2025 Candidate List

Updated: Jan. 17.

OAKLAND

Mayoral Special Election - April 15 (Ranked Choice Voting)
  • Wendy Adams

  • Tanzania Dodds

  • Johnny Gatlin

  • President Cristina Grappo ✔️QUALIFIED

  • Desmond Jeffries

  • Tyron Jordan

  • Barbara Lee, former congressmember

  • Peter Liu ✔️QUALIFIED

  • Mindy Pechenuk, educator/researcher ✔️QUALIFIED

  • Fabian Robinson, pastor

  • Suzanne Robinson

  • Eric Simpson ✔️QUALIFIED

  • Andrea Smith

  • Derrick Soo

  • Elizabeth Swaney, Olympian

  • Loren Taylor, former Oakland councilmember ✔️QUALIFIED

  • Renia Webb, former chief of staff

  • Larry Lionel Young, Jr.

Oakland City Council District 2 Special Election - April 15 (Ranked Choice Voting)
  • Kenneth Anderson, reverend ✔️QUALIFIED

  • Kara Murray Badal

  • Jorge Hernandez

  • Harold Lowe ✔️QUALIFIED

  • Kanitha Matoury-Nguyen

  • Paula Nelson

  • George Smith III

  • Charlene Wang, civil rights advisor


ALAMEDA COUNTY

District Attorney Appointment
  • Mikko Anderson, former prosecutor

  • Simona Farrise Best, Alameda County deputy DA

  • Ursula Jones Dickson, Alameda County Superior Court judge

  • Annie Esposito, fmr Alameda County prosecutor

  • Butch Ford, fmr Alameda County prosecutor

  • Venus Johnson, Calif. chief deputy AG

  • L.D. Louis, Alameda County deputy county counsel

  • Elgin Lowe, Alameda County deputy DA

  • Kwixuan Maloof, Alameda County Asst. DA

  • Ocean Mottley, attorney

  • Arvon Perteet, Calif. deputy AG

  • Yibin Shen, Alameda City Attorney

  • Seth Steward, fmr San Francisco asst. DA

  • Scott Tsui, Santa Clara County prosecutor

  • Jimmie Wilson, Alameda County asst. DA

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