Former Rep. Barbara Lee, a progressive politician with more than 30 years of service under her belt, is projected to win Oakland, California’s special mayoral election.
Lee and her more centrist challenger, Loren Taylor, were the top two challengers in a crowded field of nine jockeying to lead the struggling Bay Area city. Lee will finish the two years left on former Mayor Sheng Thao’s term.
Oakland uses a ranked choice voting system, where voters rank candidates from most to least preferred. In multiple rounds of tallying, the candidate who receives the fewest votes is eliminated, and their supporters’ votes are carried over to their next preferred pick until there is a winner. Taylor initially led Lee in the early stages of the voting after Tuesday’s
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