2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election
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November 8, 2022
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The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election was held on November 8, 2022, following the successful recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. It was held concurrent with the 2022 statewide general elections.[1]
Following Boudin's removal from office, Mayor London Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins as the interim District Attorney on July 8, 2022.[2] After winning the special election, Jenkins served the remainder of the unexpired term until January 2025.[3][4]
Declared
As of the filing deadline, these candidates were listed on the San Francisco Department of Elections webpage.[5]
- Maurice Chenier, corporate attorney and candidate for District Attorney in 2007 (party affiliation: Independent)[6]
- John Hamasaki, criminal defense attorney and former member of the San Francisco Police Commission (party affiliation: Democratic)[7][8]
- Brooke Jenkins, interim District Attorney (party affiliation: Democratic)[9][8]
- Joe Alioto Veronese, civil rights attorney, former member of the San Francisco Police Commission, San Francisco Fire Commission, and California Council on Criminal Justice, grandson of former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto, and son of former San Francisco supervisor Angela Alioto (party affiliation: Democratic)[10][8]
Declined
- Chesa Boudin, former District Attorney[11][12]
Endorsements
Labor unions
- San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council[13]
- Service Employees International Union Local 1021[14]
Organizations
- San Francisco Democratic Party (second choice)[8]
- San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Chenier and Jenkins)[15]
Organizations
- San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Jenkins)[15]
State politicians
- Tom Ammiano, former California state assemblyman[16]
- Mark Leno, former California state senator and runner-up for mayor of San Francisco in 2018[16]
Local politicians
- John Avalos, former San Francisco supervisor[8]
- Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[16]
- Sandra Lee Fewer, former San Francisco supervisor[16]
- Dean Preston, San Francisco supervisor[17]
- Mano Raju, San Francisco Public Defender[17]
- Hillary Ronen, San Francisco supervisor[17]
- Norman Yee, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors[16]
Organizations
- San Francisco Democratic Party (first choice)[8]
- San Francisco Green Party[18]
State politicians
- Malia Cohen, chair of the California State Board of Equalization[8]
- Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer[19]
- Paul Miyamoto, San Francisco Sheriff[19]
- Scott Wiener, California state senator[17]
Local politicians
Organizations
- San Francisco Police Officers Association[20]
- San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Chenier)[15]
Newspapers
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Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Margin of error |
Sample size[a] |
Joe Alito Veronese |
Maurice Chenier |
John Hamaski |
Brooke Jenkins |
Undecided |
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| Embold Research/San Francisco Standard[23] | October 1–7, 2022 | ± 3.9% | 944 (RV) | 4% | <1% | 10% | 25% | 61% |
| <944 (LV)[b] | 5% | <1% | 9% | 28% | 58% | |||
| EMC Research[24][A] | August 28 – September 1, 2022 | ± 4.9% | 400 (LV) | 15% | 5% | 26% | 49% | 6% |