Stiff competition in Oakland’s school board races
Sunday, August 5th, 2012 at 8:00 am in
Two years ago, I wrote about how few people were running for school board in Oakland. It’s much different this year. Below is a list of 13 candidates that have announced at some point that they were running for seats 1, 3, 5, or 7. I’ve learned of a number of new candidates since my blog post in late MayFriday, Aug. 10 is the filing deadline. You can see for yourself who’s supporting whom and who’s filed on the City of Oakland’s online campaign portal. If you want to see all the filings, select “search filings by date.”
District 1: Incumbent Jody London is running for re-election against Thearse Pecot, who sued the district this