Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is neck and neck with her main rival in the Oakland special mayoral election, with the race too close to call.

The initial tally of the results of the ranked-choice election shows former City Council member Loren Taylor (D) leading with 48.2 percent of the vote, just over 1,000 votes more than Lee, who has 45.7 percent. The eight other candidates in the race all received less than 2 percent.

The counting could continue for days as mail-in ballots need to be counted and then subsequent rounds can happen for one candidate to get to a majority of the vote.

The election to replace former Mayor Sheng Thao (D), who was removed from office in a recall election in November, was initially expected to be an easy win for Lee.

The former longtime House member has high name recognition as she........

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