2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election

This article is about the November special election. For the June recall election, see 2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election.

2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election

November 8, 2022

Candidate Brooke Jenkins John Hamasaki Joe Alioto Veronese First round 126,505 45.9% 102,612 37.2% 34,603 12.5% Maximum round 142,412 53.7% 122,906 46.3% Eliminated

Final round results by precinct Jenkins:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90% Hamasaki:      50–60%      60–70%      No data

District Attorney before election Brooke Jenkins Elected District Attorney Brooke Jenkins

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 will serve the remainder of the unexpired term until January 2025.^[3][4]

Candidates

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

Joe Alioto Veronese

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]

Maurice Chenier

Organizations

• San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Jenkins)^[15]

John Hamasaki

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]

Brooke Jenkins

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

• London Breed, mayor of San Francisco^[17]
• Rafael Mandelman, San Francisco supervisor^[8]

Organizations

• San Francisco Police Officers Association^[20]
• San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Chenier)^[15]

Newspapers

• San Francisco Examiner^[21]

Declined to endorse

Newspapers

• San Francisco Chronicle^[22]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Margin of error	Sample size[a]	Joe Alito Veronese	Maurice Chenier	John Hamaski	Brooke Jenkins	Undecided
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%

Results

2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election[25]
Candidate	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Brooke Jenkins (incumbent)	126,505	45.85	130,215	47.64	142,412	53.68
John Hamasaki	102,612	37.19	105,770	38.70	122,906	46.32
Joe Alioto Veronese	34,603	12.54	37,332	13.66	Eliminated
Maurice Chenier	12,211	4.43	Eliminated
Continuing ballots	261,703		259,221		251,651
Blank ballots	27,870		27,870		27,870
Exhausted ballots	0		2,394		9,763
Overvotes	1,224		1,312		1,513

Notes

1. Poll conducted for the Jenkins campaign

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. The published results of the poll did not state how many respondents were likely voters.

References

1. "Future Elections". sfelections.sfgov.org. San Francisco Department of Elections.
2. White, Jeremy B. (July 7, 2022). "London Breed replaces ousted DA Chesa Boudin with recall proponent Brooke Jenkins". Politico. MSN. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
3. "Brooke Jenkins Sworn in as San Francisco District Attorney". Office of the Mayor of San Francisco. July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
4. Hamasaki Concedes Nearly a Week After Jenkins Declares Victory in SF District Attorney's Race, KQED
5. "Candidates". San Francisco Department of Elections.
6. "Meet Maurice Chenier, the Most 'Pro-Police' DA Candidate: 'I Wouldn't Describe Myself as Progressive'". September 19, 2022.
7. "'I am not Chesa Boudin': John Hamasaki, firebrand former S.F. Police commissioner, plans to run for D.A." August 11, 2022.
8. "Hamasaki endorsed by S.F. Democratic Party for D.A." San Francisco Chronicle. September 30, 2022 – via PressReader.
9. "S.F. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is officially running to keep her job in November". August 8, 2022.
10. "Member of SF political dynasty files to run for DA". August 3, 2022.
11. Cassidy, Megan (June 28, 2022). "Chesa Boudin says he won't rule out running for San Francisco D.A., in first interview since recall". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
12. White, Jeremy B. (August 4, 2022). "San Francisco's ousted district attorney won't run again". Politico. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
13. "Where San Francisco's upcoming DA race stands". September 2022.
14. Dickey, Megan Rose (October 11, 2022). "Meet the candidates: All eyes on SF's district attorney race". Axios.
15. Bastone, Nick (October 20, 2022). "Races to watch: San Francisco's November ballot". Axios.
16. "With sizable crowd and endorsements, Hamasaki formally files for district attorney". August 13, 2022.
17. "How the current San Francisco DA race is shaping up - Inside.com". Inside.
18. "San Francisco Green Party - Endorsements".
19. "District Attorney Brooke Jenkins locks up endorsements from Democrats who didn't support Boudin recall". August 9, 2022.
20. "SFPOA November 2022 Voter Guide | San Francisco Police Officers Association". sfpoa.org.
21. "S.F. offices: The Examiner's endorsements in the November 2022 election". San Francisco Examiner. October 21, 2022.
22. Board, Chronicle Editorial (October 30, 2022). "Why The Chronicle isn't endorsing for S.F. district attorney". San Francisco Chronicle.
23. Embold Research/San Francisco Standard
24. EMC Research
25. "November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Election" (PDF).