A Special Election was held Tuesday in the City of Oakland, to fill a vacancy on the Oakland City Council. Three candidates were running for the one, open seat. The winner, with 149 votes, was Gayle Strickland.

Joseph Wede was a distant second, with 52 votes, while Doug Reed had 27 votes. Strickland will be sworn-in to take the place of Jason Smith, who resigned from the Oakland City Council on December 15th.