Election Name: | Oakland mayoral election, 2006 |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2002 Oakland mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2002 |
Next Election: | 2010 Oakland mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Election Date: | June 7, 2006 |
Candidate1: | Ron Dellums |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 42,073 |
Percentage1: | 50.2% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 27,647 |
Percentage2: | 33.0% |
Party4: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote4: | 10,949 |
Percentage4: | 13.1% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Jerry Brown |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Ron Dellums |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2006 Oakland mayoral election was held on June 7, 2006 to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. It saw the election of Ron Dellums.
Incumbent mayor Jerry Brown did not seek reelection to a third term, instead opting to run in the 2006 California Attorney General election.
A 50% margin of the vote needed to be obtained by the victor in order to avoid a runoff being held in November.[1] Dellums surpassed this margin by a mere 115 votes, thus no runoff was necessitated.[2]