The mayor of the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland is out after just two years in office. The Associated Press has called the race Monday. Mayor Sheng Thao was elected mayor in November 2022 and is the first Hmong American to lead a major city.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao addresses the media during an election night gathering at Fluid 510 in Oakland , Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, right, listens to a question from the media during an election night gathering at Fluid 510 in Oakland , Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao addresses the media during an election night gathering at Fluid 510 in Oakland , Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
Thao was elected mayor in November 2022 and became the first Hmong American to lead a major city. She faced criticism almost immediately after taking office forpopular Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong. Frustrated voters, including the local NAACP, blamed Thao for a long list of city woes related to public safety, homelessness and the city’s budget.Thao was not the only official booted from office in Tuesday’s election.
Thao went into Tuesday’s election weakened by an FBI raid in June of her home — along with properties owned by a politically influential family that controls the city’s recycling contract. Thao has maintainedOakland uses a ranked choice voting system that allows voters to list multiple choices in order of preference. Thao narrowly beat Loren Taylor in 2022 despite getting fewer first-place votes than Taylor.
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