2024 East Bay Candidate List
—Updated July 25. 🆕 Fremont City Council D1; Livermore Joint USD; Piedmont USD; Alameda City Council; Sunol Glen USD; Berkeley mayor; HARD; Newark USD; Oakland City Council D7; Alameda USD; ACTransit, Ward 6; Newark City Council; Albany USD; BART Board D5; Hayward USD; Oro Loma Sanitary Dist. 📃-pulled nomination papers. *-Incumbent.
NOVEMBER 2024 GENERAL ELECTION
CITIES
ALAMEDA
City Council (Choose 2)
Thushan Amarasiriwardena🆕📃
Kareem Burney📃
Stephen Slauson📃
*Trish Herrera Spencer, councilmember, Alameda📃
Ralph Walker📃
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📃
*Jennifer Williams, trustee, Alameda USD📃
Alameda Healthcare District (Choose 2)
*Jeff Cambra, board director, AHD📃
*Stewart Chen, board director, AHD📃
ALBANY
City Council (Choose 3) (Ranked Choice Voting)
*Jennifer Hansen-Romero, councilmember, Albany📃
Peggy McQuaid, former councilmember, Albany📃
*Jordan Preston, councilmember, Albany📃
*Aaron Tiedemann, councilmember, Albany📃
School Board (Choose 2)
*Veronica Davidson, trustee, AUSD📃
Brian Doss🆕📃
Jolene Gazmen🆕📃
Dayna Inkeles🆕📃
BERKELEY
Mayor (Ranked Choice Voting)
Dony Christie📃
Nick Frabasilio🆕📃
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
District 5
Todd Andrew📃
Nilang Gor, scientist, founder of Cultivate Empathy for All📃
Shoshana O’Keefe, member, Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board
Ana Vasudeo, trustee, Berkeley USD
District 6
Carmela Caramagno
Andy Katz, board director, East Bay MUD
School Board (Choose 2)
*Laura Babitt, trustee, BUSD
*Michael Chang, trustee, BUSD
Jen Corn📃
Norma JF Harrison📃
Reichi Lee
Rent Stabilization Board (Choose 5)
James Amos
Avery Arbaugh📃
Xavier Johnson📃
*Andy Kelley, member, Rent Board
*Ida Martinac, member, Rent Board
*Mari Mendonca, member, Rent Board
*Leah Simon-Weisberg, member, Rent Board
Alfred Twu📃
*Dominique Walker, member, Rent Board📃
Ballot Measures
Natural gas tax ballot measure
CASTRO VALLEY
School Board
Area 1
*Dolly Adams, trustee, CVUSD📃
Area 2
*Lavender Whitaker, trustee CVUSD
Area 3
*Michael Kusiak, trustee, CVUSD
Castro Valley Sanitary District (Choose 3)
*Daniel Akagi, board director, CVSAN📃
*Timothy McGowan, board director, CVSAN📃
*Dave Sadoff, board director, CVSAN📃
Darshan Saini🆕📃
DUBLIN
Mayor
Shawn Costello📃
Tom Evans📃
Jing Firmeza📃
Sherry Hu, councilmember, Dublin📃
Jean Josey, councilmember, Dublin📃
City Council
District 1
*Michael McCorriston, acting mayor, Dublin📃
District 3
John Morada📃
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)
Sam 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📃
Rohan K. Marfatia📃
Raj Salwan, councilmember, Fremont📃
City Council
District 1
*Teresa Keng, councilmember, Fremont📃
Pravesh Kumar🆕📃
District 5
Chandra Wagh, senior technical program mgr📃
Yajing Zhang, trustee, Fremont USD📃
District 6
*Teresa Cox, councilmember, Fremont📃
Raymond Liu📃
School Board
Area 1
Sharon Coco, appointed trustee, FUSD
Area 4
Ganesh Balamitran📃
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)
Hamed Akbar📃
Austin Bruckner Carrillo📃
*Peter Bufete, trustee, HUSD📃
Calyn Kelley📃
Vincent Milani📃
*Sara Prada, trustee, HUSD📃
*Joe Ramos, trustee, HUSD📃
Ballot Measures
Renewal of Measure C half-cent sale tax increase.
