LAVoterGuides

We collected a list of voter guides and election endorsements for the November 2026 Los Angeles local, state, and national elections in one place for every political affiliation

LA Voter Guides is an independent, non-partisan source that lists LA voter guides and Los Angeles election endorsements from many organizations, including the LA Times and LA Daily News, for the November 2026 local, state, and federal elections and ballot propositions. Results are roughly ranked by their rankings when I did a Google search for "LA voter guide". We're not affiliated with any of the organizations or sources listed.

LA Voter Guides is maintained by Peter Xu (co-founder of Wanderlog, a tool to plan vacation travel and OpenGreenCard, a free tool to prepare marriage-based green card applications and I-751 removal of status forms). Get in touch at peter@lavoterguides.com if you have any suggestions or if you find any inaccuracies!

Voting somewhere else? See the SF voter guide.

Note: we're still missing endorsements for a few organizations (LA Weekly) who had endorsed in the past. If they've released endorsements, email Peter and we'll add them!

Organizations whose websites explain the reasoning behind their endorsements are highlighted in gray with an info icon.

Please select what city you're in to see the local races for your municipality. By default we show every neighboring city on this ballot.

Mayor and major statewide races
Organization
Has reasoning					Herb Morgan	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman		Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman
	Karen Bass
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
		Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
		Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman
	Nithya Raman			Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Nithya Raman
Has reasoning		Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning		Steve Hilton	Gloria Romero	Don Wagner	Herb Morgan	Jennifer Hawks
		Steve Hilton	Gloria Romero	Don Wagner	Herb Morgan	Jennifer Hawks
		Steve Hilton	Gloria Romero	Don Wagner	Herb Morgan	Jennifer Hawks
		Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra		Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma
	Nithya Raman
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
Has reasoning	Nithya Raman
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
		Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra		Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Nithya Raman	Xavier Becerra		Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Karen Bass	Xavier Becerra	Fiona Ma	Shirley Weber	Malia Cohen	Eleni Kounalakis
	Nithya Raman		Fiona Ma

Other state races
Organization
Has reasoning		Ben Allen	Sonja Shaw
	Rob Bonta
Has reasoning	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
Has reasoning	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
Has reasoning		Jane Kim
	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
Has reasoning	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
		Jane Kim
Has reasoning	Rob Bonta		Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
Has reasoning	Michael Gates		Sonja Shaw
	Michael Gates		Sonja Shaw
	Michael Gates		Sonja Shaw
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
Has reasoning	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
Has reasoning	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen
	Rob Bonta
Has reasoning			Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim	Richard Barrera
Has reasoning		Ben Allen
	Rob Bonta		Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Ben Allen	Richard Barrera
	Rob Bonta	Jane Kim

Local ballot measures (part 1) Los Angeles city measures
Organization
Has reasoning		No	Yes	No
	Yes	No	No	Yes
Has reasoning	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	No		No
Has reasoning	No	Yes	Yes	No
Has reasoning	No	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes		No
			Yes	No
Has reasoning		Yes
Has reasoning	No	Yes	No	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	No	No	No
	Yes	No	No	No
	Yes	No	No	No
Has reasoning		Yes
		Yes	Yes	No
Has reasoning		Yes		No
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
				Yes

Local ballot measures (part 2) Los Angeles city measures
Organization
Has reasoning	No	No		No
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes		Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes
	Yes
	Yes		No	Yes
	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes
	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes		Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No
	No	No	Yes	No
Has reasoning	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes		Yes
	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes		No
	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes		Yes
	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes			Yes
	Yes	Yes

State ballot measures & propositions (part 1) California statewide
Organization
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No	No
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes			Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes		Yes	Yes
		Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No	No
	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes
	Yes			Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning			Yes	Yes	No
	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

State ballot measures & propositions (part 2) California statewide
Organization
Has reasoning				No
Has reasoning	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Has reasoning		Yes		No	Yes
	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
	Yes		No	Yes	No
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	Yes	No
Has reasoning		No	No	Yes	No
	Yes		No	Yes	No
	Yes		No	Yes	No
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
			No
Has reasoning	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
		Yes	No	Yes	No
Has reasoning		No	No	Yes	No
Has reasoning			No	Yes	No
			No	No
Has reasoning	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
		Yes	No	No
Has reasoning			No		No
	Yes		No	Yes	No
Has reasoning	No	No	No		No
Has reasoning	Yes
			No
Has reasoning	Yes		No	Yes	No
	Yes		No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	Yes	No
			No	Yes	No
	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
			No	Yes	No
	Yes	Yes	No		No

State ballot measures & propositions (part 3) California statewide
Organization
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes		No	Yes
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning	No	No	Yes	No
	No	No	Yes	No
	No	No	Yes	No
	No	No	Yes	No
	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning		No		No
		No		No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning	No	No		No
		No	No
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
		No	No
Has reasoning	No	No		No
	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning		No
		No
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No
		No		No
Has reasoning	No	No	Yes	No
	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No
	No	No
	No	No	No	No

Please select what city you're in to see the local races for your municipality. By default we show every neighboring city on this ballot.

