As the Oakland mayoral special election approaches, candidates Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor are navigating a challenging political landscape overshadowed by former mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled amid serious legal troubles. Campaign strategies are increasingly focused on disassociating from Thao rather than addressing each other's platforms. Supporters are using targeted mailers to discredit Taylor, highlighting his past association with Thao, which serves as a backdrop to the election's highly competitive and union-influenced funding dynamic.
"Outside spending often far outpaces cash held by candidates' actual campaigns in the weeks before an election - especially in Oakland, historically a union town..."
"The irony of those groups now weaponizing Thao as political poison is not lost on Taylor, a longtime foe of Thao..."
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