2024 San Francisco mayoral election

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2024 San Francisco mayoral election
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  Daniel Lurie Headshot (alt crop).jpg Mayor London Breed official portrait 2019 (alt crop).jpg
Candidate Daniel Lurie London Breed
First round102,720
26.33%		95,117
24.38%
Maximum round 182,364
55.02%		149,113
44.98%
  Aaron Peskin.jpg SupervisorMarkFarrell (3x4a) (cropped).jpg
Candidate Aaron Peskin Mark Farrell
First round89,215
22.86%		72,115
18.48%
Maximum round EliminatedEliminated
2024SFMayoralR1.svg
First round results by precinct
Mayor before election

London Breed
Democratic

Elected mayor

Daniel Lurie
Democratic

The 2024 San Francisco mayoral election took 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 used ranked-choice voting.

Contents

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

On November 7, Breed conceded the race to Daniel Lurie. [2]

Background

A survey was released by the San Francisco Controller in 2023 which reported the lowest safety rating since 1996, and the lowest government rating since 2002. [3] Polling in June reported that 64% of people did not believe London Breed should be reelected and she had a 66% disapproval rating. [4] [5]

Candidates

Debates and forums

2024 San Francisco mayoral election debates and forums
DateHostModerator(s)LinkParticipants
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  W Withdrawn
London BreedMark FarrellDaniel LurieAaron PeskinAhsha Safaí
May 20, 2024
(cancelled) [16] 		TogetherSF ActionKaren Breslau
Kim-Mai Cutler		WAWWA
June 12, 2024City Arts & Lectures Heather Knight
Manny Yekutiel		 Video PPPPP
June 17, 2024San Francisco
Democratic Party		Terisa EstacioPPPPP
July 8, 2024Stop Crime Action
Stop Crime SF
ConnectedSF		Frank Noto
Amber Lee		PPPAP
Sept. 5, 2024District 8
Neighborhood Groups		Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez Video APPPP
Sept. 11, 2024KPIX
San Francisco Examiner
KCBS		Ryan Yamamoto
Doug Sovereign
Adam Shanks		APPPP
Sept. 19, 2024 KQED
San Francisco Chronicle 		Joe Garofoli
Marisa Lagos
Scott Shafer		 Video PPPPP
Sept. 26, 2024Asian Pacific Islander Council Richard Lui
Gia Vang		PPPPP
Sept. 28, 2024San Francisco Latino Parity
and Equity Coalition		Chris Iglesias
Ani Rivera		PAPPP
Sept. 30, 2024 League of Women Voters
of San Francisco		Alison Goh
Darcy Brown		 Video APPPP

Endorsements

London Breed

State legislators

Local officials

Individuals

Political parties

Organizations

Labor unions

Editorial boards

Mark Farrell

Local officials

Organizations

  • Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club [28]
  • GrowSF [28]
  • San Francisco Chinese American Democratic Club [43]
  • TogetherSF Action [44]

