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Nancy Sidebotham

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Nancy Sidebotham
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Rye High School

Associate

Merritt College

Bachelor's

California State University, Hayward

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Nancy Sidebotham ran for election for an at-large seat of the Oakland City Council in California. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Sidebotham holds an associate degree in liberal arts from Merritt College and a B.A. in history from California State University, Hayward. Her professional experience includes work as a tax preparer and service as a board member of the Community Policing Advisory Board.[1]

She has also served as chair of the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council, a member of the Neighborhood Watch steering committee, and an advisory board member for the urban forestry nonprofit Urban Releaf.[1][2]

Elections

2024

See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2024)

General election

General election for Oakland City Council At-large

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Rowena Brown in round 9 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 144,857
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Sidebotham in this election.

2022

See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2022)

General election

General election for Oakland City Council District 6

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Kevin Jenkins in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,574
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2020

See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2020)

General election

General election for Oakland City Council At-large

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Rebecca Kaplan in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 181,530
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2018

See also: Mayoral election in Oakland, California (2018)

General election

General election for Mayor of Oakland

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Oakland on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Libby Schaaf
Libby Schaaf (Nonpartisan)
 
53.3
 
84,502
Image of Cat Brooks
Cat Brooks (Nonpartisan)
 
25.7
 
40,760
Image of Pamela Price
Pamela Price (Nonpartisan)
 
13.1
 
20,794
Image of Saied Karamooz
Saied Karamooz (Nonpartisan)
 
1.9
 
3,005
Image of Ken Houston
Ken Houston (Nonpartisan)
 
1.7
 
2,640
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Marchon Tatmon (Nonpartisan)
 
1.3
 
2,114
Image of Nancy Sidebotham
Nancy Sidebotham (Nonpartisan)
 
1.1
 
1,766
Image of Peter Liu
Peter Liu (Nonpartisan)
 
0.7
 
1,166
Image of Cedric A. Troupe
Cedric A. Troupe (Nonpartisan)
 
0.7
 
1,128
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Jesse A.J. Smith (Nonpartisan)
 
0.5
 
743

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 158,618
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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2016

See also: Municipal elections in Oakland, California (2016)

The city of Oakland, California, held elections for city council in 2016. Five of the eight city council seats were up for election. Incumbent Rebecca Kaplan defeated Margaret Moore, Bruce Quan, Francis Hummel, and Nancy Sidebotham in the general election for the At-Large seat on the Oakland City Council.[3]

Oakland City Council At-Large, General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Rebecca Kaplan Incumbent 51.86% 83,009
Margaret Moore 19.83% 31,735
Bruce Quan 16.90% 27,058
Francis Hummel 7.20% 11,524
Nancy Sidebotham 3.58% 5,724
Write-in votes 0.63% 1,013
Total Votes 160,063
Source: Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Certified Election Results," accessed December 1, 2016

2014

See also: Oakland, California municipal elections, 2014

The 2014 Oakland mayoral election took place on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline was August 8, 2014.[4] In the general election, Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf defeated incumbent Jean Quan and candidates Jason "Shake" Anderson, Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Saied Karamooz, Peter Yuan Liu, Patrick K. McCullough, Bryan Parker, Courtney Ruby, Nancy Sidebotham, Dan Siegel, Joseph Tuman, Charles Ray Williams, and Eric Wilson.[5][6]


Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost






This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 1
Candidate Vote % Votes Transfer
Charles Ray Williams 1% 1,052 1
Dan Siegel 12.9% 13,122 3
Rebecca Kaplan 14.4% 14,693 4
Jason "Shake" Anderson 1.5% 1,550 1
Courtney Ruby 3.1% 3,115 0
Eric Wilson 0.4% 393 0
Saied Karamooz 0.3% 264 1
Patrick K. McCullough 0.4% 362 1
Nancy Sidebotham 0.3% 267 0
Peter Yuan Liu 0.5% 464 1
Joseph Tuman 12% 12,251 0
Ken Houston 0.5% 518 0
Bryan Parker 7.8% 7,955 3
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes 29.5% 30,041 0
Jean Quan 15.5% 15,808 3
Write-in 0% 0 0
Sammuel Washington - Eliminated 0% 33 −33
Exhausted 2,946 15
Total Votes 104,834 0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

