Here are the Post editorial board’s endorsements for the Nov. 7 election:
OFFICES
Governor – Bill Ritter
Attorney general – John Suthers
Secretary of state – Mike Coffman
State treasurer – Cary Kennedy
2nd Congressional District – Mark Udall
3rd Congressional District – John Salazar
4th Congressional District – Angie Paccione
5th Congressional District – Jay Fawcett
6th Congressional District – Tom Tancredo
7th Congressional District – Ed Perlmutter
AMENDMENTS
Amendment 38 (Petitions) – NO
Amendment 39 (School district spending requirements) – NO
Amendment 40 (Term limits for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges) – NO
Amendment 41 (Ban on gifts to officials) – YES
Amendment 42 (State minimum wage) – NO
Amendment 43 (Definition of marriage) – NO
Amendment 44 (Marijuana possession) – NO
REFERENDUMS
Referendum E (Property tax reduction for disabled veterans) – YES
Referendum F (Recall deadlines) – YES
Referendum G (Obsolete constitutional provisions) – YES
Referendum H (Tax penalties for companies that employ illegal aliens) – YES
Referendum I (Domestic partnerships) – YES
Referendum J (School district spending requirements) – NO
Referendum K (Immigration lawsuit against federal government) – YES
DENVER MEASURES
Referred Question 1A (Sales sales for Denver Pre-school Program) – YES
Referred Question 1B (Create city Department of Finance) – YES
RTD BOARD
District J – Bill Christopher
District N – Bob Hoban
For legislative endorsements and full texts of other endorsements, go to www.denverpost.com/endorsements.
