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.

2014 Oakland mayoral election

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)

Candidate Libby Schaaf Rebecca Kaplan Jean Quan Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First round vote 30,041 14,693 15,808 First round percentage 29.48% 14.42% 15.52% Final round vote 48,806 28,421 Eliminated Final round percentage 63.20% 36.80% Eliminated   Candidate Dan Siegel Joe Tuman Bryan Parker Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First round vote 13,122 12,251 7,955 First round percentage 12.88% 12.02% 7.81% Final round vote Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated Final round percentage Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election Jean Quan Democratic Elected Mayor Libby Schaaf Democratic

This was the first time since 1990 that an incumbent mayor of Oakland was defeated for reelection.[1]

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.

Oakland mayoral election, 2014[2]

Party		Candidate	Maximum Round	Maximum Votes	Share in Maximum Round	Maximum Votes First Round VotesTransfer Votes
	Nonpartisan	Libby Schaaf	16	48,806	63.20%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Rebecca Kaplan	16	28,421	36.80%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Jean Quan (incumbent)	15	20,525	23.41%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Dan Siegel	14	17,402	18.50%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Joe Tuman	13	14,873	15.17%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Bryan Parker	12	8,551	8.54%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Courtney Ruby	11	3,364	3.34%	​​
	Nonpartisan	John Anderson	10	1,741	1.72%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Charles R. Williams	9	1,200	1.18%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Ken Houston	8	604	0.59%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Peter Liu	7	529	0.52%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Eric Wilson	6	430	0.42%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Pat McCullough	5	383	0.38%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Nancy Sidebotham	4	271	0.27%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Saied Karamooz	3	265	0.26%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Washington	2	33	0.03%	​​
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	1	0	0.00%	​​

Vote counts by round

The following table shows how votes were counted[2] 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.

Candidate	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	Round 16
Libby Schaaf	30,041	30,041	30,041	30,069	30,092	30,117	30,133	30,173	30,212	30,256	30,360	31,313	33,180	39,941	43,818	48,806
Rebecca Kaplan	14,693	14,693	14,697	15,827	15,846	14,804	14,869	14,902	15,021	15,185	15,379	15,699	17,023	18,662	23,341	28,421
Jean Quan (incumbent)	15,808	15,808	15,811	15,827	15,846	15,872	15,906	15,982	16,026	16,138	16,217	16,415	17,156	18,049	20,525
Dan Siegel	13,122	13,122	13,125	13,187	13,203	13,231	13,301	13,353	13,405	13,598	14,563	14,831	15,818	17,402
Joe Tuman	12,251	12,251	12,251	12,267	12,281	12,309	12,336	12,378	12,420	12,487	12,539	13,340	14,873
Bryan Parker	7,955	7,955	7,958	7,966	7,985	8,020	8,038	8,080	8,142	8,225	8,279	8,551
Courtney Ruby	3,115	3,115	3,115	3,131	3,163	3,185	3,204	3,247	3,264	3,320	3,364
John Anderson	1,550	1,550	1,551	1,576	1,579	1,602	1,617	1,623	1,650	1,741
Charles R. Williams	1,052	1,052	1,053	1,056	1,066	1,099	1,145	1,172	1,200
Ken Houston	518	518	518	523	536	556	577	604
Peter Liu	464	464	465	479	488	508	529
Eric Wilson	393	393	393	399	416	430
Pat McCullough	362	362	363	373	383
Nancy Sidebotham	267	267	267	271
Saied Karamooz	264	264	265
Samuel Washington	33	33
Write-in	0
Continuing votes	101,888	101,888	101,873	101,842	101,796	101,733	101,655	101,514	101,340	100,950	100,701	100,149	98,050	94,054	87,684	77,227
Exhausted ballots	0	0	15	46	92	154	226	364	535	915	1,163	1,705	3,770	7,723	14,041	24,405
Over Votes	794	794	794	794	794	795	801	804	807	817	818	828	862	905	957	1,050
Under Votes	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152	2,152
Total	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834	104,834

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.

References

1. "Libby Schaaf defeats Jean Quan, wins Oakland mayoral race in landslide". East Bay Times. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
2. "RCV Results Report" (PDF). acvote.org. Alameda County.