- oaklandca.gov (opens in a new tab)Oakland City Clerk — Nov 2026 Election Qualified Candidate List (final, in ballot order, with ballot designations)
- oaklandside.org (opens in a new tab)Oakland City Clerk qualified-candidate list for November 3, 2026, as published by The Oaklandside (2026-08-10)
- ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)Ballotpedia — City elections in Oakland, California (2026)
- netfile.com (opens in a new tab)Oakland Public Ethics Commission — e-filed campaign-finance transactions (NetFile)
Last updated September 21, 2026.
School District
Oakland Unified Board of Education, District 2
This person holds your area's seat on the Oakland Unified school board. They vote on district policy, the budget, and hiring the superintendent.
Jennifer Brouhard is the board president and the incumbent. She faces Arielle Fleisher for the District 2 seat on the Oakland Unified school board. The ballot is ranked-choice. The Oaklandside calls this year's OUSD board races Oakland's most competitive local contests.
The winner holds one of seven seats governing Oakland Unified. They vote on district policy, the budget, and hiring and overseeing the superintendent. Trustee areas share the city council's district lines by charter. The term is four years.
One issue dominates: OUSD is trying to close a roughly $100 million budget gap, and the board's choices about loans and state control follow from it. Brouhard has led that effort as president; Fleisher's platform opens by promising to fix the budget "for real this time" (per the Oaklandside) — a direct challenge to the incumbent's handling of it. Ranked-choice voting lets you rank the field in order of preference rather than picking one name.
Jennifer Brouhard
She is the incumbent District 2 director and the board's president. Her ballot title is Retired Educator. She led OUSD through its roughly $100 million budget gap. She says the district should not take another loan or go back to state receivership. She taught history and special education for 27 years. She was at Glenview Elementary and Melrose Leadership Academy.
Arielle Fleisher
She is a parent of a Crocker Highlands student. Her ballot title is Parent and Policy Director. The first item on her platform is fixing OUSD's budget "for real this time." She works on transportation policy for Waymo. She is a PTA member and co-leads her neighborhood council. She has worked with the advocacy group Empower Oakland.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Self-funding
Jennifer Brouhard
$4,384 raised
- Small donors$3348%
- Individuals$4,05092%
Arielle Fleisher
$32,297 raised
- Small donors$2,6258%
- Individuals$27,13284%
- PACs & committees$1,8006%
- Self-funding$6002%
1Separately, independent committees — not the candidate's campaign — reported $1,810 in spending supporting Jennifer Brouhard: Oakland Education Association Political Action Committee (per Form 496 filings).
2Figures are CA Form 460 filings through 2026-06-30, per the Oakland Public Ethics Commission's e-filed transaction exports, retrieved 2026-09-21.
Your pick
A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.