Progressive Democrat Connie Chan pulled ahead in a nail-biter San Francisco supervisor election, Saturday afternoon.
It’s the last election remaining uncalled in San Francisco, as city progressives mostly prevailed in four out of five Board of Supervisor races this November.
Chan and her closest rival, moderate Democrat Marjan Philhour, have been locked in a close race to represent the city’s Richmond District on the Board of Supervisors since the first results were announced Tuesday.
Their respective leads have been slim, in the dozens of votes.
Chan led Philhour by 107 votes, Friday, making Saturday’s count a difference of only 40 votes.
Philhour is the former senior advisor to Mayor London Breed, and Chan has worked for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in her time as San Francisco District Attorney, as well as for Supervisor Aaron Peskin.
There are still 10,000 more citywide votes in San Francisco to be counted, according to the Department of Elections. When asked if she would declare victory, Saturday, Chan did not respond to a request for comment.
â Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez (@FitztheReporter)
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