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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.
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]
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]
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