Nine candidates are seeking to oust Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf this November. Do they have a chance?

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s first term has had its political pockmarks, including a nagging housing affordability crisis and proliferating homeless camps, a police officer sex exploitation scandal and the tragic Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 people and revealed major flaws in the fire department's inspection program. Yet this time around unseating a sitting mayor -- and a generally popular one at that -- may be as difficult as convincing the Raiders and Warriors to stay in Oakland another four years, political pundits say.