Campos, Haney lead in SF Assembly race
Gay former District 9 supervisor David Campos and District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney are leading in the special February 15 election for San Francisco's vacant 17th Assembly District seat.
They are vying to serve out the term of former assemblymember David Chiu. His resignation in November to become San Francisco's first Asian American city attorney sparked the special election Tuesday for his legislative seat covering the eastern neighborhoods of the city.
The district includes the LGBTQ enclaves of the Castro, Tenderloin, and South of Market. Due to their name recognition and serving on the Board of Supervisors, Campos and Haney had been seen as the leading candidates among the four Democrats who had sought Chiu's seat.
With so many people in the race, it was also expected that no one would be able to win the seat outright this month by garnering more than 50% of the vote.
