LOREN TAYLOR LEADS IN EARLY RETURNS IN MAYORAL RACE

Loren Taylor was leading in early returns in the special election to select Oakland's next mayor Tuesday night. Loren Taylor was ahead of the nine other candidates on the ballot with nearly 49% of the vote in the first round of ranked-choice voting as of Tuesday night.

Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee was in second place with about 45% of the vote. All of the other candidates had less than 2% of the vote each. The results are preliminary and the final vote tally will be announced after the Registrar of Voters Office completes several rounds of ranked-choice vote counting.

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