Former Oakland City Councilman Loren Taylor trails former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) by about 5,000 votes, according to the latest election results posted Friday by the Alameda County Elections Office. However, even though the election was held last Tuesday, officials have not yet received all ballots, let alone counted them. This means there is plenty of room for Lee, the Democratic Party machine favorite, to find sufficient votes to win.

Oakland does not normally hold mayoral elections in April of odd-numbered years, but former Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled by voters after being indicted by the Department of Justice on bribery charges stemming from the award of waste disposal contracts for the city.