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 Ranked choice final/initial votes (details) 
Candidates
(1 Elected, Rank Your Choices)
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Jean Quan
 
53897/29266 votes
50.9%
- Occupation: Councilmember
 - 30-year resident of Oakland
 - 2-term City Council Member, 2003-Present
 - 3-term School Board Member, 1990-2002
 - Chair & Founder of Chabot Space & Science Center and Safe Passages, a County-School-City Collaboration for Youth
 - Executive Committee Association of Bay Area Governments
 - Member National & California League of Cities
  
Priorities:
- Balancing the Budget & Building a Sustainable Local Economy
 - Strengthening Community Policing & Neighborhood Organizing
 - Partnering with the Schools to Support Our Youth
  
Don Perata
51872/40342 votes
49.0%
Rebecca Kaplan
 
/32719/25813 votes
28.9%
- Occupation: Oakland City Councilmember At-Large
 - Civil Rights Attorney
 - Legislative Aide
 - Experience fighting predatory loans and foreclosures
 - Bachelor's degree from MIT
 - M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy from Tufts University
 - J.D. - Stanford Law School
  
Priorities:
- Economic Opportunity & Jobs
 - Government Effectiveness
 - Healthy Neighborhoods
  
Joe Tuman
/15462/14347 votes
13.2%
- Occupation: Professor/Political Analyst
  
Marcie Hodge
 
/3625/2994 votes
3.0%
- Occupation: Peralta College Trustee
 - Masters in Counseling Psychology
 - Clinical Therapist
 - Group Home Adminstrator
 - Former Public School Teacher
 - Completing a PhD in Organizational Psychology
  
Priorities:
- Invite new businesses to Oakland that support job growth and increase Oakland's tax base.
 - I promise to support our police force so they can keep our city safe.
 - Develop strong partnerships with OUSD.
  
Terence Candell
/2680/2315 votes
2.2%
- Occupation: Educator/Businessman
  
Don Macleay
/1852/1630 votes
1.5%
- Occupation: Computer Network Technician
  
Gregory Harland
 
/1087/966 votes
0.9%
- Occupation: Investor
 - Graduation from PDIC College 1971
 - Started and successfully operated five different businesses:
 - retail clothing chain
 - clothing manufacturing business
 - computer software company
 - restaurants
  
Priorities:
- Balancing the general fund
 - Reducing crime
 - Increasing employment
  
Larry Lionel "Ll" Young, Jr.
/976/933 votes
0.8%
- Occupation: Teacher/Realtor/Speaker
  
Arnold Fields
/738/733 votes
0.6%
- Occupation: Entrepreneur/Visionary/Businessman
  
  
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Official Information 
 
- Ranked Choice Voting 
  
Events
Candidate Forums
 
- Date: Thursday, October 21
 Time: 6 - 8 PM
 Place: Holy Names University, 3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland 94619, Valley Center for the Performing Arts
 Sponsors: Bay Area Black Journalists Association, Comcast, League of Women Voters of Oakland
 - Date Wednesday, October 20
 Time: 7:30 PM
 Place: Alameda County Food Bank, 7900 Edgewater Drive, Oakland 94621
 Contact: Keisha Nzewi  (510) 636-3663
 - Date Wednesday, October 20
 Time: 5 - 7 PM
 Place: Everett & Jones, 126 Broadway, Oakland CA
 -   Contact: Alameda County Democratic Lawyers Club
 - Date: Thursday, October 14
 Time: 7 - 9 PM
 Place: College Preparatory School, 6100 Broadway, Oakland 94618
 Sponsor: Rockridge Community Planning Council
 - Date: Monday, October 11
 Time: 5:15 - 7:45 PM
 Place: Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 Ninth St, Ste 290, Oakland 94607
 Sponsor: Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
 - Date: Thursday, Oct 7
 Time: 7-9 PM
 Place: Hearing Room 1 of Oakland's City Hall
 Sponsors: League of Women Voters of Oakland with Oakland Cultural Trust
 - Date:  Thursday, Sept. 23
 Time:  7 - 8:30 PM
 Place:  Kaiser Center Auditorium, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland
 Sponsors:  LWV Oakland, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Bay Area Business Roundtable, The Oakland Tribune
 -   The public is invited to attend to have a chance to see the candidates debate issues of importance to the City of Oakland.
  
Video Clips of September 23 Forum
 Video from October 11 Forum at Humanist Hall
- Date: Thursday, October 28
 Time: 7 - 8:30  PM
 Channel: Cable Channel 10
 - Date: Monday, October 25
 Time: 3:30 - 5 PM
 Channel: Cable Channel 10
  
KTOP Broadcast of October 7 Candidate Forum
- Date: Friday, October 29, 2010
 Time: 3:30 - 6 PM
 Channel: Cable Channel 10
 - Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010
 Time: 2:30 - 6 PM
 Channel: Cable Channel 10
 - Date: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010
 Time: 7 - 9:30 PM
 Channel: Cable Channel 10
 - Date: Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010
 Time: 6:30 - 9 PM
 Channel: Cable Channel 10
  
News and Analysis
Oakland Tribune
 
San Francisco Chronicle
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