List of Bee's recommendations for Nov. 6 election

Published: October 25, 2012 

A list of The Bee's endorsements of candidates, local measures and state propositions on the Nov. 6 election ballot, along with links to the related editorials.

President

Barack Obama

U.S. House of Representatives

16th District – Jim Costa
21st District – David Valadao
22nd District – Devin Nunes

U.S. Senate

Dianne Feinstein

State Assembly

5th District – Frank Bigelow
23rd District – Bob Whalen

Fresno City Council

District 2 – Steve Brandau

Fresno Unified School District

District 2 – Luis Chavez
District 5 – Carol Mills
District 6 – Janet Ryan

State Center Community College District

District 2 – Eric Payne
District 3 – John Leal
District 6 – Marion Montgomery-Austin
District 7 – Richard Caglia

Local measures

Measure B (Library sales tax) – Yes
Measure F (Fresno city financial reform) – Yes
Measure O (Fresno County outsourcing) – Yes

State propositions

Proposition 30 (Governor’s tax increase) – Yes
Proposition 31 (Legislative reforms) – Yes
Proposition 32 (Paycheck protection) – No
Proposition 33 (Auto insurance) – No
Proposition 34 (Ends death penalty) – No
Proposition 35 (Human trafficking) – No
Proposition 36 (Revises Three Strikes law) – Yes
Proposition 37 (GMO labeling) – No
Proposition 38 (Munger tax plan) – No
Proposition 39 (Out-of-state corporate tax) – Yes
Proposition 40 (Referendum on state Senate districts) – Yes

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