London Breed
Acting San Francisco Mayor London Breed Friday declared her intention to run for mayor in a special election scheduled for June, joining several other big-name candidates in an increasingly crowded race.
Breed announced her plans to run Friday at a news conference in the Sunset District following a rally held by some of her supporters at City Hall on Thursday afternoon.
“I’m not a partisan. I’m not an ideologue,” Breed said in a brief statement posted online announcing her candidacy. “I believe in a San Francisco where we succeed as one. Together there is no problem we can’t solve.”
Breed will be one of a number of candidates running in the June 5 special election, which was called after the unexpected death of Mayor Ed Lee on Dec. 12. Whoever wins that election will serve for the remainder of Lee’s term through January 2020.
Former state Sen. Mark Leno, Supervisor Jane Kim and former Supervisor Angela Alioto have all said they plan to run, while City Attorney Dennis Herrera has pulled papers to run. Assemblyman David Chiu is also rumored to be considering a run.
Breed, who is also president of the Board of Supervisors, became acting mayor automatically upon Lee’s death, and currently holds that position as well as her District 5 supervisorial seat.
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