Barbara Lee, trailblazing former US Congress member, elected Oakland mayor
Lee defeated a moderate backed by outside groups working to push the Bay Area’s progressive politics to the center Barbara Lee, a trailblazing former member of Congress, has been elected as the next mayor of Oakland, California, after fending off an insurgent challenge from the center at a critical moment for the Bay Area city.Lee defeated former the city council member Loren Taylor after nine rounds of ranked-choice voting gave her more than 52% of the vote to Taylor’s 47%, according to the Alameda county registrar of voters. Continue reading...
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Lee defeated a moderate backed by outside groups working to push the Bay Area’s progressive politics to the center
Barbara Lee, a trailblazing former member of Congress, has been elected as the next mayor of Oakland, California, after fending off an insurgent challenge from the center at a critical moment for the Bay Area city.
Lee defeated former the city council member Loren Taylor after nine rounds of ranked-choice voting gave her more than 52% of the vote to Taylor’s 47%, according to the Alameda county registrar of voters. Continue reading...
