The Chronicle Editorial Board provides the following endorsements to Democrats in advance of early voting (Feb. 20 through March 1) and election day, Tuesday, March 5. We urge readers to be thorough with their ballots and cast a vote in every contest. See the original version of these endorsements with explanations for our choices in each race.
Note: We only issue endorsements in contested races, so if you don’t see an endorsement for a given position, that’s because a candidate is running uncontested. We have limited resources and conducted interviews in every race we could manage. In nine of these 14 races, we invited candidates to interview. Those races are noted with an asterisk. The Chronicle is not issuing endorsements in precinct chair races.
Federal Offices
President: Joe Biden
United States Senator: Roland Gutierrez *
United States Representative, District 10: Theresa Boisseau
United States Representative, District 37: Lloyd Doggett
State Offices
Railroad Commissioner: Bill Burch *
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2: Randall “Randy” Sarosdy *
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6: Bonnie Lee Goldstein *
State Representative, District 19: Dwain Handley
State Representative, District 50: James Talarico
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 2: Edward Smith *
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 5: Thomas Baker *
District Judge, 353rd Judicial District: Sherine Thomas *
District Attorney, 53rd Judicial District: José Garza *
County Offices
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5: Tanisa Jeffers *
An asterisk (*) denotes that we invited candidates to interview.
This article appears in February 16 • 2024.