Bay Area Reporter

Endorsed 11 candidates in 2026.

Who they are

The Bay Area Reporter is a free weekly LGBT newspaper serving the LGBT communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the largest-circulation LGBT newspapers in the United States, and the country's oldest continuously published newspaper of its kind.

From Wikipedia.

Where their endorsements fall

Of the 11 endorsed candidates on our ballots: 11 Democrats.

The 11 with a published academic score (Voteview, Shor–McCarty or DIME) average moderately left. This describes the candidates they endorsed, not Bay Area Reporter themselves.

Who they endorsed

California

Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 10
Scott Wiener (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 11
Lateefah Simon (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 12
Kevin Mullin (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 15
Sam Liccardo (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 16
Ro Khanna (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 17
Zoe Lofgren (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 18
Jared Huffman (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 2
Mike Thompson (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 4
John Garamendi (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 8
Josh Harder (Democrat) · California U.S. House District 9

Endorsements as listed in the Endorsements sections of Wikipedia's 2026 race articles, each with its own citation there. Those lists cover federal and statewide races well and local races little, so an endorser may have endorsed others not shown here. All endorsers.

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