A new study from CitiReport.com reveals where the leading candidates in the ranked-choice races for mayor, district attorney and sheriff are getting their campaign contributions.
By Luke Thomas
August 25, 2011
Supervisor John Avalos and former Supervisors Tony Hall, Bevan Dufty and Michela Alioto-Pier, lead the field of leading mayoral candidates with the highest rates of campaign contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco, a new study released by CitiReport.com reveals.
Such a measure can indicate the strength or weakness of a candidate’s base of local support as well as help voters in their assessment of a candidate.
Avalos leads with 90 percent of his contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco, closely followed by Hall (82 percent), Dufty (73 percent) and Alioto-Pier (72 percent).
Trailing the field of mayoral candidates with the least amount of local contributor support is newcomer venture capitalist Joanna Rees with just 45 percent of her contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco, followed by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu and Senator Leland Yee (48 percent each).
Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting and City Attorney Dennis Herrera occupy the middle of the mayoral candidates table with 61, 62 percent of their respective contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco.
In the race for District Attorney, former Police Commissioner David Onek, interim District Attorney George Gascon and Alameda County Prosecutor Sharmin Bock do not cross the 50 percent threshold of San Francisco support with just 40, 45 and 46 percent of their respective contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco.
In the race for Sheriff, Supervisor Ross Mirkarmi leads Sheriff’s Captain Paul Miyamoto with 62 and 39 percent of their respective contributions sourced to contributors residing in San Francisco.
CitiReport.com has also compiled tables and graphics summarizing soft-money contributions from non-individuals, including political action committees and business entities, as well as a breakdown of individual contributors by occupation/industry; fundraising rates over time and an analysis of candidate expenditures.
In the soft-money category, Mirkarimi leads the field with 13.6 percent of his contributions sourced to non-individuals, followed by Yee (7.6 percent) and Gascon (5.6 percent).
All the above info and more is available at CitiReport.com.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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September 2, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Where the money comes from is the best leader as to who the person is. But it some times is who the money comes from is who the voters vote for.
August 29, 2011 at 11:32 am
I’d like to see you do this regarding Jeff Adachi and his measure D.