The 2018 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections will take place on November 6, 2018. Five of the eleven seats of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were contested in this election. Three incumbents were termed out of office and three ran for reelection.
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties. The election will be held using ranked-choice voting.
Districts
District 2
Incumbent Supervisor Mark Farrell was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. On January 23, 2018, he was appointed interim mayor, succeeding London Breed, who had been acting mayor since the death of Ed Lee. Farrell will appoint his successor.[1]
Schuyler Hudak, a startup founder, and Nick Josefowitz, the San Francisco BART Board Director, are candidates.[2] Former Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier is considered a potential candidate,[3] but a ballot proposition on the June 2018 ballot that would limit Supervisors to two terms in their lifetime, rather than the present two consecutive term limit, would prevent Alioto-Pier from running for a third term.[4]
District 4
Incumbent Supervisor Katy Tang is eligible to run for reelection.
District 6
Incumbent Supervisor Jane Kim is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. Sonja Trauss and Jason Jones are running to succeed her.[5]
District 8
Incumbent Supervisor Jeff Sheehy is eligible to run for reelction. He is running for reelection against Rafael Mandelman.[6]
District 10
Incumbent Supervisor Malia Cohen is ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
References
- ^ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/SF-Supervisors-Appoint-Mark-Farrell-as-Acting-Mayor-470820013.html
- ^ http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/BART-director-Nick-Josefowitz-a-candidate-for-SF-12178453.php
- ^ http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Former-Supervisor-Alioto-Pier-might-jump-back-in-12184122.php
- ^ http://www.sfweekly.com/news/politicians-musical-chairs/
- ^ http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mix-of-residents-issues-makes-District-6-a-11883042.php
- ^ https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Up-for-election-in-June-Supervisor-Sheehy-s-12516282.php