{"id":2,"date":"2024-02-02T01:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T01:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:22:58","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Primary Voter Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Long Beach Post is partnering with LAist to help you cast your ballot. We won&#8217;t tell you how to vote; we&#8217;ll give you facts to make an informed decision. <strong>Support independent, nonpartisan voter education like this by giving us a <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.donorsupport.co\/page\/join\">tax-deductible donation<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-border\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-style-first-col-to-second is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-long-beach-voter-guides\"><strong>Long Beach voter guides<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re still adding more local races, so check back if you don&#8217;t see yours yet. Find your city council district <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.longbeach.gov\/datasets\/LongBeachCA::city-of-long-beach-council-districts\/explore?location=33.812342%2C-118.103783%2C15\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/measure-er-sales-tax-healthcare-long-beach\">How Measure ER would affect Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-mayor-june-primary\">Mayor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-city-auditor\">City auditor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-city-council-district-1\">City Council District 1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-city-council-district-3\">City Council District 3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-city-council-district-5\">City Council District 5<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-city-council-district-7\">City Council District 7<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-city-council-district-9\">City Council District 9<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-lbusd-school-board-district-5\">Long Beach Unified School District Board of Trustees District 1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/long-beach-voter-guide-lbusd-school-board-district-5\">Long Beach Unified School District Board of Trustees District 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-border\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-2026-dates\">Key 2026 dates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>April 23 \u2013 May 12<\/strong><br>Voter information goes out from the state and counties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 4<\/strong><br>Mail-in ballots sent to voters by this date. Vote centers open. Find vote centers for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/locator.lavote.gov\/locations\/vc?culture=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L.A. County<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 5<\/strong><br>Ballot drop boxes must be open. Find locations for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/locator.lavote.gov\/locations\/vbm?culture=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L.A. County<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 18<\/strong><br>Last day to register online to vote.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/registertovote.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>June 2: Primary election day<\/strong><br>If your vote-by-mail ballot is postmarked by election day and&nbsp;received within seven days, it will be counted.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/california.ballottrax.net\/voter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Track your ballot here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July 10<\/strong><br>All primary results final.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nov. 3<\/strong><br>General election day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><strong>Regional voter guides<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-county\"><strong>LA County<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/politics\/voter-guides\/2026-election-california-primary-la-county-sales-tax-measure-er\">Measure ER<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/politics\/voter-guides\/2026-election-california-primary-la-county-assessor\">Assessor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/politics\/voter-guides\/2026-election-california-primary-la-county-judges\">Superior Court judges<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/politics\/voter-guides\/2026-election-california-los-angeles-county-superior-court-judge-lacba-rating\">How the LA County Bar Association rates judicial candidates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-statewide\"><strong>Statewide<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/politics\/who-wants-to-be-californias-insurance-commissioner-your-guide-to-the-candidates\">Insurance commissioner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/politics\/voter-guides\/meet-the-candidates-for-california-lieutenant-governor\">Lieutenant governor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-voter-guide-2026\/governor\/quiz\/\">Governor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\"><strong>Latest election news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-62db62f3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape  has-text-align-left has-more-button\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"796\"\n\t\tclass=\"category-elections type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/2026\/05\/12\/long-beach-voter-guide-lbusd-school-board-district-5\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/12083657\/lbusd-voeter-guide-illustrationscprbrightspotcdn-099887-9pytza8r-682242-GK1eBadn-1200x900.webp\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach voter