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.[1]
 | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
 Final round results by precinct Jenkins: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90% Hamasaki: 50–60% 60–70% No data | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Following Boudin's removal from office, Mayor London Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins as the interim District Attorney on July 8, 2022.[2] After winning the special election, Jenkins will serve the remainder of the unexpired term until January 2025.[3][4]
Candidates
editDeclared
editAs of the filing deadline, these candidates were listed on the San Francisco Department of Elections webpage.[5]
- Maurice Chenier, corporate attorney and candidate for District Attorney in 2007 (party affiliation: Independent)[6]
- John Hamasaki, criminal defense attorney and former member of the San Francisco Police Commission (party affiliation: Democratic)[7][8]
- Brooke Jenkins, interim District Attorney (party affiliation: Democratic)[9][8]
- Joe Alioto Veronese, civil rights attorney, former member of the San Francisco Police Commission, San Francisco Fire Commission, and California Council on Criminal Justice, grandson of former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto, and son of former San Francisco supervisor Angela Alioto (party affiliation: Democratic)[10][8]
Declined
edit- Chesa Boudin, former District Attorney[11][12]
Endorsements
editJoe Alioto Veronese
Labor unions
- San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council[13]
- Service Employees International Union Local 1021[14]
Organizations
- San Francisco Democratic Party (second choice)[8]
- San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Chenier and Jenkins)[15]
Maurice Chenier
Organizations
- San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Jenkins)[15]
John Hamasaki
State politicians
- Tom Ammiano, former California state assemblyman[16]
- Mark Leno, former California state senator and runner-up for mayor of San Francisco in 2018[16]
Local politicians
- John Avalos, former San Francisco supervisor[8]
- Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[16]
- Sandra Lee Fewer, former San Francisco supervisor[16]
- Dean Preston, San Francisco supervisor[17]
- Mano Raju, San Francisco Public Defender[17]
- Hillary Ronen, San Francisco supervisor[17]
- Norman Yee, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[16]
Organizations
- San Francisco Democratic Party (first choice)[8]
- San Francisco Green Party[18]
Brooke Jenkins
State politicians
- Malia Cohen, chair of the California State Board of Equalization[8]
- Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer[19]
- Paul Miyamoto, San Francisco Sheriff[19]
- Scott Wiener, California state senator[17]
Local politicians
Organizations
- San Francisco Police Officers Association[20]
- San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Chenier)[15]
Newspapers
Declined to endorse
Newspapers
Polling
edit| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Margin of error |
Sample size[a] |
Joe Alito Veronese |
Maurice Chenier |
John Hamaski |
Brooke Jenkins |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embold Research/San Francisco Standard[23] | October 1–7, 2022 | ± 3.9% | 944 (RV) | 4% | <1% | 10% | 25% | 61% |
| <944 (LV)[b] | 5% | <1% | 9% | 28% | 58% | |||
| EMC Research[24] [A] | August 28 – September 1, 2022 | ± 4.9% | 400 (LV) | 15% | 5% | 26% | 49% | 6% |
Results
edit| 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election[25] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Brooke Jenkins (incumbent) | 126,505 | 45.85 | 130,215 | 47.64 | 142,412 | 53.68 |
| John Hamasaki | 102,612 | 37.19 | 105,770 | 38.70 | 122,906 | 46.32 |
| Joe Alioto Veronese | 34,603 | 12.54 | 37,332 | 13.66 | Eliminated | |
| Maurice Chenier | 12,211 | 4.43 | Eliminated | |||
| Continuing ballots | 261,703 | 259,221 | 251,651 | |||
| Blank ballots | 27,870 | 27,870 | 27,870 | |||
| Exhausted ballots | 0 | 2,394 | 9,763 | |||
| Overvotes | 1,224 | 1,312 | 1,513 | |||
Notes
edit- ^ Poll conducted for the Jenkins campaign
References
edit- ^ "Future Elections". sfelections.sfgov.org. San Francisco Department of Elections.
- ^ White, Jeremy B. (July 7, 2022). "London Breed replaces ousted DA Chesa Boudin with recall proponent Brooke Jenkins". Politico. MSN. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "Brooke Jenkins Sworn in as San Francisco District Attorney". Office of the Mayor of San Francisco. July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Hamasaki Concedes Nearly a Week After Jenkins Declares Victory in SF District Attorney's Race, KQED
- ^ "Candidates". San Francisco Department of Elections.
- ^ "Meet Maurice Chenier, the Most 'Pro-Police' DA Candidate: 'I Wouldn't Describe Myself as Progressive'". September 19, 2022.
- ^ "'I am not Chesa Boudin': John Hamasaki, firebrand former S.F. Police commissioner, plans to run for D.A." August 11, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hamasaki endorsed by S.F. Democratic Party for D.A." San Francisco Chronicle. September 30, 2022 – via PressReader.
- ^ "S.F. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is officially running to keep her job in November". August 8, 2022.
- ^ "Member of SF political dynasty files to run for DA". August 3, 2022.
- ^ Cassidy, Megan (June 28, 2022). "Chesa Boudin says he won't rule out running for San Francisco D.A., in first interview since recall". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ White, Jeremy B. (August 4, 2022). "San Francisco's ousted district attorney won't run again". Politico. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ "Where San Francisco's upcoming DA race stands". September 2022.
- ^ Dickey, Megan Rose (October 11, 2022). "Meet the candidates: All eyes on SF's district attorney race". Axios.
- ^ a b c Bastone, Nick (October 20, 2022). "Races to watch: San Francisco's November ballot". Axios.
- ^ a b c d e "With sizable crowd and endorsements, Hamasaki formally files for district attorney". August 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "How the current San Francisco DA race is shaping up - Inside.com". Inside.
- ^ "San Francisco Green Party - Endorsements".
- ^ a b "District Attorney Brooke Jenkins locks up endorsements from Democrats who didn't support Boudin recall". August 9, 2022.
- ^ "SFPOA November 2022 Voter Guide | San Francisco Police Officers Association". sfpoa.org.
- ^ "S.F. offices: The Examiner's endorsements in the November 2022 election". San Francisco Examiner. October 21, 2022.
- ^ Board, Chronicle Editorial (October 30, 2022). "Why The Chronicle isn't endorsing for S.F. district attorney". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Embold Research/San Francisco Standard
- ^ EMC Research
- ^ "November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Election" (PDF).