LIVERMORE
Mayor
*John Marchand, mayor, Livermore
City Council
District 3
Steven Dunbar
David Farley
Jeffrey Kaskey
*Britni Kiick, councilmember, Livermore
District 4
Kristie Wang, trustee, Livermore Valley Joint USD
Livermore Valley Joint School Board (Choose 2)
Tara Boyce🆕📃
*Yanira Guzman, trustee, LVJUSD
Deena Kaplanis🆕📃
Jean Paulsen🆕📃
Amanda Pepper🆕📃
Margarita Tufts🆕📃
Christian VandenHeuvel🆕📃
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 3)
*Sucy Collazo, councilmember, Newark
Julie Del Catancio🆕📃
Terrance Grindall
School Board (Choose 3)
Gabriel Anguiano, Jr.🆕📃
Austin Block🆕📃
*Aiden Hill, trustee, NUSD📃
*Phuong Nguyen, trustee, NUSD
*Carina Plancarte, trustee, NUSD
Ballot Measures
Hotel tax increase from 10% to 14%
OAKLAND
City Council (Ranked Choice Voting)
District 1
Edward Frank📃
Len Raphael, certified public accountant📃
Debra Sherman
Zac Unger, president, Oakland Firefighters Union📃
District 3
Baba Afolabi, small business owner📃
Donnel Dunbar
*Carroll Fife, councilmember, Oakland📃
Douglas Fort
Shan Hirsch📃
Tariq Ikharo
Derreck Johnson, business owner
Tyron Jordan, former Oakland Library commissioner📃
Lewis Lester
Warren Logan, policy dir. of transportation and govt affairs📃
Meron Semedar📃
District 5
Erin Armstrong, senior policy adviser, Sup. Miley📃
*Noel Gallo, councilmember, Oakland📃
Dominic Prado, restaurant owner
District 7
LeRe Garrett
Merika Goolsby📃
Marcie Hodge🆕📃
*Treva Reid, councilmember, Oakland📃
At-Large
LeRonne Armstrong, former Oakland police chief📃
Rowena Brown, legislative director, Asm. Mia Bonta📃
Shawn Danino📃
Tonya Love, chief of staff, Oakland CM Carroll Fife📃
Kanitha Matoury, small business owner📃
Mindy Pechenuk, ALCO GOP central cmte member📃
Fabian Robinson📃
Nancy Sidebotham📃
Selika Thomas
Cristina Tostado, Oakland Library commissioner📃
City Attorney
Brenda Harbin-Forte, fmr ALCO Superior Court judge🆕📃
Ryan Richardson, assistant city attorney, Oakland📃
School Board (Ranked Choice Voting)
District 1
Rachel Latta, parent📃
Benjamin Salop
District 3
Dwayne Aikens, Jr.📃
*VanCedric Williams, trustee, OUSD📃
District 5
Patrice Berry, co-founder, AssistHub📃
*Jorge Lerma, trustee, OUSD
Sasha Ritzie-Hernández📃
District 7
*Clifford Thompson, trustee, OUSD📃
Dominic Ware📃
Ballot Measures
Wildfire prevention parcel tax
Renewal of Measure Z parking and parcel taxes
Public Ethics Commission charter amendment
PIEDMONT
City Council (Choose 2)
*Conna McCarthy, councilmember, Piedmont📃
Lorrel Plimier📃
School Board (Choose 3)
*Veronica Anderson Thigpen, trustee, PUSD
*Hilary Cooper, trustee, PUSD
Mark Malione🆕📃
PLEASANTON
Mayor
Jack Balch, councilmember, Pleasanton
*Karla Brown, mayor, Pleasanton
City Council (Choose 2)
*Valerie Arkin, councilmember, Pleasanton
Craig Eicher
School Board
Area 1
*Mary Jo Carreon, trustee, Pleasanton📃
Area 3
*Kelly Mokashi, trustee, Pleasanton📃
Area 4
Jenifer Flynn
Charles Jones📃
Ballot Measures
Half-cent sales tax increase, sunsets in 10 years
SAN LEANDRO
City Council (Ranked Choice Voting)
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
Robert Bulatao
School Board
Area 1
Melissa Fegurgur, appointed trustee, SLUSD
Area 3
-Open-
Area 5
*Diana Prola, trustee, SLUSD
At-Large
*Peter Oshinski, trustee, SLUSD
SAN LORENZO
School Board
Area 2
-Open-
Area 3
-Open-
Area 5
*Alicia Gonzalez, SLZUSD📃
*Penny Peck, trustee, SLZUSD📃
SUNOL
Sunol Glen School Board (two-year term)
-Open-
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
Business license tax increase
—KEY: *-Incumbent; D-Democratic Party; R-Republican Party; NPP-No Party Preference; AIP-American Independent Party; LP-Libertarian Party; G-Green Party.
