Political Notebook: Out candidates vying for three SF supervisor seats
Three of the five races in November for even-numbered seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have drawn well-known LGBTQ community leaders.
Should out candidates be victorious in all of them then the city will see the largest number of LGBTQ supervisors in a decade.In 2012, two gay men and the city's first bisexual supervisor served on the board that year.
But Christina Olague, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy, lost her bid that fall for a full term as the District 5 supervisor.After David Campos termed off the board at the start of 2017, a trio of gay men representing District 8 maintained out leadership on the board.
The current incumbent, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, is seeking reelection this year.Lawyer Kate Stoia, who lives in Noe Valley, also qualified for the contest on the November 8 ballot.
