2024 San Francisco mayoral election

The 2024 San Francisco mayoral election took place on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of San Francisco, California. It was originally scheduled for November 7, 2023, but following the passage of Proposition H in 2022, mayoral elections were rescheduled to coincide with presidential elections. The election used ranked-choice voting.

2024 San Francisco mayoral election

← 2019 November 5, 2024 2028 →
 
Candidate Daniel Lurie London Breed
First round 102,720
26.33%
95,117
24.38%
Maximum round 182,364
55.02%
149,113
44.98%

 
Candidate Aaron Peskin Mark Farrell
First round 89,215
22.86%
72,115
18.48%
Maximum round Eliminated Eliminated

First round results by precinct

Mayor before election

London Breed
Democratic

Elected mayor

Daniel Lurie
Democratic

Incumbent mayor London Breed ran for re-election to a second term in office: she was considered vulnerable, as polls had consistently shown her with low approval ratings. Breed had also faced criticism for her handling of important issues in the city, including homelessness, crime, and drug addiction.[1]

On November 7, Breed conceded the race to Daniel Lurie.[2]

Background

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A survey was released by the San Francisco Controller in 2023 which reported the lowest safety rating since 1996, and the lowest government rating since 2002.[3] Polling in June reported that 64% of people did not believe London Breed should be reelected and she had a 66% disapproval rating.[4][5]

Candidates

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Debates and forums

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2024 San Francisco mayoral election debates and forums
Date Host Moderator(s) Link Participants
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   W  Withdrawn
London Breed Mark Farrell Daniel Lurie Aaron Peskin Ahsha Safaí
May 20, 2024
(cancelled)[16]
TogetherSF Action Karen Breslau
Kim-Mai Cutler
W A W W A
June 12, 2024 City Arts & Lectures Heather Knight
Manny Yekutiel
Video P P P P P
June 17, 2024 San Francisco
Democratic Party
Terisa Estacio P P P P P
July 8, 2024 Stop Crime Action
Stop Crime SF
ConnectedSF
Frank Noto
Amber Lee
P P P A P
Sept. 5, 2024 District 8
Neighborhood Groups
Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez Video A P P P P
Sept. 11, 2024 KPIX
San Francisco Examiner
KCBS
Ryan Yamamoto
Doug Sovereign
Adam Shanks
A P P P P
Sept. 19, 2024 KQED
San Francisco Chronicle
Joe Garofoli
Marisa Lagos
Scott Shafer
Video P P P P P
Sept. 26, 2024 Asian Pacific Islander Council Richard Lui
Gia Vang
P P P P P
Sept. 28, 2024 San Francisco Latino Parity
and Equity Coalition
Chris Iglesias
Ani Rivera
P A P P P
Sept. 30, 2024 League of Women Voters
of San Francisco
Alison Goh
Darcy Brown
Video A P P P P

Endorsements

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London Breed

State legislators

Local officials

Individuals

Political parties

Organizations

Labor unions

Editorial boards

Mark Farrell

Local officials

Organizations

  • Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club[28]
  • GrowSF[28]
  • San Francisco Chinese American Democratic Club[43]
  • TogetherSF Action[44]

