Endorsements are one of the ways voters learn who candidates are and what they stand for — especially in down-ballot races where little other information is available. Ballotpedia tracks endorsements from organizations we call Recognized Endorsement Contributors (RECs): groups ranging from labor unions and advocacy organizations to newspaper editorial boards that publicly support candidates and communicate those choices to voters. In the primaries on June 2, we tracked 1,778 endorsements from 124 RECs across California.
Twelve RECs issued more than 50 endorsements each in these primary elections. The table below displays the organizations and their endorsee success rates. Candidates endorsed by these organizations won 88% of their races, lost 10%, and the remaining races were still too close to call.
