Oakland incumbents to face each other

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Oakland-incumbents-to-face-each-other-3739272.php

Oakland City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente's bold decision to risk his District 5 seat to challenge colleague Rebecca Kaplan for her at-large seat in November could usher in a new era in Oakland politics.

Local politics for frustrated Oakland residents resemble a game of whack-a-mole: Elected officials leave one office only to show up in another. The whole process is maddening.

In 2010, then-Councilwoman Jean Quan left office to return as the surprise winner in the city's first ranked-choice election for mayor. In November, District 1 Councilwoman Jane Brunner will leave office hoping to return as the next city attorney. It just goes on and on. De La Fuente endorsed Noel Gallo, a longtime Oakland School Board member, to fill his District 5 seat.