D8 Race Enters Final Stretch: Three Candidates Spar at Commonwealth Club Forum
With eleven days until Election Day, McCoy, Nguyen, and Patel clashed Tuesday over housing, surveillance, and political endorsements — as Yekutiel's name lingers on the ballot.
The race to succeed term-limited Supervisor Rafael Mandelman heated up Tuesday evening when the three remaining District 8 candidates — Gary McCoy, Michael Nguyen, and Darshini Patel — faced each other at a forum hosted by Commonwealth Club World Affairs and the San Francisco Democratic Party. The debate, billed as the Gr8T Debate, marked the sharpest public exchange yet in a contest covering the Castro, Noe Valley, Glen Park, Diamond Heights, and surrounding neighborhoods. The session grew contentious quickly when McCoy and Nguyen pressed Patel over an unsolicited endorsement from centrist group GrowSF.