Berkeley Races
Results are a combination of data provided by the Associated Press (AP) and county election offices. The AP calls winners by analyzing vote tallies and other election data. Check marks are used to denote a winner only when the AP calls a race.
Top candidate wins seat. This result reflects redistributed votes. The results of the instant runoff will change as more first-choice votes are counted.
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Top candidate wins seat.
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Top candidate wins seat. This result reflects redistributed votes. The results of the instant runoff will change as more first-choice votes are counted.
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Top candidate wins seat. This result reflects redistributed votes. The results of the instant runoff will change as more first-choice votes are counted.
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Top candidate wins seat.
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Top four candidates win seat.
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Mayor
This is a ranked choice election. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, an instant runoff will take place. Candidates with the fewest first-choice votes are eliminated and voters who ranked them first have their next-ranked choices redistributed until a candidate receives a majority.
Ranked Choice Results
Top candidate wins seat. This result reflects redistributed votes. The results of the instant runoff will change as more first-choice votes are counted.
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First-Choice Votes
Top candidate wins seat. This result only reflects voters’ first-choice candidate. If votes are redistributed in an instant runoff, they are not reflected in this result.
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What does a mayor do?
A mayor’s role varies from city to city. In some jurisdictions, a mayor leads council meetings, but largely has similar responsibilities as other council members: voting on city ordinances, development proposals, contracts and the budget. In San Francisco, the mayor has broader powers to sign or veto bills, oversee city departments and make appointments.
Candidate Statements
Logan Bowie
- Paralegal
- Experience: “I have worked for the Law Offices of Mallison & Martinez at Lake Merritt and Robert Half in San Francisco. Mallison & Martinez specializes in class-action employment law in order to advance the rights of employees and agricultural labor.”
- Vision: “I am a multitalented, lifelong truth seeker and a natural leader. If elected, I would govern with the highest degree of integrity, honesty, and transparency feasible.”
- Listening: “I believe public servants should care to challenge themselves everyday by seeking out the quietest, least self-assured, and least understood voices in society.”
Kate Harrison
- International management consultant
- Legislation: “I returned vacant buildings to housing; found $10 million for paved, safe streets; created permanent homelessness solutions; protected the climate, tenants and workers; and balanced crime fighting with civil liberties.”
- Housing: “I will demand developers, UC, and the county pay their fair share to address housing and homelessness, that your voices are heard and your money well-spent.”
- Priorities: “I’ll use my 30 years of management expertise to protect our Waterfront, fix our infrastructure, revitalize our commercial districts, and help residents green and protect their homes from wildfire.”
- www.electkateharrison.com
Naomi D. Pete
- No designation
- Development: “I would like to see Berkeley get a fresh new look along with all those new apartments being built. Paint the City Hall building, Berkeley High School and also paint the Police Station building. And how about a waterfall in the park behind the City Hall.”
- Public Safety: “I’d like to see police foot patrol downtown. Protection throughout the community for seniors, especially when they come out to buy groceries, or take a daily walk.”
- Business: “Patronize our businesses. Welcome visitors to our city, make Berkeley safe and clean.”
Sophie Hahn
- Berkeley City Council Member
- Legislation: “I coauthored a plan that’s reduced unsheltered homelessness by 45%, wrote trailblazing legislation to combat plastics, funded over 1,000 affordable homes, fought to bring 100% renewable energy to Berkeley, and worked with Ohlone leaders to restore the West Berkeley Shellmound.”
- Vision: “I’ll amplify our leadership on social justice and the environment, while championing housing affordability, responding compassionately to homelessness and mental health crises, and keeping our community safe.”
- Priorities: “Let’s fill empty storefronts, revitalize our neglected downtown, save Alta Bates Hospital, reduce crime, and design safe streets.”
- www.sophie4mayor.com
Adena Ishii
- Education consultant
- City Hall: “Two City Council members resigned this year citing Berkeley’s broken, toxic local government — the actual words they used when they resigned. I’m offering a fresh approach.”
- Experience: “I learned politics the nonpartisan way — as the youngest and first woman of color elected president of our local League of Women Voters. We focused on solving problems, not fighting each other.”
- Housing: “Together, we can build more affordable housing in all Berkeley neighborhoods and make shelters a safe and welcoming alternative to the street.”
- www.adenaishii.com
City Council, District 2
Top candidate wins seat.
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What does a council member do?
City and town council members can propose new city ordinances and vote on a range of issues, including housing development, business ventures and contracts. They also help draft the city or town budget.
Candidate Statements
Jenny Guarino
- Union officer/organizer
- Experience: “As head union steward for Berkeley Academic Student Employees, I fight every day to make sure that workers are paid fairly, have safe working conditions, and are treated with respect.”
