The former progressive congressman for a long time, Barbara Lee, announced her victory on Saturday in the special elections to decide next Mayor of Oakland After the challenger Loren Taylor granted.
Taylor said on Saturday that he called Lee after the last electoral update showed her ahead.
“This morning I called Congresswoman Barbara Lee to congregular her to become the next mayor of Oakland,” Taylor said in a statement. “Thanks to the heart, the sand and the vision of our intrepid team and supporters, we build a movement that resonated in Oakland, echoing the national dialogue about the relevant relevance of a Democratic Party that puts the policy of the elderly. Lee.
The Alameda County voter registrar published the Latest Electoral Numbers on FridayAnd the update showed that Lee was ahead of Taylor for almost 5,000 votes. According to the County Registrar, Lee has 50.6% of the votes, and a candidate needs 50% plus a vote to win. The next electoral update will be April 25.
“While I think the democratic voting process and the tickets will continue to be counted until Tuesday, the results are clear that the people of Oakland have chosen me as their next mayor. Thank you, Oakland,” Lee said at a station.
The member of the 7th District Council, Ken Houston, congratulated Lee on Friday before Taylor’s concession.
“She is humble. She says:” Wait until it ends “, to what I should go, I am saying that you cannot catch up with 5,000 more votes, of course, because people spoke,” Houston said.
Lee, a Democrat, represented Oakland in Congress from 1998 to resign in January. Last year, he also made a failed campaign for the headquarters of the Senate of the late Dianne Feinstein. She previously served in the California State Assembly for six years and in the state Senate for two. He obtained a Bachelor of Mills College at Oakland and a master’s degree in Social Work of UC Berkeley.
Oakland uses a classified choice system. It allows people to vote for their first option, but then list other candidates in order of preference. After the first count, if Neithe of the two leading candidates obtains more than 50% of the votes, they can raise the “classified” votes cast for them, in order, until one achieves more than half of the votes.
Lee and Taylor were widely considered the favorites in the race, which presented a field full of 10 candidates. The race was activated later The voters remembered Sheng Thao from the mayor’s office last year.