1998 Oakland mayoral election

Oakland mayoral election, 1998

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Candidate Jerry Brown Ed Blakely Shannon Reeves
Party Independent Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 48,129 12,226 5,679
Percentage 58.9% 14.9% 6.9%

 
Candidate Ignacio De La Fuente Mary King
Party Democratic Nonpartisan
Popular vote 5,509 4,618
Percentage 6.7% 5.6%

Mayor before election

Elihu Harris
Democratic

Elected mayor

Jerry Brown
Independent

The 1998 Oakland mayoral election was held on June 2, 1998, to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. It saw the election of Jerry Brown, the former and future governor of California, as mayor.

Brown won an outright majority in the first round of the election, forgoing the need for a runoff.[1]

  1. ^ Bruni, Frank (June 4, 1998). "PRIMARIES '98: THE MAYOR-ELECT; Jerry Brown Wins, but, Hey, No Big Deal". New York Times. Retrieved December 6, 2019.