D8 Race Reshuffled: SF Dems Endorse McCoy, New Poll Shows Two-Candidate Fight
After dumping Manny Yekutiel, the city's Democratic Party swung behind Gary McCoy — but a new poll puts Darshini Patel within striking distance with 18 days to go.
The District 8 supervisor race, which covers the Castro, Noe Valley, Glen Park and surrounding neighborhoods, was jolted into a new shape this week after the San Francisco Democratic Party formally rescinded its endorsement of Emanuel "Manny" Yekutiel and threw its weight behind Gary McCoy. At a tense special meeting on October 11, the Democratic County Central Committee voted 29-0 to pull Yekutiel's endorsement and then 20-8 to back McCoy, according to the Bay Area Reporter. Former Supervisor Gordon Mar resigned from the DCCC amid the tumult.