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    San Francisco voters oust incumbent mayor and incumbent SD leads

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    (This story has been updated with new information)

    San Francisco Mayor London Breed lost to his opponent Daniel Lurie in the city’s mayoral race, while the incumbent San Diego mayor maintains a strong lead in that race.

    Thursday’s election results gave a clear picture of who would lead two of the state’s largest cities.

    lurie declared victory on social media on Wednesday.

    “The campaign is over, but the work continues,” Lurie wrote on November 5.

    Democratic candidate Lurie, heir to Levi Strauss, has 56.2% of the total distribution in the ranked-choice voting contest, based on Thursday morning results. Breed has 83,800 votes, or 43.8%.

    Breed was the first black mayor of San Francisco and the 45th mayor of the city and county.

    In San Diego, Democratic Mayor Todd Gloria is in the lead with 198,743 votes, or 54% of the total cast as of Friday morning. Larry Turner, an independent candidate, has 165,320 votes, or 45% of the total.

    Turner issued a statement about X saying he was “cautiously optimistic” that votes were still coming in and that he would learn more information on Friday. Turner is a community relations officer for the San Diego Police Department and a retired U.S. Marine.

    Gloria, the 37th mayor of San Diego and former state assemblywoman, has served since 2020 and was a council member from 2008 to 2016.

    What is ranked choice voting?

    Ranked-choice voting allows voters to rank candidates based on their preference rather than just their first choice. Winners are usually determined through multiple rounds of vote counting.

    For example, if there were six candidates on a ballot, ranked-choice voting would allow someone to rank any of those candidates by which one they prefer. For example, a voter might prefer. Typically, a voter would choose any of these six candidates and cast their sole vote for the candidate of their choice.

    The winner is chosen round by round, meaning that in the absence of a majority, counting continues with voters’ second choices until one receives 50% or more of the votes. In the first round, candidates’ votes are counted based on who picked them second on their ballots. However, the candidate with the fewest votes in each round is eliminated until one candidate achieves a majority, combining first-choice votes with second-choice votes from other candidates. Breed and Lurie made it to the 14th round in voting. counting process, the last round of voting.

    Wes Woods II covers West County for the Ventura County Star. Contact him at [email protected]805-437-0262 or @JournoWes.

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