Labor unions

Daniel Lurie

Local officials

Organizations

Editorial boards

Aaron Peskin

State legislators

Local officials

Individuals

Political parties

Organizations

Labor unions

Ahsha Safaí

Labor unions

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
RCV
round
London
Breed
Mark
Farrell
Daniel
Lurie
Aaron
Peskin
Ahsha
Safaí
Other Undecided
David Binder Research[55][A] October 26–27, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4% 23% 17% 26% 18% 4% 5% 7%
Public Policy Polling[56][B] October 18–19, 2024 621 (LV) ± 4% 18% 15% 25% 25% 6% 11%
Sextant Strategies & Research[57][C] October 15–16, 2024 802 (LV) ± 3.5% 1 27% 16% 27% 21% 6% 3%
2 27% 17% 27% 22% 7%
3 30% 18% 28% 24%
4 33% 41% 26%
5 44% 56%
Lieberman Data & Insights, Inc.[58][D] October 9–19, 2024 950 (LV) ± 3.2% 1 25% 21% 21% 20% 3% 4% 6%
David Binder Research[59][A] September 28 – October 1, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.4% 1 23% 19% 22% 16% 4% 6% 10%
2 27% 23% 27% 18% 5%
3 29% 24% 28% 20%
4 37% 27% 36%
5 47% 53%
FM3 Research (D)[60][E] September 21–26, 2024 415 (RV) ± 4.9% 1 38% 19% 21% 18% 4% 11%
2 39% 19% 21% 21%
3 43% 34% 23%
4 51% 49%
David Binder Research[61][A] September 3–8, 2024 800 (LV) ± 4.0% 1 26% 28% 26% 14% 6%
2 27% 29% 28% 16%
3 33% 33% 34%
4 43% 57%
KRON4/Emerson College[62] September 5–7, 2024 750 (LV) ± 3.5% 1 20.3% 20.6% 17.5% 8.5% 1.6% 26.5%
FM3 Research (D)[63][A] August 21–28, 2024 708 (LV) ± 4.0% 1 36% 23% 22% 14% 5%
2 38% 23% 23% 15%
3 44% 27% 28%
4 52% 48%
Probolsky Research[64][F] July 30–August 7, 2024 300 (RV) ± 5.8% 1 28% 24% 19% 22% 3%
2 28% 24% 19% 22% 3%
3 29% 24% 20% 22% 3%
4 30% 25% 20% 22% 3%
5 30% 26% 21% 23%
6 36% 36% 28%
7 51% 49%
Sextant Strategies & Research[65][C] July 31 – August 5, 2024 804 (LV) ± 3.5% 28% 20% 17% 12% 5% 18%
FM3 Research (D)[66][E] July 9–18, 2024 1066 (LV) ± 3.1% BA[b] 24% 21% 16% 14% 7% 18%
1 30% 26% 20% 16% 8%
2 33% 27% 21% 19%
3 41% 32% 26%
4 51% 49%
Impact Research (D)[67][G] June 1–6, 2024 500 (LV) ± 4.5% BA[b] 21% 23% 20% 17% 4% 5% 11%
5 43% 57%
FM3 Research (D)[68][H] May 10–16, 2024 866 (LV) ± 3.5% BA[b] 19% 20% 17% 12% 4% 1% 28%
5 45% 55%
FM3 Research (D)[69][E] April 29–May 5, 2024 412 (RV) ± 4.9% BA[b] 21% 16% 16% 12% 7% 28%
1 29% 23% 23% 16% 9%
2 30% 26% 24% 20%
3 39% 31% 30%
4 51% 49%
Probolsky Research[70][F] June 16–20, 2023 300 (RV) ± 5.8% 26% 29% 45%
Sextant Strategies & Research[71][C] February 14–18, 2024 812 (LV) ± 3.4% 18% 20% 16% 8% 38%
David Binder Research (D)[72][A] January 15–20, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 26% 15% 21% 10% 28%

Results

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2024 San Francisco mayoral election[73]
Candidate Round 1
Votes %
Daniel Lurie 102,720 26.33%
London Breed (incumbent) 95,117 24.38%
Aaron Peskin 89,215 22.86%
Mark Farrell 72,115 18.48%
Ahsha Safaí 11,425 2.93%
Ellen Lee Zhou 8,665 2.22%
Henry Flynn
Keith Freedman
Dylan Hirsch-Shell
Nelson Mei
Paul Robertson
Shahram Shariati
Jon Soderstrom
Total active votes 100.00%
Source: San Francisco Department of Elections

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ a b c d With undecideds

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b c d e Poll sponsored by Lurie's campaign
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Peskin's campaign
  3. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by the San Francisco Chronicle
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by TogetherSF Action, which endorsed Farrell
  5. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by GrowSF
  6. ^ a b Poll sponsored by the San Francisco Deputy Sheriff’s Association
  7. ^ Poll sponsored by Farrell's campaign
  8. ^ Poll sponsored by Neighbors for San Francisco, which endorsed Farrell and Lurie

References

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