2006 Oakland mayoral election explained

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]

Candidates

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heredia . Christopher . May . Meredith . Writers . Chronicle Staff . ELECTION 2006: Oakland Mayor's Race / Dellums still holds slim lead 2 days after election day / Counting continues in close race -- 50% would avoid runoff . SFGate . 7 December 2019 . 9 June 2006.
  2. News: . De La Fuente offers support to Dellums as mayoral winner . Christopher Heredia, Janine DeFao . June 18, 2006 .
  3. Web site: Hector Reyna never won, but he was no loser . East Bay Times . 8 December 2019 . 31 October 2008.