Neighboring city races Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Culver City, Monterey Park
Organization
Has reasoning	Caroline TorosisDanny IvanovBrett Morrow	Sue HimmelrichHeather ThomasonKurt Gonska	Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post
	Caroline TorosisBrett MorrowDanny Ivanov	Heather ThomasonKurt GonskaSue Himmelrich	Chelsea ByersJonathan CottrellHelen Krieger	Freddy Puza		Vinh Ngo
Has reasoning	Caroline TorosisDanny IvanovBrett Morrow	Heather ThomasonSue HimmelrichKurt Gonska	Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post	Freddy PuzaThomas Small		Steven Kung
Has reasoning	Caroline TorosisDanny IvanovBrett Morrow		Stephen PostChelsea ByersHelen Krieger			Steven Kung
	Phil BrockDanny IvanovEricka LesleyLana NegreteCaroline TorosisDoug Trussler		John Duran	Kimberley GriffinJeannine Wisnosky Stehlin
	Brett MorrowCaroline TorosisDanny Ivanov		Chelsea ByersJonathan CottrellHelen Krieger	Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin	Thomas Wong	Vinh Ngo
	Caroline TorosisDanny IvanovBrett MorrowDoug Trussler	Heather ThomasonKurt GonskaSue Himmelrich	Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerJonathan CottrellStephen Post	Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin
			Chelsea Byers	Thomas SmallFreddy Puza
Has reasoning	Danny IvanovBrett MorrowCaroline Torosis		Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post	Thomas SmallFreddy Puza
	Danny IvanovBrett MorrowCaroline Torosis		Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post	Freddy PuzaThomas Small
	Caroline Torosis		Stephen PostChelsea ByersHelen Krieger	Thomas Small		Steven Kung
Has reasoning			Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post
Has reasoning			Tanya Tsikanovsky
	Derrick Townsend		Tanya Tsikanovsky
	Derrick Townsend	Heather Thomason	Tanya Tsikanovsky
	Danny Ivanov		Kyle BrazealChelsea ByersJonathan CottrellHelen Krieger	Freddy Puza	Thomas Wong
Has reasoning	Caroline TorosisDoug TrusslerEli Gill		Chelsea ByersHelen Krieger	Freddy PuzaThomas Small
	Brett MorrowCaroline TorosisEli Gill		Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post	Freddy PuzaThomas Small
					Thomas Wong	Vinh Ngo
	Brett MorrowDanny IvanovCaroline Torosis		Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post	Freddy Puza	Thomas Wong
			Kyle Brazeal
			Chelsea Byers
			Chelsea ByersHelen KriegerStephen Post
		Sue HimmelrichHeather Thomason		Jeannine Wisnosky StehlinKimberley Griffin
	Danny IvanovBrett MorrowCaroline Torosis	Kurt GonskaSue HimmelrichSoledad Marcial	Chelsea ByersJonathan CottrellHelen Krieger	Freddy PuzaThomas Small
			Chelsea ByersHelen Krieger	Freddy PuzaThomas Small	Thomas Wong	Vinh Ngo

Neighboring city races (part 2) Monterey Park and Burbank citywide offices
Organization
Has reasoning	Mike Van GorderNikki PerezNolan Southerland
	Nikki PerezTamala TakahashiMike Van Gorder	Kimberley Clark
Has reasoning	Nikki PerezMike Van GorderNolan Southerland
Has reasoning	Nolan SoutherlandMike Van GorderNikki Perez
	Nikki PerezNolan SoutherlandMike Van Gorder
	Nikki PerezMike Van GorderNolan Southerland
	Eddy PolonNolan Southerland
Has reasoning	Eddy PolonNolan SoutherlandMike Van Gorder
	Nikki PerezEddy PolonTamala Takahashi
	Nikki PerezNolan SoutherlandMike Van Gorder
Has reasoning	Nikki PerezMike Van GorderNolan Southerland
Has reasoning	David Donahue
	Samantha Wick
	Nikki Perez
Has reasoning	Eddy PolonMike Van Gorder
	Eddy PolonMike Van Gorder
	Mike Van GorderNikki PerezTamala Takahashi
	Tamala TakahashiMike Van Gorder
	Nikki Perez

Santa Monica ballot measures City of Santa Monica
Organization
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	No	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	No	No
Has reasoning		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
			Yes		Yes
	Yes

Other neighboring city measures Monterey Park, Culver City, Pasadena
Organization
	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
					Yes
Has reasoning	No	Yes	No	No	No
	No	Yes	No	No	No
		Yes	Yes
Has reasoning			Yes

Burbank ballot measures City of Burbank
Organization
	Yes	No	No
Has reasoning	Yes	Yes	No
Has reasoning	No	Yes	Yes
	No	Yes	Yes
Has reasoning		No	No

