The 2002 Oakland mayoral election was held on March 5, 2002, to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Jerry Brown.
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Campaign
editFormer Oakland City Council member Wilson Riles Jr., who had served on the City Council from 1979 until 1992, challenged incumbent first-term mayor Jerry Brown.[1][2]
Brown ran a low-profile campaign.[3]
Brown had $200,000 in campaign funds, more than twice what Riles had.[3]
While the previous election had attracted national media attention, very little media coverage was paid to the 2002 race.[4]
A chief critique of Brown made by Riles was that the incumbent mayor was too cozy with downtown developers.[1]
Riles, ultimately, performed stronger than had been anticipated by many.[3]
Brown was also campaigning in support of ballot measure that would permanently extend 1998's Measure X, which had implemented a six-year period in which Oakland would be run under the strong mayor form of governance. Measure X's change from a weak mayor to strong mayor form of governance would expire during the coming mayoral term. However, the measure to permanently extend Measure X ultimately failed in 2002.[5] A similar measure which permanently extended the Measure X changes, however, would successfully be approved by voters in 2004, thus permentantly keeping they changes made by Measure X.[5]
Results
edit| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Brown (incumbent) | 42,892 | 63.5 | |
| Wilson Riles Jr. | 24,611 | 36.4 | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Ex-Congressman Dellums May Run for Oakland Mayor". NPR.org. NPR. April 2006. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ "Oakland Police Chief Orders Probe Into Arrest Of Ex-Councilman Wilson Riles Jr". CBS News San Francisco. October 21, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c DeFao, Janine (March 6, 2002). "Oakland Mayor Brown wins second term / Jerry Brown wins re-election by landslide". SFGate. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ DeFao, Janine (February 4, 2002). "Jerry Brown faces quiet race / Critics contend Oakland mayor has given up his populist ways". SFGate. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ a b Svara, James H.; Watson, Douglas J. (2010). More than Mayor or Manager: Campaigns to Change Form of Government in America's Large Cities. Georgetown University Press. pp. 121–138. ISBN 978-1-58901-620-0. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "Mayor; City of Oakland Voter Information". Smart Voter. Retrieved November 7, 2019.