2022 Election Results

Check out our breakdown of the 2022 General Election results.

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Measure W - Oakland Fair Elections Act

Let’s create an Oakland where our local electeds are more accountable to the community!

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Measure T - Invest In Our Oakland!

A new modern progressive business tax for Oakland

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Alameda County District Attorney Race

The Alameda County District Attorney race is open for the first time in over a decade and has the potential to transform what public safety and justice look like for the next four years and beyond.

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Our Mission

Oakland Rising educates and mobilizes voters in the flatlands to speak up for and take charge of the issues impacting our lives. We are a multilingual, multiracial collaborative with deep roots in East and West Oakland’s…

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Our Vision

We envision an Oakland that realizes our shared dreams of health, happiness, safety and opportunity for all. A Town that stands for progress and sustainability, that models what is possible in American cities of the 21st century.

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The Collaborative

We connect progressive organizations and activists, community members, leaders, labor and faith-based institutions to Oakland’s progressive political electoral and movement building work.

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Thank You for All the Support in 2022!

Dec 30, 2022

With your help, we were able to advance community-led solutions, strengthen Oakland’s racial and economic justice movement building work, and build the political power of working-class, immigrant, and BIPOC communities.

11.28.22 Monday Meals: What the Final Election Results Mean for Oakland

Nov 28, 2022

Cat Brooks joined us this Monday Meals to breakdown the final election results and talk about what the results mean for the future of Oakland. What will it mean to have a progressive leaning mayor and a progressive majority in City Council? “Investing in prevention is...

11.21.22 Monday Meals: Midterm Election Results

Nov 21, 2022

Leaders Saabir Lockett from our partner East Bay Alliance for Sustainable Economy and Jose Bernal from our partner Ella Baker Center joined us this Monday Meals to breakdown the preliminary election results. How will the election results impact us now and the future...

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SLUDGE.COM: Oakland Voters Approve ‘Democracy Dollars’ Program to Boost Participation in City Elections

Jan 11, 2023

An Oakland ballot measure creating a public campaign financing option and strengthening transparency in election spending passed with strong support. “For too long, our elections have been funded by wealthy special interests and out-of-state donors,” said liz suk,...

SF Chronicle: This under-the-radar measure passed by voters could reshape Oakland elections

Nov 29, 2022

“It has increased participation in lesser areas in Seattle, and voter turnout from communities of color” and in traditionally low-turnout areas, said Liz Suk, executive director of Oakland Rising, one of the groups that sponsored Measure W. “The way folks are campaigning has changed.”

Hard Knock Radio: MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS – Davey D with Guest liz suk

Nov 23, 2022

Davey D talks with liz suk of Oakland Rising about the results of the Oakland election and how to hold those coming into office accountable. Listen to the conversation.