2014 Oakland mayoral election


The 2014 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 4, 2014 to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. It saw the election of Libby Schaaf, who unseated incumbent mayor Jean Quan.
This was the first time since 1990 that an incumbent mayor of Oakland was defeated for reelection.
The election was held using instant-runoff voting

Results

Results summary

The following table shows a summary of the instant runoff for the election. The table shows the round in which the candidate was defeated or elected the winner, the votes for the candidate in that round, and what share those votes were of all votes counting for any candidate in that round. There is also a bar graph showing those votes for each candidate and categorized as either first-round votes or votes that were transferred from another candidate.

Vote counts by round

The following table shows how votes were counted in a series of rounds of instant runoffs. Each voter could mark which candidates were the voter's first, second, and third choice. Each voter had one vote, but could mark three choices for how that vote can be counted. In each round, the vote is counted for the most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated. Then one or more candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated. Votes that counted for an eliminated candidate are transferred to the voter's next most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated.
CandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Round 10Round 11Round 12Round 13Round 14Round 15Round 16
Libby Schaaf30,04130,04130,041 30,06930,09230,11730,13330,17330,21230,25630,36031,31333,18039,94143,81848,806
Rebecca Kaplan14,69314,69314,69715,82715,84614,80414,86914,90215,02115,18515,37915,69917,02318,66223,34128,421
Jean Quan 15,80815,80815,81115,82715,84615,87215,90615,98216,02616,13816,21716,41517,15618,04920,525
Dan Siegel13,12213,12213,12513,18713,20313,23113,30113,35313,40513,59814,56314,83115,81817,402
Joe Tuman12,25112,25112,25112,26712,28112,30912,33612,37812,42012,48712,53913,34014,873
Bryan Parker7,9557,9557,9587,9667,9858,0208,0388,0808,1428,2258,2798,551
Courtney Ruby3,1153,1153,1153,1313,1633,1853,2043,2473,2643,3203,364
John Anderson1,5501,5501,5511,5761,5791,6021,6171,6231,6501,741
Charles R. Williams1,0521,0521,0531,0561,0661,0991,1451,1721,200
Ken Houston518518518523536556577604
Peter Liu464464465479488508529
Eric Wilson393393393399416430
Pat McCullough362362363373383
Nancy Sidebotham267267267271
Saied Karamooz264264265
Samuel Washington3333
Write-in0
Continuing votes101,888101,888101,873101,842101,796101,733101,655101,514101,340100,950100,701100,14998,05094,05487,68477,227
Exhausted ballots001546921542263645359151,1631,7053,7707,72314,04124,405
Over Votes7947947947947947958018048078178188288629059571,050
Under Votes2,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,1522,152
Total104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834104,834

Continuing votes are votes that counted for a candidate in that round. Exhausted ballots represent votes that could not be transferred because a less preferred candidate was not marked on the ballot. Voters were allowed to mark only three choices because of voting system limitations. Over votes are votes that could not be counted for a candidate because more than one candidate was marked for a choice that was ready to be counted. Under votes are ballots were left blank or that only marked a choice for a write-in candidate that had not qualified as a write-in candidate.