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Sheng Thao (RPA: Seeb Thoj, Pahawh: π¬π¬Άπ¬€π¬΅ π¬π¬²π¬π¬°; born July 18, 1985) is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Oakland, California from 2023 to 2024. She was the first Hmong American mayor of a major city in the United States.
He relocated his residence to Oakland around 1865. A Republican and "devout Methodist," [citation needed] he defeated the Democratic candidate, John S. Drum, for the mayor's office in 1885, and the following year was re-elected by defeating the Democrat, Captain John Hackett, by a vote of 2,818 to 2,691. He later served as a commissioner on the ...
District 4 – Sheng Thao (elected in 2018) District 5 – Noel Gallo (elected in 2012, 2016) District 6 – Loren Taylor (elected in 2018) District 7 – Larry Reid (elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) (Vice Mayor) Councilmember At Large – Rebecca Kaplan (elected in 2008, 2012, 2016) (City Council Chair [4])
Oakland Democrat Mayor Sheng Thao, who faced heat from her constituents amid rising crime, was also ousted from office after her recall effort passed with 65% of the vote.
Two months after she was recalled as Oakland mayor, Sheng Thao has reportedly been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury, a blow to a city whose voters have made it clear they are fed up ...
Former Oakland, California, Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters in November, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on corruption charges.. In addition to Thao, the Justice Department ...
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. [ 4 ]
Oakland, Calif., voters successfully voted to recall Sheng Thao as mayor during November’s elections with 60 percent voting in favor, the first time the city has ever recalled a mayor.