2024 San Francisco mayoral election

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2024 San Francisco mayoral election
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Incumbent Mayor

London Breed



The 2024 San Francisco mayoral election will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of San Francisco, California. It was originally scheduled for November 7, 2023, but following the passage of Proposition H in 2022, mayoral elections were rescheduled to coincide with presidential elections. The election will use ranked-choice voting.

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Incumbent mayor London Breed is running for re-election to a second term in office. Breed is considered vulnerable, as polls have consistently shown her with low approval ratings. Breed has faced criticism for her handling of important issues in the city, including homelessness, crime, and drug addiction. [1]

Candidates

Declared

Filed paperwork

Endorsements

London Breed
Local officials
Organizations
Daniel Lurie
Local officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		London
Breed		Mark
Farrell		Daniel
Lurie		Ahsha
Safaí		Undecided
Sextant Strategies & Research [upper-alpha 1] February 14–18, 2024812 (LV)± 3.4%18%20%16%8%38%
David Binder Research (D) [upper-alpha 2] January 15–20, 2024600 (LV)± 4.0%26%15%21%10%28%

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
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  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by the San Francisco Chronicle
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Lurie's campaign

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  2. ↑ Ege, Mike (January 15, 2024). "Get To Know the Longshots Running for San Francisco Mayor". The San Francisco Standard . Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ Morris, J. D.; Moench, Mallory (March 23, 2023). "S.F. Mayor Breed may have a challenger in next year's election. Here's who is looking to run". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
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  5. ↑ Shanks, Adam (September 26, 2023). "Officially official: Lurie joins SF mayoral field". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sup. Aaron Peskin says he's running for San Francisco mayor". KTVU FOX 2. April 3, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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