Daniel Lurie has a commanding lead over incumbent London Breed in the race for San Francisco mayor as of Wednesday morning, with preliminary numbers in.
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After the 14th and final round of ranked-choice voting, Lurie has 56% of the vote and Breed has 43.6%. Lurie leads Breed by over 24,000 votes and all other candidates have been eliminated.
Lurie has never held public office. He is the founder of a San Francisco nonprofit and heir to the Levi Strauss fortune.
He says he is vowing to bring change to San Francisco and make the city a place that residents can be proud of, but he says it won’t happen overnight.
The race hasn’t been called yet, but Lurie posted on X Tuesday night, saying “The campaign is over,” and that “it’s time for us to roll up our sleeves and work together-no matter the outcome of this election.”
VIDEO: Here’s why SF mayoral race may take longer to decide
Prof. Melinda Jackson, PH.D. from the San Jose State University Dept. of Political Science explains why it might be a while before we get the final results from the San Francisco mayoral race.