Alex Spehr
Alex Spehr ran for election to the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors to represent Ward 5 in California. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Spehr completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Alex Spehr earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago. Her career experience includes working as a computer engineer.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2024)
General election
General election for East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors Ward 5
Jim Oddie defeated John Lewis and Alex Spehr in the general election for East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors Ward 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Oddie (Nonpartisan)  | 43.3 | 27,985 |
| John Lewis (Nonpartisan) | 31.6 | 20,412 | ||
 | Alex Spehr (Nonpartisan) | 25.2 | 16,265 | |
| Total votes: 64,662 | |||
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Endorsements
Spehr received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Spehr's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alex Spehr completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Spehr's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- EBMUD has a great track record and some of the best tasting tap water around! I want to promote water conservation, protect the SF Bay and estuary, and keep our infrastructure in good shape.
Climate change is attacking us and our systems in many different ways - we need to be resilient and disaster-proof ourselves in every way possible. Because going without water isn't an option. And droughts are the new normal.
Everybody likes clean water, but does anybody like dead fish? I hope not, and putting less nutrients from our wastewater discharges into the SF Bay is one way we can help prevent algae blooms in heat waves. Algae blooms lead to dead fish, and I don’t ever again want to see our shores filled with dead fish. - Next year your rates go up 8%. While it is easy to balance the budget by raising rates, it isn't sustainable to raise rates faster than inflation. And I know there are people out there working multiple gig jobs to pay the rent. One of the hardest things is finding the right balance of income (i.e. rate payments), expenses (mostly to maintain our infrastructure), and paying employees enough so that they can afford to live here.
- This is the most exciting election on the ballot! OK, it's not, but it's still important. EBMUD is East Bay Municipal Utility District. EBMUD is responsible for providing clean water to drink, and for managing sewage and wastewater. Yes, this is a real paid, position. You should fill it with somebody who is passionate about clean water and who thinks sewage is pretty fascinating - me!
I've gotten pro-native plant policy passed.
Integrity is important.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors Ward 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
