Orange County Register endorsements for California's June 2 primary
Over the last couple of months, the Southern California News Group editorial board has been busy surveying and interviewing candidates across the four county region we cover (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties). In addition to covering city and county races, our editorial board selectively interviewed candidates in two races for statewide office, one key congressional race and one race for state Assembly.
Here are our endorsements to date.
Statewide offices
Insurance commissioner: Patrick Wolff
State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Sonja Shaw
Congress
40th Congressional District: Young Kim
Assembly
72nd Assembly District Matthew Harper
Orange County
Board of Supervisors 2nd District: Vicente Sarmiento
Board of Supervisors 4th District: Tim Shaw
Board of Supervisors 5th District: Katrina Foley
County Clerk-Recorder: Hugh Nguyen
Judicial Office No. 13: Robert Mestman
Judicial Office No. 141: Ami Sagel
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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM.