Daniel Lurie elected San Francisco's next mayor, in rebuke to Breed

Daniel Lurie has been elected mayor of San Francisco, denying London Breed another term after arguing that her flawed leadership caused the city to struggle since the pandemic devastated its downtown and exacerbated the drug crisis, homelessness and public concerns about crime.

The victory in Tuesday’s race capped a stunning and rapid political ascent for Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who founded a successful charity, Tipping Point Community, about two decades ago, but was not widely known when he began his mayoral bid last September.

Lurie will be the first San Francisco mayor in more than a century to have never served in government before his election. He saw that as a sign of strength as he campaigned on a promise to bring change to City Hall.

Under the ranked choice voting system, Lurie had 56.2% support to Breed’s 43.8% as of late Thursday afternoon. San Francisco still has tens of thousands more votes to count.


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