2022 Oakland mayoral election
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Candidate Sheng Thao Loren Taylor Ignacio De La Fuente
First round 39,909
31.8% 		41,510
33.1% 		12,893
10.3%
Final round 57,206
50.3% 		56,529
49.7% 		Eliminated
 
Candidate Allyssa Victory Treva Reid
First round 10,949
8.7% 		7,627
6.1%
Final round Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Libby Schaaf

 Elected Mayor

Sheng Thao

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The 2022 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. The previous incumbent mayor Libby Schaaf was term-limited.[1] 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 5 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.[2] The two candidates with the most #1 ranked votes were Councilmember Loren Taylor and Councilmember Sheng Thao, with Taylor receiving slightly more votes.[3] Vote tallying continued for over a week, before Thao was eventually declared winner on November 21.[4] The final tally, after rank tallying, had Thao with 50.3% of the 113,636 votes and Taylor with 49.7%.[4]

Candidates

Qualified

Disqualified

Endorsements

Loren Taylor
Local officials
Newspapers
Sheng Thao
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Allyssa Victory
Organizations
  • Oakland Tenants Union[20]

Results

2022 Oakland mayoral election results[21]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9
Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes
Sheng Thao
 39,909
31.79% 		+118 40,127
31.84% 		+268 40,395
32.11% 		+241 40,636
32.36% 		+443 41,079
32.90% 		+1,565 42,643
34.41% 		+2,017 44,660
36.44% 		+8,430 53,090
44.22% 		+4,116 57,206
50.30%
Loren Taylor 41,510
33.07% 		+267 41,777
33.15% 		+80 41,857
33.27% 		+113 41,970
33.42% 		+926 42,906
34.36% 		+1,739 44,645
36.03% 		+3,612 48,257
39.38% 		+2,162 50,419
42.00% 		+6,110 56,529
49.70%
Ignacio de
la Fuente 		12,893
10.27% 		+199 13,092
10.39% 		+80 13,172
10.47% 		+87 13,259
10.56% 		+671 13,930
11.16% 		+585 14,515
11.71% 		+970 15,485
12.64% 		+1,053 16,538
13.78% 		-16,538 Eliminated
Allyssa Victory 10,949
8.72% 		+166 11,115
8.82% 		+63 11,178
8.88% 		+296 11,474
9.14% 		+325 11,799
9.45% 		+1,294 13,093
10.57% 		+1,056 14,149
11.55% 		-14,149 Eliminated
Treva Reid 7,627
6.08% 		+195 7,822
6.21% 		+57 7,879
6.26% 		+95 7,974
6.35% 		+304 8,278
6.83% 		+744 9,022
7.28% 		-9,022 Eliminated
Greg Hodge 5,798
4.62% 		+135 5,933
4.71% 		+55 5,988
4.76% 		+138 6,126
4.88% 		+760 6,886
5.51% 		-6,886 Eliminated
Seneca Scott 3,745
2.98% 		+111 3,856
3.06% 		+100 3,956
3.14% 		+195 4,151
3.31% 		-4,151 Eliminated
John Reimann 1,268
1.01% 		+54 1,322
1.05% 		+54 1,391
1.11% 		-1,391 Eliminated
Peter Liu 960
0.77% 		+40 1,000
0.79% 		-1,000 Eliminated
Tyron Jordan 863
0.69% 		-863 Eliminated
Suspended[a] 810 -810
Total active
votes 		126,332
100.00% 		-288 126,044
100.00% 		-228 125,816
100.00% 		-226 125,590
100.00% 		-712 124,878
100.00% 		-960 123,918
100.00% 		-1,367 122,551
100.00% 		-2,504 120,047
100.00% 		-6,312 113,735
100.00%
2022 Oakland mayoral election results
Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Sheng Thao 9 56,841 50.3%
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Loren Taylor 9 56,161 49.7%
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Ignacio de la Fuente 8 16,538 13.8%
​​
Allyssa Victory 7 14,149 11.6%
​​
Treva Reid 6 9,022 7.3%
​​
Greg Hodge 5 6,886 5.5%
​​
Seneca Scott 4 4,151 3.3%
​​
John Reimann 3 1,391 1.1%
​​
Peter Liu 2 1,000 0.8%
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Tyron Jordan 1 860 0.7%
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Notes

  1. ^ Ballots where a voter did not indicate a first choice, but did indicate a second choice and so on.

References

  1. ^ Carter, MJ (April 1, 2021). "Out front in Oakland: who might run for mayor in 2022". hoodline.com. Hooldine. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "Oakland mayor election: Sheng Thao makes progress against frontrunner Loren Taylor". November 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Oakland mayor and Alameda County DA races remain undecided". November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Sheng Thao is Oakland's next mayor". San Francisco Chronicle. November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Ravani, Sarah (June 21, 2022). "Former Oakland Council Member Ignacio De La Fuente joins crowded race for mayor". San Francisco Chronicle.
  6. ^ a b c d Ravani, Sarah (February 2, 2022). "Former Oakland restaurant owner announces run for mayor with focus on job creation". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d BondGraham, Darwin (August 17, 2022). "Election 2022: Who's running for Oakland mayor?". The Oaklandside. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  8. ^ Fortson, Jobina (February 20, 2022). "Activist Seneca Scott announces run for Oakland mayor". KGO-TV. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  9. ^ Orenstein, Natalie (August 29, 2022). "Allyssa Victory can run for Oakland mayor, city says". The Oaklandside. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "Listen: Who will be the next mayor of Oakland?". San Francisco Chronicle. September 22, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Ankarlo, Kris (September 22, 2022). "Oakland mayoral candidate gets endorsements from current mayor, other Bay Area mayors". KCBS (AM). Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "Endorsement: Loren Taylor for Oakland mayor". San Francisco Chronicle. October 28, 2022. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Councilmember Sheng Thao Launches Mayoral Campaign". www.postnewsgroup.com. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  14. ^ a b Sarah Ravani (December 22, 2021). "Third Oakland council member explores run for mayor". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  15. ^ "CA Endorsements - Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte".
  16. ^ "California Endorsements - National Nurses United". March 22, 2018.
  17. ^ "Endorsements - National Union of Healthcare Workers".
  18. ^ "Endorsements - Oakland Tenants Union".
  19. ^ "Our Candidates".
  20. ^ "Endorsements - Oakland Tenants Union".
  21. ^ "Ranked Choice Voting Results: General Election (Certified Final Results) - November 08, 2022 | Mayor - Oakland (RCV)".

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