Ann Ravel has dedicated her life to public service and to the fight for justice and equality. A leader shaped during the Civil Rights era, Ann’s commitment to public service and fighting for justice at every turn was cemented at an early age.

Ann was raised in Chile by her Brazilian mother and her American father, and they came to San José when she was eleven years old. While attending Willow Glen High School, Ann worked in the Salinas Valley picking fruit and on an apricot assembly line at a fruit cannery in San José, where she saw firsthand the issues of racial inequality and gender wage disparity.

She graduated from UC Berkeley at the height of its activism, and later, she worked her way through law school at UC Hastings by waiting tables. Ann organized her fellow waitresses to unionize, and everyone involved was fired. She filed a complaint with National Labor Relations Board, and further fueled her commitment to fairness and workers’ rights.

A tireless advocate for women and marginalized communities, Ann was the second chair in the pioneering affirmative action case for women in the workplace (Johnson v. Transportation Agency) – the only U.S. Supreme Court case on this issue.

Ann served as the Santa Clara County Counsel for eleven years. During her time as the county’s top attorney, Ann took on Big Tobacco; protected consumers and children from lead paint companies; challenged Prop 8 in court to defend marriage equality; created the Educational Rights Project to support at-risk foster youth; and created the first-in-the-country program that protected seniors from financial abuse.

As a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, she held oil giant BP’s accountable after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. She stood up to pharmaceutical companies who were breaking the law and taking advantage of the vulnerable.

As Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment to Chair the Fair Political Practices Commission, she led the first-in-the-nation fight against the Koch Brothers network when they used dark money to try to pass Proposition 32, the paycheck deception ballot measure. Her work – and her integrity – earned the attention of President Barack Obama who nominated her to the Federal Election Commission. Ann received unanimous consent of the United States Senate, and continues to advocate for fair elections.

In 2014, she was named a California Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer magazine for her work in Government law, and in 2007, the State Bar of California named her Public Attorney of the Year for her contributions to public service.

And now, Ann is again fighting for women in the workplace as one of the lead counsels in a case to hold Silicon Valley companies accountable to shareholders for their actions around sexual misconduct and retaliation against female employees.

Ann and her husband Steve are residents of Los Gatos, and they are proud to have raised their three children in this district. Her experience and accomplishments are deep-rooted in true, honest leadership that our community needs in Sacramento. Ann will fight every single day for a brighter future for all of California’s families.

I deeply believe that government transparency and integrity is essential. I have devoted my career to the public good through public service and believe that our elected officials should be responsive to the very people they represent – and should listen. 

My track record of holding the powerful accountable, fighting the corruption of money in politics, and working on behalf of the people demonstrates what I will do in the California State Senate to continue the fight for social justice and economic opportunity for all Californians.

For further detail on my political philosophy on specific issues critical to the state of California and Senate District 15, please go: https://ravelforca.com/issues/ 

Nora Campos is fighting to better the lives of every member of our community. As a former San Jose City Councilmember and CA State Assemblymember, Nora has the experience to change the culture of our politics.

Inspired by her parents’ work with the farm worker movement, as a young girl, Nora marched for economic and social justice.

Nora served San Jose’s City Council from 2001-10 where she pushed to build 10,000 housing units.

​In the Assembly, Nora pushed policy and incentives to keep thousands of jobs in California.

In the Senate, Nora will push for pay equity for women, push for access to healthcare, push to stop college tuition increases, and push to solve the housing crisis.

I was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on June 13, 1961.  My family lived in both New York and New Jersey.  Due to an illness of my mother, my brother and I came out to live in California to live with my father.

I was a very good student in grade school and had a strong value system within myself.

My teenage years were spent playing street sports, going to school, working in a restaurant, and going to sporting events.  Sports was my primary recreational focus.  My father and I had many political conversations as I was growing up and this is what gave fruition to my interest in politics.

Although I went to church early in my life, after that time I was not raised by my mother or father to pursue spirituality.  I was quite quiet during my school years and into my college years.  As I began to become aware of the world, I began to ask questions about why things were the way they are.  The most important decision that I would make in my life occurred in my late teenage years - I became a follower of Jesus Christ.

I began to take an interest in volunteering and helping.  It was the early stages of living a type of life like that.  I worked and went to college, but college was a struggle due to the fact that I was not a morning person.  Eventually, I would get a B.S. degree and an A.A. degree.

Currently, I am active in my church.  I was elected as a Deacon last year and have been given the opportunity to lead the food pantry ministry.  I usher on Sunday mornings and am responsible for posting the sermons.  I attend as many political functions as I can and when political leaders have volunteer opportunities, I sign up for them (although I don't always make them).

My current job as a paratransit operator has allowed me to interface with many types of people in Santa Clara County.  In my previous two jobs I was in a supervisory role (general night manager in a restaurant and later on lead tech over two employees at my job as Ames Research Center) and gained some leadership experience.

In my opinion, the highest form of lifestyle one can live is to 1)  Love one's neighbor as one's self, and 2) Live a life of service to others.  

I am not a Republican or a Democrat.  I have been registered as No Party Preference for at least 10-15 years (maybe longer).  When I vote, I am not beholden to a party platform and could vote for anyone that I think is best for the position, regardless of political party.  When I run for office, I leave the general election choice blank for the position that I ran for (if I lose in the primary).  I did not vote in favor of the open primary system.  Term limits is an area of disagreement I have with the voters.  I did not vote in favor of them.

I favor the poor, elderly, and disabled.  Environmental issues are of high importance to me, I am pro-union and believe that unions are a mechanism to combat income inequality.  Housing, education, healthcare, and a job with a livable wage are human rights.  I favor small businesses (especially family owned ones) since I believe they are the backbone of our economy.

If I were a political party (and I have no intention of establishing one), I would be a Christocrat (with the definition of that being that Jesus Christ is rightful ruler and King of planet Earth).  As a citizen of planet Earth, I render unto Caesar the the things that are Caesar's and to King Jesus Christ those things that are King Jesus Christ's.

Free speech is highly valued by me.  I am pro-life (but am not in favor of overturining Roe vs Wade) and believe that those who have conscious objections to abortions should not be forced to participate in them.  The idea of a surveillance society is abhorrent to me.  I consider myself a civil libertarian.