Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.
The mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government. The officeholder has the duty to enforce city laws,and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. Because of San Francisco's status as a consolidated city-county,the mayor also serves as the head of government of the county;both entities have been governed together by a combined set of governing bodies since 1856.
Sean Elsbernd is an American politician who represented District 7 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. District 7 includes neighborhoods west of Twin Peaks,the Villas at Parkmerced,Lake Merced,Miraloma Park,Harding Park Golf Course,San Francisco State University,City College of San Francisco,and Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
Scott Wiener is an American politician and a member of the California State Senate. A Democrat,he represents the 11th Senatorial District,encompassing San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County.
London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th mayor of San Francisco,serving since 2018. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
Nathan Ballard is a U.S. Democratic strategist and attorney. He was the communications director for the governor of California,Gavin Newsom,when Newsom was the 42nd mayor of San Francisco. He is a longtime friend and advisor to Newsom. He sat on the board of directors of The Representation Project,Jennifer Siebel Newsom's nonprofit organization. Ballard had close ties with the 43rd mayor of San Francisco,Ed Lee. He was an advisor to Mark Farrell,the 44th mayor of San Francisco.
Aaron Dan Peskin is an American elected official in San Francisco,California. He is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 3. He was elected in 2015,having previously served two terms in 2001–2009.
David Sen-Fu Chiu is an American politician currently serving as the City Attorney of San Francisco. Previously,he served in the California State Assembly as a Democrat representing the 17th Assembly District,which encompasses the eastern half of San Francisco. Chiu was the Chair of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee,a position he held from 2016 to 2021,and the former chair of the California Asian &Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.
The 2018 United States Senate election in California took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent California,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Hillary Ronen is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 9,which includes the neighborhoods of Mission District,Bernal Heights,and Portola.
A special election was held for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco on June 5,2018,to fill the remainder of the term of Ed Lee,who had died in office on December 12,2017. Upon Lee's death,London Breed,President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,became Acting Mayor of San Francisco,but a vote of six supervisors replaced Breed with Supervisor Mark Farrell. The mayoral election was held concurrently with the statewide direct primary election. In San Francisco,the election for the eighth district member of the board of supervisors was also on the ballot.
Rafael Mandelman is an American attorney and politician currently serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,representing District 8.
The 2024 United States Senate elections in California will be held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of California. There will be two ballot items for the same Class 1 seat:a special election to fill the seat for the final weeks of the 118th United States Congress,and a general election for a full term that starts on January 3,2025,starting in the 119th United States Congress. California uses a nonpartisan blanket primary,in which all candidates regardless of party affiliation appear on the same primary ballot and the two highest-placing candidates advance to the general election.
Shamann Walton is an American politician. He has been a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors since 2019,representing District 10,and served as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from January 8,2021 to January 8,2023. Walton earlier served on the San Francisco Board of Education and was its president immediately prior to his election as supervisor.
The 2019 San Francisco District Attorney election was held on November 5,2019,to elect the next District Attorney of San Francisco. The election,which was held alongside the 2019 mayoral election in which incumbent mayor London Breed won her first full term,was won by public defender Chesa Boudin.
Connie Chan is an American politician serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 1 since January 8,2021,after defeating Marjan Philhour,who ran for the seat in 2016,in a narrow race. Chan is a progressive. District 1 includes the Richmond,Lone Mountain,Sea Cliff,and Presidio Terrace neighborhoods,and parts of Golden Gate Park.
The 2022 California State Controller election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the California State Controller. Due to strict absolute lifetime term limit laws,incumbent Democratic State Controller Betty Yee was ineligible to run for a third term. Democrat Malia Cohen won the election,defeating Republican Lanhee Chen. Despite Chen's loss,the race was the closest of the 2022 elections in California and Chen received more votes than any Republican candidate in the 2022 national election cycle. Chen flipped ten counties,also the most any candidate flipped in California.
The 2022 San Francisco Board of Education recall elections were held on February 15,2022. In a landslide election,over two-thirds of voters chose to remove three San Francisco Board of Education Commissioners—Alison Collins,Board President Gabriela Lopez,and Faauuga Moliga—from office. All three commissioners were replaced by appointees chosen by Mayor London Breed. The other four members of the school board were not eligible for recall at this time.
The 2022 California State Board of Equalization elections took place on November 8,2022,to elect all four seats of the State Board of Equalization,with the non-partisan blanket primary election taking place on June 7,2022.
The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election was held on November 8,2022,following the successful recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. It was held concurrent with the 2022 statewide general elections.