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Board of Supervisors - 5th District (Berkeley-Oakland-Emeryville-Albany)
Nikki Fortunato Bas, Oakland councilmember
John Bauters, Emeryville councilmember
Ballot Measures
REGIONAL MEASURE 4 - $20 billion Bay Area regional housing bond measure
Proposed charter amendment to reclassify employees at the DA’s office
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
DISTRICTS
AC TRANSIT
Board of Directors
Ward 1 (Richmond-Berkeley-El Sobrante-San Pablo-El Cerrito)
Chris Peeples, board director, AC Transit🆕📃
Ward 2 (Berkeley-Emeryville-parts of Oakland)
*Jean Walsh, board director, AC Transit📃
Ward 6 (Hayward-Fairview-parts of Fremont)
Shonda Goward🆕📃
Jesse Gunn📃
Anthony Curtis Silva🆕📃
ALAMEDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
Board of Directors
*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)
Joe Grcar🆕📃
Melissa Hernández, appointed BART director
Gabe Rodrigues, BART Police Citizen Review boardmember
District 7 (Oakland-Alameda-Bayview Dist. (SF))
CHABOT-LAS POSITAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Board of Trustees
Area 1
Hector Garcia
*Luis Reynoso, trustee, CLPCCD📃
District 4
*Maria Heredia, trustee, CLPCCD📃
District 5
*Tim Sbranti, trustee, CLPCCD
District 6
*Hal Gin, trustee, CLPCCD
District 7
Stephen Lanza, trustee, CLPCCD📃
EAST BAY MUD
Board of Directors
Ward 1
*Lesa McIntosh, board director, EBMUD
Ward 5
Jim Oddie, fmr Alameda councilmember🆕📃
Ward 6
*William Patterson, board director, EBMUD
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT
Board of Directors
Ward 1
*Elizabeth Echols, board director, EBRPD📃
Ward 2
Lynda Deschambault, former Moraga mayor📃
Casey Farmer, community development consultant📃
Travis Kenney
Eric Rheinheimer
Ward 4
*Ellen Corbett, board director, EBRPD
Taryn Edwards📃
Luana Espana📃
Susan Gonzales📃
EDEN HEALTH DISTRICT
Board of Directors
Area 2
Ronna Jojola Gonsalves📃
Area 4
Luis Reynoso, trustee, Chabot-Las Postitas Community College Dist.🆕📃
FAIRVIEW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Board of Directors (Choose 3)
*Sarah Choi, board director, FFPD
*Melissa Dimic, board member, FFPD📃
*Mark McDaniel, board member, FFPD📃
HAYWARD AREA RECREATION & PARK DISTRICT
Board of Directors (Choose 3)
*Louis Andrade, board director, HARD📃
Joe Grcar🆕📃
*Rich Hatcher, board director, HARD
Luis Reynoso, trustee, Chabot-Las Postitas Community College Dist.🆕📃
*Peter Rosen, board director, HARD
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)
Bob Glaze, fmr San Leandro councilmember🆕📃
*Benny Lee, board director, Oro Loma📃
Luis Reynoso, Ohlone Community College Dist board🆕📃
*Paul Stelzmann, board director, Oro Loma
Damaris Villalobos-Galindo🆕📃
PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Board of Trustees
Area 1
*Bill Withrow, trustee, Peralta📃
Area 2
*Paulina Gonzalez, trustee, Peralta📃
Area 4
Judy Appel, fmr Berkeley USD 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📃