First results from City HallTim Redmond calls in:
The absentee votes are now in – and they show interesting trends in D1 Eric Mar and Sue Lee are in a virtual dead heat, with Lee about 1% ahead. Since the absentee voters tend to run conservative, this is good news for Mar.
In D3, David Chiu is well ahead beating Joseph Alioto, Jr., by 12 points.
In D9, David Campos is 7 points ahead of Mark Sanchez, with Eric Quezada a distant third.
In D11, John Avalos and Myrna Lim and Ahsha Safai are within 1 percentage point.
Prop 8 is going down 67 to 33 in SF.
On the ballot measures it’s a mixed bag:
Prop A is well ahead with 80 % of vote and will pass easily.
Prop B losing 55-45 anfd that will tighten up but be close.
Prop H has taken a beating from the $10mill PG&E campaign – it's behind 67-33 …
The three revenue measurea -- N, O, and Q -- are all ahead and looking to pass.
It appears we will not be naming a sewage treatment plant after G.W. Bush: It's down 70-30
If the trends hold as they usually do, with progressives picking up considerably on election day, this could turn out to be a very strong night for progressive candidates.
at this point it does not appear that downtown has successded in its efforts to buy the board.
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