Connie Chan has regained the lead over Marjan Philhour in the seesaw battle to represent San Francisco’s Richmond District.
Chan, a progressive Democrat backed by San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin, is now running 107 votes ahead of Philhour, a moderate who has the support of Mayor London Breed. The winner will replace outgoing Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer.
Chan started off in first place Tuesday but was overtaken by Philhour, who held the lead until Friday afternoon, when the city released its latest vote count, including District 1 provisional ballots.
Chan’s campaign manager, Kelly Groth, said they “feel good about the results today, but we know this will be an incredibly close race, and every vote counts. We’ll be eagerly awaiting tomorrow’s update.”
In a press release, city election officials say approximately 26,000 ballots remain to be processed, of which about 18,000 are vote-by-mail, 6,400 are provisional and 1,400 are conditional voter registration ballots.
The city says it will release its next count Saturday at 4 p.m.
For an analysis of today’s results, see Mission Local.
—Julie Chang (@BayAreaJulie)