It took two weeks of vote-counting, but Oakland City Councilmember Sheng Thao has eked out a razor-thin, 682-vote victory as of Monday night over fellow Councilmember Loren Taylor, and ranked-choice voting tabulations eventually handed her the victory.
The latest ranked-choice results on Wednesday morning in Oakland’s mayor’s race show City Councilmember Loren Taylor widening his lead with 53 percent of.
Ten people are now on the ballot for mayor of Oakland following a decision by City Attorney Barbara Parker to allow Allyssa Victory to join the race, the city clerk's office and Victory said Monday.