Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) has won the special election for Oakland mayor in a close contest over “moderate” Loren Taylor, giving “progressives” hope and defying efforts by Democrats to shift their party to the center.
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a left-wing “progressive” whom voters recalled in November, was reportedly indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday in connection with a corruption probe of one of her campaign donors.
Voters in Oakland, California, are poised to recall left-wing Mayor Sheng Thao, who has faced criticisms for her radical policies and is implicated in a federal corruption probe.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the private home of “progressive” Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on Thursday morning — just days after a recall petition against Thao qualified for the November 2024 ballot.
Left-wing Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is likely to face a recall ballot in November.
