Here are our recommendations for today’s election. To read our editorials on each race or ballot measure, go to mercurynews.com/endorsements or eastbaytimes.com/endorsements.

U.S. Congress

District 12 — Lateefah Simon

District 16 — Sam Liccardo

California Senate

District 3 — Christopher Cabaldon

District 5 — Jerry McNerney

District 7 — Jesse Arreguín

District 9 — Tim Grayson

California Assembly

District 26 — Patrick Ahrens

Regional

BART Dist. 5 — Melissa Hernandez

BART Dist. 7 — Dana Lang

Alameda County

Recall of District Attorney Pamela Price — Yes

County supervisor Dist. 5 — John Bauters

Berkeley mayor — Adena Ishii

Berkeley City Council Dist. 2 — Terry Taplin

Berkeley City Council Dist. 3 — Deborah Matthews

Berkeley City Council Dist. 5 — Todd Andrew

Berkeley City Council Dist. 6 — Brent Blackaby

Fremont Mayor — Raj Salwan

Fremont City Council Dist. 1 — Teresa Keng

Fremont City Council Dist. 5 — Yajing Zhang

Fremont City Council Dist. 6 — Raymond Liu

Hayward Council — Andrews, Zermeño, Goldstein, Bonilla

Oakland city attorney — Ryan Richardson

Oakland recall of Mayor Sheng Thao — yes

Oakland City Council at-large — LeRonne Armstrong

Oakland City Council Dist. 1 — Len Raphael

Oakland City Council Dist. 3 — Warren Logan

Oakland City Council Dist. 5 — Erin Armstrong

Oakland City Council Dist. 7 — Iris Merriouns

Contra Costa County

County supervisor Dist. 5 — Shanelle Scales-Preston

Antioch mayor — Ron Bernal

Antioch City Council, Dist. 2 — Louie Rocha

Antioch City Council, Dist. 3 — Don Freitas

Concord City Council, Dist. 2 — Carlyn Obringer

Concord City Council, Dist. 4 — Pablo Benavente

San Ramon mayor — Mark Armstrong

San Ramon City Council, Dist. 1 — Vasanth Shetty

Santa Clara County

County supervisor Dist. 2 — Madison Nguyen

County supervisor Dist. 5 — Margaret Abe-Koga

Superior Court judge — Jay Boyarsky

San Jose City Council Dist. 2 — Joe Lopez

San Jose City Council Dist. 6 — Michael Mulcahy

San Jose City Council Dist. 10 — Arjun Batra

Santa Clara City Council Dist. 1 — Harbir Bhatia

Santa Clara City Council Dist. 4 — Kevin Park

Santa Clara City Council Dist. 5 — Suds Jain

Santa Clara City Council Dist. 6 — No endorsement

Santa Clara Valley Water Dist. 2 — Shiloh Ballard

Sunnyvale mayor — Larry Klein

Sunnyvale City Council Dist. 2 — Alysa Cisneros

Sunnyvale City Council Dist. 6 — Eileen Le

Ballot measures

STATEWIDE

2 — State school bonds — No

3 — Same-sex marriage — Yes

4 — California climate bond — No

5 — Lowering bond vote requirement — No

6 — Inmate work refusal — No

32 — Minimum wage — Yes

33 — Rent control — No

34 — ‘Landlords’ revenge’ — No

35 — Medi-Cal funding — No

36 — Drug treatment, theft crimes — Yes

ALAMEDA COUNTY

M — Fremont Unified school bond and tax — No

N — New Haven Unified school bond and tax — Yes

Q — San Lorenzo Unified school bond and tax — No

JJ — Dublin term limits — No

K1 — Hayward sales tax extension — No

PP — Pleasanton sales tax — Yes

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

G — El Cerrito sales tax permanent extension — No

H — Lafayette sales tax — Yes

I — Pinole permanent sales tax increase — No

N — San Ramon sales tax — Yes

P — Pittsburg Unified school bond and tax — Yes

Q — San Ramon Valley School Dist. parcel tax — Yes

SANTA CLARA COUNTY

C — Gilroy sales tax — No

E — Sunnyvale bond and tax — Yes

I — Santa Clara bond and tax — Yes

J — Milpitas sales tax — Yes

K — Campbell permanent sales tax increase — No

N — East Side High School District parcel tax — Yes

Q — Milpitas Unified School District parcel tax — Yes

R — San Jose Unified school bond and tax — No

Z — Cupertino Union school bond and tax — Yes