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Who is on Newsom’s list for California Attorney General?

1 day ago · Barr told him to pass along any “serious allegations” of election fraud to the state's attorney general's office, McSwain said in a letter seeking …

Where can I find the Austin Chronicle’s endorsements in the election?

Mar 20, 2022 · Joe Garofoli is the San Francisco Chronicle's senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at The Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when ...

Will Steinberg be on Newsom’s list for Attorney General?

Jun 08, 2010 · CHRONICLE RECOMMENDS For Today's Primary Election. June 8, 2010. Governor (Republican) Steve Poizner. Lieutenant governor (Republican) Abel Maldonado *. Lieutenant governor (Democrat) Gavin Newsom ...

Should we endorse Glenn Hegar or Janet Dudding?

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Who did Newsom choose to fill the Senate seat?

Newsom made history with two recent major appointments. He chose former Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President Kamala Harris, and Assembly Member Shirley Weber to replace Padilla.

Who is Biden's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services?

The post is expected to open soon because Attorney General Xavier Becerra is Biden’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, and his path to confirmation has become clearer now that Democrats have taken control of the Senate.

Who is the Contra Costa County District Attorney?

• Biography: Becton, 69, is the Contra Costa County district attorney. She was appointed in 2017 and elected to a full four-year term the following year. She has advocated expanding prevention and treatment programs for people who are mentally ill, addicted to drugs or homeless. Becton was a judge in the county for 22 years, including serving as presiding judge. She was previously president of the National Association of Women Judges.

Who is Zbur supported by?

Zbur is also supported by Dolores Huerta, the labor and civil-rights leader, and HONOR PAC, a group that supports electing LGBTQ Latinos. • Upshot: Zbur would be the state’s first openly gay attorney general. His appointment could garner Newsom praise from two blocs of Democratic voters, Latinos and the LGBTQ community.

Who is the mayor of Sacramento?

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (center) head of the Big City Mayors, discusses homelessness after the group met with Gov. Gavin Newsom (third from right) in Sacramento in 2019. Steinberg is believed to be on Newsom’s list of possible nominees as state attorney general.

Who is Rick Chavez?

Rick Chavez Zbur. • Biography: Zbur, 63, is executive director of Equality California, one of the state’s most powerful LGBTQ civil-rights advocacy groups . He has led the organization since 2014. Last year, Zbur launched a campaign for Los Angeles city attorney, a race on the 2022 ballot.

Is Bonta a member of the Alameda City Council?

Before being elected to the Legislature in 2012, Bonta was a member of the Alameda City Council.

Here are the local, state, and national Dems we picked to represent us

Lots of action this cycle, as redistricting has changed the political map in ways that mostly work to Austin progressives' benefit. We offer here the considered opinion of our Editorial Board in most of the contested races on the Democratic primary ballot (Republican voters, you're on your own; may the odds be ever in your favor).

U.S. Congress

Branscum and Zapata have made the best impression on us as the Democratic choice for this likely doomed contest against incumbent Rep. Chip Roy, R-Dripping Springs, in November.

Statewide

You didn't need us to tell you that. We do wish our professional colleague, former KUT and Texas Standard reporter Joy Diaz, further success in her political career – maybe at City Hall?

Central Texas

After running four times in 10 years to finally land this seat on the board that tries to edit everybody's textbooks, Bell-Metereau has been rewarded in redistricting with an easily defendable Democratic district including all of Austin.

The Courthouse

All three choices are good for voters in the contest for the nomination to, in all likelihood, flip the last GOP-held seat on the 3rd Court.

Travis County

Speaking of local legends, this is the race to succeed Dana DeBeauvoir, who may be Texas' most famous election official and thus a target of state leadership.

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U.S. Congress

  • TX-21: Coy Branscum, Claudia Zapata
    Branscum and Zapata have made the best impression on us as the Democratic choice for this likely doomed contest against incumbent Rep. Chip Roy, R-Dripping Springs, in November.
  • TX-35: Greg Casar
    As regular Chronicle readers can surmise, there has been a widespectrum of views on the Editorial Board regarding Casar's performance and agenda on the Austin City Council. Still – and despite our admiration for all that state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez has done for Austin and Texas – w…
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Statewide

  • Governor: Beto O'Rourke
    You didn't need us to tell you that. We do wish our professional colleague, former KUT and Texas Standardreporter Joy Diaz, further success in her political career – maybe at City Hall?
  • Lieutenant Governor: Mike Collier
    The man behind "Fix the Damn Grid" has been running for this job now for eight years, coming quite close to unseating carnival barker Dan Patrick in 2018 and never breaking stride since. For his trouble, he attracted a risible vanity challenge from Bush-era talking head Matthew Dowd, the…
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Central Texas

  • State Board of Education, District 5: Rebecca Bell-Metereau
    After running four times in 10 years to finally land this seat on the board that tries to edit everybody's textbooks, Bell-Metereau has been rewarded in redistricting with an easily defendable Democratic district including all of Austin. Our progressive community has never really had this …
  • Texas House District 45: Erin Zwiener
    Zwiener – who upset Bell-Metereau four years ago to claim the Dem nomination and then win this Hays County seat – has also benefited from the new map with a district now firmly anchored in the Buda/Kyle suburbs (i.e., far-far South Austin) and in the college community in San Marcos. I…
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The Courthouse

  • 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 4: Rosa Lopez Theofanis
    All three choices are good for voters in the contest for the nomination to, in all likelihood, flip the last GOP-held seat on the 3rd Court. Theofanis impressed us particularly with not only her command of, but her love for, the quirky world of appellate law, the things that make serving on t…
  • 261st District Court: Daniella Deseta Lyttle
    Both candidates would be fine judges, but we think the shoes of Lora Livingston, the county's longest-serving civil judge and administrator for that side of the docket, would be best filled by Lyttle, whose diverse background in medicine as well as law, and in immigration and business m…
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Travis County

  • County Clerk: Dyana Limon-Mercado
    Speaking of local legends, this is the race to succeed Dana DeBeauvoir, who may be Texas' most famous election official and thus a target of state leadership. It's a job that requires an enormous amount of political savvy at the moment, and Limon-Mercado, former chair of the county Demo­c…
  • Commissioner, Precinct 2: Brigid Shea
    The two most challenging races for us to deliberate this cycle were probably the two commissioner contests. There is no currently active politician whose career has been more interwoven with the Chronicle's advocacy journalism than Brigid Shea, the hero of the Save Our S…
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