- 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 4
This person holds your area's seat on the Oakland Unified school board. They vote on district policy, the budget, and hiring the superintendent.
Three candidates are on the ranked-choice ballot for this seat. It is District 4 on the Oakland Unified school board. Incumbent Mike Hutchinson was elected in 2020. He is a former board president. He faces Kathryn Camp and Sylvia Pfeiffer Williams.
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.
The district's roughly $100 million budget gap frames this race too, and the incumbent has positioned himself against his own board's budget. The choice is between a dissenting veteran, a researcher-and-policy candidate running on transparency, and a career OUSD classroom aide running on where the money lands. Ranked-choice voting lets you rank the field in order of preference rather than picking one name.
Mike Hutchinson
Mike Hutchinson is the incumbent, listed on the ballot as Incumbent. He is a former afterschool teacher, first elected in 2020. He previously served as board president. He voted against OUSD's proposed budget this year. He questioned whether it would really produce a surplus. He also abstained on a new teacher contract.
Kathryn Camp
Kathryn Camp is on the ballot as a Public Policy Professional. She is a parent of a Glenview Elementary student. She recently worked as a graduate student researcher at UC Berkeley. Before that she worked in government affairs for the technology company Block. Her campaign site names transparency in OUSD governance, community partnerships, and student outcomes.
Sylvia Pfeiffer Williams
Sylvia Pfeiffer Williams is on the ballot as an Adult Educator. She is a bilingual adult education teacher and special education aide. She has worked in OUSD for two decades. She says she is running to keep the budget focused on the classroom. That means preschool through adult education. She also wants stability in Oakland schools and better outcomes for all students.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Businesses & other orgs
Kathryn Camp
$14,290 raised
- Small donors$3653%
- Individuals$6,32544%
- PACs & committees$6,60046%
- Businesses & other orgs$1,0007%
1Mike Hutchinson has no campaign committee with filings on record with the Oakland Public Ethics Commission for this race.
2Sylvia Pfeiffer Williams has no campaign committee with filings on record with the Oakland Public Ethics Commission for this race.
3Figures 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.