2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election

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]

2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election

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Candidate Brooke Jenkins John Hamasaki Joe Alioto Veronese
First round 126,505
45.9%
102,612
37.2%
34,603
12.5%
Maximum round 142,412
53.7%
122,906
46.3%
Eliminated

Final round results by precinct
Jenkins:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Hamasaki:      50–60%      60–70%
     No data

District Attorney before election

Brooke Jenkins

Elected District Attorney

Brooke Jenkins

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

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Declared

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As of the filing deadline, these candidates were listed on the San Francisco Department of Elections webpage.[5]

Declined

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Endorsements

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Joe Alioto Veronese
Labor unions
Organizations
Maurice Chenier
Organizations
Brooke Jenkins
State politicians
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

Polling

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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 October 1–7, 2022 ± 3.9% 944 (RV) 4% <1% 10% 25% 61%
<944 (LV)[b] 5% <1% 9% 28% 58%
EMC Research [A] August 28 – September 1, 2022 ± 4.9% 400 (LV) 15% 5% 26% 49% 6%

Results

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2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election[23]
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

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  1. ^ Poll conducted for the Jenkins campaign
  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ The published results of the poll did not state how many respondents were likely voters.

References

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  1. ^ "Future Elections". sfelections.sfgov.org. San Francisco Department of Elections.
  2. ^ White, Jeremy B. (July 7, 2022). "London Breed replaces ousted DA Chesa Boudin with recall proponent Brooke Jenkins". Politico. MSN. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Brooke Jenkins Sworn in as San Francisco District Attorney". Office of the Mayor of San Francisco. July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  4. ^ Hamasaki Concedes Nearly a Week After Jenkins Declares Victory in SF District Attorney's Race, KQED
  5. ^ "Candidates". San Francisco Department of Elections.
  6. ^ "Meet Maurice Chenier, the Most 'Pro-Police' DA Candidate: 'I Wouldn't Describe Myself as Progressive'". September 19, 2022.
  7. ^ "'I am not Chesa Boudin': John Hamasaki, firebrand former S.F. Police commissioner, plans to run for D.A." August 11, 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "S.F. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is officially running to keep her job in November". August 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Member of SF political dynasty files to run for DA". August 3, 2022.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ White, Jeremy B. (August 4, 2022). "San Francisco's ousted district attorney won't run again". Politico. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  13. ^ "Where San Francisco's upcoming DA race stands". September 2022.
  14. ^ Dickey, Megan Rose (October 11, 2022). "Meet the candidates: All eyes on SF's district attorney race". Axios.
  15. ^ a b c Bastone, Nick (October 20, 2022). "Races to watch: San Francisco's November ballot". Axios.
  16. ^ a b c d e "With sizable crowd and endorsements, Hamasaki formally files for district attorney". August 13, 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d e "How the current San Francisco DA race is shaping up - Inside.com". Inside.
  18. ^ "San Francisco Green Party - Endorsements".
  19. ^ a b "District Attorney Brooke Jenkins locks up endorsements from Democrats who didn't support Boudin recall". August 9, 2022.
  20. ^ "SFPOA November 2022 Voter Guide | San Francisco Police Officers Association". sfpoa.org.
  21. ^ "S.F. offices: The Examiner's endorsements in the November 2022 election". San Francisco Examiner. October 21, 2022.
  22. ^ Board, Chronicle Editorial (October 30, 2022). "Why The Chronicle isn't endorsing for S.F. district attorney". San Francisco Chronicle.
  23. ^ "November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Election" (PDF).