The former congresswoman, a progressive Democrat, campaigned on a promise to unite residents in the beleaguered California ...

Though the vote tally isn't final, Lee's lead was commanding enough in the latest election update that her main challenger ...

Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday as the new mayor of troubled Oakland, a San Francisco Bay Area city reeling from economic ...

Barbara Lee will be Oakland’s next mayor, taking over a city she represented for decades at a time of deep political turmoil ...

A former Democratic congressman who once called for a $50 minimum wage has been elected Oakland mayor after the last one was ...