SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor London Breed is fighting a self-funded philanthropist for reelection.
It was too early Wednesday to call either the reelection bid, which was fueled by concerns over public safety and homelessness. Updated results are not expected until Thursday.
Breed was trailing anti-poverty nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie. Lurie pledged to bring accountability and public service back to City Hall.
While there's thirteen candidates on paper, according affiliate ABC7, there are four leading candidates: Mayor London Breed, Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Aaron Peskin.
Notably, San Francisco has ranked-choice voting, meaning voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots and the candidate who wins the most first-preference votes is the winner. If no one gets a majority, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated.
More information on ranked-choice voting can be found HERE.
When do we find out who won the election?
Voters will start to see results not long after 8 p.m., but keep in mind, these aren't the final results. Every number seen on election night are unofficial results.
While some elections might be called on election night, that's generally a projection from media outlets or experts. Governments don't call elections. Mail-in ballots, provisional ballots, ballots from registered voters in the military deployed over seas and more all get counted for the final result.
The last day for counties to certify results is Dec. 5. The Secretary of State will then have until Dec. 7 to certify the vote, with the Statement of Vote certified on Dec. 13.
