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San Francisco Voters Reinforce Moderate Turn

Early returns plus mayoral statements point to voter preference for practical governing focused on public safety, homelessness, the city budget.

In two Board of Supervisors races Tuesday, voters overwhelmingly embraced allies of moderate Mayor Daniel Lurie, rejecting challengers who would have shifted the city’s legislative branch to become more skeptical of Lurie’s centrist agenda. One of those winners was was Supervisor Alan Wong, left, who Lurie congratulated at his election party on Tuesday.
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Dean Preston, a progressive former supervisor shown in a 2025 file photo, said the San Francisco left has still notched some important wins despite what he called a “rightward shift” among many local candidates.  

Overview

  • Recent local returns showed reelection of moderate supervisors Stephen Sherrill and Alan Wong, signaling continued voter support for candidates endorsed by Mayor Daniel Lurie.
  • Initial counts suggested rejection of Proposition D, the union-backed 'Overpaid CEO' tax, but official results had not been certified and remained subject to final tabulation.
  • Mayor Lurie has pointed to the election as validation for a results-oriented approach after 16 months in office that he says has reduced petty crime, shrunk large homeless encampments and helped revive parts of downtown.
  • To address a multibillion-dollar budget gap, Lurie approved raises for police and firefighters while pursuing cuts and renegotiations of nonprofit contracts that have totaled more than $1 billion a year.
  • The changes trace back to a 2024 moderate campaign funded by tech leaders that toppled progressives and brought Lurie to City Hall, a shift that could lower ballot-box fights between labor and business and reshape policy debates going forward.