- Public Safety: “I believe in true public safety for all, addressing crime through community investment and social services, not mass surveillance and over-policing.”
- Priorities: “I will fight for tenants’ rights, workers’ rights, small local businesses, racial equity, and police accountability.”
- www.jenny.vote
Terry Taplin
- Berkeley City Council Member, District 2
- Accomplishments: “We secured a landmark $32 million investment in the West and South Berkeley community and $15 million in improvements to the Berkeley Marina. We advanced gun violence prevention and created an Equity Zone to prioritize street repaving in our district.”
- Road Safety: “We need to make our roads safer for children and seniors walking and biking to school and around our neighborhoods.”
- Housing: “Continue to revitalize the Marina, San Pablo Avenue, and University Avenue, create homeownership opportunities for young families, secure housing stability for all households.”
- www.taplinforcouncil.com
City Council, District 3
This is a ranked choice election. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, an instant runoff will take place. Candidates with the fewest first-choice votes are eliminated and voters who ranked them first have their next-ranked choices redistributed until a candidate receives a majority.
Ranked Choice Results
Top candidate wins seat. This result reflects redistributed votes. The results of the instant runoff will change as more first-choice votes are counted.
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First-Choice Votes
Top candidate wins seat. This result only reflects voters’ first-choice candidate. If votes are redistributed in an instant runoff, they are not reflected in this result.
Alameda County
What does a council member do?
City and town council members can propose new city ordinances and vote on a range of issues, including housing development, business ventures and contracts. They also help draft the city or town budget.
Candidate Statements
Ben Bartlett
- Berkeley City Council Member, District 3
- Accomplishments: “Under my leadership, Berkeley has seen record investment in affordable housing, a substantial reduction in violent crime, and a 45% reduction in homelessness through compassionate support.”
- Crisis Response: “I created the Specialized Care Unit — a team of health and social welfare professionals who respond to mental health crises, freeing police resources to focus on serious crimes.”
- Priorities: “I’m working to ensure the new development at Ashby BART maximizes affordable homes and revitalizes, not displaces, in the Adeline Corridor.”
John “Chip” Moore
- Entrepreneur/graduate student
- Experience: “My blend of business acumen and community service positions me as the ideal candidate to represent District 3.”
- Development: “I serve as a planning commissioner for the city of Berkeley, where I help shape the development and future of our community.”
- Public Safety: “I have the honor of serving as the chair of Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board, where I work to ensure that our city’s law enforcement is transparent and accountable to the people.”
Deborah Matthews
- Real estate broker
- Accomplishments: “I’ve created quality housing for underserved residents. I’ve collaborated with leaders to shape policies to protect our rights and improve our quality of life.”
- Public Safety: “I’ve seen the impact of crime and disinvestment in South Berkeley. We must do better! We all have a right to safety — yet South Berkeley has one of the highest crime rates in the city.”
- Infrastructure: “We all deserve excellent city services and well-maintained infrastructure — yet our neighborhoods are overlooked.”
- www.deborah4berkeley.com
City Council, District 5
This is a ranked choice election. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, an instant runoff will take place. Candidates with the fewest first-choice votes are eliminated and voters who ranked them first have their next-ranked choices redistributed until a candidate receives a majority.
Ranked Choice Results
Top candidate wins seat. This result reflects redistributed votes. The results of the instant runoff will change as more first-choice votes are counted.
Alameda County
First-Choice Votes
Top candidate wins seat. This result only reflects voters’ first-choice candidate. If votes are redistributed in an instant runoff, they are not reflected in this result.
Alameda County
What does a council member do?
City and town council members can propose new city ordinances and vote on a range of issues, including housing development, business ventures and contracts. They also help draft the city or town budget.
Candidate Statements
Todd Andrew
- Community volunteer
- Community: “I’ve lived in this historic city of potential for 25 years. I was proud to raise two children through Berkeley public schools. … I’m grateful for the opportunity this city offered to raise well-rounded, justice-oriented children.”
- Vision: “After being deeply involved in local policy and politics for six years, I’ve learned we’re falling short of our aspirations.”
- Priorities: “Public safety, fixing our streets and critical infrastructure, maintaining our parks, and sound priorities for our public funds.”
- www.andrew4berkeley.com
Shoshana O’Keefe
- Teacher/zoning commissioner
- Experience: “I prepare our next generation as a Berkeley High teacher, and … during 11 years on the Zoning Adjustments Board, I’ve approved more than 10,000 new homes across Berkeley.”
- Housing: “Together, let’s build more housing at all levels of affordability and reduce homelessness by investing in shelters, mental health, and housing.”
