2006 Oakland mayoral election

Oakland mayoral election, 2006

June 7, 2006

Candidate Ron Dellums Ignacio De La Fuente Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 42,073 27,647 Percentage 50.2% 33.0%   Candidate Nancy Nadel Party Democratic Popular vote 10,949 Percentage 13.1%

Mayor before election Jerry Brown Democratic Elected mayor Ron Dellums Democratic

The 2006 Oakland mayoral election was held on June 7, 2006^[1] to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. It saw the election of Ron Dellums.

Incumbent mayor Jerry Brown did not seek reelection to a third term, instead opting to run in the 2006 California Attorney General election.

A 50% margin of the vote needed to be obtained by the victor in order to avoid a runoff being held in November.^[1] Dellums surpassed this margin by a mere 115 votes, thus no runoff was necessitated.^[2]

Candidates

• Ignacio De La Fuente, President of the Oakland City Council, member of the Oakland City Council since 1992,^[3] candidate for mayor in 1998
• Ron Dellums, former U.S. congressman (1971–1998), former member of the Oakland City Council (1967–1971)^[3]
• Arnie Fields, affordable housing provider, member of the board of directors for the Music & Art Department of the Arcadia Skate Hotel^[3]
• Nancy Nadel, member of the Oakland City Council^[3]
• Ron "Oz" Oznowicz, investor and business manager, former Oakland Police Officer (1965–1976)^[3]
• Hector "Reno" Reyna, retired financial consultant,^[3] perennial candidate^[4]

Results

Results^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Ronald V. "Ron" Dellums		42,073	50.2
Ignacio De La Fuente		27,647	33.0
Nancy J. Nadel		10,949	13.1
Ron "Oz" Oznowicz		1,834	2.2
Arnie L. Fields		857	1.0
Hector "Reno" Reyna		348	0.4
Write-in votes		122	0.1

References

1. Heredia, Christopher; May, Meredith; Writers, Chronicle Staff (June 9, 2006). "ELECTION 2006: Oakland Mayor's Race / Dellums still holds slim lead 2 days after election day / Counting continues in close race -- 50% would avoid runoff". SFGate. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
2. Christopher Heredia, Janine DeFao (June 18, 2006). "De La Fuente offers support to Dellums as mayoral winner". San Francisco Chronicle.
3. "Mayor; City of Oakland Voter Information". Smart Voter. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
4. "Hector Reyna never won, but he was no loser". East Bay Times. October 31, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2019.