Over the course of this year, our editorial board has surveyed hundreds of candidates, conducted several dozen interviews and issued dozens of endorsements in races across Southern California. Here are our endorsements to date for the November 2022 election.
We will provide weekly updates as we continue to issue endorsements. You can read full endorsements in the links below to understand our reasons for our decisions.
Statewide office
- Alex Padilla for U.S. Senate
- Eleni Kounalakis for lieutenant governor
- Shirley Weber for secretary of state
- Rob Bonta for state attorney general
- Lanhee Chen for state controller
- Jack Guerrero for state treasurer
- Lance Christensen for state superintendent of public instruction
- No endorsement for insurance commissioner
Statewide measures
- No on Proposition 26
- No on Proposition 27
- Yes on Proposition 28
- No on Proposition 29
- No on Proposition 30
- No on Proposition 31
Los Angeles County
- Mike Garcia for 27th congressional district
- Robert Garcia for 42nd congressional district
- Suzette Martinez Valladares for Assembly District 40
- Josh Lowenthal for Assembly District 69
- Robert Luna for Los Angeles County sheriff
- Bob Hertzberg for Los Angeles County supervisor
- Rick Caruso for mayor of Los Angeles
- Hydee Feldstein Soto for Los Angeles city attorney
- Paul Koretz for Los Angeles city controller
- No on Los Angeles Proposition ULA
- No on Los Angeles Proposition SP
- No on Measure H in Pasadena
- Kelly Gonez for Los Angeles Unified School Board
- Melissa Hammond for Superior Court Office No. 118
- Suzie Price for mayor of Long Beach; Kristina Duggan, Megan Kerr and Joni Ricks-Oddie for City Council
Orange County
- Young Kim for Congressional District 40
- Michelle Steel for Congressional District 45
- Lou Correa for Congressional District 46
- Scott Baugh for Congressional District 47
- Brian Maryott for Congressional District 49
- Rhonda Shader for Senate District 34
- Janet Nguyen for Senate District 36
- Matt Gunderson for Senate District 38
- Laurie Davies for Assembly District 74
- Diane Dixon for Assembly District 72
- Sharon Quirk-Silva for Assembly District 67
- Doug Chaffee for Board of Supervisors in District 4
- Pat Bates for Board of Supervisors in District 5
- Ashleigh Aitken for mayor of Anaheim; Carlos Leon, Al Jabbar and Hari Lal for City Council
- John Moorlach for mayor of Costa Mesa
- Arnel Dino and Oscar Valadez for Fullerton City Council
- Mark Murphy for mayor of Orange; Arianna Barrios, Kathy Tavoulari, Deni Bilodeau, John Gyllenhammer for City Council
- Sal Tinajero for mayor of Santa Ana; Nelida Mendoza, Phil Bacerra and David Penaloza for City Council
Inland Empire
- Norma Torres for 35th congressional district
- Jay Obernolte for 23rd congressional district
- Kelly Seyarto for Senate District 32
- Thurston “Smitty” Smith for Assembly District 34
- James Ramos for Assembly District 45
- Greg Wallis for Assembly District 47
- Bill Essayli for Assembly District 63
- Matt Rahn for Assembly District 71
- Jeff Hewitt for Riverside County Board of Supervisors
- Jesse Armendarez for San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
- Acquanetta Warren for mayor, Phillip Cothran and John Roberts for Fontana City Council
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