4 of 5 Alameda County supervisor seats up for vote in primary
An Alameda County Board of Supervisors that has seen a surprising amount of turnover in the past few years will have at least one new member after a March 5 …
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Reelect Alameda County education board incumbents
Click here for a complete list of our election recommendations. Three members of the Alameda County Board of Education face ill-prepared challengers in the March 5 election. None of those …
Elect McNerney, Cabaldon to new East Bay state Senate seats
About 226,000 voters in eastern Contra Costa and Alameda counties this year will find themselves in unfamiliar state Senate districts. And they will see names on their ballots that, with …
Arreguín best suited to replace Skinner in state Senate
Over the past half century, the East Bay’s liberal state Senate district centering around Berkeley and Oakland has been represented by some of California’s leading legislators: Nick Petris, Barbara Lee, …
Elect Lateefah Simon for Barbara Lee’s East Bay seat
The East Bay’s congressional district covering Berkeley and Oakland has been represented for more than a half century by the late Ron Dellums and then his former chief of staff, …
Last-minute surprise retirement upends Alameda County supervisor race
A 30-year incumbent has retired suddenly from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, just months before an election he was almost guaranteed to win–and it’s not yet clear who’ll be …
Jorge Lerma on path to filling Oakland school board seat
OAKLAND — Former school principal Jorge Lerma has a substantial lead in the race for a vacant Oakland Unified school board seat, but later returns on Thursday indicated that opponent …
Jorge Lerma with early lead
OAKLAND — Jorge Lerma, a candidate with relatively little financial backing, is in front of Sasha Ritzie-Hernandez in the race for a crucial swing seat on the politically divided, cash-strapped …
Effort to remove DA Price prompts smart recall rule changes
Sometimes it takes a highly charged political event to prompt elected officials to do the right thing. Such is the case in Alameda County, where the Board of Supervisors is …
With trust in elections eroding, Democratic groups walk a delicate line as they call for registrar’s removal
At a moment when election denial has spread across the country, eroding trust in government institutions and the political process, embattled Alameda County registrar Tim Dupuis is a key figure …