Oakland mayoral runners-up rehash race and look to the future
Rebecca Kaplan and Joe Tuman, second and third runners up in last fall's mayoral election, shared their plans for the future and thoughts on the race's outcome on Saturday.
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Quan celebrates victory, fundraises to alleviate campaign debt
A wave of applause and a flurry of camera flashes greeted Mayor-elect Jean Quan on Friday night at her celebratory dinner, marking the end of her campaign and the beginning of her transition to becoming...
After election, ranked-choice voting gets mixed reviews
Oakland’s first experiment with ranked-choice voting, the system in which enough second and third-choice votes can propel a trailing candidate to victory, led to Jean Quan’s upset of former state Senator Don Perata. It also...
In China, Quan’s Mayoral Victory is “Huihuang!” — “Glorious!”
It was 10 o’ clock in the morning in Beijing when the announcement that Jean Quan had won the Oakland mayoral race came out. About two hours later, readers of sina.com, sohu.com and 163.com—the three...
Don Perata concedes mayoral race, will not contest results
At a Thursday morning press conference, former state senator Don Perata conceded defeat in the race for Oakland mayor, saying that he was disappointed with the outcome of Oakland’s first ranked-choice election but would not...
Oaklanders weigh in on the mayoral showdown
After Friday’s ranked-choice vote tally, Councilmember Jean Quan leads the Oakland mayoral race 51.1 percent of the vote to Don Perata’s 48.9 percent. With about 15,000 ballots left to count in Oakland, Berkeley and San...
In Oakland mayoral race, Quan takes lead over Perata
Oakland mayoral candidate Jean Quan overtook fellow candidate Don Perata this afternoon in the computer-run calculation of second and third-choice votes in Oakland’s new ranked-choice voting system. Although several thousand votes remain uncounted, Quan said...
Oakland’s mayoral race goes to runoff vote count today
At 4 p.m. Friday afternoon, the vote for Oakland’s mayor will head to a runoff vote count, determining whether front-runner Don Perata will maintain his lead, or if trailing contenders Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan or...
Now, to find out who’s Oakland’s mayor … we wait
Though mayoral candidate Don Perata leads at the ballot box—11 points above his nearest competitor, with all Oakland precincts reporting—the city’s new ranked-choice voting system means it could be more than a week before a...
Perata leads Oakland mayor’s race in early returns
The polls have closed after Oakland’s first Election Day under ranked-choice voting, and it may be a few more days before residents will know who their next mayor will be. But former California State Senate...
Oakland Votes: Election Day 2010
Polls have officially closed in California. Oakland North has reporters in the field submitting photos and content for up-to-date election coverage. Check back for the most current politics news in Oakland as the election results...
Terence Candell fights for role as mayor
Oakland mayoral candidate Terence Candell isn’t an easy man to ignore—in fact, he believes it is one of the keys to being elected mayor of Oakland. “What do I say to the people who think...
Tracking the candidates’ financial interests
This information helps voters make informed decisions, and helps the public detect any potential conflicts of interest that might tempt an official to use her office for personal gain. In California, this information is recorded...
Oakland voters name their top mayoral picks
Ten candidates, one mayoral race. As November 2 approaches, which of these candidates is making an impression on the people of Oakland? Twelve days before the 2010 election, Oakland North went to the corner of...
Small business owner Arnie Fields aims for top Oakland job
Of the ten people running for mayor in Oakland this fall, Arnold Fields—Arnie to his friends, and if you’re voting in Oakland, he considers you a friend—may be the candidate whose campaign most resembles his...
Don Perata talks top issues, mayoral campaign finances
Don Perata, one of 10 candidates for Oakland mayor, has had a long history of public service, having spent 16 years teaching in Alameda County and 12 years as a Sacramento politician. But his record...
