50.34% Of District 6 Hates Chris Before The First RCV Pass
The suspense is killing us -- in the District 6 election! This week's episode: Everybody Hates The Absentees.
Okay, time for a new District 6 post! We're going to try putting updates on the top of the post again, as news comes in.
--Update -- we're busy at work so no commentary, but here's the latest numbers from sfgov.org.
MEMBER, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DIST. 6
VOTE FOR 1
CHRIS DALY . . . . . . . . . . 6,313 48.47
ROB BLACK . . . . . . . . . . 5,191 39.86
MATT DRAKE . . . . . . . . . . 487 3.74
VILIAM DUGOVIC. . . . . . . . . 269 2.07
DAVY JONES . . . . . . . . . . 268 2.06
MANUEL JIMENEZ, JR. . . . . . . . 234 1.80
GEORGE DIAS. . . . . . . . . . 173 1.33
ROBERT JORDAN . . . . . . . . . 89 .68
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
--Beyond Chron has an article up about the low-income housing perspective on the D6 race, and praises the Daly campaign's organized SRO outreach, which got 70% of their identified Daly supporters to the polls. Beyond Chron also confirms that the notorious 37%-31% Black over Daly poll was taken over the telephone (which underestimated Daly's non-phone-owning base). And.... extra bonus! Suzeeqzee: they also reveal what Robert Haaland was doing on his vacation!
--There's talk on the SFWall about a Daly recall.
--Fog City Journal and Sarah Daly's speech make it into the New York Times. They forgave her, because they noted she had two empty champagne glasses in hand at the time.
--Also, we're kind of curious what you guys think on these next questions. What do you guys think was Daly's best/worst move in this race? What do you think were Rob Black's? And what role do you think blogs and readers of blogs will have in future local elections? We've got our thoughts on these topics -- which we'll share after you guys share yours!
After the jump -- Gavin's betrayal of Rob, and Rob Black's letter to his supporters. We're trying not to take up too much space on the front page of the site!
--Gavin Newsom's a hater! He's spinning it now that he never thought Rob Black would win. He seemed so enthusiastic before! But now Newsom says, "No one thought Rob Black could win except Rob Black." Cold. Brrrr.
--We got the following letter from Rob Black's campaign:
Dear Friends,First of all, thank you for supporting my candidacy for Supervisor. I am honored by your support, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.
I'm writing to let you know that over 5,000 absentee ballots cast in the election for District Six Supervisor have not yet been counted by the Department of Elections.
It is highly likely that once the ballots are counted, no candidate for Supervisor in District Six will have received over 50% of the votes, and so the outcome of the race will be determined by instant-runoff voting.
This process may take several days. I will keep you updated as soon as new information comes in.
Thanks again for your support.
Sincerely yours,
Rob Black