The 2022 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the

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. Incumbent mayor

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. 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. The two candidates with the most #1 ranked votes were Councilmember Loren Taylor and Councilmember

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, with Taylor receiving slightly more votes. Councilmember Sheng Thao was declared the winner on November 18, 2022.

Candidates

* Ignacio De La Fuente, former

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from the 5th district and candidate for mayor in

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and 2006 *Greg Hodge, former school board member *Tyron Jordan, paralegal *Peter Liu, entrepreneur and perennial candidate *Treva Reid,

from the 7th district *John Reimann, retired carpenter and Carpenters Local 713 secretary *Seneca Scott, housing activist *

Loren Taylor Loren Taylor (born July 1977) is an American politician who has served on the Oakland City Council from 2019 to 2023. A Democrat, He represents the 6th district, which includes the East Oakland neighborhoods of Maxwell Park, Millsmont, Have ...

from the 6th district *

from the 4th district *Allyssa Victory, labor union attorney

Disqualified

* Derrick Soo * Monesha “MJ” Carter

Endorsements

References

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