Election results show strong night for local progressives

Huge numbers of votes still to count, but trends are favoring the local left.

It’s a good night for progressives in San Francisco.

With the final Election-Day results in, we can say that two public defenders and a tenant lawyer look to be headed for the Superior Court. The progressive slate is going to dominate the local Democratic Party. The most important land-use ballot measure in decades – a move to link new office development to affordable housing – is going to pass handily.

State Sen. Scott Wiener is not looking strong. While the other incumbent Legislators, Assemblymembers Phil Ting and David Chiu, are cruising to re-election essentially unopposed, Wiener is at 54 percent – a pretty low number for an incumbent whose opponents are an unknown Republican and an underfunded progressive challenger who has been in the race only a few months and has never held any elective office before.

Jackie Fielder has 32 percent of the vote – a sign of significant discontent with the incumbent, particularly over housing issues.

Under the state’s top-two primary law, Wiener will face Fielder again in the fall.

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