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Parents > United States > California > CA Counties > San Francisco > Mayor
OfficeMayor
HonorificMayor - Abbr: Mayor
TypeNonpartisan General Election
Filing Deadline August 10, 2007 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 06, 2007 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 06, 2007 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 04, 2008 - 12:00pm
Term End January 04, 2012 - 12:00am
ContributorPatrick
Last ModifiedThe Sunset Provision April 16, 2009 11:45am
Data Sources[Link]
Description This will be the first mayoral election in San Francisco history to use instant-runoff voting, also known as ranked-choice voting, so there will be no need for a run-off.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNonpartisan Won12/09/2003
NameGavin Newsom Votes133,546 (52.81%)
Term01/01/2004 - 01/31/2008 Margin14,217 (+5.62%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNonpartisan Won01/04/2011
NameEdwin M. "Ed" Lee Votes10 (83.33%)
Term01/05/2011 - 01/04/2012 Margin8 (+66.67%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/12/2007 11/06/2007
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Gavin Newsom 1 4 3 5
Harold Brown ------1
Leaning Call: Gavin Newsom (90.48%)
Weighted Call: Gavin Newsom (99.99%)

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Mayor Gavin Newsom Quintin Mecke Harold B. Hoogasian Wilma Pang Ahmisa Porter Sumchai "Chicken" John Rinaldi Lonnie Holmes
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
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Certified Votes 105,596 (73.67%) 9,076 (6.33%) 8,400 (5.86%) 7,274 (5.08%) 3,398 (2.37%) 2,508 (1.75%) 1,807 (1.26%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -96,520 (-67.34%) -97,196 (-67.81%) -98,322 (-68.60%) -102,198 (-71.30%) -103,088 (-71.92%) -103,789 (-72.41%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website]
Entry Date 03/15/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 -- 00/00/2007
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MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)
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MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Josh Wolf Grasshopper Kaplan Harold Brown George Davis Michael Powers  
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan  
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Certified Votes 1,772 (1.24%) 1,423 (0.99%) 915 (0.64%) 644 (0.45%) 519 (0.36%)  
Margin-103,824 (-72.44%) -104,173 (-72.68%) -104,681 (-73.03%) -104,952 (-73.22%) -105,077 (-73.31%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website  
Entry Date 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007  
MATCHUP POLLS (0 from 0 pollsters)
ENDORSEMENTS
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DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Billy Bob Whitmer (N)
Jan 01, 2007

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Aug 31, 2007 05:00pm News Tony Hall quits race for S.F. mayor, calling Newsom too entrenched  Article Patrick 
Jun 02, 2007 01:00pm News [SF] Progressives to pick candidate / Supervisor says he'll challenge Newsom if no one steps up  Article Patrick 
Oct 09, 2006 01:10pm Speculative Newsom, potential foes start looking at '07 [Mayoral] race  Article Patrick 

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