Your guide to AnnArbor.com endorsements and recommendations for election 2012

• Related coverage: Roundup: Your guide to AnnArbor.com's coverage leading up to the Nov. 6 election

This is the place to find all the recommendations as well as links to endorsements that have run on AnnArbor.com throughout 2012 election season.

You also can find full lists of candidates and issues — plus precinct maps, campaign finance information and polling locations — on the elections section of ewashtenaw.org. That's also where you'll find full ballot proposal language.

Check out the online voter guide provided by AnnArbor.com and Mlive.com at http://www.mlive.com/voterguide/ to compare candidates and read about their stances in their own words. Find a sample ballot at the Department of State's online Michigan Voter Information Center.

In addition to the previously published endorsements, AnnArbor.com is making recommendations in other prominent races facing voters in Washtenaw County. These recommendations are based on our reporting of campaigns and issues during the past year.

Representative in Congress - District 12 (one)

• Cynthia Kallgren, R
• John D. Dingell, D, RECOMMENDED
• Richard J. Secula, L

State Representative - District 53 (one)

• Jeff Irwin, D, RECOMMENDED
• John J. Spisak, R

State Representative - District 54 (one)

• David Rutledge, D, RECOMMENDED
• Bill Emmerich, R

County Clerk/Register of Deeds (one)

• Lawrence Kestenbaum, D, RECOMMENDED
• Stanley F. Watson, R

Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner (one)

• Evan Pratt, D, RECOMMENDED
• Eric Scheie, R

Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney (one)

• Brian L. Mackie, D, RECOMMENDED
• Justin Altman, L

Washtenaw County Sheriff (one)

• Jerry L. Clayton, D, RECOMMENDED
• Jeffrey R. Gallatin, R

Washtenaw County Treasurer (one)

• Catherine McClary, D, RECOMMENDED
• Marlene Chockley, R

County Commissioner - District 7 (one)

• Andy LaBarre, D, RECOMMENDED
• David Parker, R

County Commissioner - District 8 (one)

• Yousef Rabhi, D, RECOMMENDED
• Joe Baublis, R

County Commissioner - District 9 (one)

• Conan Michael Smith, D, RECOMMENDED
• John Floyd, R

Ann Arbor City - Mayor (one)

• John Hieftje, D, RECOMMENDED
• Albert Howard, No Party Affiliation

AnnArbor.com candidate endorsements:

AnnArbor.com endorses Barack Obama for U.S. president

AnnArbor.com endorses Debbie Stabenow in U.S. Senate race

AnnArbor.com endorses Mark Ouimet for 52nd District State

AnnArbor.com endorses Ypsilanti-Willow Run school consolidation

MLive statewide proposal endorsements:

Vote yes on Michigan's Proposal 1 to retain best tool to fix cities in financial crisis

Vote no on Michigan's Proposal 2 to keep Michigan competitive for jobs and investment

Vote no on Michigan's Proposal 3; renewable energy plan doesn't add up

Vote no on Michigan's Proposal 4 to prevent forced unionization of in-home workers

Vote no on Michigan's Proposal 5 to prevent minority rule, gridlock over tax increases

Vote no on Michigan's Proposal 6 to boost Michigan's economy, block billionaire's power grab