Nikki Fortunato Bas
2025 - Present
2029
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Nikki Fortunato Bas is a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 5. She assumed office on January 6, 2025. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Bas ran for election to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to represent District 5 in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Bas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Bas is a Democrat.[1]
Biography
Nikki Fortunato Bas earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia in 1990. Her professional experience includes working as a nonprofit executive and in government.[2][3]
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 Bas's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bas in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2022)
General election
General election for Oakland City Council District 2
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Nikki Fortunato Bas in round 1 .
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Total votes: 15,699 |
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2018
General election
General election for Oakland City Council District 2
Nikki Fortunato Bas defeated incumbent Abel Guillen and Donte Kenzie Smith in the general election for Oakland City Council District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nikki Fortunato Bas (Nonpartisan) | 53.9 | 11,310 |
 | Abel Guillen (Nonpartisan) | 39.7 | 8,323 | |
| Donte Kenzie Smith (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 1,349 | ||
| Total votes: 20,982 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nikki Fortunato Bas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- SAFETY FOR ALL -- As a mother and sexual assault survivor, nothing is more important to me than our safety.
My public safety vision is a holistic approach that focuses on two critical elements: maintaining trained, accountable law enforcement and financial investment to attack the root causes of crime and poverty.
As your County Supervisor, I’ll ensure stronger regional coordination to get guns off our streets, expand community policing models, and improve 911 response while increasing access to mental health and after-school programs, enhancing community and domestic violence prevention programs, and fighting human trafficking.
I will implement proven safety programs such as my groundbreaking Mobile Crisis Response Team. - HOUSING FOR ALL -- I’m honored to be solely endorsed by the Alameda County Central Labor and Alameda County Building & Construction Trades councils for my work to secure $350 Million to create 2,400 units of affordable housing. I established a $14 Million Fund to help low-income tenants purchase homes, and will bring these results-oriented approaches to the County. To address homelessness, I’ll expand job training and placement services; increase access to mental health counseling and substance abuse/addiction programs, and put my proven housing track record to work to create more transitional and permanent supportive housing for families, seniors and veterans.
- HEALTHCARE FOR ALL -- County government provides safety net programs for our most vulnerable residents. The California Nurses Association endorses my candidacy and leadership to ensure that every family who needs access to quality healthcare receives it.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2022
Nikki Fortunato Bas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
I’m running to bring bold, innovative and proactive leadership to make Oakland work for all of us. I will tackle the critical issues facing our city and District 2 and bring accountability to City Hall. I will listen and bring people together, and I will have the courage to stand up and fight for real solutions — just as I have as a community organizer.[4] |
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| —Nikki Fortunato Bas[2] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus, "2022 Endorsement Questionaire- General Election- City Elections," accessed January 15, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on October 29, 2018
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Keith Carson |
Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Sheng Thao |
Mayor of Oakland 2024-2025 |
Succeeded by Kevin Jenkins |
| Preceded by Abel Guillen |
Oakland City Council District 2 2019-2024 |
Succeeded by Charlene Wang |
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