guide: LBUSD school board District 5\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/12083657\/lbusd-voeter-guide-illustrationscprbrightspotcdn-099887-9pytza8r-682242-GK1eBadn-1200x900.webp 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/12083657\/lbusd-voeter-guide-illustrationscprbrightspotcdn-099887-9pytza8r-682242-GK1eBadn-800x600.webp 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/12083657\/lbusd-voeter-guide-illustrationscprbrightspotcdn-099887-9pytza8r-682242-GK1eBadn-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/12083657\/lbusd-voeter-guide-illustrationscprbrightspotcdn-099887-9pytza8r-682242-GK1eBadn-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/12083657\/lbusd-voeter-guide-illustrationscprbrightspotcdn-099887-9pytza8r-682242-GK1eBadn-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/2026\/05\/12\/long-beach-voter-guide-lbusd-school-board-district-5\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach voter guide: LBUSD school board District 5<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two challengers are trying to unseat a longtime incumbent from the school board seat that represents neighborhoods near the airport and the areas north and east of it \u2014 including Los Altos and parts of Lakewood.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/author\/kateraphael\/\"><img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=48' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/author\/Kate%20Raphael\/\">Kate Raphael<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-05-12T08:49:04-07:00\">May 12, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-05-15T10:11:24-07:00\">May 15, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"782\"\n\t\tclass=\"category-elections type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/2026\/05\/11\/fifth-district-city-council-candidates-to-face-off-at-forum-thursday-night\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/11125920\/05nov24-vote-6-147961-sg6dijvm-620914-nIPa3QNd-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fifth District City Council candidates to face off at forum Thursday night\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/11125920\/05nov24-vote-6-147961-sg6dijvm-620914-nIPa3QNd-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/11125920\/05nov24-vote-6-147961-sg6dijvm-620914-nIPa3QNd-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/11125920\/05nov24-vote-6-147961-sg6dijvm-620914-nIPa3QNd-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/11125920\/05nov24-vote-6-147961-sg6dijvm-620914-nIPa3QNd-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/2026\/05\/11\/fifth-district-city-council-candidates-to-face-off-at-forum-thursday-night\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fifth District City Council candidates to face off at forum Thursday night<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Challenger Tara Riggi is running against incumbent Megan Kerr. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/author\/john-b-greet\/\"><img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cropped-09aug24-john-8-372342-2rae5h2m-488927-ojmrapmh-600x600-288096-fagzei7a-673734-fkswtopx-053056-7ufgwfky-830501-U6xUeVZs-48x48.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cropped-09aug24-john-8-372342-2rae5h2m-488927-ojmrapmh-600x600-288096-fagzei7a-673734-fkswtopx-053056-7ufgwfky-830501-U6xUeVZs-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/author\/john-b-greet\/\">John Donegan<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-05-11T12:58:30-07:00\">May 11, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-05-11T12:59:30-07:00\">May 11, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"777\"\n\t\tclass=\"category-elections type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/2026\/05\/09\/long-beach-voter-guide-mayor-june-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/05084441\/lb-voter-gameplan-scprbrightspotcdn-1-144224-hu19wnpm-446245-0UV3XCix-1200x900.webp\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Beach voter guide: mayor\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/05084441\/lb-voter-gameplan-scprbrightspotcdn-1-144224-hu19wnpm-446245-0UV3XCix-1200x900.webp 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/05084441\/lb-voter-gameplan-scprbrightspotcdn-1-144224-hu19wnpm-446245-0UV3XCix-800x600.webp 800w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/05084441\/lb-voter-gameplan-scprbrightspotcdn-1-144224-hu19wnpm-446245-0UV3XCix-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/05084441\/lb-voter-gameplan-scprbrightspotcdn-1-144224-hu19wnpm-446245-0UV3XCix-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/05\/05084441\/lb-voter-gameplan-scprbrightspotcdn-1-144224-hu19wnpm-446245-0UV3XCix-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/2026\/05\/09\/long-beach-voter-guide-mayor-june-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Long Beach voter guide: mayor<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With a looming deficit estimated at over $60 million next year and the Olympics on the horizon in 2028, the next mayor will have the crucial tasks of helping balance the budget and set the city&#8217;s priorities as the Games approach.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/author\/jeremiah-dobruck\/\"><img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-jeremiah-dobruck-mug-staff-photo-48x48.jpg' srcset='https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cropped-jeremiah-dobruck-mug-staff-photo-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/elections\/author\/Jeremiah%20Dobruck\/\">Jeremiah Dobruck<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-05-09T17:10:09-07:00\">May 9, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-05-15T19:15:41-07:00\">May 15, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- 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