Berkeley School Board: Brown, Shanoski and Park Lead Three-Seat Election

BERKELEY, Alameda County — November 4, 2026. Ka’dijah A. Brown, Jennifer Shanoski and Sandy Park hold the leading positions in Berkeley’s election for three school directors.

What the official election-night report shows

The registrar reports 17,161 votes for Ka’dijah A. Brown, 16,894 for Jennifer Shanoski, 16,231 for Sandy Park and 839 for Reichi Lee.

What residents should know

Three seats are available and the numbers are candidate-vote tallies, not a measure of total turnout. The school-director contest is separate from Berkeley’s ranked-choice City Council elections and its five-seat Rent Stabilization Board contest. The results are preliminary, not certified.

Counting and certification

Alameda County labels its November 3 general-election report preliminary and unofficial; the cited snapshot was updated November 4 at 2:07 a.m. Pacific. A precinct shown as partially reporting is not proof that all mail, provisional or other eligible ballots have been canvassed. Subsequent official releases may change figures and rankings.

Source: Alameda County Registrar of Voters — November 3, 2026 General Election Results, unofficial final election-night posting, November 4 at 2:07 a.m. See also California58 statewide election coverage.

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