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Election Endorsements

March 2020 primary: See The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board’s election endorsements

The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board has met with candidates and proponents and opponents of ballot measure campaigns in an effort to offer perspectives on candidates and propositions best represent voters’ interests.

Below is a list of our recommendations for the March 3, 2020 primary election. It will be updated as endorsements are published.

Opinion

Endorsements, like editorials, represent the collective opinion of the board. Board recommendations are not always unanimous and do not reflect the individual opinions of board members.

Nor do they reflect the views of Bee reporters in the news section. The Bee’s opinion section operates independently from news. Reporters do not participate in editorial board deliberations or weigh in on board decisions. They may observe candidate interviews.

The board includes California Opinion Editor Gil Duran, Sacramento Bee/West Region Editor Lauren Gustus, Sacramento Bee Assistant Opinion Editor Tess Townsend, Bee Opinion Columnist Marcos Breton, Deputy California Opinion Editor and Editorial Cartoonist Jack Ohman, and Bee President and Publisher Gary Wortel.

Learn more about our endorsement process.

Congress

U.S. House, District 6: Doris Matsui

U.S. House, District 7: Ami Bera

Statewide

Proposition 13 (school bonds): Yes

Sacramento County

Measure E, Los Rios Community College District: Yes

Sacramento County Supervisor District 3: Gregg Fishman

Sacramento County Supervisor District 4: Non-endorsement

City of Sacramento

Sacramento City Council District 2: Allen Warren

Sacramento City Council District 4: Steve Hansen

Sacramento City Council, District 6: Eric Guerra

Sacramento City Council, District 8: Mai Vang

Sacramento Mayor: Darrell Steinberg

Measure G: Yes

City of Davis

Measure Q: Yes

Measure G: Yes

This story was originally published February 13, 2020 at 5:30 AM.

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