therefore i am the change agent. >> lauren taylor. >> reporter: councilman taylor says his track record of getting things done is why people should vote for him. >> thank you. i look forward to making progress instead of just playing progressive politics. >> he says on top of more resources for the youth, he will hire more cops to address the violence. >> reporter: voting for lauren taylor will ensure that oakland does move forward, addressing our tough challenges. >> councilwoman reid says all the other candidates can talk about crime. but her personal experience is why she is dedicated to fighting crime. >> public safety comes from a deeply personal place. we lost our son to gun violence halloween 2013. so i have been fighting to keep other people's children safe. >> reporter: she says she'll work with the community and the police. >> we have been at multiple churches this morning, with a big push for souls to the polls with a lot of our faith healers here. >> the former councilwoman says he is tired of the shootings and the lawlessness in oakland. that is why he is back. >> i'm the p

each is going to have lauren taylor. she said to have is the second choice and the same with lauren taylor. so it's just going to be very interesting to see exactly how those numbers unfold. >> there is. and if you live in oakland, you still have almost 2 hours left before you before voting closes. so you have time to run down there and vote to theresa live for us in oakland tonight. we'll check in with you a little bit later on. thank you. >> well, another oakland mayoral candidate change. how is also campaigning tonight? that is where we find kron four's gayle ong. gayle, bring us up to speed on how that campaign is doing tonight. >> we can. and pam, we're here at the campaign watch shank. how she is running for mayor as well. and not much going on right here at the venue right now. the doors, you know, doors open at 07:00pm staff has been busy arriving setting up. we saw some flower arrangements and you see sun coming in with some boxes and decorations. also food catering to find out how is one of the frontrunners of

the oakland mayor's race is still too close to the call between councilmember lauren taylor and council pro tem. xiang tao but just moments ago. we received an update on the results from alameda election officials. good evening. i'm on dates and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us, but even with that update a winner may still not be announced until next week. yeah to explain why abc 7 news reporters answer hudson has more the race for oakland's next mayor is down to two city council president pro tem tao and the candidate who's in the lead city council member lauren taylor. this is something that is truly a grassroots ever-powered campaign. and i know that that's the same way. we will drive forward and addressing oakland's public challenges tiller spoke to abc7 news on election night. it is watch party since early results were released tuesday night. taylor has consistently held a small lead against tao but the race is far from over those ones that were dropped off very close to election day. haven't been counted yet. and those are what we're starting to process right now. please with

lauren taylor's leads are about the same , or maybe a little bit larger in both respects, to first-place votes and rents choice voting. you have to think a team taylor is increasingly confident tonight. there are still a lot of votes to count, maybe another 60,000 votes out there. of course, they are still coming in the mail. but, this is awful encouraging use if you are lauren taylor. again, maybe existential amount of votes on monday night, that is all that we are going to learn this week. we're live here in oakland, kpix 5. >> thank you for breaking that down. we now know what your story is monday night. see you out there again. >> good to know, thanks. >>> wilson, thank you. >>> new numbers in the past hour, in the san jose mayor's race, where councilmember mcmahon is still holding a 3.5 point lead over cindy chavez. we will follow the election results as they come in. you can find updates right here on kpix 5 , cbs news bay area and add kpix.com. >>> first alert weather, now. the bay area is feeling the chill, especially in the morning and overnight hours. we saw more hats and beani

have the resources to fight crime. >> people are dying for change, so i am the change agent. >> lauren taylor>> reporter: councilman taylor says his track record of getting things done is why people should vote for him. >> thank you for the support. we focus on delivering results over rhetoric, making projects instead of playing politics. >> reporter: he says on top of more resources for youth, he will hire more cops to address violence. >> voting for lauren taylor number one will ensure that oakland does move forward addressing tough challenges. >> reporter: councilman reid says the other candidates can talk about crime, but her personal experiences why she is dedicated to fighting crime. >> public safety comes from a deeply personal place, we lost our son brandon to gun violence, 2013 halloween night, otpeople en safe. >> reporter: she says she will work with the community and the police. >> we've been in multiple churches this morning, a big push with souls to the polls with a lot of our faith leaders here. >> former council president says he is tired of the shootings and the lawlessness i

