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San Francisco County, CA November 6, 2007 Election
Mayor; City of San Francisco Voter Information

The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the City and County of San Francisco. The term of office for the Mayor is four years.

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Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Gavin Newsom 105,596 votes 73.66%

Quintin Mecke Click here for more information about this candidate 9,076 votes 6.33%
  • Occupation: Program Director, Safety Network Partnership
  • Progressive Democrat
  • Dickinson College (BA)
  • San Francisco State (MPA)
  • Coro Foundation Fellow
  • Leadership San Francisco graduate
  • Peace Corps volunteer alumnus - Niger
Priorities:
  • Community Policing to Improve Public Safety
  • Strengthen Public Transit - Fix Muni
  • Affordable Housing
Harold Hoogasian 8,400 votes 5.86%
Wilma Pang 7,274 votes 5.07%
Ahimsa Porter "Sumchai" (Porter) Sumchai, M.D. Click here for more information about this candidate 3,398 votes 2.37%
  • Occupation: Physician
  • M.D. Fellow Department of Surgery Stanford University
  • EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 1989-1999
  • PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 1992-1997
  • ATTENDING PHYSICIAN EMERGENCY SERVICES PALO ALTO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION AND RESEARCH CONSULTANT RR&D 1988-2000
  • ATTENDING PHYSICIAN PERSIAN GULF AGENT ORANGE IONIZING RADIATION REGISTRY PALO ALTO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
  • MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT
Priorities:
  • Public Safety and Disaster Preparedness
  • Environmental Health and Justice
  • Optimizing Public Transit
John Rinaldi 2,508 votes 1.75%
Lonnie S. Holmes Click here for more information about this candidate 1,807 votes 1.26%
  • Occupation: Acting Director, San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department
  • BA Degree, University of Washington
  • MS Degree, Public Administration
  • Neighborhood Emergency Response Team, (NERT) SFFD
  • Certificate, Marriage & Family Issues, Biola University
  • Partner in an Export Business, based in the Philippines
  • Coach, Mentor, and Community Volunteer
Priorities:
  • Crime
  • Affordable Housing
  • Create opportunities for all San Franciscans who are striving for a better life.
Josh Wolf 1,772 votes 1.24%
Grasshopper Alec Kaplan Click here for more information about this candidate 1,423 votes .99%
  • Occupation: taxicab driver
  • owner Grasshopper Taxicab, S F
  • 10 years taxicab driver, S F
  • vegan, S F Bay swimmer
  • 14 years residentially-challenged in S F
  • arrested 5 times in Septerror -thanks Ed Jew
  • declined to state Party affiliation
Priorities:
  • legalize Residency in Commercial/Ofc spaces- w/ eviction protection
  • Legalize Cannabis fully; collect local "Greens for Peace" (only) tax
  • Total Amnesty for undocumented people; make S F liveable for all
Harold Brown 915 votes .64%
George Davis Click here for more information about this candidate 644 votes .45%
  • Occupation: Writer
  • author of book, Naked Yoga
  • author of http://www.gonakedyoga.com
  • San Francisco resident for 38 years
  • member ACLU and Amnesty International
  • 1st name on ballot
Priorities:
  • Make Golden Gate Park clothing optional, like major European urban parks
  • Clean, affordable housing for all
  • Free and on-time Muni
Michael d. Powers Click here for more information about this candidate 519 votes .36%
  • Occupation: proud owner of the power exchange
  • AA in criminal justice
  • BA in history/ political science
Priorities:
  • free muni-free muni pass for all san franciscans. to support the cities efforts to prvide a community bicycle program
  • stopping the manhattanization of the san francisco skyline-stop big business/governtment hype
  • protecting and improving tenants ability to avoid eviction by gutting the ellis act.

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