Here are our endorsements so far for the Nov. 4 special statewide election. To read the full editorials, go to mercurynews.com/2025endorsements or eastbaytimes.com/2025endorsements.

California redistricting: Republican legislators in Texas, North Carolina and other states are redrawing their congressional district maps to deliver President Trump more seats. No state has more to lose than California if Trump gets away with manufacturing a House majority.

Sales tax increase: The Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will squeeze Santa Clara County health care funding. But raising local taxes is not the solution. County supervisors should first stem their rapidly escalating spending, which has doubled in the past eight years and ranks highest per capita by far of the 10 la

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