{"id":325555,"date":"2026-05-21T02:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325555\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T02:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:14:20","slug":"oakland-mayor-barbara-lee-hints-shes-running-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325555\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee hints she’s running again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

In a social media post, Lee said she’d like to continue “building on the progress” she’s made as mayor, sharing a link to her campaign website.<\/p>\n

When asked directly about it in a one-on-one interview with KTVU, she said she’d make a formal announcement after the June 2 primary election.<\/p>\n

The next Oakland mayoral election is Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

OAKLAND, Calif. – Oakland <\/a>Mayor Barbara Lee<\/a> on Wednesday hinted that she’s running for mayor again.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Lee said there is more to be done, and she’s looking forward to another four years.<\/p>\n

“As I mark 365 days of action today, Oakland is safer, cleaner and more stable and I am committed to finishing the work underway,” she said in the statement. “While a more formal announcement will be made after the primary election, I am looking forward to continuing what I started over the next four years.”<\/p>\n

In a social media post, Lee said she’d like to continue “building on the progress” she’s made as mayor, sharing a link to her campaign website.<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview with Mayor Barbara Lee<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

When asked directly about it in a one-on-one interview with KTVU, she said she’d make a formal announcement after the June 2 primary election.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want the mayoral race to be confused with any of the primaries,” she said. “That’s why I’d love another four years as mayor.”<\/p>\n

Wednesday also marked the one-year anniversary that Lee, 79, has been mayor of Oakland, after she won in a special election in April 2025 following the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao.<\/p>\n

The next Oakland mayoral election is Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Interview with Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, social media post and statement from Lee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief In a social media post, Lee said she’d like to continue “building on the progress” she’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2351,135461,21437,143,145,406,144,45070,4568],"class_list":["post-325555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-barbara-lee","tag-formal-announcement","tag-lee","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-mayor","tag-oakland-news","tag-primary-election","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}