SF: Mayor Ed Lee with wide lead in new campaign poll.

[RandySF]

Appointed Mayor Ed Lee is maintaining a commanding lead in his bid to be elected to a full term, securing 31 percent of first-choice votes with none of the other serious contenders earning more than 8 percent in the first round, according to a recent poll conducted for his campaign.

The poll by Benenson Strategy Group shows Lee winning after an unspecified number of rounds under the city's ranked-choice voting system, securing 51 percent of the vote while his closest competitors are still below 15 percent, according to a memo from the pollsters summarizing their findings.

In that scenario, the three closest runners-up were state Sen. Leland Yee finishing at 14 percent, City Attorney Dennis Herrera at 13 percent and Public Defender Jeff Adachi with 12 percent.




http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=97065#ixzz1XKzlBQxQ

[mahina]

1. What happened to Gavin whatisname? Newsome?

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[Brother Buzz]

3. Gavin whatisname Newsom is the Lieutenant Governor of the State of California

[mahina]

2. Oops looked on the google

right oh.

[inna]

4. anyone have an opinion on Potential Mr Mayor? just curious

first time i hear his name, i have to admit - not as if i've been paying any attention at all to local poitics lately...