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

Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented for more than two decades in Congress ...

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

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

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

Though the vote tally isn't final, Lee's lead was commanding enough Friday that the San Francisco Chronicle called the race, ...