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2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election

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{{about|the November special election|the June recall election|2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election}}

{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election

| country = San Francisco

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election

| previous_year = 2022 (recall)

| election_date = November 8, 2022

| next_election = 2024 San Francisco District Attorney election

| next_year = 2024

| 1blank = First round

| 2blank = Maximum round

| image1 = Brooke Jenkins Portrait (cropped).jpg

| candidate1 = Brooke Jenkins

| color1 = c0c0c0

| 1data1 = 126,505
45.9%

| 2data1 = 142,412
53.7%

| image2 = Police Commissioner John Hamasaki (cropped).png

| candidate2 = John Hamasaki

| color2 = c0c0c0

| 1data2 = 102,612
37.2%

| 2data2 = 122,906
46.3%

| image3 = Joe Alioto Veronese at the 2022 San Francisco Pride Parade (cropped).jpg

| candidate3 = Joe Alioto Veronese

| color3 = c0c0c0

| 1data3 = 34,603
12.5%

| 2data3 = Eliminated

| map_image = 2022 San Francisco District Attorney election.svg

| map_size = 230px

| map_caption = Final round results by precinct
Jenkins: {{legend0|#8da9e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#678cd7|60–70%}} {{legend0|#416fcd|70–80%}} {{legend0|#244079|>90%}}
Hamasaki: {{legend0|#73bc80|50–60%}} {{legend0|#3fa455|60–70%}}
{{legend0|#808080|No data}}

| title = District Attorney

| before_election = Brooke Jenkins

| after_election = Brooke Jenkins

}}

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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.{{cite web |title=Future Elections |publisher=San Francisco Department of Elections |website=sfelections.sfgov.org |url=https://sfelections.sfgov.org/future-elections}}

Following Boudin's removal from office, Mayor London Breed appointed Brooke Jenkins as the interim District Attorney on July 8, 2022.{{Cite web |last=White |first=Jeremy B. |title=London Breed replaces ousted DA Chesa Boudin with recall proponent Brooke Jenkins |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/london-breed-replaces-ousted-da-chesa-boudin-with-recall-proponent-brooke-jenkins/ar-AAZkSyH |date=2022-07-07 |access-date=2022-07-17 |work=Politico |publisher=MSN |language=en-US}} After winning the special election, Jenkins will serve the remainder of the unexpired term until January 2025.{{cite web |title=Brooke Jenkins Sworn in as San Francisco District Attorney |date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=July 16, 2022 |work=Office of the Mayor of San Francisco |url=https://sfmayor.org/article/brooke-jenkins-sworn-san-francisco-district-attorney}}[https://www.kqed.org/news/11931386/brooke-jenkins-district-attorney-results-san-francisco Hamasaki Concedes Nearly a Week After Jenkins Declares Victory in SF District Attorney's Race], KQED

Candidates

= Declared =

As of the filing deadline, these candidates were listed on the San Francisco Department of Elections webpage.{{cite web | url = https://sfelections.sfgov.org/candidates | title = Candidates | publisher = San Francisco Department of Elections}}

  • Maurice Chenier, corporate attorney and candidate for District Attorney in 2007 (party affiliation: Independent){{cite web | url=https://sfstandard.com/politics/elections/meet-da-candidate-maurice-chenier/ | title=Meet Maurice Chenier, the Most 'Pro-Police' DA Candidate: 'I Wouldn't Describe Myself as Progressive' | date=September 19, 2022 }}
  • John Hamasaki, criminal defense attorney and former member of the San Francisco Police Commission (party affiliation: Democratic){{cite web | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/John-Hamasaki-pulls-papers-to-run-for-S-F-17367137.php | title='I am not Chesa Boudin': John Hamasaki, firebrand former S.F. Police commissioner, plans to run for D.A. | date=August 11, 2022 }}
  • Brooke Jenkins, interim District Attorney (party affiliation: Democratic){{cite web | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-D-A-Brooke-Jenkins-is-officially-running-to-17359492.php | title=S.F. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is officially running to keep her job in November | date=August 8, 2022 }}
  • 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){{cite web | url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/member-of-sf-political-dynasty-files-to-run-for-da/ | title=Member of SF political dynasty files to run for DA | date=August 3, 2022 }}

= Declined =

  • Chesa Boudin, former District Attorney{{cite news |title=Chesa Boudin says he won't rule out running for San Francisco D.A., in first interview since recall |first=Megan |last=Cassidy |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=July 16, 2022 |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Chesa-Boudin-says-he-won-t-rule-out-running-for-17271871.php}}{{cite news |title=San Francisco's ousted district attorney won't run again |first=Jeremy B. |last=White |work=Politico |date=August 4, 2022 |access-date=August 4, 2022 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/04/san-franciscos-district-attorney-chesa-boudin-00049868}}

