2011 San Francisco mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 2011 San Francisco mayoral election San Francisco presidential no 2007 San Francisco mayoral election 2007 2011 11 08 2015 San Francisco mayoral election 2015 First round Runoff Ed Lee, 2013 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Ed Lee c0c0c0 59,77530.75% 84,45759.64% File:SupervisorJohnAvalos (1).jpg c0c0c0 John Avalos 37,44519.26% 57,16040.36% File:City Attorney Dennis Herrera (1).jpg Dennis Herrera c0c0c0 21,91411.11% Eliminated File:David Chiu In Front of City Hall.JPG David Chiu 17,9219.09% Eliminated c0c0c0 File:Leland Yee (1).jpg Leland Yee c0c0c0 14,6097.41% Eliminated 2011SFmayor.svg File:Official Portrait of Public Defender Jeff Adachi (1).jpg Jeff Adachi 12,5346.36% c0c0c0 Eliminated 250px First choice results by county supervisorial district Lee: #dfeeff 20–30% #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50%Avalos: #d0f9f9 20–30% #7ddddd 40–50% Mayor Ed Lee Ed Lee The 2011 San Francisco mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, to elect the mayor of San Francisco. The incumbent Ed Lee, appointed to fill the vacant mayoral seat, succeeded in his bid to become the first elected Asian-American mayor of a major American city.https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ed-Lee-takes-large-early-lead-in-mayor-s-race-2323600.php Ed Lee takes large early lead in mayor's race John Coté and Heather Knight November 8, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle November 8, 2011 Background Gavin Newsom, first elected in 2003 and reelected in 2007, was elected Lieutenant Governor of California in 2010 and sworn in on January 10, 2011. Gavin Newsom changes offices at last John Coté Rachel Gordon https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Gavin-Newsom-changes-offices-at-last-2478607.php San Francisco Chronicle January 11, 2011 January 11, 2011 Ed Lee was appointed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to finish the balance of Newsom's mayoral term and was sworn in on January 11, 2011. Lee initially pledged not to seek election, although an active movement arose to draft him into the race. Coté John Ed Lee becomes the city's first Chinese American mayor http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=80765 https://web.archive.org/web/20110115055407/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=80765 dead January 15, 2011 January 11, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle January 11, 2011https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/us/01mayor.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 San Francisco Is Awash With Mayoral Candidates McKinley, Jesse June 30, 2011 The New York Times July 10, 2011 By the end of July observers were expecting that Lee would agree to run.Knight Heather What happens if Lee breaks his promise? San Francisco Chronicle July 31, 2011 C1 On August 8, 2011, Lee announced he was running for Mayor of San Francisco.Romney Lee Ed Lee announces run for San Francisco mayor Los Angeles Times August 8, 2011 The mayoral election was run using instant runoff voting, which was adopted by a referendum in 2002. This voting method was first in effect for the 2007 mayoral election, but no transfers of votes were needed in 2007 since incumbent mayor Gavin Newsom received a majority of the first round votes.http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/07/sf-mayoral-election-change-shape-ranked-choice-voting-debuts SF mayoral election to change shape as ranked-choice voting debuts Sabatini, Joshua July 10, 2011 San Francisco Examiner July 10, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111226231802/http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/07/sf-mayoral-election-change-shape-ranked-choice-voting-debuts December 26, 2011 Candidates There were sixteen candidates running: November 8, 2011 Qualified Candidate List http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/November2011_QualifiedCandidateList.pdf San Francisco Department of Elections August 17, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110912202558/http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/November2011_QualifiedCandidateList.pdf September 12, 2011 dead Jeff Adachi, Public Defender of San Francisco Michela Alioto-Pier, former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 2 Cesar Ascarrunz, nightclub owner and community service entrepreneur,Cesarascarruns.org https://web.archive.org/web/20110523092634/http://cesarascarrunz.org/ 2011-05-23 Candidate website mayoral candidate in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, and 