November 8 Election Endorsements
All our endorsements collected on one easy-to-print page
8:00AM, Thu. Oct. 20, 2022
The Austin Chronicle only endorses in contested races. We offer detailed reasons behind our Editorial Board endorsements in the general election in this annotated version; this version is for voters looking to take a printed, streamlined copy to the ballot box.
U.S. CONGRESS
TX-10: Linda Nuno
TX-17: Mary Jo Woods
TX-21: Claudia Zapata
TX-35: Greg Casar
TX-37: Lloyd Doggett
STATEWIDE
Governor: Beto O’Rourke
Lieutenant Governor: Mike Collier
Attorney General: Rochelle Garza
Comptroller: Janet Dudding
Land Commissioner: Jay Kleberg
Ag Commissioner: Susan Hays
Railroad Commissioner: Luke Warford
Supreme Court, Place 3: Erin Nowell
Supreme Court, P5: Amanda Reichek
Supreme Court, P9: Julia Maldonado
Court of Criminal Appeals, P5: No Endorsement
CCA, P6: Robert Johnson
CENTRAL TEXAS
State Board of Education, District 5: Rebecca Bell Metereau
3rd Court of Appeals, P4: Rosa Lopez Theofanis
Senate District 5: No Endorsement
SD14: Sarah Eckhardt
SD21: Judith Zaffirini
SD24: Kathy Jones-Hospod
SD25: Robert Walsh
House District 20: Raul Camacho
HD45: Erin Zwiener
HD46: Sheryl Cole
HD47: Vikki Goodwin
HD48: Donna Howard
HD49: Gina Hinojosa
HD50: James Talarico
HD51: Lulu Flores
HD136: John Bucy
455th District Judge: Laurie Eiserloh
Travis County Judge: Andy Brown
Travis County Clerk: Dyana Limon-Mercado
Travis Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2: Randall Slagle
Williamson County Judge: Blane Conklin
Wilco County Clerk: Erica Smith
Wilco Commissioner Pct. 2: Brigid Lester
Wilco Commissioner Pct. 4: Jose Orta
Wilco JP Pct. 1: KT Musselman
Wilco JP Pct. 4: Stacy Hackenberg
Hays County Judge: Ruben Becerra
Hays Commissioner Pct. 2: Michelle Gutierrez Cohen
Hays Commissioner Pct. 4: Susan Cook
San Marcos Proposition A: FOR
CITY OF AUSTIN
Mayor: Celia Israel
Council District 1: Natasha Harper-Madison
District 3: José Velasquez
District 5 (dual): Ryan Alter, Ken Craig
District 8: Paige Ellis
District 9 (dual): Ben Leffler, Linda Guerrero
City of Austin Prop A: FOR
AUSTIN IND. SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trustee District 1: Candace Hunter
District 4: Kathryn Whitley Chu
District 6: Andrew Gonzalez
At-Large Place 9: Arati Singh
Austin ISD Prop A, B, C: FOR
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Trustee Place 6: Steve Jackobs
ACC Prop A: FOR
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