Around 220,000 voters turned out in San Francisco to vote in yesterday's midterm elections—that's 44 percent of the city's 500,000 or so registered voters, lower than the predicted 47 percent turnout rate for the nation as a whole.
Nonetheless, SF voters elected three new city Supervisors and kept two incumbents (District 2's Catherine Stefani and District 8's Rafael Mandelman) in office, and passed a hotly contested measure that will levy additional taxes on large businesses to fight homelessness.
Update, 12:59 p.m.: While Rafael Mandelman and Matt Haney have been officially elected as supervisors, the other three supervisor races remain unconcluded due to ranked-choice voting. See more below.
Here's all the key local results from last night's returns, courtesy of the SF Board of Elections.
U.S. Representative, District 12
Nancy Pelosi (D): 85.55%
Lisa Remmer (R): 14.45%
U.S. Representative, District 14
Jackie Speier (D): 80.87%
Cristina Osmeña (R): 19.13%
State Assembly, District 17
David Chiu (D): 76.49%
Alejandro Fernandez (D): 23.51%
State Assembly, District 19
Phil Ting (D): 82.6%
Keith Bogdon (R): 17.4%
Supervisor, District 2 (Cow Hollow, Marina, Pacific Heights)
This race remains incomplete due to ranked-choice voting. Here are the current rankings.
Catherine Stefani: 42.34%
Nick Josefowitz: 37.37%
Schuyler Hudak: 10.86%
John Dennis: 9.32%
Supervisor, District 4 (Sunset)
This race remains incomplete due to ranked-choice voting. Here are the current rankings.
Gordon Mar: 34.86%
Jessica Ho: 26.16%
Trevor McNeil: 12.37%
Arthur Tom: 9.05%
Lou Ann Bassan: 8.07%
Mike Murphy: 4.57%
Tuan Nguyen: 2.96%
Adam Kim: 1.83%
Supervisor, District 6 (SoMa, Tenderloin, Treasure Island)
Matt Haney: 56.9%
Christine Johnson: 25.1%
Sonja Trauss: 18.0%
Supervisor, District 8 (Castro, Glen Park, Noe Valley)
Rafael Mandelman: 91.4%
Lawrence Dagesse: 8.6%
Supervisor, District 10 (Bayview/Hunters Point, Potrero Hill, Visitacion Valley)
This race remains incomplete due to ranked-choice voting. Here are the current rankings.
Shamann Walton: 41.9%
Tony Kelly: 24.4%
Theo Ellington: 20.0%
Uzuri Pease-Greene: 5.9%
Gloria Berry: 4.2%
Asale Chandler: 3.6%
Assessor-Recorder
Carmen Chu: 76.2%
Paul Bellar: 23.8%
Board of Education (top 3 winners earn seats)
Alison Collins: 14.9%
Gabriela Lopez: 13.2%
Faauuga Moliga: 12.8%
Community College Board (top 3 winners earn seats)
Brigitte Davila: 29.9%
Thea Selby: 29.5%
John Rizzo: 24.1%
Proposition A
A $425 million bond to pay for repairs to the Embarcadero seawall, which protects $100 billion in property and infrastructure from flooding a major earthquake. Requires a two-thirds majority to pass.
Yes: 81.96%
No: 18.04%
Proposition B
Privacy measure that requires the city administrator’s office to craft an ordinance outlining how third-party companies must protect consumer data if the city issues them a permit, grant or license.
Yes: 56.79%
No: 43.21%
Proposition C
Levies a gross receipts tax of 0.5 percent on corporate revenue above $50 million. The $300 million raised would fund programs to fight homelessness, including 4,000 affordable housing units; 1,000 new shelter beds; rental subsidies for low-income people; and more street cleaning.
Yes: 59.91%
No: 40.09%
Proposition D
Levies a gross receipts tax on recreational cannabis businesses of between 1 and 5 percent (depending on if the business is retail or non-retail and how much gross revenue it takes in) starting January 1, 2021. Sales of medical cannabis would be exempt, as would the first $500,000 of gross receipts from sales of recreational cannabis.
Yes: 65.91%
No: 34.09%
Proposition E
Would reallocate about $32 million of the money generated by SF's hotel tax, which currently goes into the general fund, to support arts and cultural organizations and projects. Requires a two-thirds majority to pass.
Yes: 74.28%
No: 25.72%
For all the information on how San Franciscans voted in the statewide races (hint: straight Dem ticket) and California ballot propositions, visit the Board of Elections' website.
