Oakland School Board: Districts 4 and 6 Remain Close in First-Choice Returns

OAKLAND, Alameda County — November 4, 2026. The Oakland school board election produced tight first-choice margins in Districts 4 and 6, according to the Registrar of Voters’ overnight update. Both races use ranked-choice voting, so these rankings should not be represented as final elected-member outcomes.

District 4: 143 votes between first and second

In District 4, Mike Hutchinson leads with 6,267 first-choice votes (40.88%), followed by Kathryn Camp with 6,124 (39.95%) and Sylvia Pfeiffer Williams with 2,940 (19.18%). The gap between the top two is only 143 votes. If ranked-choice transfers are needed, the candidate initially leading may not ultimately finish first.

District 6: 87-vote first-choice gap

District 6 shows Alexandra Williams with 3,222 votes (38.02%), Valarie Bachelor with 3,135 (37.00%) and Leana Powell with 2,117 (24.98%). That puts Williams just 87 first-choice votes ahead of Bachelor in the reported release. This is not an official call.

District 2 also reports a contest

Arielle Fleisher has 4,478 first-choice votes (53.72%), while Jennifer Brouhard has 3,858 (46.28%). The District 2 lead is larger, but canvassing remains incomplete.

The Alameda County official results page includes separate ranked-choice tabulation links and marks the precinct reports as partial. Follow those reports rather than treating first-choice tallies or a precinct percentage as proof of final certification.

Data snapshot: Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Preliminary/Unofficial Update #3, November 4, 2026, 12:29 a.m. PT.

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