Oakland: who represents it, and who is running

California General Election (federal and state offices) consolidated with the City of Oakland General Municipal Election votes on 2026-11-03. It elects city (ranked-choice): Mayor, Council Districts 2, 4 and 6, City Auditor (plus OUSD School Board Districts 2, 4, 6 - not recorded, school level skipped). U.S. Representative for CA-12 (the only district covering Oakland); Governor (open seat) and other statewide offices; Assembly District 18 (City Hall). State Senate District 7 is not up until 2028. No U.S. Senate seat is up in California in 2026. City measures on the ballot include a Mayor/Council Charter Amendments measure and a Real Estate Transfer Tax Foreclosure Amendment measure..

Holding office17
the sitting council
On the ballot16
7 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Oakland is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): California's 12th congressional district (City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza); the whole city is in CA-12 on both the 119th Congress map and the 2026 map — Lateefah Simon (Democratic)

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Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Barbara Lee ✉️ Elected Mayor → Running Independent City of Oakland
Brenda F. Grisham Mayor Running Independent City of Oakland City Clerk
Julius Robinson Mayor Running Independent City of Oakland City Clerk
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk Mayor Running Independent City of Oakland City Clerk
2

Councilmember — District 2

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Charlene Wang ✉️ Elected Councilmember → Running Independent District 2 City of Oakland
Nate Adams Councilmember Running Independent District 2 City of Oakland City Clerk
3

Councilmember — District 4

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Janani Ramachandran ✉️ Elected Councilmember → Running Independent District 4 City of Oakland
4

Councilmember — District 6

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Kevin Jenkins ✉️ Elected Councilmember → Running Independent District 6 City of Oakland
Nancy S. Sidebotham Councilmember Running Independent District 6 City of Oakland City Clerk
5

City Attorney

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Ryan Richardson Elected City Attorney Independent city-wide City of Oakland
6

City Auditor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Michael C. Houston Elected City Auditor → Running Independent city-wide City of Oakland
7

Councilmember

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Carroll Fife ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent District 3 City of Oakland
Ken Houston ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent District 7 City of Oakland
Noel Gallo ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent District 5 City of Oakland
Rowena Brown ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent At-Large City of Oakland
Zac Unger ✉️ Elected Councilmember Independent District 1 City of Oakland
8

Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Gavin Newsom Elected Governor Democratic Governor's Proclamation calling the November 3, 2026 General Election (via Secretary of State)
Steve Hilton Governor Running Republican California Secretary of State
Xavier Becerra Governor Running Democratic California Secretary of State
9

State Assembly Member — AD-18

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Mia Bonta Elected State Assembly Member → Running Democratic California State Assembly
Andre Sandford State Assembly Member Running Democratic California Secretary of State
10

State Senator — SD-7

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jesse Arreguín Elected State Senator Democratic California State Senate
11

U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Adam B. Schiff Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (CC0), legislators-current.json
Alex Padilla Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (CC0), legislators-current.json
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U.S. Representative — CA-12

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Lateefah Simon Elected U.S. Representative → Running Democratic U.S. House of Representatives
Jamie Joyce U.S. Representative Running Democratic California Secretary of State
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Municipal sitting officials from www.oaklandca.gov (robots.txt read first; it disallows only sandbox/gallery/ethics-publication paths, no crawl-delay): council roster on 'Contact Your City Council District Representatives' (At-Large Rowena Brown; D1 Zac Unger; D2 Charlene Wang; D3 Carroll Fife; D4 Janani Ramachandran; D5 Noel Gallo; D6 Kevin Jenkins; D7 Ken Houston), each member's own page for official email and photo, the Office of the Mayor (Barbara Lee), the City Auditor (Michael C. Houston) and the City Attorney (Ryan Richardson) pages, all retrieved 2026-10-22. Photos are linked, not copied; the site states no reuse terms on these pages.
  • Municipal candidates: City Clerk 'City of Oakland November 2026 Election Qualified Candidates' PDF, which says 'This is the FINAL list of qualifed candidates (in ballot order) for the November 3, 2026 Election' (PDF created/modified 2026-10-20). Mayor: Julius Robinson, Barbara Lee, Brenda F. Grisham, Mindy Ruth Pechenuk (write-in Bro Ayinde skipped per brief). D2: Nate Adams, Charlene Wang. D4: Janani Ramachandran (unopposed). D6: Kevin E. Jenkins, Nancy S. Sidebotham. City Auditor: Michael C. Houston (unopposed). School Board Districts 2, 4, 6 are on the same list but school level is skipped. Ballot designations recorded as printed; the list prints no addresses.
  • Oakland's cycle: Mayor, City Auditor and even-numbered council districts are elected in gubernatorial years (2026); the at-large seat and Districts 1, 3, 5, 7 (and City Attorney) in presidential years - next municipal election after this one is November 2028. All City races use ranked-choice voting (Alameda County ROV). The 'City Attorney elected city-wide / 2028' statement is from the City's election structure, not a page fetched this session - verify against the Charter if it matters.
  • Congressional/legislative districts: Census TIGERweb Incorporated Place polygon for Oakland city (GEOID 0653000) sampled on a 150x150 grid (7,598 points inside the city, which includes bay water) against tigerWMS_Current (120th Congress = 2026 map; 2026 State Legislative Districts) and tigerWMS_ACS2025 (119th Congress). Result: 100% CA-12 on both maps; 100% State Senate District 7; Assembly Districts 18 (5,191 points), 20 (1,410, the southeast) and 14 (997, the north/hills). City Hall point (37.8053, -122.2727; the address geocoder returned no match for '1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza') is CA-12, SD-7, AD-18. Only City Hall's legislators are listed, per the brief. tigerweb.geo.census.gov answers robots.txt with an F5 'Request Rejected' page (no robots file readable); its query endpoints answered normally.
  • Federal: Lateefah Simon (CA-12) from https://www.house.gov/representatives (robots allows) cross-checked with the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (bioguide S001231); photo linked from clerk.house.gov/images/members/S001231.jpg (HTTP 200; clerk.house.gov has no robots.txt). Senators Alex Padilla and Adam B. Schiff from the same CC0 dataset (senate.gov not requested; earlier agents recorded 403).
  • Candidates (federal and state): California Secretary of State 'Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election', certified 2026-08-27 by Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber (PDF retrieved 2026-10-22). CA-12: Jamie Joyce (Democratic, Nonprofit Executive Director) vs Lateefah Simon (Democratic, U.S. Representative). Governor: Xavier Becerra (Democratic) vs Steve Hilton (Republican). AD-18: Mia Bonta* (Democratic) vs Andre Sandford (Democratic). No State Senate District 7 contest (odd-numbered, next 2028). elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov answers robots.txt with an S3 'AccessDenied' (no robots file).
  • State: Governor Gavin Newsom (Governor's Proclamation PDF on the SOS host). State Senator Jesse Arreguín (SD-7) from www.senate.ca.gov/senators; Assemblymember Mia Bonta (AD-18) from www.assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers; both robots.txt allow these pages.
  • Not done: Alameda County Registrar of Voters county-office candidate list (county offices are outside this brief) and candidate statements. standsFor is null for everyone - no candidate's own platform was read. No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded; official @oaklandca.gov office addresses only. No terms accepted, no logins, nothing requested. One User-Agent used throughout; nothing was blocked except TIGERweb's robots.txt path.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-22. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.