Oakland Voters Await Results in Close Mayoral Election

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Votes are still being tallied for Oakland’s Special Election that will determine who will finish out the term left vacant after former mayor Sheng Thao was recalled last fall. As of Wednesday, former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor held a narrow lead over former U.S. representative Barbara Lee. Taylor campaigned as someone who knows the local issues and politics and can move the city forward. Lee represented Oakland in Congress for nearly 27 years and promised to bring more funding to address the city’s pressing needs. Final results could take several weeks using Oakland’s ranked-choice voting system. We’ll look at the latest results and talk about this unusual race and the future of Oakland. Guests: Darwin BondGraham, news editor, Oaklandside Alex Hall, enterprise and accountability reporter, KQED Shomik Mukherjee, Oakland reporter, Bay Area News Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.3	The results of the special election to pick the next mayor of Oakland is still up in the air.
0:55.9	Former City Council member Lauren Taylor holds a slight lead but says final results could take a while.
1:01.4	We may not know this week, but what we do know is that it is important that we count every vote, that
1:10.1	everyone's voice is heard.
1:11.6	Former Congressmember Barbara Lee narrowly trails Taylor in the city's ranked choice election.
1:16.6	This is going to be a long week, okay? But we're doing very well.
1:22.6	We'll sift through the latest results and what it means for Oakland and the Bay Area political landscape.
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