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The 2019 San Francisco District Attorney election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the next District Attorney of San Francisco. The election, which was held alongside the 2019 mayoral election in which incumbent mayor London Breed won her first full term, was won by public defender Chesa Boudin.
The incumbent district attorney, George Gascón, announced in October 2018 that he would not seek a third term.[1] Gascón then abruptly resigned in October 2019, and Breed appointed Suzy Loftus to replace him on an interim basis.[2][3]
Four candidates, Chesa Boudin, Suzy Loftus, Nancy Tung, and Leif Dautch, ran in the nonpartisan election,[4][5] with Boudin and Loftus seen as the front-runners.[6] San Francisco elections are conducted using ranked-choice voting: voters are permitted to rank the candidates in order of preference, and should no candidate garner a majority of first-choice votes, the support of the candidates with the fewest votes are successively re-allocated until one candidate attains a majority.[7]
The winner of the election was unclear for several days;[8] Loftus conceded the race to Boudin on November 9.[9] The final results showed Boudin defeating Loftus by 4.6 percentage points in first-choice votes, and by 1.7 percentage points in the final round.[10]
- ^ Sernoffsky, Evan (October 2, 2018). "SF district attorney George Gascón decides not to seek re-election". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Sernoffsky, Evan; Rubenstein, Steve (October 19, 2019). "Loftus sworn in as interim DA, 17 days before election". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ "S.F. mayor Breed swears in Suzy Loftus interim district attorney". CBS Local. October 19, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ "2019 election: Who's running for San Francisco district attorney". KGO-TV. November 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Sernoffsky, Evan (October 31, 2019). "SF district attorney candidates emphasize contrasting priorities in final days before election". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Sernoffsky, Evan (October 21, 2019). "Poll: Chesa Boudin, Suzy Loftus lead district attorney race in SF". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ "Ranked-choice voting". SFgov.org. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ "San Francisco district attorney race too close to call". KGO-TV. November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ Nguyen, Daisy (November 10, 2019). "Chesa Boudin, whose parents were imprisoned, wins San Francisco D.A.'s race". NBC News. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ^ "2019 San Francisco District Attorney election: RCV detailed report 11" (PDF). SFelections.org. November 13, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.