- Public Safety: “Let’s implement a smart, comprehensive approach to public safety — with a fully funded police department, effective violence prevention programs, and better technology while protecting civil liberties.”
- www.shoshana4berkeley.com
Nilang Gor
- Scientist
- Community: “From attending Berkeley City Council meetings, to drafting policies, to serving our unhoused neighbors, I show up for the Berkeley community.”
- Vision: “I am a fierce advocate for infusing a global perspective into local policy, basing recommendations in scientific fact, and centering empathy in addressing our community’s issues.”
- Advocacy: “I have advocated for policies that integrate a One Health approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with Berkeley’s consumption of goods and services.”
City Council, District 6
Top candidate wins seat.
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What does a council member do?
City and town council members can propose new city ordinances and vote on a range of issues, including housing development, business ventures and contracts. They also help draft the city or town budget.
Candidate Statements
Brent Blackaby
- Businessperson/commissioner
- Experience: “As a founder of two downtown Berkeley businesses, I’m a data-driven problem solver and relationship builder who knows how to manage budgets.”
- Priorities: “Improve wildfire preparedness, advocate for solutions to the home insurance crisis, prioritize streets and infrastructure, reduce crime, build more affordable housing, and tackle homelessness.”
- Accountability: “I will ensure city departments set measurable goals, track performance, and report back to the community.”
- www.brentforberkeley.com
Andy Katz
- East Bay Municipal Utility District Director, Ward 4
- Experience: “I’ve led our public water provider to adopt a proactive wildfire prevention strategy as your elected EBMUD board director. I’ve secured the cleanest water in the country and tripled the rate of pipeline replacement.”
- Commissions: “As chair of multiple city commissions, I helped negotiate Berkeley’s minimum wage increase and advanced affordable housing.”
- Priorities: “I will fight to prevent wildfires, save local hospital services, and fix our streets.”
- www.andykatz.com
Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner
Top four candidates win seat.
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Candidate Statements
Avery Arbaugh
- Labor Commissioner/student
- Housing: “My experience as a formerly unhoused person, and as a low-income tenant has taught me the value of preserving tenant protections and building an affordable Berkeley.”
- Experience: “I serve on Berkeley’s Labor Commission. … As a commissioner and organizer, I’ve regularly fought against powerful interests.”
- Rent Stabilization Ordinance: “Strengthening the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Ordinance, not weakening it, is key to an affordable Berkeley.”
- www.BerkeleyRentBoard.org
Andy Kelley
- Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner, Berkeley
- Experience: “As chair of the Rent Board LIRA Committee, I supported policy to ensure tenants with disabilities can relocate to ground floor apartments.”
- Housing Opportunities: “I am committed to … increasing housing opportunities in Berkeley to prevent displacement.”
- Priorities: “If reelected, I will strive to make Rent Board advice more accessible, reduce turnaround time for key services, and build a more affordable Berkeley.”
- www.andykelley.org
Alfred Twu
- Architect/artist
- Experience: “I am a licensed architect and have worked on affordable housing in Berkeley and nearby cities, and will bring my experience to make sure standards are followed.”
- Priorities: “Fixing our housing crisis involves 1. Protecting tenants, 2. Preserving existing low-cost housing, and 3. Building and funding new homes, especially affordable housing for seniors, people with disabilities, essential workers, students and others struggling to stay in Berkeley.”
- Housing: “Housing affordability requires regional efforts. I have worked on statewide legislation.”
- www.BerkeleyRentBoard.org.
Xavier Johnson
- Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner, Berkeley
- Tenant Rights: “I have successfully represented tenants fighting against more than a million dollars in illegal rent increases through Oakland’s Rent Adjustment Program.”
- Accomplishments: “My biggest accomplishment on the rent board has been drafting and designing a ballot measure that protects Berkeley’s most vulnerable tenants.”
- Housing: “I believe that we need to treat housing as a necessity and not as a tool for financial exploitation.”
- www.BerkeleyRentBoard.org
Carole Marasovic
- City Commissioner/attorney
- Budget: “I have regularly made budgetary recommendations, insuring that city money is used wisely and with accountability.”
- Experience: “As an analytical, community-based critical thinker, I developed balanced positions consistent with a reasonable application of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance.”
- Priorities: “Protecting tenants from displacement; protecting tenants/prospective tenants from discrimination; and insuring accessible housing to persons with disabilities.”
Dominique Walker
- Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner, Berkeley
- Experience: “As a mother, organizer and activist I founded Moms 4 Housing, an organization of homeless mothers dedicated to making housing a human right through activism and legislation.”
- Local Government: “I learned the importance of participating in local government to create change.”
- Budget: “I am proud to chair Berkeley Rent Board’s Budget and Personnel committee.”
- www.BerkeleyRentBoard.org
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