Here are The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board’s endorsements for November 2022 elections
Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, but many voters already are casting vote-by-mail ballots or taking advantage of early voting. Every election season, The Sacramento Bee’s Editorial Board meets with dozens of candidates in advance of making recommendations in local, state and federal races.
We do this to present voters with as much information as possible about whom they might choose to represent them, information that comes straight from the candidates themselves.
This year, the Editorial Board is most concerned about this nation’s fragile democracy and about the growing climate crisis.
Those imperatives informed our decisions in races from federal lawmakers down to extremely local match-ups.
Use the links for each recommendation to read the reasoning behind the board’s choices.
Here are our choices:
U.S. Congress
U.S. Senate
Congressional District 3
Congressional District 6
Congressional District 7
California
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Controller
Insurance Commissioner
Treasurer
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Equalization, District 1
Proposition 1: Reproductive rights protections
Proposition 26: Sports gambling on tribal lands
Proposition 27: Sports gambling online
Proposition 28: Arts education funding
Proposition 29: Dialysis treatment regulation
Proposition 30: Tax for electric vehicles, fire prevention
Proposition 31: Flavored tobacco ban
Assembly District 5
Assembly District 6
Assembly District 7
Assembly District 10
Senate District 6
Senate District 8
Sacramento County
Sacramento County Supervisor, District 5
Measure A: Sales tax increase for infrastructure
Measure B: Allowing, taxing marijuana sales
City of Sacramento
Sacramento City Council, District 1
Sacramento City Council, District 3
Sacramento City Council, District 5
Measure L: Cannabis revenue for youth programs
Measure O: Homelessness policy
Sacramento City Unified School District, Area 1
Sacramento City Unified School District, Area 2
Sacramento City Unified School District, Area 6
Placer County
Placer County Supervisor, District 2
Roseville City Council, District 2
Rocklin City Council
Rocklin Unified School District
Jen Brookover, Rick Miller and Michelle Sutherland
Roseville City School District
Rob Baquera, Alisa Fong and Rene Aguilera
Yolo County
West Sacramento City Council, District 3
West Sacramento City Council, District 4
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREWhat are editorials, and who writes them?
Editorials represent the collective opinion of The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board.
They do not reflect the individual opinions of board members or the views of Bee reporters in the news section. Bee reporters do not participate in editorial board deliberations or weigh in on board decisions. The same rules apply to our sister publications, The Modesto Bee, Fresno Bee, Merced Sun-Star and San Luis Obispo Tribune.
In Sacramento, our board includes Bee Executive Editor Colleen McCain Nelson, McClatchy California Opinion Editor Marcos Breton, opinion writers Robin Epley, Tom Philp, LeBron Antonio Hill and op-ed editor Hannah Holzer.
In Fresno and Merced, the board includes Central Valley Executive Editor Don Blount, Senior Editor Christopher Kirkpatrick, Opinion Editor Juan Esparza Loera, and opinion writer Tad Weber.
In Modesto, the board includes Senior Editor Carlos Virgen and in San Luis Obispo, it includes Opinion Editor Stephanie Finucane.
We base our opinions on reporting by our colleagues in the news section, and our own reporting and interviews. Our members attend public meetings, call people and follow-up on story ideas from readers just as news reporters do. Unlike objective reporters, we share our judgments and state clearly what we think should happen based on our knowledge.
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This story was originally published October 27, 2022 at 11:20 AM.