The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney special election will be held on November 8, 2022, following the successful recall of San Francisco

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. It will be held concurrent with the 2022 statewide general elections. Following Boudin's removal from office, Mayor

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appointed Brooke Jenkins as the interim District Attorney on July 8, 2022. The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the unexpired term until January 2025.

Candidates

Declared

As of the filing deadline, these candidates were listed on the San Francisco Department of Elections webpage * Joe Alioto Veronese, civil rights attorney, former member of the San Francisco Police Commission, San Francisco Fire Commission, and

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, grandson of former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto, and son of former

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Angela Alioto (Party affiliation:

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) * Maurice Chenier, corporate attorney and candidate for District Attorney in 2007 (Party affiliation: Independent) * John Hamasaki, criminal defense attorney and former member of the San Francisco Police Commission (Party affiliation:

) * Brooke Jenkins, interim District Attorney (Party affiliation:

)

Declined

, former District Attorney

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Notes

References

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