Here are our recommendations for Tuesday’s election. Click on the links to read the full editorials. 

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Statewide offices

U.S. Senate (regular term) – Alex Padilla

U.S. Senate (short term) – Alex Padilla

Governor – Gavin Newsom

Attorney general – Rob Bonta

Controller – Lanhee Chen

Insurance commissioner – Ricardo Lara

Superintendent of public instruction – Tony Thurmond

U.S. Congress

District 9 – Josh Harder

District 15 – Kevin Mullin

District 16 – Anna Eshoo

California Senate

District 10 – Lily Mei

California Assembly

District 20 – Shawn Kumagai

District 24 – Alex Lee

District 28 – Gail Pellerin

Regional

AC Transit, at-large – Joel Young

AC Transit, Ward 3 – Sarah Syed

AC Transit, Ward 4 – Murphy McCalley

BART, Dist. 6 – Liz Ames

East Bay Municipal Utility, Ward 3 – Marguerite Young

East Bay Municipal Utility, Ward 7 – Matt Turner

East Bay Regional Parks, Ward 3 – Dennis Waespi

Alameda County

District Attorney – Terry Wiley

Board of Supervisors, Dist. 3 – Lena Tam

Alameda mayor – Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft

Alameda City Council – Tony Daysog, Paul Beusterien

Berkeley City Council, Dist.1 – Rashi Kesarwani

Berkeley City Council, Dist. 8 – Mark Humbert

Dublin City Council – Jean Josey, Kashef Qaadri

Fremont City Council, Dist. 2 – Keith Parker

Fremont City Council, Dist. 3 – Kathy Kimberlin

Fremont City Council, Dist. 4 – Yang Shao

Hayward City Council – Daniel Goldstein, Julie Roche

Livermore mayor – John Marchand

Livermore City Council, Dist. 1 – Evan Branning

Livermore City Council, Dist. 2 – Mel Chiong

Oakland mayor – Loren Taylor – Related column and video

Oakland City Council, Dist. 2 – Harold Lowe

Oakland City Council, Dist. 4 – Nenna Joiner

Oakland City Council, Dist. 6 – Yakpasua Zazaboi

Oakland school board, Dist. 2 – David Kakishiba

Oakland school board, Dist. 4 – Nick Resnick

Oakland school board, Dist. 6 – Kyra Mungia

Peralta Community College, Area 5 –  Cindi Reiss

Peralta Community College, Area 3 – Louis Quindlen

Peralta Community College, Area 7 – Seth Steward

Pleasanton City Council, Dist. 1 – Dean Wallace

Pleasanton City Council, Dist. 3 – Jamie Yee

San Leandro mayor – Lee Thomas

San Leandro City Council, Dist. 1 – Kenneth Pon

San Leandro City Council, Dist. 5 – Monique Tate

Union City City Council, Dist. 2 – Chuck Kennedy

Union City City Council, Dist. 3 – Lee Guio

Union City City Council, Dist. 4 – Scott Sakakihara

Contra Costa County

County Board of Supervisors, Dist. 4 – Ken Carlson

County Board of Education, Area 2 – Rupy Krishnan

County Board of Education, Area 4 – Mike Maxwell

County Board of Education, Area 5 – Annette Lewis

County Clerk-Recorder – Kristin Braun Connelly – Related editorial

Contra Costa Water Dist., Division 1 – Patt Young

Antioch City Council, Dist. 1 – Joy Motts

Antioch City Council, Dist. 4 – Shawn Pickett

Brentwood City Council, Dist. 2 – Sinziana Todor

Brentwood City Council, Dist. 4 – Anthony Oerlemans

Concord City Council, Dist. 1 – Laura Hoffmeister

Concord City Council, Dist. 5 – Laura Nakamura

Martinez mayor – Brianne Zorn

Martinez City Council, Dist. 1 – Jay Howard

Martinez City Council Dist. 4 – Ben Therriault

Mt. Diablo school dist., Area 1 – Debra Mason

Mt. Diablo school dist., Area 4 – Cherise Khaund

Pittsburg City Council – Shanelle Scales-Preston, Wolfgang Croskey, Dionne Adams

Pleasant Hill City Council – Sue Noack, Zac Shess