This is the final round of voting. To view previous rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Final Round
Candidate Vote % Votes Transfer
Charles Ray Williams 0% 0 0
Dan Siegel 0% 0 0
Rebecca Kaplan - Eliminated 36.8% 28,421 0
Jason "Shake" Anderson 0% 0 0
Courtney Ruby 0% 0 0
Eric Wilson 0% 0 0
Saied Karamooz 0% 0 0
Patrick K. McCullough 0% 0 0
Nancy Sidebotham 0% 0 0
Peter Yuan Liu 0% 0 0
Joseph Tuman 0% 0 0
Ken Houston 0% 0 0
Bryan Parker 0% 0 0
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Winner 63.2% 48,806 0
Jean Quan 0% 0 0
Write-in 0% 0 0
Sammuel Washington 0% 0 0
Exhausted 27,607 0
Total Votes 104,834 0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Nancy Sidebotham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Nancy Sidebotham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Nancy Sidebotham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

See also: Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey

Sidebotham participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of municipal government candidates. The following sections display her responses to the survey questions. When asked what her top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:

“ Economic Development[7][8] ”

When asked what she would most like to change about the city, the candidate made the following statement:

“ Bring Business for jobs and build a sales tax base[7][8] ”

When asked what she is most proud of about the city, the candidate made the following statement:

“ Diversity[7][8] ”
Ranking the issues

The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important:

Issue importance ranking
Candidate's ranking Issue
1
 City services (trash, utilities, etc.)
2
 Crime reduction/prevention
3
 Government transparency
4
 Recreational opportunities
5
 Unemployment
6
 Civil rights
7
 Homelessness
8
 Housing
9
 Public pensions/retirement funds
10
 Transportation
11
 K-12 education
12
 NA
Positions on the issues

The candidate was asked to answer four questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column:

Question Response
Is it important for the city’s budget to be balanced?
 Very important
Which level of government do you feel should set a minimum wage?
 State
What do you think is the best way to improve a city’s public safety?
 Public outreach/education programs. Full implementation of community Policing and get politics out of OPD.
How do you think your city should emphasize economic development?
 Recruiting new businesses to your city. Economic Development is favoritism based and not encompassing what the residents want or need. Oakland has no knowledge about enticing business...Leadership has no business savvy and has been allowing business to fold and leave rather than work with them to meet what would want them to stay.

Additional themes

In information she provided to Voter's Edge California during the 2016 city council election, Sidebotham highlighted the following priorities:[1]

“
  • Jobs and sales tax base businesses building for sustainable economic growth
  • Public Safety which entails safe neighborhoods, magnet for business relocation and strengthening the public school curriculum to entail shop and home economic programs.
  • Complete outside audit of the City of Oakland, Port and OUS leading to fiscal accountability.[8]
 ”

2014

Sidebotham's 2014 mayoral campaign website highlighted the following issues:[9]

“

I have for the last 32 years been an advocate for open space and creeks, economic revitalization, jobs, Community Policing, full strength police and fire departments, Neighborhood Watch, CORE, and open/transparent and fair government representation. I led the charge to build a new animal shelter, campaigned successfully to disallow 'big box' development at Leona Quarry, formed a Merchant Association in the Foothill/Seminary area and have been involved one way or another on numerous issues that have impacted our neighborhoods, districts and the City as a whole. [8]

”

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Voter's Edge California, "Nancy Sidebotham," accessed September 21, 2016
    2. ↑ Urban Releaf, "About Us," accessed September 21, 2016
    3. ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed September 22, 2016
    4. ↑ City of Oakland, "Municipal Election November 4, 2014," accessed March 10, 2014
    5. ↑ Alameda County, "Official 2014 Candidate List," accessed September 10, 2014
    6. ↑ Alameda County, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 5, 2014
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2016, "Nancy Sidebotham's Responses," October 5, 2016
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    9. ↑ Nancy Sidebotham for Mayor 11/4/2014," accessed September 21, 2016
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