Here are our recommendations so far for the Nov. 6 election

Here are our recommendations so far for the Nov. 6 election. We will be adding more before Election Day. To read our editorials on each race or ballot measure, go to mercurynews.com/endorsements.

Statewide

U.S. Senate — Dianne Feinstein

Governor — Gavin Newsom

Lieutenant Governor — Eleni Kounalakis Treasurer — Fiona Ma

Controller — Betty Yee

Attorney general — Xavier Becerra Insurance commissioner — Steve Poizner Secretary of State — Alex Padilla Superintendent of public instruction — Marshall Tuck Board of Equalization, District 2 — Malia Cohen

U.S. House

District 17 — Ro Khanna

Santa Clara County

County Board of Education, Area 2 — Kathleen King County Board of Education, Area 6 — Peter Ortiz County Board of Education, Area 7 — Claudia Rossi County Board of Supervisors, Dist. 4 — Susan Ellenberg County Sheriff — John Hirokawa

Alum Rock School District —Andres Quintero,

Ernesto Bejarano, Ray Mueller Cupertino City Council — Savita Vaidhyanathan, Orrin Mahoney, Hung Wei

Evergreen Elementary school board — Jim Zito,

Balaji Venkatraman, Marisa Hanson Mountain View City Council — Pat Showalter,

Lenny Siegel, Lucas Ramirez

San Jose City Council, Dist. 7 — Maya Esparza San Jose City Council, Dist. 9 — Pam Foley

San Jose Unified School District, Area 2 —

Jose Magana

San Jose Unified School District, Area 4 —

Michael Melillo

Santa Clara mayor — No recommendation Santa Clara City Council, Dist. 2 — Raj Chahal Santa Clara City Council, Dist. 3 — Karen Hardy Sunnyvale City Council, Seat 1 — Gustav Larsson Sunnyvale City Council, Seat 2 — Glenn Hendricks Sunnyvale City Council, Seat 3 — Mason Fong

Ballot measures

STATEWIDE 1 — Housing bond — Yes 2 — Housing mentally ill — Yes

3 — Water bond — No

4 — Children’s hospital bonds — Yes

5 — Property tax transfer — No

6 — Gas tax repeal — No

7 — Year-round daylight saving time — No 8 — Kidney dialysis clinics — No

10 — Rent control — No

11 — Ambulance worker breaks — Yes

12 — Cage-free farm animals — Yes

SANTA CLARA COUNTY

A — Countywide sales tax extension — Yes

C — Los Altos open space — No

F — Palo Alto health care costs — No

S — San Jose contracting — Yes

T — San Jose infrastructure bond — Yes

U — San Jose council salaries — Yes

V — San Jose housing bond — Yes

AA — Milpitas Unified school bond — Yes

CC — Fremont Union school bond - Yes

EE — Evergreen school parcel tax — Yes

GG — Sunnyvale school bond — Yes

HH — Luther Burbank school bond — Yes

JJ — Mt. Pleasant Elementary school bond — Yes

For a complete listing of our endorsements for the Nov. 6 election, go to mercurynews. com/ endorsements.