SF Politics Dean Preston Concedes SF District 5 Election His loss reflects a recent rightward swing throughout the city, where moderate candidates have found success across the ballot at the expense of progressives.
SF Politics Preston and Mahmood’s District 5 Race Is the Most High-Profile — and Expensive — SF Supervisor Race In 2024 More money is pouring into the high-profile District 5 supervisor race than any other supervisor race in town, and even Elon Musk and Bernie Sanders have weighed in on the showdown between Supervisor Dean Preston and challenger Bilal Mahmood.
SF Politics Supervisor Candidate Deletes Claims He’s a ‘Neuroscientist’ After Actual Neuroscientists Dispute It District 5 supervisor candidate Bilal Mahmood promoted himself as a “neuroscientist” in early campaign materials, but after actual neuroscientists questioned this, Mahmood's campaign scrubbed the claim off their website and advertising.
SF Politics Former Tech Exec Bilal Mahmood Declares He’s Taking on Dean Preston for District 5 Supervisor The Elon Musk and tech-PAC wing of the local SF political scene has their man to run against District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston in November, and it's tech founder and former Assembly candidate Bilal Mahmood who just announced he's running for Preston's seat.
SF Politics Dean Preston Sworn in as Supervisor By a Blue-Haired Tom Ammiano Preston takes the helm as District 5 supervisor just in time for today’s full Board meeting, but faces re-election again in just ten months.
SF Politics Democratic Socialist Dean Preston Wins District 5 Supervisor Seat On Second Try After narrowly losing to London Breed in 2016, Dean Preston eked out a win in the District 5 supervisor race on Saturday, taking the seat from Vallie Brown, the mayor's appointee.
SF News District 5 Race Capturing Little Attention, But Has Huge Implications Challenger Dean Preston came within 1,800 votes of beating then-Supervisor London Breed in 2016. His performance in November against Breed’s hand-picked successor will show whether she still has sway in the district.
SF News London Breed, One-Time 'Amanda Bynes Of SF Supervisors,' Is Now Their President Who would have thought it? London Breed, District 5's representative for the Board of Supervisors, is now the president of the Board. That's right, the woman we dubbed "The Amanda Bynes Of S.
SF News Ivory Madison: 'I'm Voting For Anyone On The Ballot Except For Christina' Hey, let's rip this scab off! Ivory Madison — the Good Samaritan torn apart by local tinfoil-cap-wearing wonks after coming to the aid of Ross Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, shortly after she was attacked
SF News D5 Candidate Julian Davis Gets Another Accusation Leveled Against Him [Updated] It seems a couple of women who've come in contact with District 5 supervisor candidate Julian Davis don't much care for his style of alleged sexual advances. Following on the claims made by
Arts & Entertainment Who Will Take The Fifth? District, That Is! Who shall giddily get to call NOPA their domain, but profess to care more about Western Addition? Decide for yourself next Monday, June 25th, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.
SF News Christina Olague Announced As New D5 Supervisor The San Francisco Planning Commission's Christina Olague was revealed as the new District 5 Supervisor. Your newly inaugurated leader Ed Lee made the big announcement at 10 a.m. today. D5's new sovereign
SF News It Has Been A Whole Year Since That Former S.F. Supervisor Promised To Haunt City Hall Remember way back in January 2011, when the promise of a mayor with less exciting hair and a refreshed lineup at the Board of Supervisors had every political wonk in town excited for
SF News Start Your Speculation Engines: Who Will Ed Lee Put in District 5? With the race for Sheriff wrapped up for Ross Mirkarimi, the next round of political handwringing turns to focus on who the mayor will install to cover the last year of Mirkarimi's term
