2024 East Bay Candidate List
—Updated May 3. [NEW] Berkeley D3, D5; Hayward At-Large, Union City D1.
BERKELEY SPECIAL ELECTION
City Council May 28 Special Election
District 4
Soli Alpert, Berkeley Rent Board vice-chair
Elana Auerbach, community volunteer
Ruben Hernandez Story, legislative aide
Igor Tregub, climate policy director
—KEY: *-Incumbent; D-Democratic Party; R-Republican Party; NPP-No Party Preference; AIP-American Independent Party; LP-Libertarian Party; G-Green Party.
NOVEMBER 2024 GENERAL ELECTION
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Board of Supervisors - 5th District (Berkeley-Oakland-Emeryville-Albany)
Nikki Fortunato Bas, Oakland councilmember
John Bauters, Emeryville councilmember
Ballot Measures
Proposed regional housing bond measure
STATE SENATE
5th District (San Joaquin County-Livermore-Dublin-Pleasanton-Sunol)
Jerry McNerney-D, former congressmember
Jim Shoemaker-R, trucker/tradesman/businessman
7th District (Berkeley-Richmond-Oakland-Alameda)
Jesse Arreguin-D, Berkeley mayor
Jovanka Beckles-D, AC Transit board director
9th District (Contra Costa County-San Leandro-Castro Valley-San Lorenzo)
Tim Grayson-D, assemblymember
Marisol Rubio-D, San Ramon councilmember
ASSEMBLY
14th District (Richmond-Piedmont-North Oakland-Berkeley)
Margot Smith-D, social scientist
*Buffy Wicks-D, assemblymember
16th District (Lamorinda-Walnut Creek-Pleasanton-Livermore-Sunol)
*Rebecca Bauer-Kahan-D, assemblymember
18th District (Oakland-Alameda-Berkeley)
*Mia Bonta-D, assemblymember
Andre Sandford-AIP, housing program manager
20th District (San Leandro-Hayward-Dublin)
*Liz Ortega-D, assemblymember
Sangeetha Shanbhogue-R
24th District (Fremont-Milpitas-San Jose)
Bob Brunton-R, businessman/electronics/finance
*Alex Lee-D, assemblymember
CONGRESS
10th District (Concord-Brentwood-Walnut Creek-San Ramon-Dublin)
*Mark DeSaulnier-D, congressmember
Katherine Piccinini-R, retired businesswoman
12th District (Oakland-Berkeley-Alameda-San Leandro)
Lateefah Simon-D, BART board director
Jennifer Tran-D, professor/chamber president
14th District (Tri-Valley-Hayward-Tri-Cities)
Vin Kruttiventi-R, business owner/community advocate
*Eric Swalwell-D, congressmember
17th District (Fremont-Milpitas-San Jose-Santa Clara)
Anita Chen, educator/entrepreneur
*Ro Khanna-D, congressmember
CITIES
ALAMEDA
City Council (Choose 2)
*Trish Herrera Spencer, councilmember, Alameda
City Auditor
*Kevin Kearney, city auditor, Alameda
City Treasurer
*Kevin Kennedy, city treasurer, Alameda
School Board (Choose 3)
Joyce Boyd
*Heather Little, trustee, Alameda USD
Margie Sherratt, appointed Alameda USD trustee
*Jennifer Williams, trustee, Alameda USD
ALBANY
City Council (Choose 3)
*Jordan Preston, councilmember, Albany
*Aaron Tiedemann, councilmember, Albany
School Board (Choose 2)
*Veronica Davidson, trustee, AUSD
*Melissa Boyd, trustee, AUSD
BERKELEY
Mayor (Ranked Choice Voting)
Sophie Hahn, councilmember, Berkeley
Kate Harrison, councilmember, Berkeley
Aiden Hill
Eric Purdy
City Council (Ranked Choice Voting)
District 2
*Terry Taplin, councilmember, Berkeley
District 3
*Ben Bartlett, councilmember, Berkeley
Deborah Matthews, real estate broker
John “Chip” Moore
District 5
Todd Andrew
Shoshana O’Keefe, member, Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board
Ana Vasudeo, trustee, Berkeley USD
District 6
Brent Blackaby
School Board (Choose 2)
*Michael Chang, trustee, BUSD
Jen Corn
Reichi Lee
Rent Stabilization Board (Choose 5)
James Amos
*Andy Kelley, member, Rent Board
*Ida Martinac, member, Rent Board
*Mari Mendonca, member, Rent Board
*Leah Simon-Weisberg, member, Rent Board
*Dominique Walker, member, Rent Board
CASTRO VALLEY
School Board
Area 1
