Three candidates for San Francisco mayor sat down with The Examiner on Thursday to explain why they think they’d be the right choice to lead The City.
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Amid all the accusations, emotions, shouting and general consternation that has greeted Mayor Ed Lee’s decision to continue on as mayor, some things are worth noting.
We now have a real mayoral race in San Francisco, something that didn’t exist until this week as the nine main hopefuls for the job waited in the wings for someone to breathe life into the campaign. With Lee’s official announcement Monday, that gust blew in like a hurricane.
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For months, the people behind “Run, Ed, Run” pushed for Mayor Ed Lee to run in November — but they were nowhere to be found Monday night as San Francisco’s interim leader was roundly booed, jeered and heckled at his first mayoral debate.
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David Chiu and Leland Yee took their first chances to speak about Ed Lee's candidacy for mayor at Monday's debate at the Castro Theater -- and both went for the jugular, asking Lee if he agrees with the Ethics Commission investigation into "Run, Ed, Run" and whether he would resign since he was appointed on the promise of not running.
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While the talk of the town has been focused on the campaign to get Mayor Ed Lee to run for office in November, another independent campaign just went public to support state Sen. Leland Yee’s run for mayor.
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When it comes to Chinese-American voters, Mayor Ed Lee has a leg up on his potential competition, according to a new poll conducted by Chinese-language newspaper Sing Tao Daily.Their new poll shows that while Chinese voters in San Francisco have no clear favorite among current candidates, if Lee were to enter the race, one out of four would pick Lee as their favorite. Keep in mind that this poll was conducted by the newspaper and not by a polling company.
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It was the pleas of certain unnamed supervisors that convinced Mayor Ed Lee to consider running for mayor in November, he told reporters Tuesday.Despite his earlier promises that he would not run, Lee is now considering the office after being lobbied by different groups including a shadowy campaign committee pushed by Chinatown powerbroker Rose Pak.
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If Mayor Ed Lee decides to run for mayor in November, San Francisco voters could see some fireworks between him and state Sen. Leland Yee, who is leading the pack among eight other declared candidates.Evidence of that can be seen by the “Promise” video from Yee’s consultant Jim Stearns that made the rounds this week.
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It didn’t take long for a little video to hit the Internet that replays just some of the promises that Mayor Ed Lee has made in the past that he wouldn’t run for office in November.
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A ninth candidate for mayor has filed to receive taxpayer money from The City’s public financing program, and odds are that he’ll be the last.
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