SF: Republicans Love Mayor Ed Lee

[RandySF]

NOTE: Ed Lee is no conservative Republican, even by San Francisco standards. As an attorney with the Asian Law Caucus, he organized a strike among Chinatown workers who were demanding better working and living conditions. That said, my ranked choices of this week are Phil Ting, Dennis Herrera and Jeff Adachi.


Supervisors David Chiu and Ross Mirkarimi, and mayoral candidate Michela Alioto-Pier, to name a few. But as far as the mayor's race goes, only Tony Hall was lucky enough to get the endorsement of the local Republican Party.

But since Republicans are 9 percent of the vote, that could make a huge difference in a ranked choice election, which is why the Republican Party did something a little different this year -- it voted to support two more candidates, Joanna Reese and Mayor Ed Lee.

Lee wasn't looking for Republican support, but he's definitely got it in this election. Aside from this vote of confidence, Lee was also endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans, and he's getting financial backing from Ron Conway, the Godfather of tech and a prominent Republican. Who's next to support him? The San Francisco Examiner?

"We look at who is running and who we could live with -- he is the lesser of two evils," says Harmeet Dhillon, chair of the local Republican Party. "It's hard for the Republican Party to endorse a Democrat, but it's to give our members guidance, and there is a good chance Republican voters will seriously consider our choices."



http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/09/republicans_mayor_ed_lee.php