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7 SEATS · OCTOBER 17, 2026

# Which parties are running for School Trustee

Trustee seats on the Board of Education of School District No. 38 (Richmond). 7 candidates are standing, from 3 parties plus 1 with no party.

[All parties ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties) [Compare on the issues](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/compare)

**7**Seats to fill

**7**Candidates standing

**3**Parties in this race

**1**With no party

WHAT THIS BODY DOES

## What you are electing

Trustees are elected across the whole City, and every voter in Richmond chooses from the same list. The City of Richmond held the vote for the Board of Education with its own election, and its candidate list says seven trustees are to be elected.

The Richmond School District’s own pages say the Board of Education holds a public meeting once a month, posts each agenda on the Friday before the meeting, and posts the minutes after the next meeting approves them.

LARGEST SLATE FIRST

## The parties contesting School Trustee

### [Advance Richmond](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/advance-richmond) · 3 of 7 seats

[**Danny Chang**](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/danny-chang) [**Dean Billings**](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/dean-billings) [**Rod Belleza**](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/rod-belleza)

### [Richmond Education Party](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/richmond-education-party) · 2 of 7 seats

[**Heather Larson**](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/heather-larson) [**Ken Hamaguchi**](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/ken-hamaguchi)

### [Common Sense](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/common-sense-alliance) · 1 of 7 seats

[**Alice Wong**](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/alice-wong)

NO PARTY

## 1 independent candidate

These candidates have no party beside their name on the official list. They are not a group and share no platform.

[**Donna Sargent**](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/candidates/donna-sargent)

[What running without a party means ](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/independents)

### 3 parties are not contesting School Trustee

- [Richmond Forward](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/richmond-forward)
- [Richmond United](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/richmond-united)
- [RITE Richmond](https://voche.me/bc/richmond-2026/parties/rite-richmond)

Each of these parties is running elsewhere on the same ballot. No candidate of theirs appears in this race on the official City of Richmond candidate list.

## Sitemap

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