The 2022 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. Incumbent mayor Libby Schaaf was term-limited. Sheng Thao won the election and was inaugurated as mayor in January 2023.
The position is non-partisan. The election was held using instant-runoff voting, the rules of which include voters ranking their top five 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 Sheng Thao, with Taylor receiving slightly more votes. Vote tallying continued for over a week, before Thao was eventually declared winner on November 21. The final tally, after rank tallying, had Thao with 50.3% of the 113,636 votes and Taylor with 49.7%.
Candidates Qualified Ignacio De La Fuente, former city councilor from the 5th district and candidate for mayor in 1998 and 2006 Greg Hodge, former school board member Tyron Jordan, paralegal Peter Liu, entrepreneur and perennial candidate Treva Reid, city councilor from the 7th district John Reimann, retired carpenter and Carpenters Local 713 secretary Seneca Scott, housing activist Loren Taylor, city councilor from the 6th district Sheng Thao, city councilor from the 4th district Allyssa Victory, labor union attorney
Disqualified Monesha "MJ" Carter Derrick Soo
Endorsements
Results +2022 Oakland mayoral election resultsCandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9VotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesVotesSheng Thao39,90931.79% +118 40,12731.84% +268 40,39532.11% +241 40,63632.36% +443 41,07932.90% +1,565 42,64334.41% +2,017 44,66036.44% +8,430 53,09044.22% +4,116 57,20650.30%Loren Taylor41,51033.07% +26741,77733.15% +8041,85733.27% +11341,97033.42% +92642,90634.36% +1,73944,64536.03% +3,61248,25739.38% +2,16250,41942.00% +6,11056,52949.70%Ignacio dela Fuente12,89310.27% +199 13,09210.39% +80 13,17210.47% +87 13,25910.56% +671 13,93011.16% +585 14,51511.71% +970 15,48512.64% +1,053 16,53813.78% -16,538EliminatedAllyssa Victory10,9498.72% +166 11,1158.82% +63 11,178 8.88% +296 11,4749.14% +325 11,7999.45% +1,294 13,09310.57% +1,056 14,14911.55% -14,149EliminatedTreva Reid7,6276.08% +195 7,8226.21% +57 7,8796.26% +95 7,9746.35% +304 8,2786.83% +744 9,0227.28% -9,022EliminatedGreg Hodge5,7984.62% +135 5,9334.71% +55 5,9884.76% +138 6,1264.88% +760 6,8865.51% -6,886EliminatedSeneca Scott3,7452.98% +111 3,8563.06% +100 3,9563.14% +195 4,1513.31% -4,151EliminatedJohn Reimann1,2681.01% +54 1,3221.05% +54 1,3911.11% -1,391EliminatedPeter Liu9600.77% +40 1,0000.79% -1,000EliminatedTyron Jordan8630.69% -863EliminatedSuspended 810 -810 Total activevotes126,332100.00% -288126,044100.00% -228125,816100.00% -226125,590100.00% -712124,878100.00% -960123,918100.00% -1,367122,551100.00% -2,504120,047100.00% -6,312113,735100.00%
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References
External links Maps show which Oakland neighborhoods helped elect Sheng Thao mayor (San Francisco Chronicle, December 20, 2022)