city councilman lauren taylor was leading in first place votes but fell behind by only 682 votes when all the ranked choice votes were tabulated while it hurts to admit it. i do not see a viable path to making up. 600 82 votes. needed to alter the outcome of this election. conceding taylor raised questions about the cities ranked choice system. we must acknowledge that 20,000 nontransferable rank points ballots. a significant number of people whose voices were not factored into the final decision of who would be oakland's next mayor. taylor said he will not ask for a recount, but someone else can still step in and pay for one county registrar plans to certify the election on december 8th coming up tonight on the 10 p.m. news. ktvu s amberleigh sits down with xiang tao. for a one on one interview . julie and it'll be interesting to hear she's overcome so much at such a young age and made it so far you. the united states supreme court is ordering the release of former president donald trump's tax returns. the house ways and means committee has been trying to get trump's tax returns and

lauren taylor leads xiang tao by just 2765 votes. we were divided. it was hard. this woman says she voted for xiang tao, but her daughter supported lauren taylor. he reacted to the vote count in a written statement, quote i am as ea and believe even more strongly than i did on tuesday night that we are on a path to victory voted for lauren. taylor, 1st and 2nd. xiang tao responded to the latest vote count. quote we are so thankful to have received the votes of thousands of oakland ear's in this election, thousands more votes remain to be counted and we continue to be optimistic about the outcome. it matters that the person who wins pays attention to what the people want, and they want safety and they want the city cleaned up. i do. it's a nice city. you know, and it has a lot of good things to offer, but right now has a very bad reputation and unfortunately it's well deserved, says her priorities are implementing a comprehensive approach to public safety focused on the root causes of crime and stopping gun violence. she supports funding for police academies, tayl

we see lauren taylor.s of right now is 34% support santa with 29% we should mention the numbers on the screen. actually the percentages of first place votes for each candidate. of course, oakland was ranked choice voting, so we do expect these numbers to change that. it could take another 48 hours, maybe even longer for the race for oakland mayor to be called oakland has also made a number of other important decisions on the ballot yesterday, overwhelmingly approving all 10 of them measure q authorizes the city of oakland and develop up to 13,000 low rent residential units measure sls noncitizens were parents or legal guardians of students in the oakland unified school district to vote in school board elections measure export restrictions on the oakland city council, including term limits and how they put measures on the ballot, and it also gives discretion to the public ethics commission in setting city council salaries are the race for mayor and san jose. second neck too close to call this noon, with abo

can support of lauren taylor. make sure that he like comes to the new election year with what i want to. i want my kids to be a part that. i mean, 3rd generation in air >> because i think you could think about making because could have about i think day for a that direct impact how do we make sure affordable then think about all of oakland are i think he solely focused on what did it mean to you with about a month about that horrible know more i think think about all the time with i think we along with city council passed to make he was talking about the i'm always going on that i'm great war same about i think help people from like behavior how do you feel about i think opening day? >> i got a great i think i'm a big and i think really with all the it's about. >> i would like to keep city would not have the cost thank you very much, bob, for a really great what you want >> very much we him to be talking here >> all right, to reset. thank you. let's look at the latest numbers we have on the oca mayor's race. 10 pe

she's live in the city of oakland at the campaign party headquarters for lauren taylor, alyssa. that's right. you know, it is packed here tonight, a lot of supporters out here and lauren taylor said that he was feeling good about these results. but it's certainly too early to call, especially with rank choice voting now, before we came here we were at the election party corner tower, another city council member, hoping to come out victorious tonight, she talked to us about how campaigning was for her and how she is feeling after this first round. yeah the neighbors . it is our labor union analyze. is our firefighters, grocery workers are trans union everyday people. paul's closed at eight o'clock. i want to show you some video from outside the courthouse earlier this evening where people were dropping off their ballots. oakland is going to get a new mayor for the first time since mayor libby schaaf took office in 2015. this has been a crowded race. there are 10 candidates, and some of the front runners include how currently serves as district for city council member. also city c

that's mean into council member lauren taylor. right now. for the race for the next mayor of oakland with 43% of the vote. councilwoman shankar 35% as lauren taylor did say this race is not over oakland, if you do not know is using ranked choice, voting for the candidate with the lowest number of first place votes is eliminated. they then take the second place votes from that candidate and then distribute them to the others. crowded field 10 candidates right to replace mayor libby schaaf, who is being turned out in january. but right now, lauren taylor in the lead with 43 to shane towels, 35% of the vote, like you said, will likely be decided by rank. choice voting. and we still have much more to come. so stick around. dozens of boxes have arrived. thousands of ballots have been unloaded, and they are being scanned and votes are being tabulated hearing contra costa county brooks jarocz. we're live in martinez, we're going to bring you inside the tabulation room in a live rep t to show if you run a small business, you need the most from every

