Noel Gallo
2013 - Present
2029
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Noel Gallo is a member of the Oakland City Council in California, representing District 5. He assumed office in 2013. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Gallo ran for re-election to the Oakland City Council to represent District 5 in California. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Although city council elections in Oakland are officially nonpartisan, Gallo is known to be a member of the Democratic Party.[1]
Biography
Gallo received an undergraduate degree in business from the University of California, Berkeley. His professional experience includes work as a regional director for Ray & Associates, an Iowa-based school executive search firm.[2][3]
As of his run for re-election in 2016, Gallo was a co-chair of the Oakland City Council Education Partnership Committee and a member of the council's Life Enrichment, Public Works, and Public Safety Committees. He also represented Oakland on the AC Transit East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project Policy Steering Committee, which is composed of representatives from the AC Transit Board of Directors, Oakland, San Leandro, and Alameda County. The committee is charged with oversight of transit projects in the Berkeley-Oakland-San Leandro corridor.[2][4]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2024)
General election
General election for Oakland City Council District 5
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Noel Gallo 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.
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Total votes: 12,628 |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gallo in this election.
2020
See also: City elections in Oakland, California (2020)
General election
General election for Oakland City Council District 5
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Noel Gallo in round 1 .
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Total votes: 17,436 |
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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 Noel Gallo defeated Viola Gonzales in the general election for the District 5 seat on the Oakland City Council.[5]
| Oakland City Council District 5, General Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Noel Gallo Incumbent |
56.03% | 7,775 |
| Viola Gonzales | 43.25% | 6,002 |
| Write-in votes | 0.71% | 99 |
| Total Votes | 13,876 | |
| Source: Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Certified Election Results," accessed December 1, 2016 | ||
Endorsements
Gallo received endorsements from the following in 2016:[6]
- Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council
- Block by Block Organizing Network
- Green Party of Alameda County
- IFPTE Local 21
- John George Democratic Club
- National Union of Healthcare Workers Union
- SEIU Local 1021
- Sierra Club
- Transport Oakland
- Wellstone Democratic Club
- Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb
- Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan
- BART Director Robert Raburn
- Oakland Board of Education President James Harris
- Oakland Board of Education Member Shanthi Gonzales
- Former President of the Alameda County Board of Education Ken Berrick
- East Bay Municipal Utility District Director Bill Paterson
- Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners Member Alan Yee
- Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners Member Ces Butner
- Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners Member Andreas Cluver
- Former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan
- Former Oakland Unified School Board Member Sylvester Hodges
- Former Oakland Unified School Board Member David Kakishiba
- Former Oakland Unified School Board Member Dan Siegel
- Former Oakland Unified School Board Member Carol Lee Tolbert
- Former California Assemb. Joe Coto
- Former California Assemb. Sandre Swanson
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Noel Gallo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Gallo's 2016 campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]
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Personal
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Gallo and his wife, Aliza, have four children.[2]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Oakland City Council District 5 |
Officeholder Oakland City Council District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Noel Gallo - Oakland City Council, District 5, "Noel Gallo, Oakland City Council District 5," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ The Post News Group, "Noel Gallo, District 5 Candidate," October 19, 2012
- ↑ AC Transit, "Policy Steering Committee (BRT)," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed September 22, 2016
- ↑ Noel Gallo - Oakland City Council District 5, "Endorsements," September 15, 2016
- ↑ Noel Gallo - Oakland City Council District 5, "Priorities," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by - |
Oakland City Council District 5 2013-Present |
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| Preceded by - |
Oakland Unified Board of Education 1992 |
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