John Bauters
John Bauters ran for election to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to represent District 5 in California. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Bauters completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2024)
General election
General election for Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5
Nikki Fortunato Bas defeated John Bauters in the general election for Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nikki Fortunato Bas (Nonpartisan)  | 50.1 | 71,207 |
 | John Bauters (Nonpartisan) | 49.9 | 70,782 | |
| Total votes: 141,989 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5
The following candidates ran in the primary for Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nikki Fortunato Bas (Nonpartisan) | 34.0 | 27,597 |
| ✔ | | John Bauters (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 16,783 |
| Ben Bartlett (Nonpartisan) | 16.7 | 13,518 | ||
| Ken Berrick (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 7,520 | ||
| Chris Moore (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 7,428 | ||
| Gregory Hodge (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 3,419 | ||
 | Lorrel Plimier (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 3,249 | |
| Omar Farmer (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 1,240 | ||
| Gerald Pechenuk (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 305 | ||
| Total votes: 81,059 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Bauters's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bauters in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Bauters completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bauters' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Affordable housing is a cornerstone of my agenda. I led a successful $50 million affordable housing initiative in Emeryville and will cut bureaucratic red tape to accelerate affordable housing projects across Alameda County as Supervisor. I’ll also work to strengthen protections for renters and create pathways to homeownership for working-class families.
- Alameda County is in the midst of a homelessness crisis. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience in nonprofit homeless services – as well as my own lived experience with housing insecurity – I’ll create more shelters with expanded services for mental health and substance use so we can get people the care they need.
- I have worked as a victims’ rights advocate for the last decade. As Supervisor, I will work with law enforcement, small business owners, and community organizations to proactively combat violent crime, retail theft, and burglaries. I will also improve emergency response times by hiring more firefighters, paramedics, and 911 dispatchers.
I plan to bring this vision to the Board of Supervisors, ensuring all of Alameda County benefits from more accessible and environmentally friendly transportation options and safer, livable communities.
Further, as an LGBTQ+ leader, inclusion, acceptance, healing, empathy, and justice are the values that guide how I lead. Together, we can overcome challenges, revitalize our communities, and build a greener, healthier future founded on safety and opportunity for everyone.
Throughout my career as a nonprofit professional, I have worked alongside providers to deliver critical services to those who need it. I bring both lived and professional experience necessary to provide competent leadership to the county’s core functions.
Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte
Alameda County Firefighters
Berkeley Firefighters
Piedmont Firefighters
ILWU NCDC
Nor Cal Carpenters Union
Teamsters Local 856
The Sierra Club
The East Bay Times
Housing Action Coalition
Elected Leaders
U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell
State Controller (ret.) Betty Yee
State Senator Scott Wiener
State Senator Josh Becker
State Senator (ret.) Loni Hancock
Assemblymember Mia Bonta
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks
Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur Assemblymember Marc Berman
Assemblymember Damon Connolly
Assemblymember Chris Ward
Assemblymember (ret.) Bill Quirk
Assemblymember (ret.) Tom Bates
Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson
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See also
2024 Elections
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