Angela Alioto
Angela Alioto ran in a special election for Mayor of San Francisco in California. Alioto lost in the special general election on June 5, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
Special general election for Mayor of San Francisco
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Mayor of San Francisco on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | London Breed (Nonpartisan) | 36.6 | 91,918 |
 | Mark Leno (Nonpartisan) | 24.4 | 61,276 | |
 | Jane Kim (Nonpartisan) | 24.2 | 60,644 | |
| Angela Alioto (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 17,447 | ||
 | Ellen Lee Zhou (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 9,521 | |
 | Richie Greenberg (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 7,016 | |
 | Amy Farah Weiss (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 1,661 | |
 | Michelle Bravo (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 890 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 495 | ||
| Total votes: 250,868 | |||
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Election overview
London Breed won the special mayoral election in San Francisco with 36.6 percent of the vote.
The election was called after former Mayor Ed Lee died of a heart attack on December 12, 2017.[1] Eight candidates filed for the seat.
Breed, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors president, was initially appointed as acting mayor after Lee passed away. The board replaced her with fellow supervisor Mark Farrell a month later, citing the desire for an interim mayor who was not also running for the office.[2] Breed collected endorsements from state Sen. Scott Wiener (D), State Assemblyman David Chiu (D), the San Francisco Firefighter's Union, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She led the candidates in funds raised, reporting $1.33 million as of May 19. She has also led in three separate polls, with her highest support at 33 percent. Breed's campaigning focused on transportation, education, and homelessness.[3]
District 6 Supervisor and attorney Jane Kim was another top contender, receiving the endorsements of the San Francisco Democratic Party Central Committee, the San Francisco Democratic Party, and the Bernie Sanders-linked group Our Revolution. She reported $494,000 in contributions, which was the second-highest number after Breed's. Kim described herself as a progressive and focused her campaign on improving city services, helping the homeless, and income inequality.[4]
Former supervisor, state assemblyman, and state Sen. Mark Leno also emerged as a frontrunner, collecting endorsements from four San Francisco Board of Supervisors members, Equality California, the American Federation of Teachers, and the Community Tenants Association. He reported $493,000 in funds raised as of May 19 and led in two polls, with his highest support at 29%. Leno focused on ending homelessness by 2020, cleaner streets, reducing crime, and affordable housing.[5]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ SF Gate, "San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65," December 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Supervisor Mark Farrell named interim San Francisco mayor," January 24, 2018
- ↑ London Breed 2018 campaign website, "Platforms," accessed May 27, 2018
- ↑ Jane Kim 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 27, 2018
- ↑ Mark Leno 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 27, 2018
