she was appointed by mayor ed leigh in january. this was the seat when ross mercurimi was the mayor. he then suspended him over the domestic violence conviction. he was one of the four to give his job back. it came under intense fire from the violence advocates. she was the recipient targeted with the hit pieces. she did gain support among some progressives though who liked seeing her stand up to mayored leigh who is moderate. they say it has cost her. there were eight candidates in the race. as you said, rank choice voting became quite a factor. voters could choose up to three candidates, one, two, three. and right now one-third of the first choice is nearly a third. he got fewer than one in five which is not good for an incumbent. breed leads with 56% of the vote. it will take several days until there are official results. these results do not include all of the vote by mail or the provisional ballots. but with the lead this far ahead, it seems to be insur mountable. it looks like london breed will be the supervisor elect. carolyn