2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election
The 2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections were held on November 3, 2020, though many voted early by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . Six of the eleven seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were contested. One incumbent was termed out of office, another incumbent chose to retire, and four ran for reelection. The election was conducted with ranked-choice voting .
Incumbent Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer was eligible to stand for reelection but decided against it, citing a desire to focus on personal matters.[ 1]
District 1 supervisorial election, 2020[ 2]
Candidate
First round votes
First round %
Final round votes
Final round %
Connie Chan
13,508
37.44%
17,142
50.18%
Marjan Philhour
12,383
34.32%
17,017
49.82%
David E. Lee
6,293
17.44%
N/A
Sherman D'Silva
1,558
4.32%
N/A
Veronica Shinzato
1,320
3.66%
N/A
Amanda Inocencio
702
1.95%
N/A
Andrew Majalya
312
0.86%
N/A
Continuing vote total
36,076
34,159
Incumbent Supervisor Aaron Peskin was eligible for reelection.
District 3 supervisorial election, 2020[ 2]
Candidate
First round votes
First round %
Final round votes
Final round %
Aaron Peskin (incumbent)
15,412
53.34%
16,199
56.51%
Danny Sauter
10,553
36.52%
12,468
43.49%
Spencer Simonsen
1,490
5.16%
N/A
Stephen Schwartz
1,438
4.98%
N/A
Continuing vote total
28,893
28,667
Incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston was eligible to run for reelection. The 2020 election was a rematch of the prior year's special election, with former Supervisor Vallie Brown aiming to win back her seat after narrowly losing by 0.8%.[ 3]
District 5 supervisorial election, 2020[ 2]
Candidate
First round votes
First round %
Final round votes
Final round %
Dean Preston (incumbent)
21,484
51.44%
22,853
55.24%
Vallie Brown
16,777
40.17%
18,520
44.76%
Daniel Landry
2,390
5.72%
N/A
Nomvula O'Meara
1,113
2.66%
N/A
Continuing vote total
41,764
41,373
Incumbent Supervisor Norman Yee was ineligible to run due to term limits.
District 7 supervisorial election, 2020[ 2]
Candidate
First round votes
First round %
Final round votes
Final round %
Joel Engardio
9,272
23.57%
16,370
46.86%
Vilaska Nguyen
8,263
21.01%
N/A
Myrna Melgar
7,881
20.04%
18,561
53.14%
Emily Murase
4,934
12.54%
N/A
Stephen Martin-Pinto
4,599
11.69%
N/A
Ben Matranga
3,414
8.68%
N/A
Ken Piper
969
2.46%
N/A
Continuing vote total
39,332
34,931
Incumbent Supervisor Hillary Ronen was eligible to run for reelection. She ran unopposed.
District 9 supervisorial election, 2020[ 2]
Candidate
Final round votes
Final round %
Hillary Ronen (incumbent)
29,212
99.78%
Bud Ryerson (write-in )
63
0.22%
Continuing vote total
29,275
Incumbent Supervisor Ahsha Safaí was eligible for reelection. The race was notable as Safaí's primary opponent was former Supervisor and 2011 San Francisco mayoral candidate John Avalos . San Francisco law states that Supervisors may serve a maximum of two continuous terms, meaning Avalos, out of office since 2017, was eligible to run for another two terms.
District 11 supervisorial election, 2020[ 2]
Candidate
First round votes
First round %
Final round votes
Final round %
Ahsha Safaí (incumbent)
15,135
48.28%
16,367
53.08%
John Avalos
13,412
42.78%
14,470
46.92%
Marcelo Colussi
2,788
8.89%
N/A
Jason Chuyuan Zeng
15
0.05%
N/A
Continuing vote total
31,350
30,837
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