Just two people have announced they are running against the first-term mayor, but three other candidates might join the race.
London Breed, in her first term as mayor, will run for a second term in November. Sheila Fitzgerald Shutterstock.com
It’s been 28 years since a mayor of San Francisco was ousted after just one term. That mayor was former chief of police Frank Jordan, as Heather Knight of The New York Times wrote on Dec. 12.
Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed might face five candidates next year looking to change this.
Knight, a longtime San Francisco Chronicle staffer who joined the Times earlier this year as its bureau chief for San Francisco, wrote about the mayoral field, which is small thus far in announced candidates, but has some formidable potential candidates in the wings.
So far, Breed’s two announced challengers are San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Ahsha Safai and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie. Knight noted three other candidates “being bandied about” by local citizenry:
Peskin downplayed any interest in running for mayor, citing the job’s difficulty. Yekutiel said he was “strongly considering” running. And Farrell might have struck the most strident tone in a statement he put out.
“San Francisco has cratered over the past five years,” he said in his statement. “In all my recent conversations, one consistent theme has emerged: Nobody believes Mayor Breed, or any of her challengers, has the experience, policies and leadership to turn San Francisco around.”
The general election will be held Nov. 5, 2024, according to a candidate guide for the city.
Read the article “The Challengers Weighing a Run at San Francisco’s Mayor” on NYTimes.com.
