Lucky Narain
Lucky Narain was a candidate for the District 3 seat on the Oakland Unified School District school board in California. Narain was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Narain works as a military lawyer.[1]
Elections
2016
Four of the seven seats on the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election to District 1, incumbent Jody London defeated challenger Don Macleay. District 3 incumbent Jumoke Hinton Hodge also won re-election, defeating challengers Benjamin Lang, Lucky Narain, and Kharyshi Wiginton. The District 5 race featured incumbent Roseann Torres and challengers Mike Hassid, Mike Hutchinson, and Huber Trenado, and Torres won re-election to the seat. In District 7, incumbent James Harris defeated challenger Chris Jackson to win another term on the board.[2][3]
Ranked-choice voting was used to determine the final election results for the District 3 and 5 races. To learn more about this process, click here.[4][5]
Results
Ranked-choice voting was used to determine the winner of this race. That method was triggered when no candidate received a majority of the votes cast. The initial results of the election before ranked-choice voting was implemented can be found below.
This is the final round of voting. To view previous rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.
| Oakland Unified School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Final Round |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Jumoke Hinton Hodge - Most votes | 52.4% | 10,796 | 0 |
| Kharyshi Wiginton - Eliminated | 47.6% | 9,810 | 0 |
| Benjamin Lang | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Lucky Narain | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Misty Cross (write-in candidate) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 1,727 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 22,333 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Oakland Unified School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Round 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Jumoke Hinton Hodge - Most votes | 42.1% | 9,228 | 1,568 |
| Kharyshi Wiginton | 35.1% | 7,689 | 2,121 |
| Benjamin Lang - Eliminated | 22.7% | 4,977 | −4,977 |
| Lucky Narain | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Misty Cross (write-in candidate) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 453 | 1,274 | |
| Total Votes | 22,347 | −14 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Oakland Unified School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Round 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Jumoke Hinton Hodge - Most votes | 39.9% | 8,911 | 0 |
| Kharyshi Wiginton | 33.2% | 7,407 | 0 |
| Benjamin Lang | 19.7% | 4,393 | 907 |
| Lucky Narain - Eliminated | 7.2% | 1,616 | 0 |
| Misty Cross (write-in candidate) | 0% | 0 | −3,257 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 23 | 430 | |
| Total Votes | 22,350 | −1,920 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Oakland Unified School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Round 2 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Jumoke Hinton Hodge - Most votes | 39.8% | 8,905 | 6 |
| Kharyshi Wiginton | 33.1% | 7,400 | 7 |
| Benjamin Lang | 19.6% | 4,391 | 2 |
| Lucky Narain | 7.2% | 1,616 | 0 |
| Misty Cross (write-in candidate) - Eliminated | 0.2% | 39 | −39 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 0 | 23 | |
| Total Votes | 22,351 | −1 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.
| Oakland Unified School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016, Round 1 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Jumoke Hinton Hodge - Most votes | 39.8% | 8,905 | 0 |
| Kharyshi Wiginton | 33.1% | 7,400 | 0 |
| Benjamin Lang | 19.6% | 4,391 | 0 |
| Lucky Narain | 7.2% | 1,616 | 0 |
| Misty Cross (write-in candidate) | 0.2% | 39 | 0 |
| Write-in votes - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 22,351 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Oakland Unified School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jumoke Hinton Hodge Incumbent |
39.71% | 8,810 |
| Kharyshi Wiginton | 33.00% | 7,322 |
| Benjamin Lang | 19.45% | 4,315 |
| Lucky Narain | 7.02% | 1,557 |
| Write-in votes | 0.82% | 183 |
| Total Votes | 22,187 | |
| Source: Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "General Election (Certified Results) - November 08, 2016," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Narain reported no contributions or expenditures to the Oakland City Clerk in the election.[6]
Endorsements
Narain received no official endorsements in the election.
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Smart Voter, "School Director; Oakland Unified School District; Trustee Area 3 Voter Information," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ East Bay Citizen, "2016 East Bay Candidates List (Official for November)," August 19, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "General Election (Certified Results) - November 08, 2016," accessed November 30, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Ranked-Choice Voting Accumulated Results - School Director, District 5 - Oakland," accessed January 11, 2017
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Ranked-Choice Voting Accumulated Results - School Director, District 3 - Oakland," accessed January 11, 2017
- ↑ Oakland City Clerk, "City of Oakland Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed March 7, 2017
| 2016 Oakland Unified School District Elections | |
| Alameda County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Jody London • Don Macleay District 3: • Incumbent, Jumoke Hinton Hodge • Benjamin Lang • Lucky Narain • Kharyshi Wiginton District 5: • Incumbent, Roseann Torres • Mike Hassid • Mike Hutchinson • Huber Trenado District 7: • Incumbent, James Harris • Chris Jackson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
