At 32, Jesse Arreguin will become Berkeley’s youngest mayor ever. BERKELEY | MAYOR |ELECTION 2026 |The son of a farm worker is now Berkeley’s first Latino mayor. Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, 32, also becomes the East Bay city’s youngest mayor ever…. Read More ›
Peggy Moore’s years of work for President Obama’s campaigns finally paid off Saturday. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | AT-LARGE |ELECTION 2016 |With just four days before Election Day, Oakland City Council candidate Peggy Moore received an enormous boost in her bid… Read More ›
Mayor-elect Pauline Cutter will definitely be a change of pace from her predecessor. SAN LEANDRO | There were no surprises in San Leandro’s moribund races last week. Mayor-elect Pauline Cutter came within two points of gaining a majority without the… Read More ›
San Leandro Mayor-elect Pauline Cutter. SAN LEANDRO | MAYOR | CITY COUNCIL | Councilmember Pauline Cutter will be the next mayor of San Leandro after ranked choice voting Wednesday morning built upon an 11-point lead over Councilmember Diana Souza. Cutter… Read More ›
Mayor Jean Quan concedes following a disappointing third-place finish. OAKLAND | MAYOR | Mayor Jean Quan conceded victory Wednesday afternoon following a disappointing third-place finish in Tuesday’s ranked choice election. Her time in the mayor’s office will last just one… Read More ›
Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf OAKLAND | MAYOR | Councilmember Libby Schaaf built upon an early 11-point lead in Oakland’s mayoral race and never looked back Tuesday night. Although many ballots remain to be counting, ranked choice voting tabulations give Schaaf an… Read More ›
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan and Jean Quan with A’s co-owner Lew Wolff last summer. MEET THE CANDIDATES This time four years ago, Jean Quan was viewed as the underdog to Don Perata. She erased a nine-point margin after the first round… Read More ›
ALCO REGISTRAR Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis appears to have a great sense of drama. He said Monday the ranked-choice voting algorithm used to tabulate races in Oakland, San Leandro and Berkeley will only be used after all… Read More ›
OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland mayoral candidate Joe Tuman has courted the chair of the Alameda County Republican Party over the past year. So has Bryan Parker and Courtney Ruby. The game of political footsie with the city’s small number… Read More ›
Former State Senate Pro Team is backing Port Commissioner Bryan Parker for Oakland mayor. OAKLAND | MAYOR | Former State Senate Pro Tem Don Perata says Oakland mayoral hopeful Bryan Parker has what it takes to get things done. With… Read More ›
Joe Tuman, Courtney Ruby and Bryan Parker at a press conference Thursday in front of City Hall saying each of their candidacies are outsider bids for the mayor’s office next month. PHOTOS/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR | The close second-tier… Read More ›
OAKLAND | MAYOR | When Gov. Jerry Brown served as mayor of Oakland, Councilmember Libby Schaaf was part of his staff. If the popular governor was going to weigh-in on this 15-candidate mayoral race this fall, it was likely going… Read More ›
In late June, just as Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan was beginning her mayoral campaign, there came news of a particularly damning article in the Oakland Tribune alleging campaign finance rules may have been broken by her mayoral campaigns, this year… Read More ›
We are now less than two months away from Election Day. For some campaigns it’s put up or shut up. Aside from a bombshell that likely will not happen, narratives need to be developed not sooner than later, but now…. Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb and Mayor Jean Quan. OAKLAND | MAYOR | Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb is endorsing Mayor Jean Quan’s re-election this fall. Quan’s campaign made the announcement Tuesday. “I am endorsing Jean Quan for mayor because her policies… Read More ›
San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy and former Mayor Tony Santos are still rivals four years later. SAN LEANDRO | Former San Leandro Mayor Tony Santos says the current mayor should apologize to residents for opposing a quarter percent sales tax… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan announces her candidacy for mayor Thursday near the corner of 92nd Avenue and International Boulevard in Oakland. PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR | Standing on the corner of 92nd Avenue and International Boulevard with trash strewn… Read More ›
Stephen Cassidy SAN LEANDRO | MAYOR | San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy announced late Sunday night he will not seek re-election later this year after serving just a single term in office. “I have concluded it is in the best… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Libby Schaaf OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | MAYOR | Councilmember Libby Schaaf made official what everyone in Oakland has known for weeks when she filed campaign papers Monday morning to challenge Mayor Jean Quan in 2014. Schaaf enters a… Read More ›
