2015 San Francisco mayoral election

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2015 San Francisco mayoral election
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  2011 November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03) 2018
(special)
 
  Mayor Ed Lee Headshot Closeup (cropped1).jpg Francisco Herrera.png
Candidate Ed Lee Francisco Herrera
Popular vote105,29828,638
Percentage55.3%15.0%

  Amy Farah Weiss.png Stuart Schuffman.png
CandidateAmy Farah Weiss Stuart Schuffman
Popular vote23,09918,211
Percentage12.1%9.6%

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Results by supervisorial district
Lee:     <40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Mayor before election

Ed Lee
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Ed Lee
Democratic

The 2015 San Francisco mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of San Francisco, California. Incumbent Mayor Ed Lee won re-election to a second term in office. [1] [2] All local elections in California are nonpartisan.

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Candidates

In November 2015, incumbent Mayor Ed Lee declared that he would stand for reelection for a second term as mayor. [3] State Senator Mark Leno had considered running but ultimately decided against it. [4] [5] Former Mayor Art Agnos, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Public Defender Jeff Adachi and former State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano all also declined to run. Initially, local media speculated that Lee would run for reelection unopposed. [6] Lee was ultimately opposed by five candidates: Kent Graham, Francisco Herrera, Reed Martin, Stuart Schuffman, and Amy Farah Weiss. [7]

Election results

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties. Instant-runoff voting, also known as ranked-choice voting, was used in the election. Lee was reelected with a majority of the vote in the first round of votes, and no transferring of votes was required.

San Francisco mayoral election, 2015 [8]
CandidateVotes %
Ed Lee (incumbent)105,29855.3
Francisco Herrera28,63815.0
Amy Farah Weiss23,09912.1
Stuart Schuffman 18,2119.6
Kent Graham8,7754.6
Reed Martin4,6122.4
Write-in candidates1,7640.9
Total votes184,021 100.0

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