lauren taylor has 53.3%, sheng tao has 46.7%. that is after factoring in ranked choice voting for these early returns. but, as wilson walker explains, this race is far from over. >> the last batch of numbers released about 1:00 this morning, it has been quiet for a while now, we know that 35,000 votes have been counted. the sheng tao campaign another 71,000 votes remain uncounted. there is still a lot of work to be done. >> it looks like we will be here for a long night, and a long few days until we get the final results of the ballot, of the vote being counted. but, right now, we are ahead. >> reporter: speaking like a candidate confident in the taylor, lauren taylor announced it might take days to announce the race for mayor, that will be something the town has seen before. the first mayoral race to use french choice voting was 2010. that year, don parada held about a 10 point lead on election night. >> this is the closest race for mayor in the history of oakland. >> reporter: it took a week to count all the votes, and in the e

. >>> the mayors race in oakland is also up in the air tonight but latest numbers show lauren taylor, about 6.5 points ahead of councilmember sheng tao. wilson walker joins us now live with more on the vote count and really just how easily those numbers can change. wilson? >> reporter: we will certainly see no public appearances from either of those two leading candidates today. it was very quiet. that is because we did not hear anything from the registrar of voters today. oakland, like sentences go, not processing new numbers but the last numbers we heard were from 1:00 in the morning, so we are still pretty much where we left you last night but there is still a lot of work to be done. >> it looks like we are in for a long night. may be a long few days, until we get the final results of the votes that are being counted. but, right now, we are ahead. >> reporter: speaking very much like a candidate confident in the numbers, lauren taylor acknowledged it might take days to resolve oakland's race for mayor. that would be something the town has seen before. the first mayoral race to use

lauren taylor has the highest percentage of first choice votes. >> followed by shanked out. taylor is the candidate that oakland mayor libby schaff endorsed good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that oakland is not for sale. >> he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his campaign as far as final results. those are still in waiting and some say oakland relying on ranked choice voting makes it harder to predict the outcome. >> including oakland unified school district candidate mike hutchinson. i think one of the other things that gets frustrating for a lot of the community is there's just not a lot of communication around these things either. >> and so especially in oakland where we have ranked choice, mayor chefs as ranked choice is not to blame. it is not ranked choice voting that delays anything. it is a simple algorithm. it is a push of the button. >> what is delaying things? it is taking an unusual amount of time for the registrar to actually count votes. political analyst michael yaki agrees w

i want to congratulate lauren taylor on the strong campaign he ran. council member lauren taylor has not released a statement in regards to the race or tonight's results. here are the latest numbers the alameda county registrar of voters released the results of 2000 countywide votes from monday's count, which shows tell why inter lead to 682 votes over taylor. it was the last update before the office certifies the election next month. but registrar him to quit tells me there are still 2500 votes with no questionable signatures that need to be counted. it could come into play in such a close race. when we have large margins than this part of the election processing doesn't get the attention. no word from the tailor campaign tonight, but we are hearing that he may be prepared to make an announcement tomorrow, says she hopes to speak with taylor in the days ahead to find ways to work together for the good of oakland . she will make history as the first one to be elected mayor of oakland. mike julie. lauren taylor hasn't released anything publicly, but we

i want to congratulate lauren taylor on the strong campaign he ran.t released a statement in regards to the race or tonight's results. here are the latest numbers the alameda county registrar of voters released the results of 2000 countywide votes from monday's count, which shows tell why inter lead to 682 votes over taylor. it was the last update before the office certifies the election next month. but registrar him to quit tells me there are still 2500 votes with no questionable signatures that need to be counted. it could come into play in such a close race. when we have large margins than this part of the election processing doesn't get the attention. no word from the

lauren taylor still ahead thong second. these with that. this is 100% of the precincts are in.at those numbers are too small, that and that can't be right. but nonetheless, lauren taylor and chant how they have been considered the frontrunners throughout the night and they continue to be so let's see if we can get to gale's deal sanding by she is. all right. gail gayle ong, go ahead. it. >> yes, we're here at a shank house. watch she is addressing the crowd once it is optimistic especially ourselves. we did speak to her earlier. she did acknowledge that at last check, fellow mayoral lauren taylor with meeting the race by about 6%. and he said that is to be guy that did we did speak to her a moment ago. when she addressed out earlier, here's what she had to say. just >> it's been over year. and it is just i'm just out of all the momentum that we have created and how we're able to bring so many people. so many organizations together. oakland has never seen how people have come together to back one candidate and i'm honored to be that candidate. >> all >> right. that's chain at he

