2015 San Francisco mayoral election

The 2015 San Francisco mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of San Francisco, California. Incumbent Mayor Ed Lee won re-election to a second term in office.^[1][2] All local elections in California are nonpartisan.

2015 San Francisco mayoral election

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Candidate Ed Lee Francisco Herrera Popular vote 105,298 28,638 Percentage 55.3% 15.0%   Candidate Amy Farah Weiss Stuart Schuffman Popular vote 23,099 18,211 Percentage 12.1% 9.6%

Results by supervisorial district Lee:      <40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Mayor before election Ed Lee Democratic Elected mayor Ed Lee Democratic

Candidates

In November 2015, incumbent Mayor Ed Lee declared that he would stand for reelection for a second term as mayor.^[3] State Senator Mark Leno had considered running but ultimately decided against it.^[4][5] Former Mayor Art Agnos, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Public Defender Jeff Adachi and former State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano all also declined to run. Initially, local media speculated that Lee would run for reelection unopposed.^[6] Lee was ultimately opposed by five candidates: Kent Graham, Francisco Herrera, Reed Martin, Stuart Schuffman, and Amy Farah Weiss.^[7]

Election results

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though most candidates in San Francisco do receive funding and support from various political parties. Instant-runoff voting, also known as ranked-choice voting, was used in the election. Lee was reelected with a majority of the vote in the first round of votes, and no transferring of votes was required.

San Francisco mayoral election, 2015^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Ed Lee (incumbent)		105,298	55.3
Francisco Herrera		28,638	15.0
Amy Farah Weiss		23,099	12.1
Stuart Schuffman		18,211	9.6
Kent Graham		8,775	4.6
Reed Martin		4,612	2.4
Write-in candidates		1,764	0.9
Total votes		184,021	100.0