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Ahsha Safaí , Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie, Mayor London Breed and Aaron Peskin take the stage at the mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
The race poses a central question to voters: Who is to blame for The City’s well-documented social and economic struggles, and who can take credit for its recent progress?. If defeated, Breed would be the first incumbent mayor to lose a bid for reelection since Willie Brown defeated Mayor Frank Jordan in 1996.
Given the cluster of candidates in the moderate camp, many have speculated that any combination of the candidates could form an alliance and encourage voters to support multiple candidates in The City’s ranked-choice voting system. Prior to serving as interim mayor, Farrell spent two terms on the Board of Supervisors representing a district including the Marina, Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights.Mark Farrell at the mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
He has pitched himself to voters as a leader who can bridge San Francisco’s political divides. Safai, who has represented neighborhoods including the Outer Mission and Excelsior on the Board of Supervisors for two terms, has beenSupervisor Ahsha Safaí speaking at the Mayoral Forum at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
The switch is expected to bring higher voter turnout in the mayoral race, meaning there could be voters casting ballots who are normally tuned out of local politics.The substantial interest in San Francisco politics and tightly contested nature of the race have spurred a spending blitz. — which he formed to support a charter reform effort proposed by political group TogetherSF — to accept large donations from well-heeled donors and use them to share expenses with his mayoral campaign. The ballot-measure committee is not bound by contribution limits, but his mayoral campaign is.
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