2018 San Francisco mayoral special election

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2018 San Francisco mayoral special election
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  London Breed (1).jpg Mark Leno at 2010 NCCBF Grand Parade 2010-04-18 4 (cropped).JPG
Candidate London Breed Mark Leno
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 92,121
36.70% 		61,416
24.47%
Maximum round 115,977
50.55% 		113,431
49.45%
  SupervisorJaneKim (1).png Angela Alioto 5-26-18 (1).jpg
Candidate Jane Kim Angela Alioto
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 60,738
24.20% 		17,552
6.91%
Maximum round Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Mark Farrell
Nonpartisan

Elected Mayor

London Breed
Nonpartisan

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A special election was held for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco on June 5, 2018, to fill the remainder of the term of Ed Lee, who was elected in 2011 and 2015 and died in office on December 12, 2017. Upon Lee's death, London Breed, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, became Acting Mayor of San Francisco, but a vote of six supervisors replaced Breed with Supervisor Mark Farrell. The mayoral election was held concurrently with the statewide direct primary election. In San Francisco, the election for the eighth district member of the board of supervisors was also on the ballot.

Eight candidates qualified to appear on the ballot, and a ninth qualified as a write-in. The four major candidates were former Supervisor Angela Alioto, former Acting Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Jane Kim and former state senator Mark Leno.[1] All four main candidates identify as Democrats, though the position is officially nonpartisan per the Constitution of California.[2][3] Leno conceded the race to Breed on June 13.[4]

Background[]

Ed Lee, who was appointed Mayor of San Francisco in 2011 following Gavin Newsom's election as Lieutenant Governor of California, elected to a full term in 2011, and reelected in 2015, died of cardiac arrest on December 12, 2017.[5] London Breed, the president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, became the city's acting mayor.[6][7]

On January 23, 2018, the board of supervisors selected Mark Farrell to serve as interim mayor until the special election could be held. Citing Ron Conway's role as a benefactor to Breed, Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Jane Kim, considered the progressive members of the board, sought to deny Breed the benefits of incumbency going into the election.[8][9]

As San Francisco elections use ranked choice voting, Kim and Mark Leno chose to align with each other, each endorsing the other as their preferred second choice.[10]

Candidates[]

The filing deadline was 5 p.m. on January 9, 2018.[11]

Qualified[]

The following eight candidates qualified for the ballot by filing all nomination documents and paying the filing fee.[12] The deadline for a candidate to drop out of the race and remove himself or herself from the ballot was January 30, 2018.[13]

  • Angela Alioto,[12] anti-discrimination attorney,[13] former Supervisor; unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 1991, 1995, and 2003[14]
  • Michelle Bravo,[12] holistic health practitioner[15][16]
  • London Breed, former Acting Mayor; Supervisor (5th district) and president of the board of supervisors[17]
  • Richie Greenberg,[12] business consultant, Republican County Central Committee delegate[18]
  • Jane Kim,[12] Supervisor (6th district), former president of the San Francisco Board of Education[19]
  • Mark Leno,[12] former Supervisor, former State Assemblyman, former state senator[20]
  • Amy Farah Weiss,[12] homelessness activist[18]
  • Ellen Lee Zhou,[12] social worker[18]

Declined[]

  • David Chiu, state assemblyman[21]
  • Carmen Chu, city Assessor-Recorder[21][22]
  • Mark Farrell, Supervisor (2nd district), later appointed interim mayor[23]
  • Dennis Herrera, City Attorney (2002–present), former president of the city Police Commission[24][18]
  • Daniel Lurie, philanthropist, CEO of Tipping Point Community[11]
  • Scott Wiener, state senator[20]

General election[]

Endorsements[]

hide
Angela Alioto
Organizations
  • San Francisco Police Officers Association[25]
hide
Richie Greenberg
Organizations
hide
Jane Kim
Organizations
  • Our Revolution[29]
  • The People for Bernie Sanders[30][31]
  • Service Employees International Union, Local 1021[32]
  • San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (dual endorsement with Mark Leno)[33]
  • Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club (dual endorsement with Mark Leno)[34]
  • San Francisco Democratic Party (endorsed as second choice; party endorsed Leno as first choice)[35]
  • (Jane Kim #1)[36]
  • (Jane Kim #1)[37]
Politicians
  • Tom Ammiano, former California State Assemblyman, LGBT Rights activist[38]
  • John Avalos, former San Francisco Supervisor[38]
  • Matt Gonzalez, former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[38]
hide
Mark Leno
Organizations
  • San Francisco Democratic Party (endorsed as first choice)[35]
  • Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club[39]
  • Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club (dual endorsement with Jane Kim)[34]
  • Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund[40]
  • Equality California[40]
  • San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (dual endorsement with Jane Kim)[33]
  • (Mark Leno #2)[36]
Politicians
  • Scott Wiener, State Senator (jointly endorsed Breed and Leno)[41]
  • Sandra Lee Fewer, San Francisco Supervisor[42]
  • Aaron Peskin, San Francisco Supervisor[42]
  • Ahsha Safaí, San Francisco Supervisor[42]
  • Norman Yee, San Francisco Supervisor[42]
  • John A. Perez, former Assembly Speaker state Assemblyman from Los Angeles[40]
  • Toni Atkins, President Pro Tempore California Senate, Senator from San Diego, former Speaker of the Assembly, former state Assemblywoman from San Diego[40]
hide
London Breed
Organizations
  • San Francisco Firefighter's Union[43]
  • San Francisco Chronicle[44]
  • YIMBY Action[45]
Politicians
  • Scott Wiener, State Senator (jointly endorsed Breed and Leno)[41]
  • David Chiu, California State Assemblymember[46]
  • Gabrielle Giffords, former congresswoman from Arizona (2007-2012)
  • Mark Kelly, astronaut, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford's husband, and future US Senator from Arizona (2021-)[47]

