Upcoming Races
With casual musings and informed whispers regarding future San Francisco elections on the rise, your Usual Suspects team has determined that it is time to create a home for all of this gossip. Below, we’ve listed the major upcoming local elections scheduled through 2011 and have dropped a few names (in alpha order, mind you) of rumored and declared candidates for your consideration. Know something we don’t? Send us an email and tell us who’s mulling over a run for office and who is most definitely not. We’re happy to link to official candidate websites as well.
November 2, 2010
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
District 2
Declared: Kat Anderson, Michael Breyer, Mark Farrell, Vima Guinto Peoro, Robert McCullough, Janet Reilly, Abraham Simmons, Allen Zigman
Rumored: Joe Alioto-Veronese, Gwyneth Borden, Meagan Levitan
District 2 Race News: NewFillmore010410, Ex 010710, Ex 020210, Chron 020310
District 4
Declared: Carmen Chu
Rumored:
District 4 Race News: Ex 010710, Ex 020210, Chron 020310
District 6
Declared: Harold Brown, Renato Cazares, Dean Clark, Gary Converse, Christopher Dahl, Matthew Drake, Jeff Gustavson, Rodney Hauge, Elihu Hernandez, Glendon Hyde, James Keys, Jane Kim, John Markham, Jim Meko, Nate Payne, Mark Schwartz, Theresa Sparks, David Villa-Lobos, Debra Walker, John Weber, Elaine Zamora Leon
Rumored: Terrance Alan, Jeff Anderson, Brian Basinger, Rob Black, Glendon Hyde, Michael Yaki
Was Rumored, But Isn’t: Paul Hogarth
District 6 Race News: Chron Opinion 110709, Ex 010710, Ex 020210, Chron 020310
District 8
Declared: James Boeger, William Hemenger, Rafael Mandelman, Rebecca Prozan, Laura Spanjian, Starchild, Scott Wiener
Rumored: Alex Randolph
Was Rumored, But Isn’t: Rick Galbreath, Tom Radulovich
District 8 Race News: BAR 102909, BAR 102909, BAR 081309, BAR 070909, BAR 061809, Ex 051409, Ex 051309, Ex 010710, Ex 020210, Chron 020310, Bay Times 020410
District 10
Declared: Cedric Akbar, James Calloway, Malia Cohen, Edward Donaldson, Kristine Enea, Marie Franklin, Rodney Hampton Jr., Espanola Jackson, DeWitt Lacy, La Vaughan Moore, Geoffrea Morris, Steve Moss, Diane Wesley Smith, Eric Smith, Lynette Sweet
Rumored: Bill Barnes, Liz Jackson-Simpson, Tony Kelly, Angelo King, Arienne Landry, NTanya Lee, Hydra Mendoza, Mohammad Nuru, Linda Richardson
Was Rumored, But Isn’t: Carole Migden
District 10 Race News: Ex 010710, Ex 020210, Chron 020310
Public Defender
Declared:
Rumored:
Assessor-Recorder
Declared:
Rumored:
BART Director
Declared:
Rumored: Aaron Peskin
School Board
Declared: Tom Chan, Emily Murase
Rumored:Natasha Hoehn
Community College Board
Declared: Michael Goldstein, John Rizzo
Rumored:
November 8, 2011
Mayor
Declared: Bevan Dufty, Antonio Mims
Rumored: Jeff Adachi, Michela Alioto-Pier, Dennis Herrera, Mark Leno, Ross Mirkarimi, Leland Yee
Mayor’s Race News: NBC11 092509, Chron 092409, BAR 092409, CBS5 092409, Ex 092309, Ex020210, Chron 020310
District Attorney
Declared:
Rumored: Elliot Beckelman, Jim Hammer, Paul Henderson
Sheriff
Declared: Michael Hennessey
Rumored:


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