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2024 Oakland Mayoral Recall Election
The 2024 Oakland mayoral recall election was a successful special recall election to remove Oakland mayor Sheng Thao from office less than two years into her first four-year term. It was held on November 5, 2024 concurrent with the statewide and nationwide general elections. Background Sheng Thao was elected mayor in 2022 with a margin of 0.6% after instant-runoff voting. Her administration attracted criticism for firing its Chief of Police in early 2023 following a report that the Chief mishandled internal investigations, failing to submit an application for a $2 million retail theft prevention grant, and blamed for Oakland's relatively high crime rate. Thao's home was raided by the FBI in June 2024, reportedly as part of a corruption investigation into kickbacks to California Waste Solutions, a waste and recycling contractor, in return for 2022 campaign contributions. In June 2024, the recall obtained enough signatures to be placed on the ballot alongside the recall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Alameda County District Attorney Recall Election
The 2024 Alameda County District Attorney recall election was a successful special recall election to remove Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. It was held on November 5, 2024. Background It was confirmed by the Alameda Voter Registrar on April 15 that the recall effort had the valid 73,195 signatures necessary to trigger a recall election. The date and legitimacy of the election will be confirmed by the board of supervisors on April 30. Jim Sutton, a lawyer for Price, plans to raise objections at the meeting. Background Price was originally elected to the District Attorney office in 2022, with 53% of the vote, beating out Terry Wiley. Price ran with her experience as a criminal defense attorney, fighting against discrimination and retaliation. Election The Alameda County Board of Supervisors confirmed that the petition met valid signature requirements. The board voted to consolidate the recall election with the general elections in November 2024, given it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 United States Local Elections
The 2024 United States local elections were held throughout the year to elect officers of municipal and county governments. Municipal election summary Consolidated city-counties will also be listed here. Mayoral elections County elections * 2024 Cook County, Illinois, elections * 2024 Miami-Dade County mayoral election * 2024 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election * 2024 Los Angeles County elections * 2024 Maricopa County elections * 2024 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election * 2024 Orange County, California elections * 2024 Alameda County District Attorney recall election The 2024 Alameda County District Attorney recall election was a successful special recall election to remove Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. It was held on November 5, 2024. Background It was confirmed by the Alameda Voter ... * 2024 Salt Lake County mayoral election Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Elections, 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Quan
Lai Jean Quan (born October 21, 1949) is an American politician who served the 49th mayor of Oakland, California from 2011 to 2015. She previously served as City Council member for Oakland's 4th District. Upon inauguration on January 3, 2011, she became Oakland's first female mayor. Quan ran an unsuccessful campaign for reelection in 2014, losing the mayoral race to Libby Schaaf, a member of the Oakland City Council. Personal life Quan was born in Livermore, California. Her family ties in the Bay Area date back to the 1870s, when her great-grandfather immigrated to San Francisco from Kaiping, Sze Yup (a region of Guangdong province). Quan's husband, Dr. Floyd Huen, is a doctor of internal medicine for Alameda County. Oakland School Board and City Council Quan was on the Oakland School Board for 12 years, starting in 1990 after organizing a citywide parent organization, Save Our Schools. As a parent leader she helped save the music program in the Oakland Schools. She served as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Lee
Barbara Jean Lee (; born July 16, 1946) is an American politician who has served as the 52nd mayor of Oakland since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Lee previously served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1998 to 2025, representing (numbered as the California's 9th congressional district, 9th district from 1998 to 2013 and as the California's 13th congressional district, 13th district from 2013 to 2023). She also served in both houses of the California State Legislature from 1990 to 1998. Born and raised in Texas, Lee was educated at Mills College at Northeastern University, Mills College and the University of California, Berkeley. She started her career by working on the presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm and was later involved with the Black Panther Party. After working as chief of staff for U.S. Representative Ron Dellums, Lee served in the California State Assembly from 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loren Taylor
Loren Manuel Taylor (born July 26, 1977) is an American politician who served a member of the Oakland City Council from the 6th district from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he ran for List of mayors of Oakland, California, mayor of Oakland in 2022 Oakland mayoral election, 2022, narrowly losing by 0.6% to fellow city councilmember Sheng Thao. Following Thao's 2024 Oakland mayoral recall election, recall and subsequent indictment, he ran again for mayor of Oakland in the 2025 Oakland mayoral special election, 2025 special election to replace her. He lost by a margin of 5.4% to former congresswoman Barbara Lee. Early life, education, and career Taylor was born and raised in Oakland, California. A third-generation resident of Oakland, he attended Oakland public schools and graduated from The College Preparatory School in 1995. He earned a Bachelor of Arts, bachelor of arts from Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KQED Inc
