2016 is an election year! This page is intended to be a gateway to pages on all the various races in and around Oakland in 2016, and for general information about the election and voting.
Local and state-level races covering any or all of Oakland in 2018:
- Three Oakland city council seats: districts 2 (incumb. Abel Guillen), 4 (incumb. Annie Campbell Washington), & 6 (incumb. convicted assaulter Desley Brooks)
- Oakland city auditor (incumb. Brenda Roberts)
- Oakland Unified School District: District 2 (incumb. Aimee Eng), District 4 (incumb. Nina Senn), District 6 (incumb. Shanthi Gonzales)
- Peralta Community College District: Trustee Area 3 (incumb. Linda Handy), Trustee Area 5 (incumb. William Riley), Trustee Area 7 (incumb. Julina Bonilla)
- BART Board of Director for District 4, in central and south Oakland (incumb. Robert Raburn)
- AC Transit: Director-at-large (Joel B. Young), Director for Ward 3 (incumb. Elsa Ortiz)
- EBMUD Board: Director Ward 3 (incumb. Marguerite Young), Director Ward 4 (incumb. Andy Katz)
- Alameda County Board of Supervisors: District 3 Supervisor (incumb. Wilma Chan)
- County Assessor (incumb. Rob Thomsen)
- County Auditor/Controller (incumb. Steve Manning)
- County District Attorney (incumb. Nancy O'Malley)
- County Sheriff/Coroner (incumb Gregory J. Ahern)
- Country Treasurer/Tax Collector (incumb. Henry C. Levy)
- County Supervisor of Schools (incumb. Karen Monroe)
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Assembly District 15 (incumb. Tony Thurmond). Thurmond is not running for re-election this year as he's termed out and is running for State Superintendent of Schools. There are currently nine declared candidates for this seat:
- Buffy Wicks (former Obama campaign staffer) -@BuffyWicks
- Andy Katz (current EBMUD board member) -@andykatz
- Judy Appell (currently on the Berkeley school board) -@JudyAppel
- Dan Kalb (currently on the Oakland city council) -@DanKalb
- Ben Bartlett (currently on the Berkeley city council) -@BenBartlettCA
- Owen Poindexter (basic income activist) -@owenpoindexter
- Jovanka Beckles (currently on the Richmond city council) -@JovankaBeckles
- Cheryl Sudduth (community activist) -@CBSudduth
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Rochelle Okimoto (currently on the El Cerrito city council) -@RochelleOkimoto
Related external pages:
City of Oakland's Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure - lists all city races, candidates, measures, and campaign finance disclosures
Alameda County's Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure - lists all county races, candidates, measures, and campaign finance disclosures
Elected Officials from Alameda County Registrar of Voters - List of all elected officials for residents of Alameda County: city, county, school district, special district, state, and federal offices, with their elected terms and individual websites
