Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.
The mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government. The officeholder has the duty to enforce city laws,and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. Because of San Francisco's status as a consolidated city-county,the mayor also serves as the head of government of the county;both entities have been governed together by a combined set of governing bodies since 1856.
Sean Elsbernd is an American politician who represented District 7 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. District 7 includes neighborhoods west of Twin Peaks,the Villas at Parkmerced,Lake Merced,Miraloma Park,Harding Park Golf Course,San Francisco State University,City College of San Francisco,and Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
Scott Wiener is an American politician who has served in the California State Senate since 2016. A Democrat,he represents the 11th district,encompassing San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the City and County of San Francisco,California,under California state law. The current district attorney is Brooke Jenkins. Occupants of this office have gone on to higher elected offices,including:governor of California,United States senator,and vice president of the United States.
London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th and current mayor of San Francisco,serving since 2018. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
Nathan Ballard is a U.S. Democratic strategist and attorney. He was the communications director for the governor of California,Gavin Newsom,when Newsom was the 42nd mayor of San Francisco. He is a longtime friend and advisor to Newsom. He sat on the board of directors of The Representation Project,Jennifer Siebel Newsom's nonprofit organization. Ballard had close ties with the 43rd mayor of San Francisco,Ed Lee. He was an advisor to Mark Farrell,the 44th mayor of San Francisco and to Daniel Lurie,mayor-elect of the city.
Aaron Dan Peskin is an American elected official in San Francisco,California. He is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 3. He was elected in 2015,having previously served two terms in 2001–2009.
The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent California,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
A special election was held for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco on June 5,2018,to fill the remainder of the term of Ed Lee,who had died in office on December 12,2017. Upon Lee's death,London Breed,President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,became Acting Mayor of San Francisco,but a vote of six supervisors replaced Breed with Supervisor Mark Farrell. The mayoral election was held concurrently with the statewide direct primary election. In San Francisco,the election for the eighth district member of the board of supervisors was also on the ballot.
In 2018,five of the eleven seats of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were on the ballot in the 2018 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections. A special election was held on June 5 for one of the five seats,while the other four were decided on the November 6 general election ballot. The elections followed the ranked-choice voting format.
Rafael Mandelman is an American attorney and politician currently serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,representing District 8.
The 2024 United States Senate elections in California were held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of California. There were two ballot items for the same Class 1 seat:a special election to fill the seat for the final two months of the 118th United States Congress,and a regular general election for a full term that starts on January 3,2025,starting in the 119th United States Congress.
Dean E. Preston is an American attorney and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. In November 2019,Preston won a special election to finish Mayor London Breed's term on the Board of Supervisors. He was re-elected in the November 2020 election.
The 2019 San Francisco District Attorney election was held on November 5,2019,to elect the next District Attorney of San Francisco. The election,which was held alongside the 2019 mayoral election in which incumbent mayor London Breed won her first full term,was won by public defender Chesa Boudin.
Connie Chan is an American politician serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 1 since January 8,2021,after defeating Marjan Philhour,who ran for the seat in 2016,in a narrow race. Chan is a progressive. District 1 includes the Richmond,Lone Mountain,Sea Cliff,and Presidio Terrace neighborhoods,and parts of Golden Gate Park.
Alison M. Collins is a former commissioner of the San Francisco Board of Education. She served on the board from January 7,2019 until her recall election of February 15,2022,when she was ousted by 76% of the vote,the largest of all three commissioners recalled on that date. Along with two other commissioners,Collins became the first member of the school board to be recalled in the history of San Francisco,and the first recalled San Francisco official in over a century,since ouster of State Senator Edwin Grant in 1914.
The 2022 California State Controller election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the California State Controller. Due to strict absolute lifetime term limit laws,incumbent Democratic State Controller Betty Yee was ineligible to run for a third term. Democrat Malia Cohen won the election,defeating Republican Lanhee Chen. Despite Chen's loss,the race was the closest of the 2022 elections in California,and Chen received more votes than any Republican candidate in the 2022 national election cycle. Chen flipped ten counties,the most that any candidate had flipped in California that year. Chen also won four congressional districts held by Democrats,while Cohen won no congressional districts held by Republicans.
The 2022 San Francisco Board of Education recall elections were held on February 15,2022. In a landslide election,over two-thirds of voters chose to remove three San Francisco Board of Education Commissioners—Alison Collins,Board President Gabriela Lopez,and Faauuga Moliga—from office. All three commissioners were replaced by appointees chosen by Mayor London Breed. The other four members of the school board were not eligible for recall at this time.
The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election was held on November 8,2022,following the successful recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. It was held concurrent with the 2022 statewide general elections.
