Oakland Mayor Election: Barbara Lee has won. A new drop of ballots has put her way ahead with too few ballots left to change the outcome.
Lee leads Loren Taylor 45,047 (50.06%) to 42,276 (44.99%). The totals add 43,820 to the prior total and is likely almost all ballots received, as only 42K ballots were estimated to remain. Congratulations to Barbara Lee.
Oakland Mayor Election: Barbara Lee has won. A new drop of ballots has put her way ahead with too few ballots left to change the outcome.
Lee leads Loren Taylor 45,047 (50.06%) to 42,276 (44.99%). The totals add 43,820 to the prior total and is likely almost all ballots received, as only 42K ballots were estimated to remain. Congratulations to Barbara Lee.
Percentage wise, Barbara Lee's win over Loren Taylor is wider than what Sheng Thao got vs. Taylor back in 2022.
This also boosts up the morale and enthusiasm of progressives in Oakland who may have been blindsided and disillusioned with Thao's corruption. Lee has the opportunity to do more with her experience, particularly since she's got far more of it working in government than Thao and Taylor did before they ran in both mayoral races.
Jerry Brown was mayor of Oakland after being governor. Cuomo wants to be mayor of NYC after being a governor. Plus Lee has never been in elected executive office.
yeah a lot of career pols say things like "Mayor of big city is the second best job in politics". Rahm says it's his favorite role he's had as does Cory Booker. Especially given what Congress is like now, being Mayor seems like a better job.
Barbara Lee's mentor and predecessor in Congress Ron Dellums was also elected mayor of Oakland. He was a great House member but had a difficult time as Mayor. I wish her the best of luck in her new role.
Dellums was aloof as Mayor and didn't always give the most transparency with his administration. He also had been out of elected office for years before he ran in the mayoral race back in 2006. Brown by contrast was more competent and focused.
Lee has the fortunate ability to have been out of office for only a few months before being elected as Mayor. I think she'll do a good job and is already fired up with ideas and an agenda.
As I understand your question, no. She was on Ron Dellums's staff and eventually was his Chief of Staff. She later served in the legislature for eight years.
I've always found it bizarre that Jerry Springer went from being a respected local attorney to City Council-member and then Mayor of Cinncinatti to . . .news anchor and struggling daytime talk host (before finding fame steering the show to raunchy dysfunction). I guess his disasterous gubernatorial run in the early 80s put him in a tough spot.
I mean, Mayor of Cincinnati was relatively powerless in the seventies, and he quite honestly had no business being in any statewide race in Ohio (at least not from the position of Mayor of Cincinnati).
It's actually a good gig for someone who wants to still do some work after leaving higher office. You get to lead and actually have a chance to see some results for your hard work.
Oakland Mayor Election: Barbara Lee has won. A new drop of ballots has put her way ahead with too few ballots left to change the outcome.
Lee leads Loren Taylor 45,047 (50.06%) to 42,276 (44.99%). The totals add 43,820 to the prior total and is likely almost all ballots received, as only 42K ballots were estimated to remain. Congratulations to Barbara Lee.
Wow, Lee won by a small margin. Congratulations to her as well!
Percentage wise, Barbara Lee's win over Loren Taylor is wider than what Sheng Thao got vs. Taylor back in 2022.
This also boosts up the morale and enthusiasm of progressives in Oakland who may have been blindsided and disillusioned with Thao's corruption. Lee has the opportunity to do more with her experience, particularly since she's got far more of it working in government than Thao and Taylor did before they ran in both mayoral races.
My biggest question with this race is why she wanted the job in the first place. Big-city mayorships have a tendency to be pretty thankless gigs.
But then again, former Delaware Gov. John Carney resigned two weeks early to become the mayor of Wilmington, so what do I know?
Jerry Brown was mayor of Oakland after being governor. Cuomo wants to be mayor of NYC after being a governor. Plus Lee has never been in elected executive office.
yeah a lot of career pols say things like "Mayor of big city is the second best job in politics". Rahm says it's his favorite role he's had as does Cory Booker. Especially given what Congress is like now, being Mayor seems like a better job.
Barbara Lee's mentor and predecessor in Congress Ron Dellums was also elected mayor of Oakland. He was a great House member but had a difficult time as Mayor. I wish her the best of luck in her new role.
I agree about Dellums on both counts. He was one of my all-time favorite members of Congress!
He represented my district before Barbara Lee's first term in the House. Great anti-war history and civil rights record.
Dellums was aloof as Mayor and didn't always give the most transparency with his administration. He also had been out of elected office for years before he ran in the mayoral race back in 2006. Brown by contrast was more competent and focused.
Lee has the fortunate ability to have been out of office for only a few months before being elected as Mayor. I think she'll do a good job and is already fired up with ideas and an agenda.
Was she in an appointive executive position before?
As I understand your question, no. She was on Ron Dellums's staff and eventually was his Chief of Staff. She later served in the legislature for eight years.
Mayor of Oakland is a nice career capstone for a politician of Lee's age, especially since never made it to House Leadership during her career.
I've always found it bizarre that Jerry Springer went from being a respected local attorney to City Council-member and then Mayor of Cinncinatti to . . .news anchor and struggling daytime talk host (before finding fame steering the show to raunchy dysfunction). I guess his disasterous gubernatorial run in the early 80s put him in a tough spot.
I mean, Mayor of Cincinnati was relatively powerless in the seventies, and he quite honestly had no business being in any statewide race in Ohio (at least not from the position of Mayor of Cincinnati).
It's actually a good gig for someone who wants to still do some work after leaving higher office. You get to lead and actually have a chance to see some results for your hard work.