Polling[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		RCV
Choice 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Angela
Alioto 		London
Breed 		Richie
Greenberg 		Jane
Kim 		Mark
Leno 		Other Undecided
Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates[48] April 20–23, 2018 First 600 ± 3.0% 8% 28% 6% 17% 21% — —
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research[49] March 28 – April 3, 2018 First 610 ± 4.0% 6% 27% — 17% 29% — 9%
Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates[50] February 22–28, 2018 First 462 ± 4.6% 8% 29% — 26% 19% — —
KPIX-TV/Survey USA[51] January 13–14, 2018 First 717 ± 4.3% 9% 19% — 13% 22% — —
SurveyUSA (with RCV) January 10–14, 2018 First 462 ± 4.6% 9% 19% 4% 14% 22% 6%[52] 22%
Second 385 ± 5.1% 16% 19% 6% 10% 25% 7%[53] 16%
Third 306 ± 5.7% 13% 12% 9% 16% 15% 8%[54] 26%
Public Policy Polling[55] December 18–19, 2017 First 627 ± 4.0% — 20% — 5% 26% 26%[56] 23%[57]

Results[]

First-place votes counted on election night had Breed leading with 35.6 percent, Leno in second with 25.9 percent, and Kim with 22.8 percent. As candidates began to be eliminated, Leno took the lead the next day.[58] He maintained a small lead during the week.[59] On June 9, Breed took the lead over Leno.[60][61] On June 13, with only 8,000 ballots left to count,[62] Leno conceded defeat and congratulated Breed on her victory.[63]

Results summary[]

The following table shows a summary of the instant runoff for the election. The table shows the round in which the candidate was defeated or elected the winner, the votes for the candidate in that round, and what share those votes were of all votes counting for any candidate in that round. There is also a bar graph showing those votes for each candidate and categorized as either first-round votes or votes that were transferred from another candidate.

San Francisco mayoral special election, 2018[64]
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Nonpartisan London Breed 9 115,977 50.55%
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Nonpartisan Mark Leno 9 113,431 49.45%
​​
Nonpartisan Jane Kim 8 66,043 27.81%
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Nonpartisan Angela Alioto 7 21,981 8.94%
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Nonpartisan Ellen Lee Zhou 6 10,637 4.28%
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Nonpartisan Richie Greenberg 5 7,242 2.89%
​​
Nonpartisan Amy Farah Weiss 4 1,735 0.69%
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Nonpartisan Michelle Bravo 3 900 0.36%
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Nonpartisan Antoine R. Rogers (Write-in) 2 3 0.00%
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Nonpartisan Write-ins 1 0 0.00%
​​
San Francisco mayoral special election, 2018
First Round Ballot Summary
Count Share of
Contest
Ballots
Continuing Votes 251,032 98.83%
Over Votes 634 0.25%
Under Votes 2,350 0.93%
Contest Ballots 254,016 100.00%
Registered Voters 481,991
Contest Turnout 52.70%


Vote counts by round[]

The following table shows how votes were counted[64] in a series of rounds of instant runoffs. Each voter could mark which candidates were the voter's first, second, and third choice. Each voter had one vote, but could mark three choices for how that vote can be counted. In each round, the vote is counted for the most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated. Then one or more candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated. Votes that counted for an eliminated candidate are transferred to the voter's next most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated.

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9
London Breed 92,121 92,121 92,124 92,243 92,442 93,605 96,392 102,767 115,977
Mark Leno 61,416 61,416 61,416 61,533 61,881 62,861 64,128 68,707 113,431
Jane Kim 60,738 60,738 60,738 60,829 61,422 61,843 63,261 66,043
Angela Alioto 17,552 17,552 17,552 17,737 17,929 19,626 21,981
Ellen Lee Zhou 9,576 9,576 9,576 9,687 9,829 10,637
Richie Greenberg 7,051 7,051 7,051 7,128 7,242
Amy Farah Weiss 1,675 1,675 1,675 1,735
Michelle Bravo 900 900 900
Antoine R. Rogers (Write-in) 3 3
Write-in 0
Continuing votes 251,032 251,032 251,032 250,892 250,745 248,572 245,762 237,517 224,009
Exhausted ballots 0 0 0 136 280 2,445 5,237 13,456 21,510
Over Votes 634 634 634 638 641 649 667 693 748
Under Votes 2,350 2,350 2,350 2,350 2,350 2,350 2,350 2,350 2,350
Total 254,016 254,016 254,016 254,016 254,016 254,016 254,016 254,016 254,016

Continuing votes are votes that counted for a candidate in that round. Exhausted ballots represent votes that could not be transferred because a less preferred candidate was not marked on the ballot. Voters were allowed to mark only three choices because of voting system limitations. Over votes are votes that could not be counted for a candidate because more than one candidate was marked for a choice that was ready to be counted. Under votes are ballots were left blank or that only marked a choice for a write-in candidate that had not qualified as a write-in candidate.

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  52. ^ First: Michelle Bravo, Amy Farah Weiss, and Ellen Lee Zhou with 2%
  53. ^ Second: Amy Farah Weiss 4%, Ellen Lee Zhou 2%, Michelle Bravo 1%
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  56. ^ First: David Chiu* 11%, Dennis Herrera* 10%, Carmen Chu* 5%. *Hypothetical candidate.
  57. ^ Other/Undecided 23%
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