Richmond mayor – Shawn Dunning

Richmond City Council, Dist. 2 – Cesar Zepeda

Richmond City Council, Dist. 3 – Oscar Garcia

Richmond City Council, Dist. 4 – Soheila Bana

San Ramon mayor – Dinesh Govindarao

San Ramon City Council, Dist. 2 – Mark Armstrong

San Ramon City Council, Dist. 4 – Heidi Kenniston-Lee

Walnut Creek City Council – Matt Francois, Cindy Silva

West Contra Costa schools, Area 4 – no endorsement

West Contra Costa schools, Area 5 – Leslie Reckler

Santa Clara County

County Board of Supervisors, Dist. 1 – Johnny Khamis

County Board of Ed, Area 6 – Magdalena Carrasco

County Board of Ed, Area 7 – Raeena Lari 

County Sheriff – Bob Jonsen

Cupertino City Council – J.R. Fruen, Sheila Mohan, Claudio Bono

Los Gatos City Council – Rob Rennie, Mary Badame, Rob Moore

Milpitas mayor – Carmen Montano

Milpitas City Council – Hon Lien, Dipak Awasthi

Mountain View City Council – Alison Hicks, Ellen Kamei, Lucas Ramirez

Palo Alto City Council – Ed Lauing, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Vicki Veenker

San Jose mayor – Matt Mahan – Related editorial

San Jose City Council, Dist. 3 – Omar Torres

San Jose City Council, Dist. 5 – Peter Ortiz

San Jose City Council, Dist. 7 – Maya Esparza

San Jose Unified school board, Area 4 – Jose Magana

Santa Clara Mayor – Anthony Becker

Santa Clara City Council, Dist. 2 – Raj Chahal

Santa Clara City Council, Dist. 3 – Karen Hardy

Santa Clara Valley Water, Dist. 6 – Chuck Cantrell

Santa Clara Valley Water, Dist. 7 – Rebecca Eisenberg – Related editorial

Sunnyvale City Council, Dist. 3 – Murali Srinivasan

Sunnyvale City Council Dist. 5 – Richard Mehlinger

California and local ballot measures

Statewide Propositions

1 – State constitution abortion rights – Yes

26 – Expand tribal casino gambling – No

27 – Online sports betting – No

28 – Lock in arts-education spending – No

29 – Kidney dialysis regulation – No

30 – Electric vehicle wealth tax – No

31 – Ban flavored tobacco – Yes

Alameda County

D – Alameda County growth – Yes

F – Alameda city hotel tax increase – Yes

G – Livermore school bond and tax – No

H – Oakland school parcel tax increase – Yes

I – Pleasanton school bond and tax – No

J – Sunol Glen school bond and tax – Yes

K – Albany fire and ambulance tax increase – No

L – Berkeley city bond and tax – No

M – Berkeley vacancy tax – No

O – Emeryville transfer tax increase – No

P – Livermore sewer extension – Yes

S – Oakland non-citizen voting – No

T – Oakland business tax – No

U – Oakland roads, housing bond – No – related editorial

W – Oakland public campaign finance – Yes

X – Oakland term limits, auditor authority – Yes

Y – Oakland zoo tax – No

Z – Union City sales tax extension – Yes

Contra Costa County

J – Walnut Creek school bond and tax – No

K – Martinez school bond and tax – No

N – Hercules utility tax permanent extension – No

O – Walnut Creek sales tax – Yes

Q – Brentwood open space – Yes

Santa Clara County

A – Morgan Hill distribution center ban – Yes

B – Morgan Hill road change vote requirement – No

C – Saratoga term limits – No

F – Milpitas term limits – No

G – Santa Clara utility tax transfer – Yes

H – Santa Clara business tax – Yes

J – Los Gatos business tax increase – Yes

K – Palo Alto business tax – Yes

L – Palo Alto gas utility transfers – Yes

M – Loma Prieta school district parcel tax – No

O – Campbell high school district parcel tax – Yes

T – Campbell TK-8 school district bond – Yes