Candidates
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Jason Hodge
9026 votes
68.0%
(This candidate has been invited to participate in Smart Voter but had not responded as of this date.)
- Occupation: School Board Member
Sylvester Hodges
4243 votes
31.9%
- Occupation: Education Consultant
- Oakland Public School graduate and parent activist
- Graduate of CSUH; served 4 years in U.S. Air Force
- Former teacher and youth recreation director
- As School Board President obtained $270 million in facility modernization and Measure C monies
- Led the successful effort to save the district from bankruptcy
- Chair, Paul Robeson Centenniel Committee
Priorities:
- Data driven improvement in student achievement such that every Oakland student is eligible to attend college and obtain employment.
- An inclusive agenda bringing parents, teachers, and students together to stop violence at Castlemont and return safe environment to Dist 7 schools.
- Build at least six new elementary schools in East Oakland; reduce class size; and develop after school Arts Academies.
Basic candidate data supplied by the County elections official.
Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
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Events
- Candidates' Forum
Monday, October 16, 7:45 PM
Eastmont Town Center
73rd Avenue and Bancroft
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Oakland and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland/Bay Area Chapter.
- Voters are encouraged to come, bring questions for the candidates
News and Analysis
- Oakland Tribune, Sunday, October 15
- Like-named, but hardly like-minded Hodge vs. Hodges
- San Francisco Chronicle
- October 17, 2000
- East Bay Election 2000
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