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Oakland mayoral race: Loren Taylor’s backers outspending Barbara Lee’s support in final days
A committee backing Taylor is flush with private-sector money, including from a tech founder with ties to Elon Musk.
Oakland mayoral race tightens up as Loren Taylor turns up the heat on Barbara Lee
A mayoral race that was supposed to be an easy win for former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee has turned into a close contest ...
Barbara Lee was supposed to be a lock for Oakland mayor. Why is the race so close?
Barbara Lee's homecoming run for Oakland mayor had all the markings of a blowout: Political power players swiftly united ...
Letters: Oakland voters must compare visions of Lee, Taylor
Running neck-and-neck with Lee, Loren Taylor, an engineer with an MBA from UC Berkeley, has the education and local ...
Former Rep. Barbara Lee seeks to make Black ‘Herstory’ with Oakland mayoral run, vows to resist Trump
Lee tells theGrio she is concerned about Black and brown communities being used as "pawns in the Trump administration's ...
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Personality, not policy, could decide Oakland’s next mayor
Former congresswoman Barbara Lee fights a close race against a moderate Democrat for what some have called “the toughest ...
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Former Rep. Barbara Lee seeks to make Black ‘Herstory’ with Oakland mayoral run, vows to resist Trump
After serving nearly 30 years in the United States Congress, former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is seeking public office yet again with her campaign to be elected mayor of Oakland. Though Lee ...
Newsom jumps into economic damage control
While Newsom can’t set tariffs, he and state lawmakers have the power to enact policy changes that ripple across global ...
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Special election preview: The 10 candidates running to become next mayor of Oakland
THERE ARE 10 CANDIDATES on the ballot for Oakland’s April 15 special mayoral election to replace Sheng Thao, who lost a ...