Election money updates

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Kelly Waldron looks at the money behind the D2 race for supervisor, where appointed incumbent Stephen Sherrill has raised over $1 million for the June primary, mostly from PACs bankrolled by allies of Mayor Lurie.

Another appointee running for supervisor, D4’s Alan Wong, also raised most of his $340,000 from PACs backed by Lurie’s allies. Junyao Yang has details on Wong’s neck-and-neck fundraising race with Natalie Gee.

And state senator Scott Weiner is going heavy on the house parties as he campaigns for a Congressional seat. Io Yeh Gilman follows him to a shoes-off gathering, where Weiner talks to parents about education, housing, and his changing views on Israel and Gaza.

The San Francisco International Arts Festival opens next week, with more than 50 artists from nine different countries. Andrew Gilbert gives a preview of some of the dance, theater, music, and, yes, circus events coming to the Mission.

More soon,

Sara

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