State Sen. Leland Yee (D-SF) is set to announce his candidacy for mayor in just a few minutes at San Francisco City Hall:
State Sen. Leland Yee plans to take out papers today for his likely run for San Francisco mayor.
Forming an "exploratory committee" will allow Yee to start campaigning and raising money for next year's race. He just got through spending $1.2 million on his all-but-uncontested re-election campaign.
"We needed to keep people informed on what the senator had been doing," said campaign manager Jim Stearn. (SF Chronicle)
With Gavin Newsom winning election to Lt. Governor, the big question now is who will become Mayor in January when Newsom moves up to Sacramento. Apparently the process will be starting sooner than expected, with the Board of Supervisors already looking around for a replacement.
Going beyond the interim question, there is likely to be a fair bit of identity politics. There will be a few groups looking to make history, first Chinese-American mayor in SF, first gay mayor, etc. Oh, and there's that lingering progressive - vs - moderate debate. The interim mayor selection is just the beginning. |