show council member lauren taylor maintains his lead over council members sheng cow after nine roundshead with 53% of the vote compared to towers 47% ktvu is amberleigh live here in studio with more on the vote. amber alameda county registrar of voters tells me workers are prepared to do a lot of ballot counting this weekend. he says 30,000 more votes were counted today. auckland is still days from knowing who its next mayor will be. the alameda county registrar of voters tells me there are still 120,000 ballots left to be counted. the race for mayor remains tight between two city council members as oth

and lauren taylor has exceeded the 50% threshold to win the race. we're still waiting for it to be certified. so it's not technically official just yet, but the numbers do seem to be heavily favored. and at this moment now, let's turn. >> to the race for district attorney in san francisco where incumbent brooke jenkins has also passed the threshold. james, more than 50%. you see 57% and same story here. these votes do to be certified before she can take over as district attorney. >> all right. let's take a look at the balance of power in washington when it comes to the house of representatives will will switch the traffic map out their bring up the national map. there we go. democrats currently have 175 seats secured. you can see the republicans now have crossed the 200 mark there at 202. the goal is 218. once you hit that you have a majority and you can start calling the shots in the house of representatives. so let's see where things stand right now. the focus in on california and i want to bring up district 13 now. this is the district that used

lauren taylor leads xiang tao by just 2765 votes. we were divided. it was hard. this woman says she voted for xiang tao, but her daughter supported lauren taylor. he reacted to the vote count in a written statement, quote. i am as eager as anyone to know the voters final decision and believe even more strongly than i did on tuesday night that we are on a path to victory voted for lauren taylor, 1st and 2nd responded to the latest vote count. quote. we are so thankful to have received the votes of thousands of oakland ear's in this election. thousands more votes remain to be counted and we continue to be optimistic about the outcome. it matters that the person who wins pays attention to what the people want, and they want safety and they want the city cleaned up. i do. it's a nice city. you know, and it has a lot of good things to offer. but right now has a very bad reputation and unfortunately, it's well deserved. her priorities are implementing a comprehensive approach to public safety focused on the root causes of crime and stopping gun violence. she supports f

lauren taylor not only continues to lead, but his margin against his closest challenger has actually grown a fraction of a percent. we flip over to the ranked choice voting turtle, this is not just this is an increasing margin of victory. we will not get numbers in oakland tomorrow , expecting a substantial vote total to come in on monday night . >> tuesday, election day, we are focused on the early birds we were able to prep for election day, and the imprisonments cast throughout election day. now we have moved everything over to processing the remaining vote by males. the vast majority of what we have received no and are processing were dropped off on election day. >> reporter: will that be enough to resolve the race? who knows. we don't know what the remaining tens of thousands of votes look like but the latest batch of numbers, or more good news for lauren taylor. wilson walker, kpix 5. >> thank you. >>> in the sand has a mayor's race, councilmember matt man is holding a three point lead over cindy chavez. a rager razor thin margin separates the two mayoral candidates in santa cl

but the latest batch of numbers more good news for lauren taylor. wilson walker, kpix5. >>> this election teaching us a little bit of patience. the san jose mayoral race. ballot counting in san francisco is also far from over. today, the city reported results from less than 10,000 ballots. more than 130,000 of them still need to be processed in san francisco. you know, it will probably be weeks before all the u.s. senate races are settled. control of the u.s. house right now is leaning republican. but, we still don't have answers in key races in some very important battlegrounds from coast to coast. we will stay on top of it. we will follow all the election results as they come in. you can find updates here on kpix5. cbs news bay area and at kpix.com. >>> elon plussic not really painting a very pretty picture of twitter's financial future. he warned employees that twitter did not have the necessary cash to survive. he even used the word bankruptcy. all of this happening as some key executives are leaving in droves including people who oversee securi

lauren taylor is in the lead with shanked. how close behind kron four's terisa stasio spoke to taylor as those results came in. >> i'm here in oakland, lauren taylor came out to thank everyone that has supported him in the past year as he ran for mayor. he is not saying that he has won but listen to what he had to say. yes, there are still tens of thousands of votes to be counted. >> but i'm confident that this kid from oakland, the hometown kid right here at the end of the counting will be this city's next time and time again. politicians, they just make promises. they don't keep well, tell you, i'm not a politician. i'm a public servant. >> we're all one promised. i did keep and i will make it to you. if i will do everything in my to ensure that that remains a of and opportunity. it the same opportunities that came to my grandparents and our family and ensuring that all whether you are warning here, i children to make this your that you are able to live. it. we're learning playwright year in this i on journey with we are jus

