See The Bee’s endorsements for legislative races throughout the Sacramento region | Opinion
Election Day is Tuesday, March 5. Are you ready to cast your vote? With so many voters sending their ballots through the mail or taking advantage of early voting, it’s important to know the facts before the big day.
Every election season, The Sacramento Bee’s Editorial Board meets with dozens of candidates to determine who our board will endorse 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 was most concerned about this nation’s fragile democracy, the need for homeless policies that increase capacity for affordable housing and badly needed drug and mental health treatment, the growing climate crisis, the dire need for more affordable housing in our state and economic investments to keep our community thriving and able to provide services to our neighbors. Those imperatives informed our decisions in races from federal lawmakers down to extremely local match-ups.
Use the links for each race to learn who we endorsed and to read the reasoning behind the board’s choices. Click here for a full list of The Bee’s endorsements.
Here are some of the state legislative races you’ll see on ballots throughout the Sacramento region:
State Assembly
State Senate
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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.
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