2006 Oakland mayoral election

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Oakland mayoral election, 2006
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  2002 June 7, 2006 2010  
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Candidate Ron Dellums Ignacio De La Fuente
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote42,07327,647
Percentage50.2%33.0%

  Oakland City Councilmember Nancy Nadel (8065198476) (1).jpg
Candidate Nancy Nadel
Party Democratic
Popular vote10,949
Percentage13.1%

Mayor before election

Jerry Brown
Democratic

Elected mayor

Ron Dellums
Democratic

The 2006 Oakland mayoral election was held on June 7, 2006 [1] to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. It saw the election of Ron Dellums.

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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

Results

Results [3]
CandidateVotes %
Ronald V. "Ron" Dellums 42,07350.2
Ignacio De La Fuente 27,64733.0
Nancy J. Nadel 10,94913.1
Ron "Oz" Oznowicz1,8342.2
Arnie L. Fields8571.0
Hector "Reno" Reyna3480.4
Write-in votes1220.1

References

  1. 1 2 Heredia, Christopher; May, Meredith; Writers, Chronicle Staff (June 9, 2006). "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. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  2. Christopher Heredia, Janine DeFao (June 18, 2006). "De La Fuente offers support to Dellums as mayoral winner". San Francisco Chronicle .
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Mayor; City of Oakland Voter Information". Smart Voter. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. "Hector Reyna never won, but he was no loser". East Bay Times. October 31, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2019.