Election 2016

A number of ASUC executives and senators have announced their endorsement for Berkeley mayoral candidate Jesse Arreguin ahead of next week’s election.

Naomi D. Pete, age 75 and a retired senior citizen, is hoping to restore the city to how she remembered it when she moved to the Bay Area at the age of 3 if she is elected as Berkeley’s next mayor.

Incumbents Judith Appel and Beatriz Leyva-Cutler are running against challenger Abdur Sikder this fall in bids for their re-election to Berkeley Unified School District board. Appel and Leyva-Cutler have both been lauded for their commitment to public education in Berkeley, as well as their dedication to students’ success and help ushering in unprecedented intervention programs. Though unavailable for comment, Sikder similarly seeks to ensure that the Berkeley school district is a place where all students receive a high-quality education, regardless of background.

Guy “Mike” Lee is asking residents to vote for him this November — “Old bum for mayor.”

With the general election less than two weeks away, Measure DD’s campaign has now acquired more than $577,000 in total monetary contributions for the calendar year, while the opposing Measure U1’s campaign has raised about $71,000.

An analysis reviewing past Berkeley elections conducted by a local nonprofit concluded that money is often a clear advantage in city elections.

If elected, Gould would be the first student to win a major city position since then-UC Berkeley graduate student Nancy Skinner was elected to the council in 1984.

Alameda County residents will be deciding on three ballot measures funding affordable housing, AC Transit and BART, respectively.

Kriss Worthington didn’t move to Berkeley. He was dragged there. Now, he’s running to be the city’s mayor.

A political action committee backed by three unions has raised $24,000 this year for eight candidates in the upcoming Berkeley elections, according to an expenditure report filed Thursday.