2022 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election
Majority party
Party
Democratic
Seats before
11
Seats won
5
Seats after
11
Seat change
The 2022 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections were held on November 8, 2022. Five of the eleven seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were up for election. The election was conducted with ranked-choice voting .
Four of the five incumbent supervisors were re-elected except for Gordon Mar , who lost to Joel Engardio by a small margin in District 4. Two incumbents, Catherine Stefani and Shamann Walton , were re-elected without any opposition.
San Francisco's 2nd supervisorial district election
The incumbent Supervisor was Catherine Stefani , who was appointed to the seat in 2018 and sought reelection for a second full term. Stefani ran unopposed in the election as no other candidate was on the ballot.
District 2 supervisorial election, 2022[ 1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Catherine Stefani (incumbent)
22,111
100.00
Total votes
22,111
100.00
San Francisco's 4th supervisorial district election
District 4 encompassed Sunset District , Parkside , and Pine Lake .[ 2] The incumbent Supervisor was Gordon Mar , who was first elected in 2018 and sought reelection for a second term. In the election, Mar was unseated by Joel Engardio , the executive director of the Stop Crime SF advocacy group who was described as a moderate Democrat. Engardio's win made him the first candidate in 20 years to unseat a previously elected incumbent supervisor.[ 3] It was also the first time the district elected a non-Asian supervisor since created in 2000, as well as the first openly gay supervisor to represent a district in western San Francisco.[ 4]
District 4 supervisorial election, 2022[ 1] [ 5]
Candidate
Votes
%
Joel Engardio
13,634
50.84
Gordon Mar (incumbent)
13,181
49.16
Total votes
26,815
100.00
San Francisco's 6th supervisorial district election
The incumbent supervisor was Matt Dorsey , who was first appointed to the seat in 2022 by Mayor London Breed in order to fill the remainder of Matt Haney 's term. Hayney had resigned the seat after he was elected to the California State Assembly .[ 6] Dorsey ran for a full term, and won the election against Honey Mahogany .[ 7]
Matt Dorsey , incumbent supervisor
Honey Mahogany , drag performer and activist
Billie Cooper, community activist
Cherelle Jackson
District 6 supervisorial election, 2022[ 1] [ 8]
Candidate
Votes
%
Matt Dorsey (incumbent)
8,264
50.79
Honey Mahogany
7,100
43.64
Cherelle Jackson
540
3.32
Billie Cooper
5,366
2.25
Valid votes
13,882
87.29%
Invalid or blank votes
2,388
12.71%
Total votes
16,270
100.00
Ranked choice voting — Pass 3
Matt Dorsey (incumbent)
8,543
53.10
Honey Mahogany
7,547
46.90
Exhausted votes
172
1.07%
Total votes
16,090
100.00
Ranked-choice vote distribution [ edit ]
Candidate
Pass 1
Pass 2
Pass 3
Matt Dorsey (incumbent)
8,264
8,355
8,543
Honey Mahogany
7,100
7,253
7,547
Cherelle Jackson
540
615
Eliminated
Billie Cooper
366
Eliminated
Eligible ballots
13,837
13,700
13,522
Exhausted ballots
45
127
172
Total
16,270
16,223
16,090
San Francisco's 8th supervisorial district election
District 8 encompassed the Casto District , Noe Valley , and Glen Park . The incumbent supervisor was Rafael Mandelman , who was first elected in 2018 in a special election. He was re-elected in a landslide against lawyer Kate Stoia.[ 9]
District 8 supervisorial election, 2022[ 1] [ 10]
Candidate
Votes
%
Rafael Mandelman (incumbent)
27,391
77.45
Kate Stoia
7,379
22.53
Total votes
34,770
100.00
San Francisco's 10th supervisorial district election
Candidate
Shamann Walton
Brian Adam
First round
12,217 72.64%
4,602 27.36%
District 10 supervisorial election, 2022[ 1] [ 11]
Candidate
Votes
%
Shamann Walton (incumbent)
12,217
72.64
Brian Adam
4,602
27.36
Total votes
16,819
100.00
^ a b c d e "Candidates" . San Francisco Department of Elections . Retrieved July 8, 2022 .
^ "Incumbent SF supervisor Gordon Mar concedes to Joel Engardio in Sunset District race" . CBS News . November 17, 2022.
^ Morris, J.D. (November 16, 2022). "Moderate Joel Engardio unseats progressive S.F. Supervisor Gordon Mar" . San Francisco Chronicle .
^ Shanks, Adam (November 16, 2022). "How Engardio defeated Mar in rare ousting of an incumbent" . San Francisco Examiner .
^ "d4_short" (PDF) . sfelections.org . City and County of San Francisco . November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022 .
^ Khalid, Sunni (May 10, 2022). "Matt Dorsey appointed to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors" . KALW . Retrieved July 8, 2022 .
^ Ferrannini, John (November 14, 2022). "Honey Mahogany concedes San Francisco District 6 race to Matt Dorsey" . KRON-TV .
^ "d6_short" (PDF) . sfelections.org . November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022 .
^ Bastone, Nick (November 4, 2022). "Housing, small business support dominate D8 race" . Axios .
^ "d8_short" (PDF) . sfelections.org . November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022 .
^ "d10_short" (PDF) . sfelections.org . November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022 .
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