Campos gets Selby backing in Assembly race
David Campos got a boost in his campaign for the 17th Assembly District race Tuesday when former candidate Thea Selby, who finished fourth in last month's primary, endorsed him.Campos, a gay man and former San Francisco supervisor, faces District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney in the April 19 runoff.
The winner will finish the term of former assemblymember David Chiu, who resigned the seat last November to become San Francisco's first Asian American city attorney.
Campos told the Bay Area Reporter in a recent interview that he finished about 700 votes behind Haney and feels good about his chances.The term ends in December, so the Assembly race will also be on the June primary and November general election ballots for a full two-year term.Bilal Mahmood, a former Obama administration official who finished third in the race, endorsed Haney.
Recent polls have also shown Haney with an edge in the race. The Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club endorsed Haney March 14, according to an email the club sent out.
