The campaign for a new Mayor of Oakland is underway now, after the recall of Mayor Sheng Thao. Former Representative Barbara Lee shook up the race by throwing her hat in the ring, making her the prohibitive favorite. Last week, Lee made her candidacy official, just days after retiring from Congress, and now she is the frontrunner in the April 15 special election for a new Mayor to finish the last two years of Thao’s term.

For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by KCBS political reporter Doug Sovern. Sovern spoke with Congresswoman Lee, in one of her first major interviews since declaring her candidacy, to talk about her decision to run for Mayor.