Election Information

2024 Election

ELECTION RESULTS

Seats Up for Election - Mayor, Seats #2 and #3:

Mayor: For the Mayoral Seat, qualified candidates were Salvador Ramos and Shane Taylor. Shane Taylor received 65% of the vote with 756 votes to win the election. Shane will serve a four-year term.

Seat #2: Incumbent Michael Satterfield - Town Commission member Michael Satterfield (Seat 2) qualified and is unopposed. Commissioner Satterfield will serve an additional four-year term.

Seat #3: There were no qualified candidates for Seat 3; Sal Ramos was appointed to this seat by the Town Commission on April 9, 2024.

Municipal Election Day: March 19, 2024 (Held concurrently with the Federal Presidential Preference Primary)

No election for Mayor or any seat shall be required in any election if there is only one (1) duly qualified candidate for Mayor or for any seat. At close of qualifying that candidate shall be considered elected by operation of law.

Swearing-In: The term of office of all elected officials will commence at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting following the day of the Run-off Election or, if there is no run-off election for any seat or for Mayor, at the next regularly scheduled Commission meeting after the General Election.

Terms of Office: Four-year Terms unless no qualified candidate exists and an appointment needs to be made. Appointments are made until the next municipal election.

QUALIFICATIONS (Per Town of Oakland Charter Sec. 2.4 and Code Sec. 22-1 (d) and (f))

Must be a qualified elector of the Town and have resided continuously in the Town for at least one (1) year preceding their qualifying date.
A person may not be a candidate for mayor and commissioner in the same election.