KQED may refer to: * KQED (TV), a PBS member station in San Francisco * KQED-FM KQED-FM (88.5 MHz) is a listener-supported, non-commercial public radio station in San Francisco, California. It is simulcast on KQEI-FM (89.3 MHz) in the Sacramento metropolitan area. The parent organization is KQED Inc., which also owns tw ..., an NPR member station in San Francisco * KQED Inc., the parent organization of KQED (TV) and KQED-FM See also * * WQED (other) * QED (other) {{Call sign disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libby Schaaf
Elizabeth Beckman Schaaf (born November 12, 1965) is an American politician who served as the 50th Mayor of Oakland, California from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served on the Oakland City Council. Schaaf won the November 4, 2014 Oakland mayoral election in the 14th round in ranked choice voting with 62.79% of the vote. She won re-election in 2018 with a 27% margin. Early life and education Schaaf was born in Oakland, California, on November 12, 1965. Her mother was a flight attendant. Growing up in Oakland's District 4, Schaaf attended Head-Royce School and Skyline High School, both in Oakland. She holds a B.A. in political science from Rollins College and a J.D. from Loyola Law School. Early career Before starting her political career, Schaaf was an attorney in Oakland at the law firm of Reed Smith LLP. She then became the program director for the Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute in 1995, creating and running a new volunteer pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of The Oakland Police Department
The Chief of the Oakland Police Department is an office held by the executive head and highest-ranking officer of the Oakland Police Department. The chief was first established in 1853. The chief manages and oversees the planning, development and implementation of all law enforcement and crime prevention programs for the city. They provide leadership, vision and direction to the department and its command staff and promotes collaboration, communication and coordination with other city agencies and community organizations. Sean Whent became police chief in May 2014. He became interim chief in May 2013, replacing interim chief Anthony Toribio, who served for only two days after chief Howard Jordan (police officer), Howard Jordan left for uncited medical reasons. Howard was preceded by Anthony Batts. Whent spent two decades on the force, joining in 1996. Allen v. City of Oakland#Post-settlement action, Oakland PD monitor Robert Warshaw forced Whent to resign due to the role of Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheng Thao
Sheng Thao ( RPA: ''Seeb Thoj'', Pahawh: '; born July 18, 1985) is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Oakland, California from 2023 to 2024. She was the first Hmong American mayor of a major city in the United States. She was elected as mayor of Oakland in November 2022 and started her term in January 2023. On November 5, 2024, Thao was recalled. She was the first mayor in Oakland's history to be recalled. She has been indicted on federal bribery charges. During her tenure as mayor, Thao pledged to focus on crime, homelessness, and affordable housing. Thao's administration faced a series of challenges, including public safety, business departures and budget deficits. In June 2024, the FBI raided the home Thao shares with her partner Andre Jones and their two children as part of an ongoing investigation. On August 6, 2024, Oakland's police union called on Thao to resign. In January 2025, Thao was criminally indicted by a grand jury on federal bribery charges. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant-runoff Voting
Instant-runoff voting (IRV; ranked-choice voting (RCV), preferential voting, alternative vote) is a single-winner ranked voting election system where Sequential loser method, one or more eliminations are used to simulate Runoff (election), runoff elections. When no candidate has a majority of the votes in the first round of counting, each following round eliminates the candidate with the fewest First-preference votes, first-preferences (among the remaining candidates) and transfers their votes if possible. This continues until one candidate accumulates a majority of the votes still in play. Instant-runoff voting falls under the plurality-based voting-rule family, in that under certain conditions the candidate with the least votes is eliminated, making use of secondary rankings as contingency votes. Thus it is related to the Runoff election, two-round runoff system and the exhaustive ballot. IRV could also be seen as a single-winner equivalent of Single transferable vote, sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Oakland Mayoral Election
The 2022 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. Incumbent mayor Libby Schaaf was term-limited. Sheng Thao won the election and was inaugurated as mayor in January 2023. The position is non-partisan. The election was held using instant-runoff voting, the rules of which include voters ranking their top five candidates. If one candidate receives a majority (greater than 50%) of the #1 ranked votes, they win the election, but if no candidate meets that criteria, then the candidates with the lowest votes are eliminated and tallying continues to the #2 ranking, and so on until a single candidate receives a majority of votes. Following election day, ballot tallying showed that no candidate received the minimum >50% of the vote necessary to win outright. The two candidates with the most #1 ranked votes were Councilmember Loren Taylor and Councilmember Sheng Thao, with Taylor receiving slightly more votes. Vote tallying continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