*Dolly Adams, trustee, CVUSD
Area 2
*Lavender Whitaker, trustee CVUSD
Area 3
*Michael Kusiak, trustee, CVUSD
DUBLIN
Mayor
Sherry Hu, councilmember, Dublin
Jean Josey, councilmember, Dublin
City Council
District 1
*Michael McCorriston, councilmember, Dublin
District 3
School Board
Area 1
*Kristin Pelham, trustee, DUSD
Area 3
*William Kuo, trustee, DUSD
Area 4
*Gabi Blackman, trustee, DUSD
EMERYVILLE
City Council (Choose 3)
Samuel Gould, member, Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Cmte
*Sukhdeep Kaur, councilmember, Emeryville
*Courtney Welch, Mayor, Emeryville
Emery School Board (Choose 2)
*John Van Geffen, trustee, EUSD
*Kimberly Solis, trustee, EUSD
FREMONT
Mayor
Vinnie Bacon, fmr councilmember, Fremont
Raj Salwan, councilmember, Fremont
City Council
District 1
*Teresa Keng, councilmember, Fremont
District 5
-open-
District 6
*Teresa Cox, councilmember, Fremont
School Board
Area 1
Sharon Coco, appointed trustee, FUSD
Area 4
*Yajing Zhang, trustee, FUSD
Area 5
*Vivek Prasad, trustee, FUSD
HAYWARD
City Council (Choose 4)
*Angela Andrews, councilmember, Hayward
Ray Bonilla, Jr., appointed councilmember, Hayward
Daniel Goldstein, appointed councilmember, Hayward
David McBarron
*Francisco Zermeño, councilmember, Hayward
School Board (Choose 3)
Austin Bruckner Carrillo
*Peter Bufete, trustee, HUSD
Kelley Calyn
Vincent Milani
*Sara Prada, trustee, HUSD
*Joe Ramos, trustee, HUSD
Hayward Area Recreation & Park District
Board of Directors (Choose 3)
*Louis Andrade, board director, HARD
*Rich Hatcher, board director, HARD
*Peter Rosen, board director, HARD
LIVERMORE
Mayor
*John Marchand, mayor, Livermore
City Council
District 3
David Farley
*Britni Kiick, councilmember, Livermore
District 4
*Bob Carling, councilmember, Livermore
Kristie Wang, trustee, Livermore Valley Joint USD
Livermore Valley Joint School Board (Choose 2)
*Yanira Guzman, trustee, LVJUSD
Livermore Area Park & Recreation District (Choose 2)
*James Boswell, board director, LARPD
*Jan Palajac, board director, LARPD
NEWARK
Mayor
*Michael Hannon, mayor, Newark
City Council (Choose 2)
*Sucy Collazo, councilmember, Newark
*Luis Freitas, councilmember, Newark
School Board (Choose 3)
*Aiden Hill, trustee, NUSD
*Phuong Nguyen, trustee, NUSD
*Carina Plancarte, trustee, NUSD
OAKLAND
City Council (Ranked Choice Voting)
District 1
Edward Frank
Len Raphael, CPA
Debra Sherman
Zac Unger, president, Oakland Firefighters Union
District 3
Baba Afolabi, small business owner
Donnel Dunbar
*Carroll Fife, councilmember, Oakland
Shan Hirsch
Tariq Ikharo
Tyron Jordan, former Oakland Library commissioner
Lewis Lester
Warren Logan, policy dir. of transportation and govt affairs
Faye Taylor
District 5
*Noel Gallo, councilmember, Oakland
Dominic Prado, restaurant owner
District 7
LeRe Garrett
Merika Goolsby
*Treva Reid, councilmember, Oakland
At-Large
Rowena Brown
Tonya Love
Kanitha Matoury
Mindy Pechenuk
Fabian Robinson
Selika Thomas
Cristina Tostado, Oakland Library commissioner
Charlene Wang
—Showing Interest—
Leronne Armstrong, former Oakland police chief
City Attorney
Ryan Richardson, assistant city attorney, Oakland
School Board (Ranked Choice Voting)
District 1
*Sam Davis, trustee, OUSD
District 3
*VanCedric Williams, trustee, OUSD
District 5
*Jorge Lerma, trustee, OUSD
District 7
*Clifford Thompson, trustee, OUSD
PIEDMONT
City Council (Choose 2)
*Conna McCarthy, councilmember, Piedmont
School Board (Choose 3)
*Veronica Anderson Thigpen, trustee, PUSD
*Hilary Cooper, trustee, PUSD
PLEASANTON
Mayor
Jack Balch, councilmember, Pleasanton
*Karla Brown, mayor, Pleasanton
City Council (Choose 2)
*Valerie Arkin, councilmember, Pleasanton
School Board
Area 1
*Mary Jo Carreon, trustee, Pleasanton
Area 3
