These are The Sacramento Bee’s election endorsements for Sacramento County-area races | Opinion
The most important job of The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board is to research and interview the candidates seeking elective office, as well as the advocates for and against the local measures and statewide propositions on your ballot.
Once the research and interviews are done, we deliberate and do what you do on Election Day: We make a choice. Then we explain the choice to our readers in our endorsement editorials.
All of our editorials are unsigned because they represent the editorial positions of The Bee and the members of our board. Those board members are: Executive Editor Colleen McCain Nelson, California Opinion Editor Marcos Breton, Op-Ed Editor Hannah Holzer, and columnists Robin Epley, Tom Philp and LeBron Antonio Hill.
Unlike bettors in NFL games, our job is not to handicap winners; the goal is to be informative. We do the work, learn the issues and explain our endorsements in the races we cover as a resource for our readers as they consider their own ballots.
This year’s general election ballot is filled with a presidential race, a U.S. Senate race, congressional races, legislative races, local government races, school board races, local measures and statewide propositions. All await your important selections ahead of Election Day on Nov. 5.
In the Sacramento area alone, this Editorial Board has made endorsements in nearly 40 races.
Here are the endorsements of The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board in Sacramento County races.
California Legislature
California Assembly, 6th District
The Bee’s Choice: “The Bee Editorial Board endorses a veteran prosecutor for the California Assembly”
California Assembly, 7th District
The Bee’s Choice: “Here’s The Bee’s endorsement in one of California’s most-watched legislative elections”
Sacramento City Council
Mayor
The Bee’s Choice: “For Sacramento mayor, The Bee endorses a candidate who can disrupt City Hall”
Sacramento City Council, 2nd District
The Bee’s Choice: “If one area of Sacramento needs leadership this election, it’s Council District 2”
ELK GROVE CITY COUNCIL
Mayor, District 1, District 3
The Bee’s Choice: “Elk Grove’s leaders should take responsibility for their decisions before election”
City of Folsom
Folsom City Council, District 2, District 4
The Bee’s Choice: “Two candidates will strengthen a Folsom City Council facing challenges”
Measure G
The Bee’s Choice: “Folsom’s city finances are ailing. Is a sales tax hike called Measure G the cure?”
Rancho Cordova City Council
District 1, District 3, District 4
The Bee’s Choice: “This Sacramento suburb is lucky to have smart incumbents in the 2024 election”
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Ward 1, Ward 5
The Bee’s Choice: “The Bee endorsements in SMUD board elections: Is the utility heading in right direction?”
Sacramento City Unified School District
Area 3, Area 4
The Bee’s Choice: “The Bee endorses these two candidates for the Sacramento City Unified school board”
Sacramento County Measures
Measure D
The Bee’s Choice: “Measure D funds $543 million in renovations for Sacramento schools. Should it pass?”
Measure E
The Bee’s Choice: “Parcel taxes for Sacramento libraries will expire. Measure E would extend funding”
Measure O
The Bee’s Choice: “Sacramento Metro Fire’s Measure O would upgrade equipment in a first-ever voter appeal”
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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