2024 Oakland mayoral recall election
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The 2024 Oakland mayoral recall election was a successful special recall election to remove Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao from office. It was held on November 5, 2024.
Background
[edit]Sheng Thao had originally been elected to mayor in 2022, winning by 0.6% in the final round of voting. Due to rising crime, a growing tension with the police department, and an FBI investigation, recall efforts spurred. Recall supporters were able to get enough signatures and put the move on the ballot. [1]
Election
[edit]The election will be hold on November 5th, concurrently with the presidential and other federal and state elections. Uniquely, the election would also coincide with a county-wide recall of District Attorney Pamela Price.
Thao would go on to lose 2 to 1. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ DeMeester, T. R.; Johnson, L. F. (January 1975). "Evaluation of the Nissen antireflux procedure by esophageal manometry and twenty-four hour pH monitoring". American Journal of Surgery. 129 (1): 94–100. doi:10.1016/0002-9610(75)90174-9. ISSN 0002-9610. PMID 2024.
- ^ "Alameda County Election Results". alamedacountyca.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
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