The 37-year-old UC Berkeley alum and one-term city council member will succeed outgoing Mayor Libby Schaaf.
OAKLAND — The latest, and final, results in the city’s November election confirmed Monday whatThe 37-year-old UC Berkeley grad and one-term city council member will succeed outgoing Mayor Libby Schaaf, winning 50.3% of the ranked choice vote to narrowly edge out Councilman Loren Taylor, who received 49.7%.
On Monday, the registrar’s office ran a full audit of the ballots, with workers manually counting 1% of the total votes cast to see if they matched what their machines have reported. And she received a huge helping hand from ACLU attorney Allyssa Victory — almost 60% of Victory’s voters picked Thao as their second choice.
Earlier on Monday before the final results were released, Taylor helped load turkeys onto trucks at the city’s Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center, part of a pre-Thanksgiving drive.
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