Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

In her first public statements about the bill’s deep cuts to health care and food aid, Lee explains why she stayed quiet ...

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, left, debates opponent Loren Taylor during a March Oakland mayor's race forum. | Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP By Jeremy B. White 04/06/2025 02:00 PM EDT Updated: 04/07/2025 11 ...

Former Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee has claimed victory in the Oakland mayor’s race, saying she accepted voters’ decision “with a deep sense of responsibility, humility and love ...

Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee faces off against Loren Taylor, a scrappy politician 31 years her junior.

Barbara Lee wins Oakland mayor’s race, taking over a city in crisis. The victory for a liberal comes after moderate candidates and causes had prevailed in previous California races, even in ...

Barbara Lee, a progressive lawmaker known for her lone vote against military force after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, won the mayor’s race in Oakland, Calif., less than four months after she ...

O AKLAND, California — Barbara Lee's homecoming run for Oakland mayor had all the markings of a blowout: Political power players swiftly united behind Lee, a progressive icon in her staunchly ...

Newly elected Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, right, is sworn in next to Bill Patterson, a longtime civic leader in Oakland, at City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, May 19, 2025.

Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was projected to win a special election to become the next mayor of Oakland, according to Decision Desk HQ, in what became a closer-than-expected race amid ...

Then-Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris, far right, shakes the hand of Ron Dellums in January 1998, after Dellums announced that he would support Barbara Lee (shown behind the podium) as his successor in ...

After serving nearly 30 years in the United States Congress, former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is seeking public office yet again with her campaign to be elected mayor of Oakland. Though Lee, 78, has ...