Brenda F. Grisham Runs for Oakland Mayor on Neighborhood Safety and City Hall Accountability

Election-night update: preliminary results

Official source snapshot: November 3, 2026, 8:49 p.m. Pacific. Barbara Lee led the reported tally at that update. The count is incomplete and this article does not declare a winner.

Unofficial first-choice results — oakland
Candidate	First-choice votes	Share of reported candidate votes
Barbara Lee	53,650	85.53%
Julius Robinson	3,750	5.98%
Brenda F. Grisham	2,698	4.30%
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk	2,630	4.19%

The county labels this release preliminary/unofficial and vote-by-mail results only. No vote-center precincts had reported in this snapshot. Zero precincts reporting does not mean no ballots were counted: the figures above are processed mail ballots. The county identifies this table as the ranked-choice first-choice column only; it is not a completed ranked-choice tabulation.

Percentages describe reported votes in this contest, not the percentage of all eligible voters or all expected ballots. Additional ballots and verification can change totals and margins. Read the official Alameda County results and check later updates.

The campaign reporting below provides pre-election context. Personal voting appearances remain subject to the verification limits stated in that reporting.

OAKLAND — Brenda F. Grisham is asking Oakland voters to choose leadership focused on neighborhood safety, stronger services and transparent spending. The city clerk’s final candidate list places her on the November 3, 2026, mayoral ballot with the designation business owner.

Cover video: The League of Women Voters of Oakland’s October 3 mayoral forum is linked from its official voter-resources page. It features the four ballot-listed candidates. It is pre-election policy discussion, not footage of anyone casting a ballot.

Community advocacy and neighborhood conditions

Grisham’s campaign biography describes her as a longtime community and victims’ rights advocate. Her stated priorities include safer neighborhoods, housing stability, cleaner streets and economic growth that benefits local businesses.

Her campaign message argues that residents need a more responsive City Hall and clearer explanations of how public money is spent. She presents listening to residents and acting on neighborhood concerns as essential parts of the mayor’s job.

How she discusses the budget

At the October mayoral forum, Grisham urged seeking philanthropic, state and federal support rather than additional resident taxes, according to Oakland North. That is her proposed funding approach, not a finding that outside funds are already secured.

The distinction matters when evaluating promises about services: a campaign’s goals and its proposed sources of money are different from adopted spending plans. Her published materials describe the direction she advocates, while implementation and funding would require further government decisions.

Personal voting has not been verified

The sources reviewed for this profile do not establish the candidate’s personal voting date, method or location. A campaign request to vote does not establish that its author has voted. This article therefore attributes no polling-place appearance or voting photograph to the candidate.

The mayoral contest is nonpartisan. The official field includes four printed names and qualified write-in candidate Bro Ayinde. This profile makes no prediction and does not declare an election winner.

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