"With the field beginning to take shape, people are starting to focus on the fact that a second- or third-place finisher in the race could ultimately be the next mayor of San Francisco, a scenario so ludicrous it has some groups in town eyeing a ballot measure to undo ranked-choice voting to stop the madness.
Unfortunately, that measure would not be ready until voters go to the polls to elect the next mayor, so it will be too late to block another possible fluke in the ongoing election experiment that saw Jean Quan recently elevated as Oakland’s mayor.
It is too early to see how that deal is going to work out, but the early indications are not swell. And it does not bode well for San Francisco that all the political consultants in town — already raking in big bucks — admit they have no clue how the race is going to play out this year."
In San Francisco, finishing third means you can win
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