a bit after nine rounds of counting and redistributing ranked choice votes city councilmember lauren taylorcouncil president pro. tempo has about 48% friday. it was 53 to 47 a vote by mail ballots are slowing down the counting process because of when voters submitted them abc 7 news reporter leslie. leslie. brinkley has the latest it was 10 candidates whittled down to two now with ranked choice voting pitting councilmember lauren taylor against council president xiang tao in the oakland mayor's race. neither candidate would comment today thursday night was the last tally as election workers got the day off friday for veterans day. i thought the team probably deserved a break a recharge and we pushed through this weekend. to get as much of the vote by mail ready to scan through our scanners today and this week turnout in alameda county hit. 50% and the registrar said it's the vast number of vote by mail ballots that's slowing down the counting to put this in perspective. we have 930,000 voters in alameda county and only 30,000 of the votes that we've received were in person votes. that's ove

lauren taylor has the highest percentage of first choice votes. >> followed by zhang tao taylor is the candidate that oakland mayor libby schaff endorsed good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that oakland is not for sale. >> he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his campaign as far as final results. those are still in waiting and some say oakland relying on ranked choice voting makes it harder to predict the outcome. >> including oakland unified school district candidate mike hutchinson. it just adds to the confusion is and as we're trying strengthen our democracy it makes it hard when we when we had questions like that, mayor chefs as ranked choice is not to blame. it is not ranked choice voting. that delays anything. it is a simple algorithm. it is a push of the button. >> what is delaying things? it is taking an unusual amount of time for the registrar to actually count votes as of wednesday night, only 18% of alameda county's votes have been processed. >> leaving nearly 280,000 votes still to be counte

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we know that lauren taylor has called for a morning news conference in oakland. >>> bad news, if you crab on the holidays, we will not have local dungeness crab on the table this thanksgiving. the local commercial fishing season is delayed again for a few more weeks. it's all to protect endangered whales, fish and wildlife will decide september 7th whether to reopen the season. >>> people will be gathering for thanksgiving with this triple threat of respiratory viruses that are straining bay area hospitals. we are seeing an uptick of rsv covid and the flu, we've been talking about that for a few weeks and doctors are saying you want to get your flu shots and covid booster if you are eligible. >> is ridiculous not to believe that it's for real and dangerous. and the only way to get rid of it is follow the protocol. >> you've heard it before but doctors are saying it again, if you feel sick, stay home, tell your boss you can't come in, take caution during the holidays if you are high risk. >>> these images from the dark side of the moon, nasa's artemis one mission currently orbiting ea

lauren taylor has 49.70% of the vote with 56,477 votes. more people ranked taylor as their first choice. but because of the ranked choice voting system, he didn't have the 50% majority needed to clinch the race. when 20 >> 1000 ballots are exhausted. before you get to voting on the mayor of this city. that is not the intention or even the promise of rights or so if. this ring soy system or receive it needs to be retooled in a way that this does not occur. in taos statement calling herself mayor-elect, she first congratulated taylor for the strong campaign. he ran. >> and then she thanked oakland for all of the support before conceding. taylor says he talked with tell. >> extended my congratulations assuming that the registrar of voters, the anticipated certification stands and i my assistance in the service of open because we cannot allow our city to >> in taos statement announcing her victory, she says, quote, i have never felt more hopeful about oakland's future or more determined to lead the fight for it. i'm excited to get to work. buil

lauren taylor is in the lead 35% of the vote.iang tao, who is right behind around 29% of the vote council. former open city council member lafuente is in third with 13% and not forth, but fifth place is counsel number treva read. we have her on the screen here because before the election, she and lauren taylor had an agreement to encourage their supporters. to put each other as their second choice candidate in that ranked choice voting system so once read is eliminated. that could put taylor more firmly in the lead. assuming reads. supporters put taylor as their second choice. we ranked choice. voting works if no candidate gets a majority than the last place candidates start to be eliminated, and the people who voted for those last place candidates then have their second choice. i counted at their respective election parties last night, both taylor and tower struck a positive note. it is too early to declare victory. we look forward to still receiving. the positive affirmation that we know is coming our way. i feel optimistic, an

