OAKLAND — Barbara Lee opened her first news conference as Oakland’s mayor-elect with a nod to her Catholic upbringing and ...

Barbara Lee will have to hit the ground running in Oakland, which is plagued with public safety problems and years of ...

OAKLAND — Barbara Lee, the retired congresswoman seen by supporters as a stabilizing force for a city in a crisis of leadership, has been elected Oakland’s next mayor over former Councilmember ...

Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was projected to win a special election to become the next mayor of Oakland, according to Decision Desk HQ, in what became a closer-than-expected race amid ...

Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented for more than two decades in Congress ...

The race for Oakland mayor has come to a close. Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has defeated former Oakland city council member Loren Taylor by a thin margin in Tuesday’s special election.

OAKLAND, California — Former Rep. Barbara Lee on Friday took a healthy lead in the close race to be Oakland’s next mayor, but stopped short of declaring victory. While former council member ...

Former longtime Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee surged into the lead in the race to become Oakland’s next mayor, according to vote results released Friday evening. The latest tally showed ...

Barbara Lee, the long-serving Democratic congresswoman, has been elected the new mayor of Oakland, CA. Her win follows a competitive ranked-choice special election that captured growing public dis ...