OAKLAND — Election night results showed former Councilmember Loren Taylor holding a slim advantage over retired Congresswoman Barbara Lee in the race to become Oakland’s next mayor, though thousands more ballots tallied in the coming days could shift the outcome in either direction.

Former City Councilmember Loren Taylor took a very slim lead in early results in Oakland's special mayoral election on Tuesday against former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee in a race prompted by a series of recent scandals that culminated in the recall of the city's mayor in November.

Loren Taylor was ahead of the nine other candidates on the ballot with nearly 49 percent of the vote in the first round of ranked-choice voting as of about 8:15 p.m.