Endorsements

{{Endorsements box

| title = Joe Alioto Veronese

| width = 50em

| list =

Labor unions

  • San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2022/09/01/san-francisco-district-attorney-race-overview | title=Where San Francisco's upcoming DA race stands | date=September 2022 }}
  • Service Employees International Union Local 1021{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2022/10/11/san-francisco-district-attorney-election-voter-guide|title=Meet the candidates: All eyes on SF's district attorney race|first=Megan Rose|last=Dickey|date=October 11, 2022|website=Axios}}

Organizations

  • San Francisco Democratic Party (second choice)
  • San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Chenier and Jenkins){{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2022/10/20/san-francisco-races-election-november-ballot|title=Races to watch: San Francisco's November ballot|first=Nick|last=Bastone|date=October 20, 2022|website=Axios}}

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Maurice Chenier

| width = 50em

| list =

Organizations

  • San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Jenkins)

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = John Hamasaki

| width = 50em

| list =

State politicians

Local politicians

Organizations

  • San Francisco Democratic Party (first choice)
  • San Francisco Green Party{{cite web | url=https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements | title=San Francisco Green Party - Endorsements }}

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Brooke Jenkins

| width = 50em

| list =

State politicians

Local politicians

Organizations

  • San Francisco Police Officers Association{{Cite web|url=https://sfpoa.org/Nov2022VoterGuide|title=SFPOA November 2022 Voter Guide | San Francisco Police Officers Association|website=sfpoa.org}}
  • San Francisco Republican Party (co-endorsement with Alioto Veronese and Chenier)

Newspapers

  • San Francisco Examiner{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/endorsements/s-f-offices-the-examiners-endorsements-in-the-november-2022-election/article_a2eb938c-50df-11ed-8d94-77d8fc9972ac.html|title=S.F. offices: The Examiner's endorsements in the November 2022 election|website=San Francisco Examiner|date=October 21, 2022 }}

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Declined to endorse

| width = 50em

| list =

Newspapers

  • San Francisco Chronicle{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/endorsement-san-francisco-district-attorney-17542681.php|title=Why The Chronicle isn't endorsing for S.F. district attorney|first=Chronicle Editorial|last=Board|date=October 30, 2022|website=San Francisco Chronicle}}

}}

Polling

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"
style="vertical-align:bottom"

! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Margin
of error

! Sample
size{{efn|Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear|name="Key"}}

! style="width:60px;"| Joe Alito
Veronese

! style="width:60px;"| Maurice
Chenier

! style="width:60px;"| John
Hamaski

! style="width:60px;"| Brooke
Jenkins

! Undecided

style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Embold Research/San Francisco Standard[https://sfstandard.com/politics/san-francisco-standard-voter-poll-fall-2022/ Embold Research/San Francisco Standard]

| rowspan="2"|October 1–7, 2022

| rowspan="2"|± 3.9%

|944 (RV)

|4%

|<1%

|10%

|{{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|25%

|{{party shading/Undecided}}|61%

<944 (LV){{efn|The published results of the poll did not state how many respondents were likely voters.}}

|5%

|<1%

|9%

|{{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|28%

|{{party shading/Undecided}}|58%

style="text-align:left;"|EMC Research[https://sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/EMC-Research-SF-District-Attorney-Polling-Memo.pdf EMC Research]{{efn-ua|name="CR"|Poll conducted for the Jenkins campaign}}

|August 28 – September 1, 2022

|± 4.9%

|400 (LV)

|15%

|5%

|26%

|{{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49%

|6%

Results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"

! colspan=7| 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfelections.org/results/20221108/data/20221115/da/da_short.pdf|title=November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Election}}

rowspan=2| Candidate

! colspan=2| Round 1

! colspan=2| Round 2

! colspan=2| Round 3

Votes

!%

!Votes

!%

!Votes

!%

align=left|Brooke Jenkins (incumbent)

| 126,505

| 45.85

| 130,215

| 47.64

| {{won|142,412}}

| {{won|53.68}}

align=left|John Hamasaki

| 102,612

| 37.19

| 105,770

| 38.70

| 122,906

| 46.32

align=left|Joe Alioto Veronese

| 34,603

| 12.54

| 37,332

| 13.66

| colspan=2 align=center {{lost|Eliminated}}

align=left|Maurice Chenier

| 12,211

| 4.43

| colspan=4 align=center {{lost|Eliminated}}

colspan=7|
style="font-weight:bold"

| align=left|Continuing ballots

| colspan=2|261,703

| colspan=2|259,221

| colspan=2|251,651

align=left|Blank ballots

| colspan=2|27,870

| colspan=2|27,870

| colspan=2|27,870

align=left|Exhausted ballots

| colspan=2|0

| colspan=2|2,394

| colspan=2|9,763

align=left|Overvotes

| colspan=2|1,224

| colspan=2|1,312

| colspan=2|1,513

Notes

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References

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