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

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee takes part in a press conference on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) “I’m going to do the hard work and make the tough ...

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 ...

How Barbara Lee wins — or loses — the race for Oakland mayor. Tonight's special election, once seen as a coronation of former Rep. Barbara Lee, has morphed into a competitive clash.

OAKLAND — Former Rep. Barbara Lee, a veteran of Congress and champion of progressive politics in the East Bay, has formed a campaign finance committee to run for mayor of Oakland.. Filings with ...

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 ...