The 47th International AFSCME Convention will take place August 17-21, 2026 in Chicago, IL. Elected delegates from across the nation will come together to exchange ideas and re-energize our movement. The nomination for the AFSCME Convention Delegates are now open. UDW delegates will be elected to represent UDW, Local 3930 at the AFSCME International Convention.
READ THE NOTICE OF NOMINATION HERE. [SPA | VIE]
You can download the UDW/AFSCME Convention Manual here. [SPA | VIE]
EXPENSES:
All costs to send the delegates to the convention in Chicago will be paid for by UDW including all flights, hotel accommodations and a daily per diem to pay for all meals. The expenses of guests who are non-delegates will not be paid by UDW, Local 3930.
CHALLENGES TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF NOMINEES:
A list of candidates nominated will be posted on www.udw.org on May 25, 2026. Any member or nominee may challenge the eligibility of a nominee. Any challenges to the eligibility of a nominee should be submitted in writing to Election Committee 4855 Seminole Drive, San Diego, CA 92115 or faxed to 1-619-550-3105 or emailed to electioncommittee2026@udw.org. Eligibility challenges must be received no later than 9 AM, on June 2, 2026. The decisions of the election committee concerning all eligibility challenges are final.
Nominated Members
The Office of UDW President is automatically a delegate to the AFSCME Convention, and is not listed below.
This list will be updated should any nominee decline their nomination.
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 1 | Shikha Bansal | San Diego | |
| 1 | Sabrina Bishop | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Billy Brooks | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Samuel Cardenas | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Heriberta Cardenas Castro | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Joseph Chermak | San Diego | |
| 1 | Byron Davis | San Diego | |
| 1 | Paula Flores Elena | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Linda Galbreath Brooks | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Maria Garza | San Diego | |
| 1 | Willard Gee | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Delfina Gonzalez | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | David Haskins | San Diego | |
| 1 | Soheil Ighani Soghadi | San Diego | |
| 1 | Rosa Jasso Quinonez | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Shirley Jenkins | San Diego | |
| 1 | Mollie Johnson | San Diego | |
| 1 | Ethel Larkins | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Beatriz Manjarrez | San Diego | |
| 1 | Shawn Mills | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Donnetta Moore | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | Maria Mora Garcia | San Diego | |
| 1 | Starlene Pleasant | San Diego | |
| 1 | Cheryl Sevier | San Diego | Home Care Workers United |
| 1 | John Stevenson | San Diego | |
| 1 | Perla Tolentino | San Diego | |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 2 | Jose Aguilar | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Magna Aguilar | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Luz Cedeno | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Zhong Chen | Orange | |
| 2 | Maria Del Toro | Orange | |
| 2 | Thanh Duong | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Maria Foreman | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Bassem Hanna | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Catherine Louie | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Cathy Luong | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Margarita Munoz | Orange | |
| 2 | Soheila Nasiri | Orange | |
| 2 | Vu Nguyen | Orange | |
| 2 | Terri Nguyen | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Bonnie Nguyen | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Hung Nguyen | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Trang Nguyen | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Nancy Nguyen | Orange | |
| 2 | Gloria Orduna | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Quirino Ortiz | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Bich-Ly Phan | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Artemia Ramirez San Juan | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Van Tran | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Tiffany Truong | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| 2 | Maria Vega | Orange | |
| 2 | Cynthia Williams | Orange | Home Care Workers United |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 3 | Sarah Arzate | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Theresa Baleanu | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Ryan Barnes | Riverside | |
| 3 | Rosa Beltran | Imperial | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Camilla Bradford | Riverside | |
| 3 | Delnita Brown | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Margaret Clark | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Troy Davis | Riverside | |
| 3 | Andrea Dudley | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Roxana Escatel | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Sylvia Franz-Martinez | Riverside | |
| 3 | Cecia Garcia Gutierrez | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Maria Godinez | Riverside | |
| 3 | Marcus Haynes | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Walena Logan | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Mia Mcnulty | Riverside | |
| 3 | Lupe Moelter | Riverside | |
| 3 | Marino Montenegro Jr | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Steven Peavy | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Lidubina Perez | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Desmond Prescott | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Martha Ruiz | Sutter | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Shilah Saldana | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Alaa Selim | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Carol Sheppard | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Angela Shibata | Riverside | |
| 3 | Ricky Sierra | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Trinidad Tabag | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Rachel Terry | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Lawrence Waterman | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Violeta Wong | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| 3 | Debra Wong | Riverside | |
| 3 | Veronica Zamora | Riverside | Home Care Workers United |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 4 | Florence Crowson | Merced | Home Care Workers United |
| 4 | Elizabeth Diaz | Stanislaus | Home Care Workers United |
| 4 | Elidia Garcia | Merced | Home Care Workers United |
| 4 | Maria Guerrero | Madera | |
| 4 | Consuelo Morales Espinoza | Merced | Home Care Workers United |
| 4 | David Rodriguez | Madera | Home Care Workers United |
| 4 | Pakamon Sopajaree | Merced | Home Care Workers United |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 5 | Norma Alonso | Santa Barbara | Home Care Workers United |
| 5 | Yuliana Alonso-Esquivel | Santa Barbara | |
| 5 | Courtney Cazenave | Santa Barbara | |
| 5 | Bevellie Deloney Harris | Kern | |
| 5 | Monica Escalante | Kern | Home Care Workers United |
| 5 | Vera Gooden | Kern | Home Care Workers United |
| 5 | Theresa Haas | Kern | Home Care Workers United |
| 5 | Precious Henley | Kern | Home Care Workers United |
| 5 | Sydney O’Connor | Kern | Home Care Workers United |
| 5 | Mark Ring | Kern | |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 6 | Hanadi Al Nuaimi | Placer | Home Care Workers United |
| 6 | Gavi Lopez Loomis | Nevada | |
| 6 | Marisol Mendoza | Placer | Home Care Workers United |
| 6 | William Reed | Placer | Home Care Workers United |
| 6 | Julie Richardson | Nevada | Home Care Workers United |
| 6 | Noemi Rodriguez | Butte | Home Care Workers United |
| 6 | Martha Ruiz | Sutter | Home Care Workers United |
| 6 | Belinda Wells | El Dorado | |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 7 | Leticia Martinez Garcia | Imperial | Home Care Workers United |
| 7 | Gisela Moreno | Imperial | Home Care Workers United |
| 7 | Artemisa Perez | Imperial | Home Care Workers United |
| 7 | Silvia Swanson Davila | Imperial | |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 8C | Maria Millings | Ventura | Home Care Workers United |
| 8C | Horace Turner | Stanislaus | |
| 8C | Cruz Vargas Valdez | Santa Barbara | |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 8N | Maria Ivonne Bejar | Sacramento | Home Care Workers United |
| 8N | Elianna Campos | Contra Costa | |
| 8N | Morena Fernandez | San Francisco | |
| 8N | Charlotte Neal | Sacramento | Home Care Workers United |
| District Number | Name | County | Slate Name |
| 8S | Gabriela Guerrero | Imperial | Home Care Workers United |
| 8S | Manuela Mosqueda | Riverside | |
| 8S | Olivia Villegas | Imperial |