| DemoChoice Web Poll: 2020 Oakland School Director, District 5 |
| 1 candidate will be elected with 17,094 ballots cast. |
| Mike Hutchinson | Leroy Roches Gaines | Sheila Pope-Lawrence | Jorge C. Lerma | Write-In | None of these | Need to win | |
| Round 1 Count | 6898 | 5208 | 3013 | 1910 | 65 | 0 | 8547 |
| Transfers from Write-In | 11 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 32 | ||
| Round 2 Count | 6909 | 5211 | 3025 | 1917 | 0 | 32 | 8531 |
| Transfers from Jorge C. Lerma | 540 | 367 | 596 | 414 | |||
| Round 3 Count | 7449 | 5578 | 3621 | 0 | 0 | 446 | 8324 |
| Transfers from Sheila Pope-Lawrence | 1584 | 1368 | 669 | ||||
| Round 4 Count | 9033 | 6946 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1115 | 7990 |
| Status | Elected | Defeated | Defeated | Defeated | Defeated |
Ballots cast: 17094