Labor unions

Daniel Lurie

Local officials

Organizations

Editorial boards

Aaron Peskin

State legislators

Local officials

Individuals

Political parties

Organizations

Labor unions

Ahsha Safaí

Labor unions

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		RCV
round		London
Breed		Mark
Farrell		Daniel
Lurie		Aaron
Peskin		Ahsha
Safaí		OtherUndecided
David Binder Research [55] [A] October 26–27, 2024600 (LV)± 4%–23%17%26%18%4%5%7%
Public Policy Polling [56] [B] October 18–19, 2024621 (LV)± 4%–18%15%25%25%–6%11%
Sextant Strategies & Research [57] [C] October 15–16, 2024802 (LV)± 3.5%127%16%27%21%6%3%–
227%17%27%22%7%––
330%18%28%24%–––
433%–41%26%–––
544%–56%––––
Lieberman Data & Insights, Inc. [58] [D] October 9–19, 2024950 (LV)± 3.2%125%21%21%20%3%4%6%
David Binder Research [59] [A] September 28 – October 1, 2024600 (LV)± 4.4%123%19%22%16%4%6%10%
227%23%27%18%5%––
329%24%28%20%–––
437%27%36%––––
547%–53%––––
FM3 Research (D) [60] [E] September 21–26, 2024415 (RV)± 4.9%138%19%21%18%4%–11%
239%19%21%21%–––
343%–34%23%–––
451%–49%––––
David Binder Research [61] [A] September 3–8, 2024800 (LV)± 4.0%126%28%26%14%6%––
227%29%28%16%–––
333%33%34%––––
443%–57%––––
KRON4/Emerson College [62] September 5–7, 2024750 (LV)± 3.5%120.3%20.6%17.5%8.5%1.6%–26.5%
FM3 Research (D) [63] [A] August 21–28, 2024708 (LV)± 4.0%136%23%22%14%5%––
238%23%23%15%–––
344%27%28%––––
452%–48%––––
Probolsky Research [64] [F] July 30–August 7, 2024300 (RV)± 5.8%128%24%19%22%3%––
228%24%19%22%3%––
329%24%20%22%3%––
430%25%20%22%3%––
530%26%21%23%–––
636%36%–28%–––
751%49%–––––
Sextant Strategies & Research [65] [C] July 31 – August 5, 2024804 (LV)± 3.5%–28%20%17%12%5%–18%
FM3 Research (D) [66] [E] July 9–18, 20241066 (LV)± 3.1%BA [b] 24%21%16%14%7%–18%
130%26%20%16%8%––
233%27%21%19%–––
341%32%26%––––
451%49%–––––
Impact Research (D) [67] [G] June 1–6, 2024500 (LV)± 4.5%BA [b] 21%23%20%17%4%5%11%
543%57%–––––
FM3 Research (D) [68] [H] May 10–16, 2024866 (LV)± 3.5%BA [b] 19%20%17%12%4%1%28%
545%55%–––––
FM3 Research (D) [69] [E] April 29–May 5, 2024412 (RV)± 4.9%BA [b] 21%16%16%12%7%–28%
129%23%23%16%9%––
230%26%24%20%–––
339%31%30%––––
451%49%–––––
Probolsky Research [70] [F] June 16–20, 2023300 (RV)± 5.8%–26%–––29%–45%
Sextant Strategies & Research [71] [C] February 14–18, 2024812 (LV)± 3.4%–18%20%16%–8%–38%
David Binder Research (D) [72] [A] January 15–20, 2024600 (LV)± 4.0%–26%15%21%–10%–28%