lauren taylor has the highest percentage of first choice votes followed by zhang tao taylor is the candidate that oakland mayor libby schaff endorsed good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that oakland is not for sale. >> he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his campaign as far as final results. those are still in waiting and some say oakland relying on ranked choice voting makes it harder to predict the outcome. >> including oakland unified school district candidate mike hutchinson. i think one of the other things that gets frustrating for a lot of the community is there's just not a lot of communication around these things either. >> and so especially in oakland where we have ranked choice, mayor chefs as ranked choice is not to blame. it is not ranked choice voting that delays anything. it is a simple algorithm. it is a push of the button. >> what is delaying things? it is taking an unusual amount of time for the registrar to actually count votes. political analyst michael yaki agrees with mayor schaff that t

lauren taylor has the highest percentage of first choice votes followed by zhang tao taylor is the candidatehat oakland mayor libby schaff endorsed good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that opened is not for sale. >> he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his campaign as far as final results. those are still in waiting and some say oakland relying on ranked choice voting makes it harder to predict the outcome including oakland unified school district candidate mike hutchinson. i think one of the other things that gets frustrating. >> for a lot of the community is there's just not a lot of communication around these things either. >> and so especially in oakland where we have ranked choice, mayor chefs as ranked choice is not to blame. it is not ranked choice voting that delays anything. it is a simple algorithm. it is a push of the button. >> what is delaying things? it is taking an unusual amount of time for the registrar to actually count votes. political analyst michael yaki agrees with mayor schaff that the

councilmember lauren taylor conceded the race to competitors chantel. >> abc anchor dion lim is hereistory. >> the margin of victory was razor thin and for a while lauren taylor was leading in first choice votes. at 37 years old chantel is one of the youngest mayors in oakland history. during the lunch rush at lower restaurant in oakland there is a sense of pride following shang towels victory. >> growing up you tend to not see too much asian representation like media and what not she is the daughter of refugees from laos. in 2018 she became the first mom to be elected to city council in california. >> maybe if younger kids have summing to look up to, it might help build them up more. >> the wind comes after a ballot count due to rank-choice voting cared taylor conceded in his bid tuesday morning. the victory came down to less than seven hundred votes. >> seeing that the ballots that are out there, the possibilities of getting a few votes in our direction are not going to tip the scale, i concede

i want to congratulate lauren taylor on the strong campaign he ran, said he councilman lauren taylor did not comment last night. but he does plan to speak later this morning, and he does have the option to ask for and pay for a vote recount. the latest vote count show xiang tao has 50.3% attended the votes counted so far. lauren taylor has 49.7% the county registrar told ktvu that most of the public doesn't really know what happens when the race is this close. he also says there are still 2500 ballots with no signature or questionable signatures that have not been counted yet. and they could determine who wins the election. we have large margins than this part of the election processing doesn't get the attention. now the county registrar's office can't certify the election results until all of the votes have that could be delayed i one of the candidates asked for a recount, the county registrar says accuracy is the most important thing. the alameda county district attorney's race has been decided. prosecutor terry wiley has conceded to civil rights attorney pamela price, who was now

let's focus on the fact that we can't those targets that is oakland mayoral candidate lauren taylor, lamenting after losing the race to councilwoman xiang tao. this despite taylor, finishing at the top in the first round of oakland's ranked choice voting system, this race is once again putting ranked voting in the spotlight and joining us now to discuss this political analyst brian sobel, bryant. always a pleasure to see you. you know it used to be whichever candidate gets the most votes wins. but this system boy, it is a lot more complicated. it is. it's almost like trying to understand sanskrit or something along those lines. some foreign language. uh it's complicated, but heather, it's not new. it's them. tossed around and played with for probably 100 years, something like that in various forms. uh it is used for federal elections in maine and alaska. only most of the other states do not use ranked choice voting, except for more local elections . and there you may see it sometimes it's actually sort of what's known as instant runoff. voting which just basically means that you don't

lauren taylor has the highest percentage of first choice votes followed by zhang tao taylor is the candidate that oakland mayor libby schaff endorsed good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that oakland is not for sale. >> he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his campaign as far as final results. those are still in waiting and some say oakland relying on ranked choice voting makes it harder to predict the outcome. >> including oakland unified school district candidate mike hutchinson. i think one of the other things that gets frustrating for a lot of the community is there's just not a lot of communication around these things either. >> and so especially in oakland where we have ranked choice, mayor chefs as ranked choice is not to blame. it is not ranked choice voting that delays anything. it is a simple algorithm. it is a push of the button. >> what is delaying things? it is taking an unusual amount of time for the registrar to actually count votes. political analyst michael yaki agrees with mayor schaff that t

