Dan Siegel

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Dan Siegel

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Oakland Unified Board of Education

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Education

Bachelor's

Hamilton College

Law

University of California, Berkeley

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Personal website

Dan Siegel was a 2014 nonpartisan candidate for mayor of Oakland, California. Before running for mayor, he was a member of the Oakland School Board from 1998-2006. He was the President of the Oakland School Board from 2000-2003.

Biography

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Siegel obtained a B.A. from Hamilton College and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His professional experience includes working as an attorney specializing in labor and employment law. He also served as a legal adviser to incumbent Oakland Mayor Jean Quan.

Campaign themes

2014

On his campaign website, Siegel highlighted the following issues:

Public Safety

• Excerpt: "We will save tax dollars in the long run by investing in education today. We need to invest in skills training programs, counseling, and support directed towards our young people before they become involved in harmful activities [...] "We need more police officers on our streets, and fewer officers doing administrative work at the station. Siegel will double the number of officers on the street without increasing the authorized size of the police department (about 700). Siegel will have investigators assigned to each precinct and give them a mandate to solve serious crimes. He will improve our case closure rate, which stands at just 30% for murder cases, and much lower for other serious crimes."

Jobs and employment

• Excerpt: "The future of Oakland’s economy and future jobs depends on City leadership. Oakland should invest in three areas: small business development, high tech innovation, and green jobs and manufacturing. As a piece of our needed economic revitalization, Dan Siegel supports building, without public funds, a waterfront stadium for the Oakland A’s. The new stadium would create jobs for Oaklanders and give the waterfront and surrounding neighborhoods the kind of real long-term investments that we need. Oakland needs to do a much better job at helping businesses navigate through the current bureaucracy. Our city does not have the best reputation among entrepreneurs trying to start a new business. We need to be proactive and look to out-of-the-box solutions in order to spur innovation."

Minumum Wage

• Excerpt: "One of the top priorities of a Siegel administration would be to submit legislation to the City Council to increase the minimum wage to $15/hour. Dan Siegel is fighting to make that happen and has made it a central theme of his campaign since day one."

Elections

2014

See also: Oakland, California municipal elections, 2014

The 2014 Oakland mayoral election took place on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline was August 8, 2014. In the general election, Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf defeated incumbent Jean Quan and candidates Jason "Shake" Anderson, Ken Houston, Rebecca Kaplan, Saied Karamooz, Peter Yuan Liu, Patrick K. McCullough, Bryan Parker, Courtney Ruby, Nancy Sidebotham, Dan Siegel, Joseph Tuman, Charles Ray Williams, and Eric Wilson.

Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost

This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 1
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	1%	1,052	1
Dan Siegel	12.9%	13,122	3
Rebecca Kaplan	14.4%	14,693	4
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.5%	1,550	1
Courtney Ruby	3.1%	3,115	0
Eric Wilson	0.4%	393	0
Saied Karamooz	0.3%	264	1
Patrick K. McCullough	0.4%	362	1
Nancy Sidebotham	0.3%	267	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0.5%	464	1
Joseph Tuman	12%	12,251	0
Ken Houston	0.5%	518	0
Bryan Parker	7.8%	7,955	3
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.5%	30,041	0
Jean Quan	15.5%	15,808	3
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington - Eliminated	0%	33	−33
Exhausted		2,946	15
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 2
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	1%	1,053	3
Dan Siegel	12.9%	13,125	62
Rebecca Kaplan	14.4%	14,697	21
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.5%	1,551	25
Courtney Ruby	3.1%	3,115	16
Eric Wilson	0.4%	393	6
Saied Karamooz - Eliminated	0.3%	265	−265
Patrick K. McCullough	0.4%	363	10
Nancy Sidebotham	0.3%	267	4
Peter Yuan Liu	0.5%	465	14
Joseph Tuman	12%	12,251	16
Ken Houston	0.5%	518	5
Bryan Parker	7.8%	7,958	8
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.5%	30,041	28
Jean Quan	15.5%	15,811	16
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		2,961	31
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 3
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	1%	1,056	10
Dan Siegel	12.9%	13,187	16
Rebecca Kaplan	14.5%	14,718	40
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.5%	1,576	3
Courtney Ruby	3.1%	3,131	32
Eric Wilson	0.4%	399	17
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0.4%	373	10
Nancy Sidebotham - Eliminated	0.3%	271	−271
Peter Yuan Liu	0.5%	479	9
Joseph Tuman	12%	12,267	14
Ken Houston	0.5%	523	13
Bryan Parker	7.8%	7,966	19
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.5%	30,069	23
Jean Quan	15.5%	15,827	19
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		2,992	46
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 4
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	1%	1,066	33
Dan Siegel	13%	13,203	28
Rebecca Kaplan	14.5%	14,758	46
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.6%	1,579	23
Courtney Ruby	3.1%	3,163	22
Eric Wilson	0.4%	416	14
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough - Eliminated	0.4%	383	−383
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0.5%	488	20
Joseph Tuman	12.1%	12,281	28
Ken Houston	0.5%	536	20
Bryan Parker	7.8%	7,985	35
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.6%	30,092	25
Jean Quan	15.6%	15,846	26
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		3,038	63
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 5
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	1.1%	1,099	46
Dan Siegel	13%	13,231	70
Rebecca Kaplan	14.6%	14,804	65
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.6%	1,602	15
Courtney Ruby	3.1%	3,185	19
Eric Wilson - Eliminated	0.4%	430	−430
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0.5%	508	21
Joseph Tuman	12.1%	12,309	27
Ken Houston	0.5%	556	21
Bryan Parker	7.9%	8,020	18
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.6%	30,117	16
Jean Quan	15.6%	15,872	34
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		3,101	78
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 6
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	1.1%	1,145	27
Dan Siegel	13.1%	13,301	52
Rebecca Kaplan	14.6%	14,869	33
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.6%	1,617	6
Courtney Ruby	3.2%	3,204	43
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu - Eliminated	0.5%	529	−529
Joseph Tuman	12.1%	12,336	42
Ken Houston	0.6%	577	27
Bryan Parker	7.9%	8,038	42
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.6%	30,133	40
Jean Quan	15.6%	15,906	76
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		3,179	141
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 7
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	1.2%	1,172	28
Dan Siegel	13.2%	13,353	52
Rebecca Kaplan	14.7%	14,902	119
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.6%	1,623	27
Courtney Ruby	3.2%	3,247	17
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	12.2%	12,378	42
Ken Houston - Eliminated	0.6%	604	−604
Bryan Parker	8%	8,080	62
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.7%	30,173	39
Jean Quan	15.7%	15,982	44
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		3,320	174
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 8
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams - Eliminated	1.2%	1,200	−1,200
Dan Siegel	13.2%	13,405	193
Rebecca Kaplan	14.8%	15,021	164
Jason "Shake" Anderson	1.6%	1,650	91
Courtney Ruby	3.2%	3,264	56
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	12.3%	12,420	67
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker	8%	8,142	83
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	29.8%	30,212	44
Jean Quan	15.8%	16,026	112
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		3,494	390
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 9
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	0%	0	0
Dan Siegel	13.5%	13,598	965
Rebecca Kaplan	15%	15,185	194
Jason "Shake" Anderson - Eliminated	1.7%	1,741	−1,741
Courtney Ruby	3.3%	3,320	44
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	12.4%	12,487	52
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker	8.1%	8,225	54
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	30%	30,256	104
Jean Quan	16%	16,138	79
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		3,884	249
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 10
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	0%	0	0
Dan Siegel	14.5%	14,563	268
Rebecca Kaplan	15.3%	15,379	320
Jason "Shake" Anderson	0%	0	0
Courtney Ruby - Eliminated	3.3%	3,364	−3,364
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	12.5%	12,539	801
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker	8.2%	8,279	272
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	30.1%	30,360	953
Jean Quan	16.1%	16,217	198
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		4,133	552
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 11
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	0%	0	0
Dan Siegel	14.8%	14,831	987
Rebecca Kaplan	15.7%	15,699	1,324
Jason "Shake" Anderson	0%	0	0
Courtney Ruby	0%	0	0
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	13.3%	13,340	1,533
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker - Eliminated	8.5%	8,551	−8,551
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	31.3%	31,313	1,867
Jean Quan	16.4%	16,415	741
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		4,685	2,099
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 12
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	0%	0	0
Dan Siegel	16.1%	15,818	1,584
Rebecca Kaplan	17.4%	17,023	1,639
Jason "Shake" Anderson	0%	0	0
Courtney Ruby	0%	0	0
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman - Eliminated	15.2%	14,873	−14,873
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker	0%	0	0
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	33.8%	33,180	6,761
Jean Quan	17.5%	17,156	893
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		6,784	3,996
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 13
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	0%	0	0
Dan Siegel - Eliminated	18.5%	17,402	−17,402
Rebecca Kaplan	19.8%	18,662	4,679
Jason "Shake" Anderson	0%	0	0
Courtney Ruby	0%	0	0
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	0%	0	0
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker	0%	0	0
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	42.5%	39,941	3,877
Jean Quan	19.2%	18,049	2,476
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		10,780	6,370
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Round 14
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	0%	0	0
Dan Siegel	0%	0	0
Rebecca Kaplan	26.6%	23,341	5,080
Jason "Shake" Anderson	0%	0	0
Courtney Ruby	0%	0	0
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	0%	0	0
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker	0%	0	0
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Most votes	50%	43,818	4,988
Jean Quan - Eliminated	23.4%	20,525	−20,525
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		17,150	10,457
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

This is the final round of voting. To view previous rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Mayor of Oakland, 2014, Final Round
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Charles Ray Williams	0%	0	0
Dan Siegel	0%	0	0
Rebecca Kaplan - Eliminated	36.8%	28,421	0
Jason "Shake" Anderson	0%	0	0
Courtney Ruby	0%	0	0
Eric Wilson	0%	0	0
Saied Karamooz	0%	0	0
Patrick K. McCullough	0%	0	0
Nancy Sidebotham	0%	0	0
Peter Yuan Liu	0%	0	0
Joseph Tuman	0%	0	0
Ken Houston	0%	0	0
Bryan Parker	0%	0	0
Elizabeth "Libby" Schaaf - Winner	63.2%	48,806	0
Jean Quan	0%	0	0
Write-in	0%	0	0
Sammuel Washington	0%	0	0
Exhausted		27,607	0
Total Votes		104,834	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

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See also

• Oakland, California
• Oakland, California mayoral election, 2014
• United States municipal elections, 2014

External links

Suggest a link

• City of Oakland - Official candidate list
• Campaign website