In 2018, five of the eleven seats of the

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Board of Supervisors were on the ballot in the 2018 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections. A

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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

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format.

Results

District 2

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Supervisor Mark Farrell was ineligible to run for reelection due to

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s. On January 23, 2018, he was appointed interim

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, succeeding

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, who had been acting mayor since the death of

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. Farrell appointed Catherine Stefani as his successor, and she announced she would run for a full term in the election. Kat Anderson, a labor attorney; Schuyler Hudak, a startup founder; and Nick Josefowitz, the San Francisco

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Board Director, were candidates. Former Supervisor

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was considered a potential candidate, but a ballot proposition on the June 2018 ballot limiting supervisors to two terms in their lifetime, rather than the present two consecutive term limit, prevented Alioto-Pier from running for a third term.

District 4

Incumbent Supervisor

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was eligible to run for reelection, but announced her intention not to seek re-election. Candidates to succeed her included Gordon Mar, Li Miao Lovett, Jessica Ho, Lou Ann Bassan, Arthur Tom, and Trevor McNeil. Tang supported Ho, who worked for Tang as a legislative aide.

District 6

Incumbent Supervisor

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was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.

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, Christine Johnson, Sonja Trauss and Jason Jones ran to succeed her.

District 8

Incumbent Supervisor

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was eligible to run for reelection in the June 5, 2018, special election. He ran for reelection against

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and Lawrence "Stark" Dagesse. Mandelman won the seat, with 60% of the vote, while Sheehy received 38%. Mandelman was sworn in on July 11. Mandelman and Dagasse ran again in the November election, but Sheehy did not.

District 10

Incumbent Supervisor

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was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. Candidates who ran to succeed her included president of the

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Shamann Walton, Theo Ellington, and Tony Kelly.

References

External links

City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections
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