Chronicle Endorsements for the Nov. 2024 General Election

The Chronicle Editorial Board provides the following endorsements to Democrats in advance of early voting (Monday, October 21, through Friday, November 1) and Election Day, Tuesday, November 5.

We urge readers to be thorough with their ballots and cast a vote in every contest. (Please note that we only endorse in contested races.) We offer detailed reasons behind our Editorial Board endorsements in the general election in our annotated version; this version is for voters looking to take a printed, streamlined copy to the ballot box.


Federal Offices

President / Vice President : Kamala Harris, Tim Walz
U.S. Senator: Colin Allred
United States Representative District 10: Theresa Boisseau
United States Representative District 17: Mark Lorenzen
United States Representative District 21: Kristin Hook
United States Representative District 35: Greg Casar
United States Representative District 37: Lloyd Doggett

State Offices

Railroad Commissioner: Katherine Culbert
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2: DaSean Jones
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4: Christine Vinh Weems
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6: Bonnie Lee Goldstein
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1: Holly Taylor
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7: Nancy Mulder
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8: Chika Anyiam
State Board of Education, District 10: Raquel Saenz Ortiz
State Senator, District 25: Merrie Fox
State Representative, District 19: Dwain Handley
State Representative, District 20: Stephen F. Wyman
State Representative, District 46: Sheryl Cole
State Representative, District 47: Vikki Goodwin
State Representative, District 48: Donna Howard
State Representative, District 52: Jennie Birkholz
State Representative, District 136: John H. Bucy III
Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals District, Place 2: Maggie Ellis
District Attorney, 53rd Judicial District: José Garza

Travis County

Proposition A: For

Austin City Council

District 2: Vanessa Fuentes
District 4: José “Chito”Vela
District 6: Krista Laine
District 7: Mike Siegel
District 10: Ashika Ganguly
Mayor: No Endorsement

Austin Community College Board of Trustees

Place 7: Cole Wilson
Place 9: Julie Ann Nitsch
Austin ISD Proposition A: For

Austin ISD Board of Trustees

District 2: Sarah Ivory
AISD AT-Large Position 8: Fernando Lucas de Urioste