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Three incumbent San Francisco supervisors were expected to easily win reelection after the last rounds of votes were counted on Tuesday. They will keep their seats on the Board of Supervisors with support from several of the same politicians and groups.
Supervisors Stephen Sherrill, Alan Wong and Matt Dorsey prevailed in Districts 2, 4 and 6, respectively, according to preliminary election results. Their victories preserve the moderate majority in power at the Board of Supervisors since 2024.
In District 2, which includes the Marina and Pacific Heights, Sherrill leads three challengers with 91% of the vote, an 82-percentage-point advantage over his closest competitor, Monthanus Ratanapakdee.
Wong, who represents the Sunset District, leads two challengers, holding a 52-percentage-point advantage over runner-up Albert Chow.
In District 6, which includes SoMa, Mission Bay and Treasure Island, Dorsey leads his lone challenger, newcomer Alex Behrend, by 62 percentage points.
Sherrill and Wong had each won special elections in June before seeking full four-year terms in November. Dorsey, who was first elected in 2022, was seeking a second term.
All three supervisors were endorsed by Mayor Daniel Lurie, whose administration they have supported on issues including housing, policing, and economic recovery. They all received endorsements from the San Francisco Democratic Party, the tech-backed political pressure group GrowSF, and the pro-housing organization YIMBY Action.
The three share priorities, including more housing construction and increased police staffing.
All three incumbents also held substantial fundraising advantages over their opponents, with each raising more than 20 times as much as their best-funded rival, according to campaign filings.
Across the three contests, approximately $546,000 in spending had been reported as of Nov. 3, according to the San Francisco Ethics Commission. About $401,000 was spent by the candidates’ own campaigns, while another $145,000 came from independent expenditures by political action committees and other outside groups.
The three incumbents themselves reported raising a combined $468,000 in campaign funds, including approximately $232,000 for Sherrill, $131,000 for Dorsey and $105,000 for Wong.
The races shared several prominent financial backers.
GrowSF’s voter guide accounted for approximately $40,000 in independent expenditures supporting the three incumbents, according to filings. The San Francisco Electrical Contractors Association PAC also backed all three, spending $2,500 in support of each supervisor.
Wong attracted by far the most outside spending. Independent groups spent approximately $115,000 to support his campaign, compared with $17,000 for Dorsey and $13,000 for Sherrill.
Nearly $98,000 of the money backing Wong came from a single group, the California Alliance of Family Owned Businesses PAC. That represented roughly two-thirds of all independent expenditures reported across the three contests.
Lurie’s support had been key in Wong’s June victory. While knocking on doors with Wong ahead of that election, the mayor told volunteers, “I like to just win by a lot, so no one thinks about running against you this November.”
Wong ultimately faced just two opponents in November, compared with four in June.
Sherrill, meanwhile, has supported some efforts to build more housing in District 2, while opposing others. He supported Lurie’s upzoning plan, which allows denser development in parts of the city, but has opposed a proposed 25-story apartment building at the Marina Safeway site, despite support for the project from some of his pro-housing allies.
His political strength has also been attributed to his visibility in the district. Following his June special election victory, Erin Roach, then-president of the Marina Community Association, told Mission Local that Sherrill had been “very, very present” as supervisor.
Like Sherrill, Dorsey has earned praise for his constituent services. Sue Bushnell, president of the District 6 South Beach Democratic Club, told Mission Local that Dorsey “has been a very available and easy-to-deal-with, easy-to-work-with supervisor.”
Dorsey’s lack of a competitive challenger reflects changes to his district’s political landscape. The city’s 2022 redistricting process removed the Tenderloin, a longtime center of progressive and tenant organizing, from District 6.
The victories will preserve three reliable allies of Lurie on the board.
