After many, many trees gave their lives for unwanted campaign mailers, election season will finally come to an end tomorrow. That means this is your last chance to study up on the candidates and local ballot measures. Luckily we can help you do that quickly.
The easiest way is our Compare You Candidates tool which lets you see how the aspiring mayor, city council and school board members stack up.
Want to see how the candidates perform under pressure? We have debates:
For a deep-dive in the mayor’s race, you can read or listen to our deeply reported looks at candidates Rex Richardson and Suzie Price:
- Compare Your Candidates: Rex Richardson wants to be mayor. Who is he?
- Compare Your Candidates: Suzie Price wants to be mayor. Who is she?
- Racial reconciliation, homelessness and the race to be mayor: An interview with Rex Richardson (The Word with Jackie Rae podcast)
- Race, homelessness and the contest to be mayor: An interview with Suzie Price (The Word with Jackie Rae podcast)
Lost on our local ballot measures? City Hall reporter Jason Ruiz can explain each of them to you in under a minute.
- Measures LBU and LBC: (text) (video)
- Measure E: (text) (video)
- Measure BB: (text) (video)
- Measure Q: (text) (video)
Other important races we’re following:
- Long Beach Unified School District – Board of Education, Area 1
- Long Beach City College – Board of Trustees, Area 1, 3 and 5
- Water Replenishment District, Area 3
- 69th Assembly District
Now that you’ve studied up, go vote! You can drop off your mail-in ballot at any LA County vote center or drop-box.
Keep checking back at lbpost.com/elections for live results and analysis after the polls close.