This map shows where Alameda County DA Pamela Price could be losing support

Precinct-level results showed Tuesday night that the East Bay cities that put progressive Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price into office two years ago could be turning on her as voters decided whether to oust her in a historic recall election.

In early returns with just over 200,000 votes counted, 65% of voters were in favor of pushing Price out of office, though the election may well get closer as additional ballots are tallied.

Price also trailed in early results when she was elected in November 2022 as part of a national movement of progressives pushing district attorneys to focus more on rehabilitation over punishment, reducing incarceration and increasing police accountability in the aftermath of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement. She ended up winning with 53% of the vote.

But Tuesday's early results showed that Price could be losing some of the support she saw when she was elected. While progressive strongholds like Berkeley and Emeryville voted against her recall so far, the early results indicated that she lost some of her support in Oakland.

The results from the county's suburbs and inland areas, which have typically leaned less progressive, have also weighed in favor of the recall.

In the 2022 election, Price's strongholds were in Alameda County's urban areas like Berkeley, Emeryville and much of Oakland. She also won more narrowly in precincts in Hayward, Newark and Fremont.

Her opponent, prosecutor Terry Wiley, meanwhile, was more successful in the suburbs and outskirts of the county, including areas like Piedmont, Dublin, Castro Valley, Livermore and Pleasanton. Wiley was also a reform-leaning candidate but was slightly less progressive than Price.

But Price, then a civil rights attorney, was elected just months after the successful recall of another Bay Area progressive district attorney, San Francisco's Chesa Boudin , whose opponents argued that his progressive reforms made the city less safe. Boudin was also blamed for issues outside of a district attorney's control, like increasing homelessness.

The recall campaign against Price began just months after she took office, fueled in large part by rising crime in Oakland , though crime in Oakland has since declined . It is the first time Alameda County voters will decide whether to recall a district attorney.

Price's promises included seeking shorter sentences, reducing mass incarceration and prosecuting police officers for misconduct. But critics say that her policies mean less accountability for criminals and fuel crime. Some have also said that Price lacks concern for victims and their families.

If the recall fails, Price will stay in office until 2026. But if voters decide to remove her from office, the county's Board of Supervisors will appoint a temporary successor, who will hold office until the next general election in 2026, when voters will elect a new district attorney. The chosen candidate will serve the rest of the term.