*Kelly Mokashi, trustee, Pleasanton
Area 4
Charles Jones
*Steve Maher, trustee, Pleasanton
Ballot Measures
Proposed sales tax increase
SAN LEANDRO
City Council
District 1
Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton, appointed councilmember, San Leandro
District 2
*Bryan Azevedo, councilmember, San Leandro
Ed Hernandez, fmr councilmember, San Leandro
District 4
*Fred Simon, councilmember, San Leandro
District 6
Dylan Boldt, San Leandro Planning/BZA commissioner
Zachary Borja, San Leandro Human Services commissioner
Robert Bulatao
School Board
Area 1
Melissa Fegurgur, appointed trustee, SLUSD
Area 3
*Evelyn Gonzalez, trustee, SLUSD
Area 5
*Diana Prola, trustee, SLUSD
At-Large
*Peter Oshinski, trustee, SLUSD
Ballot Measures
Proposed Utility User Tax increase
SAN LORENZO
School Board (Choose 3)
*Alicia Gonzalez, trustee, SLZUSD
*Penny Peck, trustee, SLZUSD
*Kyla Sinegal, trustee, SLZUSD
UNION CITY
Mayor
Emily Duncan, councilmember, Union City
Gary Singh, councilmember, Union City
City Council
District 1
Wendy Huang
Lance Nishihira, trustee, New Haven USD
New Haven School Board
Area 1
Jatinderpal Sahi
Area 2
-open-
Area 3
*Michael Gonzales, trustee, NHUSD
Ballot Measures
Proposed business license tax increase
DISTRICTS
AC TRANSIT
Board of Directors
Ward 1 (Richmond-El Sobrante-San Pablo-El Cerrito-Albany)
-open-
Ward 2 (Berkeley-Emeryville-parts of Oakland)
-open-
Ward 6 (Hayward-Fairview-parts of Fremont
Jesse Gunn
ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
Board of Directors (Choose 3)
*Aziz Akbari, board director, ACWD
*James Gunther, board director, ACWD
*John Weed, board director, ACWD
BART
Board of Directors
District 1 (Contra Costa County
*Debora Allen, board director, BART
District 3 (Berkeley-Albany-Richmond-Hercules)
District 5 (Tri-Valley-Hayward-Castro Valley)
Melissa Hernandez, Dublin mayor
Gabe Rodrigues, BART Police Citizen Review Board member
District 7 (Oakland-Alameda-Bayview Dist. (SF))
CHABOT-LAS POSITAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Board of Trustees
Area 1
*Luis Reynoso, trustee, CLPCCD
District 4
*Maria Heredia, trustee, CLPCCD
District 5
*Tim Sbranti, trustee, CLPCCD
District 6
*Hal Gin, trustee, CLPCCD
EAST BAY MUD
Board of Directors
Ward 1
*Lesa McIntosh, board director, EBMUD
Ward 5
*Doug Linney, board director, EBMUD
Ward 6
*William Patterson, board director, EBMUD
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT
Board of Directors
Ward 1
*Elizabeth Echols, board director, EBRPD
Ward 2
Casey Farmer, consultant
Travis Kenney
Eric Rheinheimer
Ward 4
*Ellen Corbett, board director, EBRPD
EDEN HEALTH DISTRICT
Board of Directors
Zone 2
-open-
Zone 4
-open-
FAIRVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Board of Directors (Choose 3)
*Sarah Choi, board director, FFPD
*Melissa Dimic, board member, FFPD
*Mark McDaniel, board member, FFPD
OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Board of Trustees
Area 1
*Lance Kwan, trustee, Ohlone
Area 2
*Greg Bonaccorsi, trustee, Ohlone
Area 5
*Rakesh Sharma, trustee, Ohlone
ORO LOMA SANITARY DISTRICT
Board of Directors (Choose 2)
*Benny Lee, board director, Oro Loma
*Paul Stelzmann, board director, Oro Loma
PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Board of Trustees
Area 1
*Bill Withrow, trustee, Peralta
Area 2
*Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, trustee, Peralta
Area 4
Judy Appel, fmr Berkeley school trustee
James Martel
*Nicky Gonzalez Yuen, trustee, Peralta
Area 6
*Dyana Delfin Polk, trustee, Peralta
WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE DISTRICT
Board of Directors (Choose 2)
*William Nicholson, board director, WTHD
Raymond Ojeda
Jeannie Yee, appointed board director, WTHD