1999 John Avalos, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 11 Terry Baum, playwright and actress David Chiu, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 3 Paul Currier Bevan Dufty, former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 8 Tony Hall, former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 7 Dennis Herrera, City Attorney of San Francisco Emil Lawrence Ed Lee, incumbent Mayor of San Francisco Wilma Pang, City College of San Francisco professor Joanna Rees, venture capitalist Phil Ting, Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco Leland Yee, California State Senator from California's 8th State Senate district Debates May 5, 2011: The Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good at the University of San Francisco partnering with a national non-profit, buildOn, hosted 'San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Forum on Service' featuring selected mayoral candidates. In attendance were Michela Alioto-Pier, John Avalos, David Chiu, Bevan Dufty, Tony Hall, Dennis Herrera, Joanna Rees, Phil Ting, and Leland Yee. http://www.usfca.edu/mayoral_forum/ Mayoral Candidate Forum on Service Devine, Anne-Marie May 5, 2011 University of San Francisco July 12, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064803/https://www.usfca.edu/mayoral_forum/ June 15, 2011 June 16, 2011: Automattic, the developer of WordPress, hosted 'SFOpen 2011', a town-hall forum focused specifically on open government, citizen engagement and leveraging technology to build better government, moderated by tech entrepreneur Mitch Kapor. The candidates in attendance were Michela Alioto-Pier, John Avalos, David Chiu, Bevan Dufty, Tony Hall, Dennis Herrera, Joanna Rees, Phil Ting and Leland Yee.http://sf.govfresh.com/closing-out-sfopen-2011/ Closing out SFOpen 2011 Fretwell, Luke June 22, 2011 sf.govfresh.com July 12, 2011 June 28, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110628101140/http://sf.govfresh.com/closing-out-sfopen-2011/ dead July 11, 2011: Valencia Corridor Merchants Association and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosted a mayoral candidate debate at Public Works at 161 Erie St. In attendance were John Avalos, David Chiu, Bevan Dufty, Dennis Herrera and Leland Yee.http://sfmayorcandidateforum-eorg.eventbrite.com/ Mayoral Candidates' Forum July 11, 2011 Eventbrite July 12, 2011Video of July 11 debate closing statements. August 24, 2011: The Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club hosted a mayoral candidate debate at the JCC at 3200 California Street. In attendance were Jeff Adachi, Michela Alioto-Pier, John Avalos, David Chiu, Bevan Dufty, Dennis Herrera, Ed Lee, Phil Ting and Leland Yee.http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/62779/9-s.f.-mayoral-candidates-stress-jewish-israel-bona-fides/ 9 S.F. mayoral candidates stress Jewish, Israel bona fides September 1, 2011 jweekly.com September 2, 2011 http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=152169 Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club Hosts San Francisco Mayoral Candidates Debate August 24 August 23, 2011 sanfranciscosentinel.com San Francisco Sentinel September 2, 2011 September 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110913122307/http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=152169 dead October 5, 2011: The League of Women Voters of San Francisco, in partnership with UCSF, hosted a mayoral candidate debate at the Robertson Auditorium, UCSF Mission Bay at 1675 Owens Street. Cheryl Jennings of ABC-7 was the moderator. In attendance were Jeff Adachi, Michela Alioto-Pier, John Avalos, Terry Joan Baum, David Chiu, Bevan Dufty, Tony Hall, Dennis Herrera, Ed Lee, Joanna Rees, Phil Ting, Leland Yee.http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8380310/ ABC7 News' recording of the League of Women Voters of San Francisco October 5 mayoral debate October 5, 2011 abclocal.go.com October 5, 2011 July 2024 medicmedic https://www.youtube.com/sfvotes2011 League of Women Voters of San Francisco YouTube channel's video statements from all the mayoral candidates September 14, 2011 lwvsf.org League of Women Voters of San Francisco September 14, 2011 Polling Note: Results are for first choice only Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferrorAdachiAlioto-PierAscarrunzAvalosBaumChiuCurrierDuftyHallHerreraLawrenceLeePangReesTingYeeOther/undecidedSurvey USASurvey USAMarch 10–15, 2011544±4.3% — 12% —10% — — —8% —9% — 17% — —1%11% 32%Survey USASurvey USAJuly 30–31, 2011528±4.4% —7% —10% —4% —10% —10% — 35% —1%1%8%14%Public Opinion StrategiesPublic Opinion StrategiesAugust 14–16, 20115005%4% —6% —3% —5%1%7% — 29% —3%0%7%28%Bay Citizen/USFBay Citizen/USFOctober 7–13, 2011551±4.4%5.1%4% —7.4% —3.1% —5.2%3.2%8.1% — 31.2% —2.5%0.5%6.5%21.1% Results Results summary The following table shows a summary of the instant runoff for the election. The table shows the round in which the candidate was defeated or elected the winner, the votes for the candidate in that round, and what share those votes were of all votes counting for any candidate in that round. There is also a bar graph showing those votes for each candidate and categorized as either first-round votes or votes that were transferred from another candidate. Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties. San Francisco mayoral election, 2011http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/data/mayor.html RCV Mayor Ed Lee (incumbent) 12 84457 59.64 59775 85000 John Avalos 12 57160 40.36 37445 85000 Dennis Herrera 11 37142 22.59 21914 85000 David Chiu 10 25267 14.51 17921 85000 Leland Yee 9 18016 9.98 14609 85000 Jeff Adachi 8 15670 8.43 12534 85000 Bevan Dufty 7 10455 5.56 9208 85000 Tony Hall 6 7896 4.14 6930 85000 Michela Alioto-Pier 5 7378 3.82 6648 85000 Joanna Rees 4 3185 1.64 3104 85000 Terry Joan Baum 4 1738 0.89 1665 85000 Phil Ting 4 1049 0.54 1016 85000 Cesar Ascarrunz 4 583 0.30 537 85000 Wilma Pang 3 469 0.24 456 85000 Emil Lawrence 2 397 0.20 382 85000 Paul Currier 1 248 0.13 248 85000 Write-in 1 38 0.02 38 85000 San Francisco mayoral election, 2011http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/ November 8, 2011 - Consolidated Municipal Election 194418 820 2004 197242 464380 Vote counts by round The following table shows how votes were counted in a series of rounds of instant runoffs. Each voter could mark which candidates were the voter's first, second, and third choice. Each voter had one vote, but could mark three choices for how that vote can be counted. In each round, the vote is counted for the most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated. Then one or more candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated. Votes that counted for an eliminated candidate are transferred to the voter's next most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated. Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Ed Lee 59,775 59,796 59,822 59,899 60,610 61,747 63,495 65,142 67,542 71,133 78,615 84,457 John Avalos 37,445 37,472 37,481 37,497 38,871 39,320 39,524 41,035 42,877 45,505 48,638 57,160 Dennis Herrera 21,914 21,937 21,958 21,977 22,606 23,531 24,257 27,081 29,673 32,276 37,142 David Chiu 17,921 17,929 17,946 17,994 18,495 18,957 19,326 20,327 22,461 25,267 Leland Yee 14,609 14,621 14,634 14,666 15,030 15,631 16,021 16,691 18,016 Jeff Adachi 12,534 12,557 12,586 12,624 13,156 13,728 15,048 15,670 Bevan Dufty 9,208 9,220 9,230 9,244 9,583 10,133 10,455 Tony Hall 6,930 6,958 7,001 7,025 7,397 7,896 Michela Alioto-Pier 6,648 6,660 6,694 6,720 7,378 Joanna Rees 3,104 3,111 3,143 3,185 Terry Joan Baum 1,665 1,676 1,698 1,738 Phil Ting 1,016 1,022 1,030 1,049 Cesar Ascarrunz 537 551 578 583 Wilma Pang 444 456 469 Emil Lawrence 382 397 Paul Currier 248 Write-in 38 Continuing votes 194,418 194,363 194,270 194,201 193,126 190,943 188,126 185,946 180,569 174,181 164,395 141,617 Exhausted ballots 0 55 144 212 1,272 3,429 6,232 8,401 13,735 20,070 29,828 52,524 Over Votes 820 820 824 825 840 866 880 891 934 987 1,015 1,097 Under Votes 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 2,004 Total 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 197,242 Continuing votes are votes that counted for a candidate in that round. Exhausted ballots represent votes that could not be transferred because a less preferred candidate was not marked on the ballot. Voters were allowed to mark only three choices because of voting system limitations. Over votes are votes that could not be counted for a candidate because more than one candidate was marked for a choice that was ready to be counted. Under votes are ballots were left blank or that only marked a choice for a write-in candidate that had not qualified as a write-in candidate. References 30em External links San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Department of Elections: November 8, 2011 Municipal Election SmartVoter.org: November 8, 2011 Municipal Election Campaign websites: Jeff Adachi Michela Alioto-Pier John Avalos Terry Baum David Chiu Paul Currier Bevan Dufty Tony Hall Dennis Herrera Ed Lee Wilma Pang Joanna Rees Phil Ting Leland Yee Category:2011 California elections 2011 Category:2011 United States mayoral elections Category:2011 in San Francisco