lauren taylor with 35% of the vote chang tao. 29. and then you not sort of went in with 13 alyssa, victoria villanueva with 6% of the vote. but again, a lot of people running 100% of the voting right now. so we'll look for a formal announcement. here's how people are feeling about the race so far. >> i'm confident that this kid from oakland. the hometown kid right here at the end of the counting will be this city's next >> it's just amazing adventure. it's been over year. and it is just i'm just out of all the momentum that we have created and how we're able to bring so many people. so many organizations together. oakland has never seen how people have come together to back one candidate. and i'm honored to be that candidate. >> all right. now let's turn our attention to the race for district attorney in san francisco where incumbent brooke jenkins is current as well as you can see with the 100% of precincts reporting. she's in the lead by a long shot with 48% of the vote covers vicki liviakis caught up with jenkins last night. >> i

rival lauren taylor conceded earlier today. ktvu evan sernoffsky has reaction now from the candidates and their supporters in this very close race. evan sernoffsky come from behind victory. is so much like her own story. she overcame struggles with poverty and homelessness early on, and now is the city's next chief executive. she's going to have to take on major challenges like crime and the housing crisis. i'm just so optimistic about moving the city forward, eked out a victory to become the next mayor of oakland tuesday, two weeks into a neck and neck race with rival lauren taylor. i know that we can come together to make sure that we are safer cleaner and ensure that we're putting families first in the city of oakland, will be the city's first mowing mayor. whose parents fled laos for california she left home in her teens living out of her car and enduring an abusive relationship before entering politics is like a huge issue. and i think that's something that santa has some experience with as a member of the oakland city cou

so there you can see the leaders, lauren taylor with 5th. 35 1% of the vote. >> and then change. how with 29%, we actually caught up with lauren taylor about how he's feeling about the race so far. take a listen. >> i'm confident that this kid from oakland. the hometown kid right here at the end of the counting will be this city's next >> it's just amazing adventure. it's been over year. and it is just i'm just out of all the momentum that we have created and how we're able to bring so many people. so many organizations together. oakland has never seen how people have come together to back one candidate. and i'm honored to be that candidate. >> another big race that we're watching, a district attorney in san francisco where incumbent brooke jenkins got fulfill. 48% of the vote. this is also a ranked choice election. so though it seems like she is way beyond her challenger. that means we're in for another race between the top 2 covers. vicki liviakis caught up with seconds. >> i feel very thrilled about where these results are at at this and and just can't tell you how thankful i

but it does look good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that oakland is not for sale. he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his so i think that could be an encouraging lesson for our democracy. what was it like for you on election night? not running for the first time in many years. how did you spend your night didn't feel different? listen, i've been engaged in oakland, you know, politics and in this city, it's my hometown for many, many years. i've gone through many elections not being on the ballot, but always caring about what gets decided for my beloved hometown on election night. so tonight was i mean, last night or tuesday night was really because i've certainly spent e - far more elections just engaged working on campaigns that i care about. not just candidates but also issues and just reveling in the people who take time out of their busy days to volunteer and campaigns to get involved, no matter who you're supporting. i celebrate that involvement. that is what is going to keep our democracy healt

it's been a dramatic back and forth between two candidates towel and lauren taylor taylor initially leadvotes. but after ranked choice votes were calculated, made a strong comeback and took the lead last week. so yeah, you know, we always like to say that every vote counts, so it's important that we get all of them in, especially on these close races. registrar tim dew point. said the office was counting a final batch of ballots early monday. but there are still 2500 ballots from across the county with signature issues that may or may not counting the days to come. it's unclear how many are oakland residents, husband and a wife maybe signed the others ballot and so we'll reach out to those because they don't match our signature. and see if they want to remedy that with us. we caught up with taylor at a turkey giveaway in his home city council district. i'm grateful for all of those who have been supporters of mine and really, just being a part of this electoral process. this is what democracy is about, and we got to make sure that every vote is counted, said she was waiting to speak publ

lauren taylor has 49.7% of the vote. more people, right. taylor as their first choice. >> for mayor than anyone else. but due to the right choice voting system, he did not have the 50% majority needed to secure the win. >> this ranked choice system were to proceed. it needs to be retooled in a way that this does not occur. >> taylor conceded today and congratulated chain calendar victory. he also said he looks forward to working with her as a community advocate and seeing her vision of oakland take shape. >> she says she is ready to get to work in january and will put together a public safety plan saying that she will double down on violence prevention and will attack the root cause of crime by trying to create more jobs and educational opportunities and wants to fill vacancies in the police department with diverse officers. the oakland police chief, i did congratulate her in a statement saying he looks forward to working with her soon. lauren taylor says he's not going to lead a recount effort but also will not stand in the way of somebody

