SF election results were still to come as voters cast ballots across San Francisco on Election Day, while supporters and candidates gathered at watch parties and campaign stops. Mission Local sent reporters across the city as the top-of-ticket contest between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan drew the most attention.
The race was the first time in near 40 years that voters in San Francisco faced a real choice in that congressional seat. Several seats on the Board of Supervisors were also at stake, along with the city’s school and City College boards and propositions touching the Great Highway, hundreds of millions in affordable-housing funds and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s powers.
Mission and Castro gatherings
At Standard Deviant in the Mission, school board candidates Autumn Brown Garibay, Alida Fisher and Phil Kim arrived at an election watch party hosted by SF Parents Action. Fisher and Kim already hold seats on the board, while Brown Garibay is one of five new faces vying to secure an open seat.
Brown Garibay said, “I did my best” and later, “That’s all I can say.” Fisher said, “I’m optimistic about me but I’m more excited about what’s happening nationally.”
Scott Wiener supporters at Castro station
Near Castro station, dozens of Scott Wiener supporters crowded the intersection as afternoon commuters headed home. Two interns wore an inflatable wiener dog costume, and one supporter held a sign reading, “Honk if you love Wiener.”
When Wiener arrived, supporters quickly crowded around him for photos. Another supporter shouted, “Hey Scott Wiener I voted for you!” and an unnamed man leaving the Muni station said, “Whoa, everyone’s showing their wiener.”
Gary McCoy in the Castro
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi and Christine Pelosi also went to the Castro to stump for Gary McCoy in his bid for District 8 supervisor. People on the street appeared confused, excited and stunned when Pelosi appeared there.
The ballots were still being counted, and the evening count would decide which candidates and propositions move ahead in San Francisco. For now, the city’s election story is the size of the turnout scenes and the range of contests on the same ballot, not the winner’s list.
