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All year, members of the editorial board and Opinion team have been busy interviewing and surveying hundreds of candidates for public office across Southern California.
The Southern California News Group editorial board opines in newspapers across Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County and San Bernardino. Our sister newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, is also overseen by opinion editor Sal Rodriguez but maintains a separate editorial board.
As always, endorsements are considered with our commitments to limited government, economic liberty, personal freedom and free markets in mind. Often, these principles prove challenging to apply given the realities of contemporary politics and candidate quality, but we do our best given the choices at hand.
With ballots due out soon for the November 3 election, below is a list of where our endorsements currently stand. This list will be constantly updated.
All of these endorsements have been published either in print or online over the past month. More will be published over the coming days.
Insurance Commissioner: Ben Allen
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Sonja Shaw
23rd Congressional District: Jay Obernolte
35th Congressional District: Norma Torres
71st Assembly District: Kate Sanchez
47th Assembly District: Greg Wallis
Board of Equalization in San Bernardino County: Shannon Grove
Board of Equalization in Riverside County, San Bernardino County: Denis Bilodeau
Donna Tryfman for Superior Court Office No. 131
Anthony “AJ” Bayne for Superior Court Office No. 87
Anna Slotky Reitano for Superior Court Office No. 65
Maria Ghobadi for Superior Court Office No. 64
Los Angeles County sheriff: Robert Luna
Board of Equalization: Mike Gipson
Orange County District 4 supervisor: Tim Shaw
Orange County District 5 supervisor: Katrina Foley
45th Congressional District: Derek Tran
40th Congressional District: Young Kim
42nd Congressional District: Robert Garcia
Senate District 38: Laura Bassett
Senate District 34: Rhonda Shader
70th Assembly District: Tri Ta
74th Assembly District: Laurie Davies
Denis Bilodeau for Board of Equalization
Mayor of Tustin: Austin Lumbard
Santa Ana Measure N sales tax: No
Costa Mesa Measure C business license tax: No
