Endorsements for the June 7 primary

Over the last two months, our editorial board has surveyed hundreds of candidates, conducted several dozen interviews and issued dozens of endorsements in races across Southern California. Here are our endorsements to date. You can find full endorsements on our website in the Opinion section.

Statewide office

• Lanhee Chen for state controller.

• Lance Christensen for state superintendent of public instruction.

• After interviewing candidates for state treasurer, our editorial board has declined to issue an endorsement. Treasurer Fiona Ma has failed to respond to multiple requests for an interview across several weeks.

Los Angeles County

• Jeffrey Prang for Los Angeles County controller.

• Bob Hertzberg for Los Angeles County supervisor.

• Rick Caruso for mayor of Los Angeles.

• Scott Silverstein for Los Angeles City Council.

• Hydee Feldstein Soto for Los Angeles city attorney.

• Stephanie Clements for Los Angeles city controller.

• Kelly Gonez and Nick Melvoin for Los Angeles Unified School Board.

• John Kennedy and Jason Lyon for Pasadena City Council.

Our editorial board will be issuing further endorsements this week.

Orange County

• Cecilia Iglesias for Board of Supervisors in District 2.

• Doug Chaffee for Board of Supervisors in District 4.

• Pat Bates for Board of Supervisors in District 5.

• Todd Spitzer for district attorney.

• Al Mijares for Orange County superintendent.

• Mari Barke, Lisa Sparks and Tim Shaw for Orange County Board of Education.

Riverside County

• Jeff Hewitt for Board of Supervisors.

• Lara Gressley for district attorney.

San Bernardino County

• Jesse Armendarez for Board of Supervisors.

• Curt Hagman for Board of Supervisors.

• Treasure Ortiz for mayor of San Bernardino.

Our editorial board will be issuing endorsements in San Bernardino City Council races in the coming week.