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Kent Graham
Kent Graham was a 2015 candidate for mayor of San Francisco, California. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. Kent Graham lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Graham holds an MBA from Pepperdine University.[1] He worked as a hospital administrator prior to his retirement.[2]
Campaign themes
2015
Graham's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
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While I am aware that we need outside businesses, tourists, foreign industry partners, sister city commerce, and support from around the world, I think the politicians have gotten caught up in their own rhetoric, and overlooked the people who matter most in our beloved city…San Franciscans. We can’t be spending time in India looking for outsourcing jobs for the tech and garment industries, when there are homeless people here in San Francisco that could use those jobs. We shouldn’t have let the 49ers move to Santa Clara, when a new stadium-shopping complex would have revitalized Hunters Point. We can’t keep letting Oakland take all the Shipping and Transport business, when San Franciscans could benefit from just a fraction of that business. For the greatest city in the world to have the roads we have, the sewer system we have, and the homeless problems we have, is just unacceptable in my view. I know we need to look at all the major issues: crime, education , and health care are among my top priorities. But I would like to do things that have an immediate impact on the city and citizens of San Francisco. Some of the ideas I have listed below may be too idealistic, too realistic, and too common sense for most politicians. They want to get reelected and so will compromise their values, ethics, and promises to do so. I am running once and once only and I ask for your support to return the city to the control of it’s citizens, for the benefit of it’s citizens. I won’t seek endorsements from anyone that isn’t a voting eligible citizen of San Francisco, and won’t take money from people or businesses courting favors. So if you would like 4 years of someone working on your behalf alone, send me $5 or $1 and tell me your pet peeve about San Francisco, and lets get something done we can all be proud of. I am not a politician, but I am a manager that has brought over 400 budgets in on time and at or under budget. This city needs a manager to get things organized and achieving the goals we set. I can do that and within the budget. [4] |
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| —Kent Graham's campaign website, (2015), [3] | ||
Elections
2015
The city of San Francisco, California, held elections for mayor and board of supervisors on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was June 9, 2015.[5] In the mayoral race, incumbent Edwin M. Lee defeated Kent Graham, Francisco Herrera, Reed Martin, Stuart Schuffman and Amy Farah Weiss.[6]
| Mayor of San Francisco General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Edwin M. Lee Incumbent |
55.3% | 105,298 | |
| Francisco Herrera | 15% | 28,638 | |
| Amy Farah Weiss | 12.1% | 23,099 | |
| Stuart Schuffman | 9.6% | 18,211 | |
| Kent Graham | 4.6% | 8,775 | |
| Reed Martin | 2.4% | 4,612 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.9% | 1,764 | |
| Total Votes | 184,021 | ||
| Source: City & County of San Francisco, "November 3, 2015 Official Election Results," accessed November 23, 2015 | |||
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See also
- San Francisco, California
- San Francisco, California municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kent Graham for Mayor, "Home," accessed September 3, 2015
- ↑ SFGate, "Filing reveals split among S.F. supes for District 3 candidates," June 9, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kent Graham for Mayor, "Platform," accessed September 3, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ City of San Francisco, "Calendar for November 3, 2015, Municipal Elections," accessed February 12, 2015
- ↑ City of San Francisco, "Future Elections," accessed September 19, 2014
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