Here are our recommendations for Tuesday’s election. Click on the links to read the full editorials. (If you have trouble reaching the individual articles on our mobile app, click here.) And to read our news stories about the races, click here.
U.S. Congress
District 12 – Lateefah Simon
District 16 – Sam Liccardo
California Senate
District 3 – Christopher Cabaldon
District 5 – Jerry McNerney
District 7 – Jesse Arreguín
District 9 – Tim Grayson
California Assembly
District 15 – Karen Mitchoff
District 26 – Patrick Ahrens
Alameda County
County Board of Education Area 2 – Angela Normand
County Board of Education Area 5 – Janevette Cole
County Board of Education Area 6 – Eileen McDonald
County supervisor Dist. 4 – no recommendation
County supervisor Dist. 5 – John Bauters
Superior Court judge – Michael Johnson
Contra Costa County
County supervisor Dist. 5 – Jelani Killings
Santa Clara County
County supervisor Dist. 2 – Madison Nguyen
County supervisor Dist. 5 – Margaret Abe-Koga
Superior Court judge – Jay Boyarsky
San Jose mayor – Matt Mahan
San Jose City Council Dist. 2 – Joe Lopez
San Jose City Council Dist. 4 – David Cohen
San Jose City Council Dist. 6 – Michael Mulcahy
San Jose City Council Dist. 8 – Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal
San Jose City Council Dist. 10 – Arjun Batra
Ballot measures
Statewide
1 – Mental health bond and funding – Yes
Alameda County
B – County recall reform – Yes
E – Alameda school parcel tax – Yes
G – Albany school parcel tax – No
H – Berkeley school parcel tax – No
I – Hayward school bonds and taxes – No
J – San Leandro school bonds and taxes – No
Contra Costa County
A – Martinez appointed city clerk – Yes
B – Antioch school bonds and taxes – Yes
C – Martinez school parcel tax – Yes
D – Moraga school bonds and taxes – No
Santa Clara County
A – Santa Clara appointed city clerk – Yes
B – Santa Clara appointed police chief – Yes
C – Sunnyvale School District bonds and tax – Yes
