Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County DA Pamela Price successfully recalled

OAKLAND, Calif. - History has been made in Alameda County and in Oakland as the progressive-minded District Attorney Pamela Price and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao have been recalled by voters in Tuesday's election.

The Associated Press called the results of this week's vote on the DA recall on Friday evening. They did not call the results of the mayoral recall, but Mayor Thao issued a statement where she seemingly acknowledged defeat

In the Price recall, 65% of voters said yes to the recall with 34% opposed.

A group named SAFE, which stands for Save Alameda for Everyone, organized the recall, arguing that Price – a former civil rights attorney – didn’t prosecute defendants with harsh enough charges, and therefore made the community unsafe. Price struggled to fight off concerns she was not tough enough on crime and didn't provide support for crime victims.

Price pushed back against those claims, arguing she was elected on a platform of criminal-justice reform.



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