her top competitor, lauren taylor conceded this morning. kron 4 sarah stinson has been following the race. >> the oakland mayor race is extremely tight with shane tao in the lead by only 650 plus votes. she has declared victory. and today we heard an emotional announcement from lauren taylor with his formal concession. >> first to admit it, i do not see a viable path to making out. the 600 82 votes needed to alter the outcome of this election. i can see that change. how will be certified as oakland's next mayor. >> today marks 2 weeks since election day. and as the last ballots get counted, this is where we're at chene tao has 50.30% of the range choice vote with 57,159 votes. lauren % taylor has 49.70% of the vote with 56,477 votes. more people ranked taylor as their first choice. but because of the ranked choice voting system, he didn't have the 50% majority needed to clinch the race. >> this ranked choice system were to proceed. it needs to be retooled in a way that this does not occur. >> in taos statement calling herself mayor-elect, s

a week after election day while ballots were counted in ranked choice, voting, lauren taylor conceded yesterday and ended his campaign. but he still raised questions about the ranked choice voting system. we must acknowledge that 20,000 nontransferable rank points ballots. a significant number of people whose voices were not factored into the final decision of who would be oakland's next mayor. lauren terror will not ask for a recount. however someone else could possibly pay for a recount. mayor elect xiang tao invited ktvu into her home and told reporter amberleigh she's excited and optimistic about oakland's future. we did. we were really struggling. we struggled for many, many years and oakland's mayor election, tao tells me her struggles as a homeless single mom of a young son 15 years ago. prepare her in a unique way to lead a city that is grappling with homelessness and crime. what about xiang tao can get this accomplished when some others before you couldn't i am very pragmatic. i you know, i'm very honest and straightforward and i work with everyone. the unique skill set that

the city council mayor pro tem and the candidate in the lead, lauren taylor pillar -- loren taylor. >> i know that is the same way we will drive forward in addressing challenges. >> taylor spoke to abc 7 news at his watch party. taylor has consistently held a small lead but the race is far from over. >> those ones that were dropped off close to election day have not been counted yet. those are what we are starting to process. >> tim is with the alameda county register of voters. the vote for oakland mayor is done by rank-choice voting which extends the process. the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. everyone who put up for that candidate has their next choice counted. the process continues until a candidate reaches a majority. >> those votes are going to come in and then we are going to run the algorithm. we will see who appears to be winning at that point of the election. we still have a lot more votes to come. >> we did reach out to shang towel. she did not respond for request for comment. >> it seems like a lot more ballots still have to be counted. any sense of when th

colleague lauren taylor by less than 700 votes.ay they're going to wait to talk about the boat count until they see one more update from the registrar voters right now, people around the world are already gathered around their televisions and the bars this morning for a first full day of world cup matches. look at some of the celebrations. the us will play whales in just a matter of hours . world cup coverage is just minutes away, right here on ktvu right to ktvu is andre senior starting us off with a look at some of the games that have already kicked off and a preview of what to expect from qatar this morning, andre, thanks pam and dave, following in the tradition of the home team always plays the first match. but the home crowd didn't have much to cheer about qatar shut out by ecuador, two nil. the first goal came on a penalty kick in the 16th minute, the second goal in the 31st minute. ecuador forward and your valencia scored both goals. and now the highlights from the england max that's finishing up right now. sure. 19 year old

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it's been a dramatic back and forth between two candidates towel and lauren taylor taylor initially leadn first place votes. but after ranked choice votes were calculated, made a strong comeback and took the lead last week. so yeah, you know, we always like to say that every vote counts, so it's important that we get all of them in, especially on these close races. registrar tim dew point. said the office was counting a final batch of ballots early monday. but there are still 2500 ballots from across the county with signature issues that may or may not counting the days to come. it's unclear how many are oakland residents, husband and a wife maybe signed the others ballot and so we'll reach out to those because they don't match our signature. and see if they want to remedy that with us. we caught up with taylor at a turkey giveaway in his home city council district. i'm grateful for all of those who have been supporters of mine and really, just being a part of this electoral process. this is what democracy is about, and we got to make sure that every vote is counted, said she was waiting

but her rival lauren taylor says it is to early to concede.he elections office released the latest results showing tao with 50.3% of the vote. she leads taylor by just 680 votes. election officials say there are very few ballots left to count. kpix5's da lin