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Preliminary RCV points to Breed, Crowley

11.06.12 - 11:51 pm | Tim Redmond |
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How incredibly strange: District Five, the most left-leaning district in the city, just elected a moderate supervisor who supports the sit-lie law and has the backing of the landlords. District 7, the most conserative district, elected a labor guy who may sometimes be a swing vote.

The preliminary RCV results show London Breed winning in D5 and FX Crowley in D7. The D7 results are close and could change; the D5 results are not. Promoted by landlord money and helped by two billionaires attacking incumbent Christina Olague, Breed is now in a position to move the board to the right.

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Lee down in D7, promises to maintain presence

11.06.12 - 11:45 pm | Molly Champlin |
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The barrage of mailers put out by the Coalition for Sensible Government, which campaign manager Thomas Lee described as more a source of frustration than anything else, don't seem to be helping David Lee, who is currently behind incumbent, Eric Mar in his race for District 1 supervisor.Read more »

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FX Crowley campaign party jubilant, then thin

11.06.12 - 11:34 pm |
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By Anna Sterling

Around 8:30 or so the West Portal office of District 7 supervisor nominee FX Crowley was filled with supporters, spilling out into the sidewalk.

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The scene at Yes on 37

11.06.12 - 11:15 pm | Alex Kekauoha |
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A few dozen people are at CELLspace in the Mission District watching national returns on a massive screen while eagerly awaiting the results of Proposition 37 (It's currently winning at around 68%).  The controversial statewide measure will require grocers and food manufacturers to label their products that undergo genetic modification before they reach store shelves.  If passed, the measure will make California the first state to ever enforce labeling for foods that undergo genetic modification. Read more »

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Prop. 30 is going to be close. Really close

11.06.12 - 10:35 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Without Los Angeles, without San Francisco, with mostly the conservative counties in, it's 49 yes, 51 no on the ballot measure that will determine the fate of California. As more returns come in, it's inching up, slowly, and there's still a good chance that it will squeak through. The death-penalty repeal is starting to look bad; at 55 no, 43 yes, it's not looking good.

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Finally, some clarity in SF

11.06.12 - 10:22 pm | Tim Redmond |
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So right after I complained about SF dragging its feet on returns, we get another big chunk and it shows Eric Mar taking D1 handily. Amazing: A carpet-bombing campaign of big money, and the quiet progressive pulls it out.

Now: He had the support of Rose Pak, but mostly he had troops on the ground, a lot of them from the labor movement and a lot of them pro-tenant folks who saw the clear and present danger that David Lee would bring to City Hall.Read more »

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Matt Haney jumping for joy over school board results

11.06.12 - 10:18 pm | Ivan V. Natividad |
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At a party at the Brick and Mortar club in the Mission -- a combined celebration for David Campos, Matt Haney, and Steve Ngo --  school board nominee Matt Haney currently stands at 13.29% of the vote, enough to get him on the board. And he was jumping up and down with delight when he saw the numbers were turning in his favor.Read more »

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Why are SF and LA so slooooow?

11.06.12 - 9:57 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Over at the Prop. 34 party, where the early returns aren't looking good, everyone's trying to keep spirits up by noting that, while the measure to repeal the death penalty is losing, virtually no results from San Francisco or Los Angeles have been posted. Why are the two most prominent political cities in the state so slooow to post results? At 10pm, all SF has are absentees and a tiny handful of precincts. LA has sent nothing to the Secretary of State. Come on, folks: Enquiring minds want to know.

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Mar jubilant at early returns

11.06.12 - 9:43 pm | Tim Redmond |
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The first precinct reports are coming in -- just a few -- and they share Sup. Eric Mar holding and even expanding his lead in District 1. Too early to call it, but Mar is jubilant and so are his supporters. Joe Fitzgerald send this report:Read more »

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Obama wins: Rejoicing at SF Dem HQ

11.06.12 - 9:38 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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The crowd just went nuts at the SF Democratic Party headquarters on Market Street when the big TV screen flashed, "Obama Re-Elected."

Downstairs from the rejoicing, a poster on the wall claimed that volunteers made 29,050 calls over the weekend on the Democratic incumbent's behalf -- upstairs, of course, was the payoff for all that hard work and the party.

State Sen. Mark Leno told us "San Francisco was the most productive campaign office in the state," having hundreds of volunteers a day.Read more »

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First results: Mar, Breed in the lead

11.06.12 - 8:55 pm | Tim Redmond |
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Remember, these are the early absentees. They may not reflect the carpet-bombing attacks of the last week. And they always tend to run a bit conservative. But the results in D1 are stunning: After enduring an $800,000 attack campaign, Sup. Eric Mar has a lead of almost five points, 48-43. Since he's got a massive GOTV program, he's positioned remarkably well.Read more »

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State starts to move the right way

11.06.12 - 8:32 pm | Tim Redmond |
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State results still skewed to the conservative counties (except for San Mateo) and the number are looking lots, lots better. Prop. 30 is behind 51-48, which almost exactly mirrors Prop. 32, which is winning 51-48. This is a good trend, generally; if we're this close in the conservative absentees, from the conservative counties, we may actually pull this election out.

These are counties, for example, where repealing the death penalty is losing 55-45, and statewide, the polls show that almost a dead heat.

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Very early, conservative counties no on 30, yes on 32

11.06.12 - 8:18 pm | Tim Redmond |
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There's a scattering of early returns, mostly from conservative Central Valley counties, and they should everything bad happening -- Prop. 30 failing, Prop. 32 winning, Prop. 34 and 37 losing .... but LA isn't in, the Bay Area isn't in, and none of this means much. Except: Prop. 36, the repeal of three-strikes, is going to win overwhelmingly. It looks like Prop. 39, ending a billion-dollar tax loophole, is going to win handily. And the attempt by Mercury Insurance once again to rewrite the state's car-insurance laws is going down to defeat.Read more »

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Now let's worry about California

11.06.12 - 7:52 pm | Tim Redmond |
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As expected, Obama is headed for victory. Elizabeth Warren has won in MA, the tea-party rape-nut lost in Indiana, the House will stay (more narrowly) Republican, the Senate Democratic.

It looks like marriage equality is winning in every state where it's on the ballot.

So now I can start to worry about Prop. 30 and the future of California, and Districts 1and 5 and the future of San Francisco.

 

 

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What's happening tonight

11.06.12 - 3:44 pm | Tim Redmond |
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According to the SF Department of Elections, the first results -- including just the absentees received before Election Day -- will be posted here at about 8:45. That will include a preliminary ranked-choice voting run, which won't be conclusive but will give people a sense of where the races are headed.

We'll be posting regular updates on this blog through the evening, trying to make sense of the numbers and reporting from the various Election Night events. Join us for the latest news and analysis.Read more »