Results

2024 San Francisco mayoral election [73]
CandidateMaximum
round		Maximum
votes		Share in
maximum
round		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes
Daniel Lurie 14182,36455.0%
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London Breed (incumbent)14149,11345.0%
​​
Aaron Peskin 13104,27928.3%
​​
Mark Farrell 1278,87820.5%
​​
Ahsha Safaí 1113,6183.5%
​​
Ellen Lee Zhou1010,0942.6%
​​
Dylan Hirsch-Shell93,9391.0%
​​
Keith Freedman82,5390.7%
​​
Nelson Mei72,0430.5%
​​
Shahram Shariati61,7310.4%
​​
Henry Flynn51,3850.4%
​​
Paul Ybarra Robertson48380.2%
​​
Jon Soderstrom34120.1%
​​
Marc Roth230.0%
​​
Michael Lin110.0%
​​
2024 San Francisco Mayoral Election Ranked-Choice-Voting Round-by-Round Results [74]
CandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9Round 10Round 11Round 12Round 13Round 14
Votes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%
Daniel Lurie 102,72026.33%+1102,72126.33%+1102,72226.33%+29102,75126.34%+62102,81326.36%+138102,95126.41%+163103,11426.46%+148103,26226.52%+439103,70126.66%+754104,45526.89%+2,291106,74627.65%+2,616109,36228.46%+41,233150,59540.84%+31,769182,36455.02%
London Breed (incumbent)95,11724.38%095,11724.38%095,11724.38%+2195,13824.39%+6495,20224.41%+9195,29324.45%+22195,51424.51%+14795,66124.57%+23695,89724.65%+57096,46724.84%+85497,32125.21%+2,59199,91226.00%+13,953113,86530.88%+35,248149,11344.98%
Aaron Peskin 89,21522.86%089,21522.86%089,21522.86%+2589,24022.87%+13389,37322.92%+12589,49822.96%+15089,64823.01%+21689,86423.08%+23490,09823.16%+71290,81023.38%+1,20992,01923.84%+4,05496,07325.00%+8,206104,27928.28%-104,279
Mark Farrell 72,11518.48%072,11518.48%072,11518.48%+4172,15618.50%+10372,25918.53%+30972,56818.62%+14872,71618.66%+18972,90518.72%+53373,43818.88%+60874,04619.06%+2,29276,33819.77%+2,54078,87820.53%-78,878
Ahsha Safaí 11,4252.93%011,4252.93%011,4252.93%+2911,4542.94%+3611,4902.95%+6411,5542.96%+39011,9443.07%+9812,0423.09%+15012,1923.13%+36412,5563.23%+1,06213,6183.53%-13,618
Ellen Lee Zhou8,6652.22%08,6652.22%08,6652.22%+498,7142.23%+568,7702.25%+1038,8732.28%+1889,0612.33%+3899,4502.43%+2999,7492.51%+34510,0942.60%-10,094
Dylan Hirsch-Shell2,8970.74%02,8970.74%+12,8980.74%+272,9250.75%+412,9660.76%+863,0520.78%+1333,1850.82%+4403,6250.93%+3143,9391.01%-3,939
Keith Freedman2,0790.53%02,0790.53%02,0790.53%+422,1210.54%+592,1800.56%+1492,3290.60%+772,4060.62%+1332,5390.65%-2,539
Nelson Mei1,7910.46%01,7910.46%01,7910.46%+181,8090.46%+651,8740.48%+741,9480.50%+952,0430.52%-2,043
Shahram Shariati1,6130.41%01,6130.41%01,6130.41%+111,6240.42%+431,6670.43%+641,7310.44%-1,731
Henry Flynn1,3190.34%01,3190.34%01,3190.34%+341,3530.35%+321,3850.36%-1,385
Paul Ybarra Robertson8120.21%08120.21%08120.21%+268380.21%-838
Jon Soderstrom4120.11%04120.11%04120.11%-412
Marc Roth30.00%030.00%-3
Michael Lin10.00%-1
Continuing Votes Total390,184390,184390,183390,123389,979389,797389,631389,348389,014388,428386,042384,225368,739331,477
Exhausted Ballots000+11+5253+133186+170356+152508+260768+3141,082+5461,628+2,3283,956+1,7345,690+15,23520,925+36,93457,859
Over Votes1,38101,38101,381+81,389+111,400+121,412+141,426+231,449+401,509+581,567+831,650+2511,901+3282,229
Under Votes18,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540018,540
Non-Transferable Total19,92119,92119,92219,98220,12620,30820,47420,75721,09121,67724,06325,88041,36678,628

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. 1 2 3 4 With undecideds

Partisan Clients

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Poll sponsored by Lurie's campaign
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Peskin's campaign
  3. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by the San Francisco Chronicle
  4. ↑ Poll sponsored by TogetherSF Action, which endorsed Farrell
  5. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by GrowSF
  6. 1 2 Poll sponsored by the San Francisco Deputy Sheriff’s Association
  7. ↑ Poll sponsored by Farrell's campaign
  8. ↑ Poll sponsored by Neighbors for San Francisco, which endorsed Farrell and Lurie

References

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