIA GARZA376
3TRACY TRAN374
4BARBARA ROSS374
5SABRINA D BISHOP373
6DOUGLAS MOORE367
7DAVID L HASKINS356
8SHIRLEY L JENKINS355
9LYNN EDGAR SHARP347
10JOHANNA HESTER342
11MARIA LEBRON342
12ROSA L JASSO QUINONEZ340
13CHERYL SEVIER339
14CARRIE J DAWSON332
15ROBERT C BITTLE329
16YUNETH GUADALUPE CONTRERAS BELTRAN321
17STEVE CHIKA311
18JOHN STEVENSON195
19MIRIAM K PLOTKIN164
AlternateANGELICA SANDOVAL VILLANUEVA107

District 2 - Orange

OrderNameTally
1ANGIE NGUYEN676
2CATHY LUONG660
3VAN T TRAN660
4TRANG T NGUYEN649
5THANH DUONG642
6HUNG NGUYEN638
7CYNTHIA WILLIAMS623
8GLORIA ORDUNA582
9MARIA G FOREMAN580
10MAGNA AGUILAR572
11LUZ CEDENO538
12TANIA M FERRUCCI531
13QUIRINO F ORTIZ504
14CLEOFE FERNANDEZ499
15BASSEM A HANNA484
16EUN N SEO480
17CHI T THAI321
18EVELYN J VILLARIN231
19CATHERINE LOUIE225
AlternateTONI M TALOA192

District 3 - Riverside

District 6 – Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, and Sutter

OrderNameTally
1WILLIAM REED119
2BELINDA WELLS42
3MARTHA L RUIZ40
4ADRIAN J HARDY30
5ALICIA H JUELCH27

District 7 - Imperial

OrderNameTally
1MARIA I SERRANO97
2ARTEMISA PEREZ95
3MARIA ARIAS87
4LIZBETH G ORTIZ87
alternateMARIA E GODINEZ86
alternate MARLET VIZCARRA86

District 8 - Child Care

OrderNameTally
1MIREN L ALGORRI61
2ALMA DELIA MAGANA59
3ANA VILLA50
4GUILLERMINA GARDUNO48
alternateSILVIA CARDENAS43
alternateROSA LOPEZ33

Districts 4, 5, and 6 did not need to have an election because 10 or fewer members were nominated for the 10 delegate positions available. Here is the list of delegates:

District 4 - Alpine, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne

DelegateDistrict Number
Elizabeth A Diaz4
Elidia  Garcia4
Joaquin  Garcia Jimenez4
Vicenta J Jimenez Padilla4
Sofia  Rodriguez4
Pakamon  Sopajaree4
Gladys A Tellez4
Astrid J Zuniga4

District 5 – Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara

Delegate District Number
Norma  Alonso 5
Doris  Hannah 5
Ramiro  Morales Astorga 5
Dian  Nicholson 5
Sydney R O’Connor 5
Sharon E Pike Scott 5
Allene Villa 5

UDW President Astrid Zuniga is automatically a delegate to the AFSCME Convention per the UDW Constitution.