It’s the final weekend previous to the mayor’s elections of Oakland on 15 April. The turnout is anticipated to be low and the outcomes will rely upon probably the most politically concerned areas of the town. Nearly 40,000 voters have already returned their poll papers, which is far lower than the greater than 150,000 that participated within the November elections.
Loren Taylor, who served a interval within the metropolis council earlier than he runs for mayor for the primary time in 2022, competes with the title recognition and standing of former congressman Barbara Lee as a veteran progressive politician who has a strip of chosen officers and commerce unions to its supporters.
Here’s a checklist of probably the most putting notes of each candidate. In some instances, individuals have accepted each Lee and Taylor. That is as a result of voting, so voters can rank a number of candidates on their poll papers.
If we’ve got missed a big, exceptional approval, tell us and we are going to take into account including it to this checklist. And a ultimate remark: the Oaklandside doesn’t make any approval.
Barbara Lee
Newspapes
Chosen/former chosen officers
Jesse Arreguinin
Jerry Brown
Carroll Fife
Elihu Harris
Rebecca Kaplan
Nate miley
Janani Ramaclandran
ZAC Unger
Buffy Wicks
Labor teams
Oakland firefighters
Alameda Labor Council
Constructing & Development Trades Council
Seiu 1021
Oakland Training Affiliation
Enterprise individuals and neighborhood leaders
W. Kamau Bell, comic
Carl Chan, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
Corrina Gould, co-director of the Sogorea in ‘Land Belief
Derreck Johnson, the house of hen and waffles
Joe Hawkins, co-founder and CEO of Oakland LGBTQ Group Heart
Margaret Gordon, West Oakland Group Activist
Mistah Fab, rapper and community activist
Nigel Jones, Kalebas
Pastor Michael McBride, such as Berkeley
Pastor Rodney D. Smith, Fame Oakland
Richard Fuentes, Fluid510
Political teams
Alameda County Democratic Get together
John George Democratic Membership
Our revolutionBernie Sanders’ Pac
Wellstone Democratic Renewal Membership
Loren Taylor
Newspapes
Chosen/former chosen officers
Ben Bartlett
John Bauters
Ken Berrick
Patrice Berry
Ignacio de la Fuente
David Haubert
Nate miley
LK Monroe
Don Perata
Lena Tam
Clifford Thompson
Joel Younger
Enterprise individuals and neighborhood leaders
Baba Afolabi, Mushin Sports activities Lounge
Nigel Jones, Kalebas
Kanitha Matoury, Howden Market
Nathan Waldon, Nathan & Co
Mary Ann Norman, Love Once more Materials
Carl Chan, Chinatown Advocate and Asian Well being Companies Board Member
Leronne Armstrong, former police chief of Oakland
Brenda Harbin-Forte, retired decide of the Supreme Court docket and chief of Sheng Thao Recall marketing campaign
Sachin AgarwalCo-founder of Growsf
Sam singerPublic Relations and Disaster Communications Marketing consultant
Garry TanSan Francisco Tech Investor
Brenda GrishamChief of the Recall Pamela Value marketing campaign
David CraneCo-founder of presidency for CA PAC
Chris MooreLandlord and resident of Piedmont lively in Burgemeester and DA remembers