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The 2022 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections were held on November 8, 2022. Five of the eleven seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were up for election. The election was conducted with ranked-choice voting.
Four of the five incumbent supervisors were re-elected except for Gordon Mar, who lost to Joel Engardio by a small margin in District 4. Two incumbents, Catherine Stefani and Shamann Walton, were re-elected without any opposition.
Results
District 2
The incumbent Supervisor was Catherine Stefani, who was appointed to the seat in 2018 and sought reelection for a second full term. Stefani ran unopposed in the election as no other candidate was on the ballot.
Candidates
- Catherine Stefani, incumbent supervisor
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Stefani (incumbent) | 22,111 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 22,111 | 100.00 | |
District 4
District 4 encompassed Sunset District, Parkside, and Pine Lake.[2] The incumbent Supervisor was Gordon Mar, who was first elected in 2018 and sought reelection for a second term. In the election, Mar was unseated by Joel Engardio, the executive director of the Stop Crime SF advocacy group who was described as a moderate Democrat. Engardio's win made him the first candidate in 20 years to unseat a previously elected incumbent supervisor.[3] It was also the first time the district elected a non-Asian supervisor since created in 2000, as well as the first openly gay supervisor to represent a district in western San Francisco.[4]
Candidates
- Gordon Mar, incumbent supervisor
- Joel Engardio, executive director of Stop Crime SF
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Engardio | 13,634 | 50.84 | |
| Gordon Mar (incumbent) | 13,181 | 49.16 | |
| Total votes | 26,815 | 100.00 | |
District 6
The incumbent supervisor was Matt Dorsey, who was first appointed to the seat in 2022 by Mayor London Breed in order to fill the remainder of Matt Haney's term. Hayney had resigned the seat after he was elected to the California State Assembly.[6] Dorsey ran for a full term, and won the election against Honey Mahogany.[7]
Candidates
- Matt Dorsey, incumbent supervisor
- Honey Mahogany, drag performer and activist
- Billie Cooper, community activist
- Cherelle Jackson
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Dorsey (incumbent) | 8,264 | 50.79 | |
| Honey Mahogany | 7,100 | 43.64 | |
| Cherelle Jackson | 540 | 3.32 | |
| Billie Cooper | 5,366 | 2.25 | |
| Valid votes | 13,882 | 87.29% | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 2,388 | 12.71% | |
| Total votes | 16,270 | 100.00 | |
| Ranked choice voting — Pass 3 | |||
| Matt Dorsey (incumbent) | 8,543 | 53.10 | |
| Honey Mahogany | 7,547 | 46.90 | |
| Exhausted votes | 172 | 1.07% | |
| Total votes | 16,090 | 100.00 | |
Ranked-choice vote distribution
| Candidate | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Dorsey (incumbent) | 8,264 | 8,355 | 8,543 |
| Honey Mahogany | 7,100 | 7,253 | 7,547 |
| Cherelle Jackson | 540 | 615 | Eliminated |
| Billie Cooper | 366 | Eliminated | |
| Eligible ballots | 13,837 | 13,700 | 13,522 |
| Exhausted ballots | 45 | 127 | 172 |
| Total | 16,270 | 16,223 | 16,090 |
District 8
District 8 encompassed the Castro District, Noe Valley, and Glen Park. The incumbent supervisor was Rafael Mandelman, who was first elected in 2018 in a special election. He was re-elected in a landslide against lawyer Kate Stoia.[9]
Candidates
- Rafael Mandelman, incumbent supervisor
- Kate Stoia, lawyer
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Mandelman (incumbent) | 27,391 | 77.45 | |
| Kate Stoia | 7,379 | 22.53 | |
| Total votes | 34,770 | 100.00 | |
District 10
Candidates
- Shamann Walton, incumbent supervisor
- Brian Adam
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamann Walton (incumbent) | 12,217 | 72.64 | |
| Brian Adam | 4,602 | 27.36 | |
| Total votes | 16,819 | 100.00 | |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Candidates". San Francisco Department of Elections. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ "Incumbent SF supervisor Gordon Mar concedes to Joel Engardio in Sunset District race". CBS News. November 17, 2022.
- ^ Morris, J.D. (November 16, 2022). "Moderate Joel Engardio unseats progressive S.F. Supervisor Gordon Mar". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Shanks, Adam (November 16, 2022). "How Engardio defeated Mar in rare ousting of an incumbent". San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ "d4_short" (PDF). sfelections.org. City and County of San Francisco. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ Khalid, Sunni (May 10, 2022). "Matt Dorsey appointed to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors". KALW. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ Ferrannini, John (November 14, 2022). "Honey Mahogany concedes San Francisco District 6 race to Matt Dorsey". KRON-TV.
- ^ "d6_short" (PDF). sfelections.org. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ Bastone, Nick (November 4, 2022). "Housing, small business support dominate D8 race". Axios.
- ^ "d8_short" (PDF). sfelections.org. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "d10_short" (PDF). sfelections.org. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.