2022 Oakland mayoral election

[1] Sheng Thao won the election and was inaugurated as mayor in January 2023.

The election was held using instant-runoff voting, the rules of which include voters ranking their top five candidates.

Following election day, ballot tallying showed that no candidate received the minimum >50% of the vote necessary to win outright.

[2] The two candidates with the most #1 ranked votes were Councilmember Loren Taylor and Councilmember Sheng Thao, with Taylor receiving slightly more votes.

[3] Vote tallying continued for over a week, before Thao was eventually declared winner on November 21.