Barbara Lee claims that the victory is in the race of the mayor of Oakland after the sting Loren Taylor star-news.press/wp

The long-term progressive former Congressional husband Barbara Lee announced his victory on Saturday in special elections for deciding the next Oakland Mayor After recognizing Challenger Loren Taylor.

Taylor on Saturday he said he called Lee once the last optional update showed ahead in advance.

“I called the Congress of Barbara Lee this morning to congratulate her to become the next mayor of Oakland,” Taylor said in the statement. “Thanks to the heart, a grit and the vision of our fearless team, we built a movement that went to the national dialogue that we facilitate the relief of everyday life to binding 47% of the Oaklander who voted for me and who want a pragmatic leader in the results.”

The Secretary of the Birac County County was published Latest election numbers on FridayAnd the update showed Lee in front of Taylor for almost 5,000 votes. According to the County Secretary, Lee has a 50.6% of the vote, and the candidate needs 50% plus one voice for victory. The next update of the selection will be 25. April.

“Although I believe that in respect the democratic process of voting and the ballots will be counted on Tuesday, the results are clear that the people of Oakland chose me as your next mayor. Thank you, Oakland,” said the statement.

District 7 Council Ken Houston congratulated Lee Friday before Taylor’s concession.

“She is humble. She is like:” Wait until it’s over, “What should I be. I say you can’t compensate for 5,000 more votes, because people were saying” Houston said.

Lee, Democrats, represented Oakland in Congress since 1998. year to mating in January. Last year, she also ran an unsuccessful campaign for the seat of the Senate of the late Dianne Feinstein. She previously served in the Assembly of the State of California for six years, and the state senate for two. She earned an undergraduate degree in Mills College in Oakland and Master’s Master of Social Work from UC Berkeley.

Oakland uses the ranked selection system. It allows people to vote for their first choice, but then list other candidates in line with preference. After the first number, if none of the two leading candidates receive more than 50% of the votes, they can collect “ranked” voices that are for them, in order for someone to achieve more than half a vote.

“We intend to hit the ground,” Lee said.

Lee and Taylor were widely considered Frontrunners in the race, which contained a crowded field of 10 candidates. The race was launched after Voters recalled Sheng Thao from the mayor’s office last year.