Election 2022: What To Watch For In Haney-Campos Assembly Race

San Francisco CA

19 April, 2022

4:27 PM

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By Joe Eskenazi | Lydia Chávez | Will Jarrett | Eleni Balakrishnan | Madison Alvarado, Mission Local April 19, 2022 Tuesday, April 19 — 5 a.m.: As of Monday, some 59,000 ballots have found their way back to the Department of Elections in the basement of San Francisco's City Hall. That's about 20 percent of the electorate. Despite ballots being sent out some five weeks ago; despite the vast majority of registered voters having those ballots delivered right to their doors; despite postage being paid; despite this being a simple, binary decision between Assembly candidates David Campos and Matt Haney — four out of five Assembly District 17 voters haves not yet registered their choice. So it'll be a low-turnout election — the only question is how low? In February's primary only 36 percent of the electorate made an effort. And, remember — that (low) turnout was driven by the Board of Education recall. Some 180,000 voters showed up in February — but only a shade under 94,000 voted in the Assembly race (Assembly District 17 does not cover the entire city, with only some 288,000 voters. That's not quite 33 percent turnout.). To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.