2024 San Francisco Election Campaign Finance
Welcome to Mission Local’s dashboard for San Francisco’s election campaign finance.
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This year, a staggering amount of money have been poured into candidate and initiative campaigns. We are closely following that money. Explore the fundraising of the mayor’s race, six supervisor races, and the school board race.
You can also read more of our ongoing BigMoneySF series here and see how our reporters dissected the city’s biggest political donors and political action groups and their takeaways from the March 5 election.
Mayor’s race
For the first time in six years, San Francisco has a contested mayoral race, with four candidates vying to unseat incumbent London Breed — Ahsha Safaí, Daniel Lurie, Mark Farrell and Aaron Peskin. Here are the fundraising of the five frontrunners.
Top individual donors
A staggering total of nearly $33.85 million has thus far been poured into the November election. Almost 30 percent of this snowballing mass came from the top five individual donors below.
Daniel Lurie
Michael Moritz
Michael
Bloomberg
Miriam Haas
Chris Larsen
PAC for
London Breed
($400,000)
PAC supporting
Trevor Chandler
($50,000)
PAC against
Dean Preston
($50,000)
Daniel Lurie
For Mayor
($4,730,000)
TogetherSF
ballot measure
on commission
reform
($2,496,323)
PAC for
Daniel Lurie
($1,000,000)
PAC for
London Breed
($1,200,000)
Re-elect
London Breed
($500)
Daniel Lurie
Michael
Bloomberg
Michael Moritz
Daniel Lurie
For Mayor
($4,730,000)
TogetherSF
ballot measure
on commission
reform
($2,496,323)
PAC for
London Breed
($1,200,000)
Re-elect
London Breed
($500)
Miriam Haas
Chris Larsen
PAC for
Daniel Lurie
($1,000,000)
PAC for
London Breed
($400,000)
PAC supporting
Trevor Chandler
($50,000)
PAC against
Dean Preston
($50,000)
Graphic by Xueer Lu. Source: San Francisco Ethics Commission. Last updated: Sept. 11, 2024.
Top PAC donors
Political action committees (PACs) have also been contributing to the mammoth amount of funds pouring into the November election. The top five PAC donors contributed to about 6 percent of the total funds raised.
Neighbors for
a better San
Francisco
Uber Innovation
Ballot Measure
Committee
TogetherSF
Action
Northern CA
Carpenters
Regional
Council Small
Contributors
Committee
SEIU
Local 1021
TogetherSF
ballot measure
on commission
reform
($157,544)
Retirement
benefits for
nurses and
911 operators
($100,000)
TogetherSF
ballot measure
on commission
reform
($950,000)
No on the
“Community
Transit Act”
Prop. L
($750,000)
PAC for
London Breed
($125,000)
Brooke Jenkins
for DA 2024
($500)
Luis Zamora
for College
Board 2024
($500)
Neighbors for
a better San
Francisco
Uber Innovation
Ballot Measure
Committee
TogetherSF
Action
TogetherSF
ballot measure
on commission
reform
($157,544)
TogetherSF
ballot measure
on commission
reform
($950,000)
No on the
“Community
Transit Act”
Prop. L
($750,000)
Northern CA
Carpenters
Regional
Council Small
Contributors
Committee
SEIU
Local 1021
Retirement
benefits for
nurses and
911 operators
($100,000)
PAC for
London Breed
($125,000)
Brooke Jenkins
for DA 2024
($500)
Luis Zamora
for College
Board 2024
($500)
Graphic by Xueer Lu. Source: San Francisco Ethics Commission. Last updated: Sept. 12, 2024.
Supervisor race
Six districts across the city are up for grabs in November — District 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.
Among the six contested districts, three have their incumbents running for re-election — District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan, District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston, and District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar.
In the six races, two of the incumbents — Preston and Chan — have money raised against them.
Charts last updated: Oct. 16, 2024.
School board race
Read the full analysis on the school board campaign finance by Anne Li here.
Charts last updated: Oct. 21, 2024.