OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao may be on the verge of getting recalled, as early election numbers counted Tuesday night showed nearly 65% of Oaklanders wanted her out of office. Follow the latest with Thao's recall race here However, in an interview with KRON4 that happened after the early batch of numbers came in, Thao said she has no major regrets from her time in office. "All of the major decisions that I've made, I don't regret them," she told KRON4. Thao's tenure has been marred with controversy as she fired Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong shortly after taking office, saw her house raided by FBI agents last summer and oversaw the city as the Oakland A's departed. Unprompted, she followed up her comment about having no regrets by diving into the Armstrong situation, directly blaming the former top cop for the city being under federal oversight. "Let's be reminded that we're still under federal oversight because of former chief LeRonne Armstrong," she said. Thao fired Armstrong because he failed to discipline an Oakland Police Department sergeant who was involved in a hit-and-run crash. Thao believed there were "systemic issues" within OPD, while Armstrong pushed a different message, she said at the time. On Tuesday, she said her decision exhibited strong leadership. "That's exactly what a leader needs to do," she said. "A leader needs to be somebody who's unapologetic about putting Oakland, the City of Oakland, first. Not just because someone is super popular. Again, if you're going to skirt something under the rug, then you are gonna get called out for it." As Thao was being interviewed, 35,367 votes were tallied -- 64% of which were cast in favor of ousting her. Still, Thao remained positive about what lay ahead. "I'm feeling very positive. I know that Oaklanders, that they are voting against the millionaire who doesn't even live in our city, who's trying to take away our democracy," she said. Thao is referring to Philip Dreyfuss, a Piedmont resident responsible for funding much of the recall campaign against her. She wrote a public letter to Dreyfuss last week. Thao confirmed to KRON4 that if the recall vote passes, it is confirmed by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters and accepted by the Oakland City Council, she will leave office. "If it looks bad for me, then that would mean that after it's actually confirmed with the city council, I will leave office immediately," she said. As of the time this story was published, 45,867 votes were in -- 64.85% of which support the recall. Oakland has 252,382 registered voters. Bay City News contributed to this report.