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The Daily Californian mapped which political groups and elected officials are backing which candidates. Use the interactive graph below to view endorsements by race or by candidate. Compare candidate endorsements by clicking their name and the \\u201C+ Compare\\u201D button.\"), mdx(EndorsementWeb, {\n    mdxType: \"EndorsementWeb\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"We found a total of 211 endorsements given from organizations toward 22 candidates. Berkeley City Council District 4 candidate, incumbent Igor Tregub, received the most endorsements at 35. His contender Majdi \\u201CGaith\\u201D Abuhamdieh received five, one of which is from the Flip the Berkeley City Council 2026 coalition that aims to defeat incumbents such as Tregub.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"District 1 candidate Steve Kromer has no organizational endorsements listed on his website. Instead, it lists five individuals as \\u201Cneighbors who have signed on,\\u201D including Rent Stabilization Board candidate Carole Marasovic. 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