ranked.vote // Alameda County Mayor - Oakland

The Alameda County Oakland Special Municipal Election was held on April 15, 2025. Barbara Lee was the winner out of 10 candidatesafter 1 elimination round.

Barbara Lee was also the Condorcet winner.

Barbara LeeLoren Manuel TaylorTyron C. JordanEliminated in round 1Mindy Ruth PechenukEliminated in round 1Renia Janeen WebbEliminated in round 1Suz RobinsonEliminated in round 1Eric SimpsonEliminated in round 1Elizabeth SwaneyEliminated in round 1Peter LiuEliminated in round 1President Cristina GrappoEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Barbara LeeLoren Manuel TaylorTyron C. JordanMindy Ruth PechenukRenia Janeen WebbSuz RobinsonEric SimpsonElizabeth SwaneyPeter LiuPresident Cristina GrappoExhaustedBarbara LeeLoren Manuel TaylorExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Tyron C. Jordan
Peter Liu
Renia Janeen Webb
Elizabeth Swaney
President Cristina Grappo
Barbara Lee
Suz Robinson
Loren Manuel Taylor
Eric Simpson
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk
Tyron C. Jordan75.1%34.5%59.6%80%5.8%50.7%7.9%55.7%53.8%
Peter Liu24.9%19.2%34.2%59.8%3.5%29%3.4%30.8%29.9%
Renia Janeen Webb65.5%80.8%73.5%89.2%7.2%65.4%11.7%68.7%68.1%
Elizabeth Swaney40.4%65.8%26.5%76.5%4.8%39.6%6.1%45%44.2%
President Cristina Grappo20%40.2%10.8%23.5%1.9%18.7%3.2%23.6%22.8%
Barbara Lee94.2%96.5%92.8%95.2%98.1%93.9%52.7%95.3%93.8%
Suz Robinson49.3%71%34.6%60.4%81.3%6.1%8.7%54.9%53.4%
Loren Manuel Taylor92.1%96.6%88.3%93.9%96.8%47.3%91.3%92.8%94.1%
Eric Simpson44.3%69.2%31.3%55%76.4%4.7%45.1%7.2%50.8%
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk46.2%70.1%31.9%55.8%77.2%6.2%46.6%5.9%49.2%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Tyron C. Jordan
Peter Liu
Renia Janeen Webb
Elizabeth Swaney
President Cristina Grappo
Barbara Lee
Suz Robinson
Loren Manuel Taylor
Eric Simpson
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk
Exhausted
Tyron C. Jordan10.6%14.5%2.6%2.3%31%2.9%12.4%4.6%3%16.2%
Peter Liu8.7%8.7%11.1%3.2%25.3%5.9%11.5%4.7%7.5%13.4%
Renia Janeen Webb11.1%2.5%6.5%2.3%33.3%5.9%18.7%4.9%7%7.8%
Elizabeth Swaney5.2%7.7%11.7%4%13.9%8%17%9.9%8%14.5%
President Cristina Grappo9.8%7.1%5.4%4.9%9.2%7.6%23.4%2.7%4.3%25.5%
Barbara Lee3.6%1%8%1.6%0.6%5.1%33.2%3.5%1.8%41.6%
Suz Robinson3%1.5%9.1%3.6%1.1%31.9%30.5%3.3%3.4%12.6%
Loren Manuel Taylor2.1%1.4%4.1%2.4%0.4%40.5%4.4%1.8%3.3%39.8%
Eric Simpson6.1%1.5%6.6%6.8%0.9%38.2%4.9%14%8%12.9%
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk5.9%3.8%7%10.9%1.9%4.4%7.4%30%7.6%21.1%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
4
5
All Candidates
(94,292 voters)
39.4%28.5%8.1%4.6%19.4%
Barbara Lee
(47,170 voters)
41.6%26.6%7.9%4.6%19.3%
Loren Manuel Taylor
(42,388 voters)
39.8%31.7%7.5%3.9%17.0%
Tyron C. Jordan
(1,001 voters)
16.2%15.6%10.9%9.9%47.5%
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk
(834 voters)
21.1%15.8%12.5%7.4%43.2%
Renia Janeen Webb
(796 voters)
7.8%16.1%17.8%10.7%47.6%
Suz Robinson
(755 voters)
12.6%23.2%26.4%9.9%27.9%
Eric Simpson
(587 voters)
12.9%22.3%15.0%11.9%37.8%
Elizabeth Swaney
(324 voters)
14.5%14.2%14.5%9.3%47.5%
Peter Liu
(253 voters)
13.4%13.8%10.3%7.1%55.3%
President Cristina Grappo
(184 voters)
25.5%23.4%11.4%8.7%31.0%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Barbara Lee
Loren Manuel Taylor
Exhausted
Tyron C. Jordan46.4%23.7%30%
Peter Liu40.3%25.3%34.4%
Renia Janeen Webb48.5%31.9%19.6%
Elizabeth Swaney30.6%29%40.4%
President Cristina Grappo17.9%33.2%48.9%
Suz Robinson37.9%40.7%21.5%
Eric Simpson50.6%23%26.4%
Mindy Ruth Pechenuk10.9%45.9%43.2%

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