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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 ...
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 ...
Barbara Lee has avid fans in Oakland mayor’s race. But Loren Taylor is making it a contest
Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee ...
The shadow looming over Barbara Lee’s Oakland mayoral run
The similarities between Lee and the late Mayor Ron Dellums, her longtime mentor, are plentiful. But the comparison carries ...
Oakland mayor's race: Barbara Lee shares how she would handle budget deficit, homelessness and more
Former congresswoman Barbara Lee detailed how she would handle the Oakland budget deficit, homelessness issue and public ...
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Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland, California, voters who recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption are weighing whether to give the job to former U.S. Rep.
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Personality, not policy, could decide Oakland’s next mayor
Scott Applewhite photo via Courthouse News) OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — With one week left until the Oakland's special mayoral election on April 15, popular former congresswoman Barbara Lee is fighting a ...