B.A.R. election endorsements

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Friday November 4, 2022
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B.A.R. election endorsements

CALIFORNIA GENERAL ELECTION

U.S. Senate: Alex Padilla

State Races

Governor: Gavin Newsom

Lt. Governor: Eleni Kounalakis

Secretary of State: Shirley Weber

Attorney General: Rob Bonta

Controller: Malia Cohen

Treasurer: Fiona Ma

Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara

State Sup. Public Instruction Tony Thurmond

Board of Equalization: Dist. 2: Sally Lieber

Congress (Bay Area)

Dist. 2: Jared Huffman

Dist. 4: Mike Thompson

Dist. 8: John Garamendi

Dist. 9: Josh Harder

Dist. 10: Mark DeSaulnier

Dist. 11: Nancy Pelosi

Dist. 12: Barbara Lee

Dist. 14: Eric Swalwell

Dist. 15: Kevin Mullin

Dist. 16: Anna Eshoo

Dist. 17: Ro Khanna

Dist. 18: Zoe Lofgren

CA Assembly

Dist. 17: Matt Haney

Dist. 19: Phil Ting

Dist. 15: Buffy Wicks

Dist. 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Dist. 18: Mia Bonta

Dist. 20: Shawn Kumagai

Dist. 21: Diane Papan

Dist. 24: Alex Lee

Dist. 26: Evan Low

CA Senate: Dist. 10: No endorsement

CA Judges: Retain all judges

SAN FRANCISCO

Board of Supervisors

Dist. 2: Catherine Stefani

Dist. 4: Gordon Mar

Dist. 6: Matt Dorsey, 1st choice

Honey Mahogany, 2nd choice

Dist. 8: Rafael Mandelman

Dist. 10: Shamann Walton

District Attorney

Brooke Jenkins

Public Defender

Mano Raju

 

City College Board

Short Term: Murrell Green

4-year Term: Thea Selby

John Rizzo

William Walker

SF Board of Education

Lainie Motamedi

Lisa Weissman-Ward

Karen Fleshman

Assessor-Recorder: Joaquín Torres

BART Board, Dist. 9: Janice Li

OTHER RACES

AC Transit At-Large: Alfred Twu

Alameda County Board of Supervisors: Dist. 3: Rebecca Kaplan

Alameda City Council: Jim Oddie

Alameda School Board: Ryan LaLonde

Cabrillo College Board: Area 2: Adam Spickler

Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors: Dist. 4: Ken Carlson

Cupertino City Council: J.R. Fruen

East Bay MUD Ward 3: Marguerite Young

El Cerrito City Council: Gabriel Quinto

Oakland City Council Dist. 4: Janani Ramachandran

Oakland Mayor (ranked)

1st choice: Sheng Thao

2nd choice: Loren Taylor

3rd choice: Ignacio De La Fuente

Oakland School Board: Dist. 4: Nick Resnick

Redwood City Council: Chris Sturken

Richmond City Council

Dist. 2: Cesar Zepeda

Dist. 4: Jamin Pursell

San Mateo County Board of Supervisors: Dist. 3: Laura Parmer-Lohan

San Mateo City Council: Sarah Fields

San Jose City Council: Dist. 3: Omar Torres

San Jose Mayor: Cindy Chavez

San Leandro City Council

Victor Aguilar

San Leandro School Board: James Aguilar

Santa Clara Mayor: Anthony Becker

Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools: Amie Carter, Ph.D.

Sunnyvale City Council: Richard Mehlinger

SAN FRANCISCO PROPS

Yes on: A, B, C, D, G, F, J, L, N, O

No on: E, H, I, M

CALIFORNIA PROPS

Yes on: 1, 26, 28, 30, 31

No on: 27, 29

Remember to vote by Nov. 8!

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