Southern California News Group endorsements for the Nov. 3, 2026 general election

All year, members of the editorial board and Opinion team have been busy interviewing and surveying hundreds of candidates for public office across Southern California.

The Southern California News Group editorial board opines in newspapers across Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County and San Bernardino. Our sister newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, is also overseen by opinion editor Sal Rodriguez but maintains a separate editorial board.

As always, endorsements are considered with our commitments to limited government, economic liberty, personal freedom and free markets in mind. Often, these principles prove challenging to apply given the realities of contemporary politics and candidate quality, but we do our best given the choices at hand.

With ballots due out soon for the November 3 election, below is a list of where our endorsements currently stand. This list will be constantly updated.

All of these endorsements have been published either in print or online over the past month. More will be published over the coming days.

State Propositions

Proposition 1: No

Proposition 3: No

Proposition 4: No

Proposition 5: No

Proposition 37: No

Proposition 38: No

Proposition 40: No

Proposition 41: Yes

Proposition 42: Yes

Proposition 43: Yes

Proposition 44: No

Proposition 45: Yes

Statewide candidates

Insurance Commissioner: Ben Allen

Controller: Herb Morgan

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Sonja Shaw

Inland Empire

23rd Congressional District: Jay Obernolte

35th Congressional District: Norma Torres

40th Congressional District: Young Kim

71st Assembly District: Kate Sanchez

47th Assembly District: Greg Wallis

36th Assembly District: Jeff Gonzalez

58th Assembly District: Leticia Castillo

32nd Senate District: Kelly Seyarto

Board of Equalization in San Bernardino County: Shannon Grove

Board of Equalization in Riverside County, San Bernardino County: Denis Bilodeau

Ontario Measure H sales tax: No

San Bernardino City Council in Ward 4: Fred Shorett

Mayor of Fontana: Acquanetta Warren

Los Angeles County

LA County Measure E: No

Pasadena Measure PFD: No

Anthony “AJ” Bayne for LA Superior Court Office No. 87

Anna Slotky Reitano for LA Superior Court Office No. 65

42nd Congressional District: Robert Garcia

Senate District 24: Brian Goldsmith

Los Angeles County sheriff: Robert Luna

Los Angeles city attorney: John McKinney

Los Angeles City Council in District 3: Tim Gaspar

Board of Equalization: Mike Gipson

Orange County

Santa Ana Measure N sales tax: No

Orange County District 4 supervisor: Tim Shaw

Orange County District 5 supervisor: Katrina Foley

45th Congressional District: Derek Tran

40th Congressional District: Young Kim

42nd Congressional District: Robert Garcia

Senate District 38: Laura Bassett

Senate District 34: Rhonda Shader

71st Assembly District: Kate Sanchez

70th Assembly District: Tri Ta

74th Assembly District: Laurie Davies

Denis Bilodeau for Board of Equalization

Mayor of Tustin: Austin Lumbard

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