About the endorsers

Organization and link	Description
Los Angeles Times	Largest daily newspaper in Southern California, published since 1881 (LA Times)
Los Angeles Daily News	San Fernando Valley daily newspaper that covers Los Angeles and the surrounding county
La Opinión	Spanish-language daily newspaper founded in Los Angeles in 1926; the most-read Spanish print paper in the US
Los Angeles Sentinel	Weekly African American-owned newspaper published in Los Angeles since 1933
Knock LA	Progressive Los Angeles newsroom that publishes a local voter guide each cycle
LA Weekly	Los Angeles alternative weekly that covers local news, arts, and politics
LA Progressive	Online publication that publishes a progressive voter guide for Los Angeles elections
Democratic Party (LA County)	Local branch of the Democratic Party, the dominant party in Los Angeles and the more liberal/left-leaning of the two major US parties
LA Forward	Progressive organizing group that publishes a detailed Los Angeles voter guide and trains local candidates
DSA-LA	Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, a socialist organization that endorses local candidates
Democrats for Israel Los Angeles	Democratic club chartered in Los Angeles County that rates candidates on Israel, antisemitism, and related issues
LA County Federation of Labor	Local body of the AFL-CIO labor union federation representing unions across Los Angeles County
California Labor Federation	Statewide AFL-CIO labor federation (now the California Federation of Labor Unions) representing unions across California
UNITE HERE Local 11	Union of hotel, airport, and hospitality workers in Los Angeles and Orange counties
ADA SoCal	Southern California chapter of Americans for Democratic Action, a multi-issue progressive group founded in 1947
Streets For All	Los Angeles group that advocates for safer streets, transit, and bike lanes and publishes a local voter guide
Sierra Club	The Angeles Chapter is the local branch of the Sierra Club, the largest grassroots environmental organization in the US
La Defensa	Femme-led advocacy group working to reduce pretrial detention and support progressive judicial candidates in LA County
Working Families Party (LA)	Los Angeles chapter of the Working Families Party, a labor-backed party that endorses working-class candidates
Courage California	Statewide progressive group (formerly Courage Campaign) that publishes a California voter guide covering LA races
ACLU of Southern California	Southern California affiliate of the ACLU; publishes proposition and civil-rights voter guides
Planned Parenthood (LA County)	Political arm of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles; endorses candidates who support reproductive health care
Reform California	Conservative group led by Assemblymember Carl DeMaio that publishes a Plain English voter guide for LA County
Republican Party (LA County)	Local branch of the Republican Party, the more conservative/right-leaning of the two major US parties
Election Forum	Conservative voter guide by Craig Huey that rates Los Angeles County and California candidates, including judges
Equality California	Statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy organization that endorses candidates and ballot measures in Los Angeles races
California Environmental Voters	Statewide environmental political group (formerly the California League of Conservation Voters)
Initiate Justice Action	Political arm of Initiate Justice, a group led by people impacted by incarceration that endorses in LA races
League of Women Voters of Greater LA	Organization that encourages voting and publishes ballot-measure recommendations; formed as part of the suffrage movement
YIMBY Action	Pro-housing advocates trying to increase housing supply; the YIMBY Los Angeles chapter publishes local endorsements
Abundant Housing LA	Los Angeles pro-housing group, separate from YIMBY Action, that publishes a local endorsement slate
United Teachers Los Angeles	Teachers' union representing educators in the Los Angeles Unified School District
SEIU 721	Local chapter of the Service Employees International Union representing public-sector workers in Southern California
Green Party (LA County)	LA County chapter of the Green Party: works on ecological respect, grassroots democracy, and social justice
Stonewall Democratic Club	LGBTQ+ Democratic club founded in Los Angeles in 1975; one of the largest Democratic clubs in California
West Hollywood-Beverly Hills Democratic Club	Chartered Democratic club for West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, formed when those city clubs merged in 2009
East Area Progressive Democrats	Democratic club for the Greater Eastside of Los Angeles; LAist calls it the largest Democratic club in the county
Miracle Mile Democratic Club	Democratic club founded in 2013 for Miracle Mile, Fairfax, Mid-Wilshire, and nearby neighborhoods
Heart of LA Democratic Club	Democratic club chartered with the Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Westside Young Democrats	Democratic club for Democrats 35 and under on the west side of Los Angeles
Asian Democrats of Los Angeles County	Chartered Democratic club that works to elect Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander leaders

LAVoterGuides

We collected a list of voter guides and election endorsements for the November 2026 Los Angeles local, state, and national elections in one place for every political affiliation

Mayor and major statewide races

Other state races

Local ballot measures (part 1)

Local ballot measures (part 2)

State ballot measures & propositions (part 1)

State ballot measures & propositions (part 2)

State ballot measures & propositions (part 3)

Neighboring city races

Neighboring city races (part 2)

Santa Monica ballot measures

Other neighboring city measures

Burbank ballot measures

About the endorsers