Progressives Ignore The Lessons Of Haney-Campos At Their Own Peril

San Francisco CA

22 April, 2022

4:11 PM

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By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local April 21, 2022 Late in the 49ers' 55-10 demolition of Denver in the 1989 Super Bowl, broadcaster Pat Summerall wryly asked his partner, analyst John Madden "Not much left to analyze, is there?" No, there was not. But, then, that was the final football game of the year and didn't factor into future contests. In San Francisco, where Matt Haney this week similarly trounced David Campos for a spot in the Assembly, there are two more elections this year alone. There are some factors that can be written off as unique to this week's election — an extremely low-turnout affair, dominated by older voters, and featuring two very particular candidates. There are many ways in which this week's Assembly race was sui generis. 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.