Libby Schaaf is the new mayor-elect of Oakland.

Please see the 2014 Mayoral Election page for background on this year's race. See 2014 Election Results page for who won and what passed.

Ranked Choice Voting round-by-round results can be found on the Alameda County Elections site here.  

Schaaf won the election with 62.79% of the final vote, with her winning threshold coming after Jean Quan was eliminated in the 14th round of Ranked Choice tallying.

Round by round Ranked Choice results: pass_report.pdf Note: these are the tallies before absentee ballots have been counted.

Very cool interactive visualization showing the redistribution of votes in the last 6 rounds:


  Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15
  Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer
CHARLES RAY WILLIAMS 645 1.15% 0 645 1.15% +3 648 1.16% +6 654 1.17% +17 671 1.20% +24 695 1.25% +15 710 1.27% +15 725 1.30% -725                                          
DAN SIEGEL 6774 12.12% 0 6774 12.12% +22 6796 12.16% +8 6804 12.18% +14 6818 12.21% +42 6860 12.30% +21 6881 12.36% +30 6911 12.43% +118 7029 12.70% +506 7535 13.65% +147 7682 14.00% +548 8230 15.35% -8230                  
REBECCA KAPLAN 8100 14.49% 0 8100 14.49% +13 8113 14.52% +25 8138 14.57% +25 8163 14.62% +41 8204 14.71% +22 8226 14.77% +65 8291 14.91% +102 8393 15.17% +97 8490 15.38% +179 8669 15.80% +737 9406 17.54% +2227 11633 22.69% +1134 12767 26.69% +2856 15623 37.21% 0
JASON ANDERSON 816 1.46% 0 816 1.46% +10 826 1.48% +2 828 1.48% +19 847 1.52% +8 855 1.53% +2 857 1.54% +12 869 1.56% +46 915 1.65% -915                                    
COURTNEY RUBY 1778 3.18% 0 1778 3.18% +6 1784 3.19% +16 1800 3.22% +16 1816 3.25% +9 1825 3.27% +19 1844 3.31% +9 1853 3.33% +32 1885 3.41% +21 1906 3.45% -1906                              
ERIC WILSON 219 0.39% 0 219 0.39% +4 223 0.40% +10 233 0.42% +6 239 0.43% -239                                                            
SAIED KARAMOOZ 136 0.24% 0 136 0.24% -136                                                                              
PATRICK MCCULLOUGH 207 0.37% 0 207 0.37% +5 212 0.38% +8 220 0.39% -220                                                                  
NANCY SIDEBOTHAM 162 0.29% 0 162 0.29% +3 165 0.30% -165                                                                        
PETER Y. LIU 249 0.45% 0 249 0.45% +8 257 0.46% +6 263 0.47% +11 274 0.49% +12 286 0.51% -286                                                      
JOE TUMAN 6920 12.38% 0 6920 12.38% +9 6929 12.40% +10 6939 12.42% +17 6956 12.46% +14 6970 12.50% +22 6992 12.55% +30 7022 12.63% +37 7059 12.76% +28 7087 12.84% +461 7548 13.76% +864 8412 15.69% +876 9288 18.12% -9288            
KEN HOUSTON 296 0.53% 0 296 0.53% +3 299 0.54% +10 309 0.55% +15 324 0.58% +10 334 0.60% +11 345 0.62% -345                                                
BRYAN PARKER 4487 8.03% 0 4487 8.03% +4 4491 8.04% +12 4503 8.06% +17 4520 8.10% +8 4528 8.12% +21 4549 8.17% +35 4584 8.25% +50 4634 8.37% +29 4663 8.45% +173 4836 8.81% -4836                        
LIBBY SCHAAF 16259 29.09% 0 16259 29.09% +14 16273 29.12% +14 16287 29.16% +13 16300 29.20% +10 16310 29.24% +25 16335 29.33% +26 16361 29.43% +26 16387 29.61% +46 16433 29.78% +515 16948 30.89% +1000 17948 33.47% +1618 19566 38.17% +4131 23697 49.54% +2671 26368 62.79% 0
JEAN QUAN 8851 15.83% 0 8851 15.83% +12 8863 15.86% +9 8872 15.89% +18 8890 15.93% +17 8907 15.97% +46 8953 16.08% +21 8974 16.14% +58 9032 16.32% +43 9075 16.44% +109 9184 16.74% +439 9623 17.95% +1148 10771 21.01% +595 11366 23.76% -11366      
Write-In 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0
Exhausted by Over Votes 301   0 301   0 301   0 301   0 301   +3 304   0 304   0 304   +5 309   0 309   +2 311   +14 325   +13 338   +21 359   +32 391   0
Under Votes 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0 1050   0
Exhausted Ballots 0   0 0   +20 20   +29 49   +32 81   +41 122   +82 204   +102 306   +251 557   +145 702   +320 1022   +1234 2256   +2348 4604   +3407 8011   +5807 13818   0
Continuing Ballots 55899 100.00%   55899 100.00%   55879 100.00%   55850 100.00%   55818 100.00%   55774 100.00%   55692 100.00%   55590 100.00%   55334 100.00%   55189 100.00%   54867 100.00%   53619 100.00%   51258 100.00%   47830 100.00%   41991 100.00%  
TOTAL 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0 57250   0
REMARKS *Tie resolved in accordance with election law.

N.B.: Round 1 Ranked-Choice Voting Report includes accumulated totals of 1st-choice rankings as well as 2nd- or 3rd-choice selections transferred to 1st-choice ranking selections when the first-choice ranking was skipped.

A round-by-round analysis of the election tabulation process.

A round-by-round analysis of the election tabulation process can be read here: Oakland2014-RCVGraphics.pdf