Lurie, a Democrat and political novice, said the Washington Comptroller He said Breed and his opponents “underestimated not only us, but also the people of San Francisco and their desire for change and responsibility.”

Lurie, founder of anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping PointHe said his No. 1 priority will be public safety.

San Francisco uses a ranked choice voting systemThis delayed the results. In the system, voters rank the candidates from their first preference to their least preference. The candidate who receives the fewest votes in multiple counting rounds is eliminated and their supporters’ votes are rolled over to the voters’ next choice until there is a winner.

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Although San Francisco held nonpartisan elections, all five of the leading candidates were Democrats.

Breed, a political centrist by California standards, leaned into the city’s shifting political winds, hoping to gain some traction with voters, but it turned out to be too little, too late.

His political opponents, including a former San Francisco mayor and two city supervisors, blamed him for the city’s failure to recover as quickly as others after the pandemic. They also criticized him over the growing drug epidemic, property crime and homelessness crisis that has led to an economic downturn and businesses fleeing the area.

In his closing remarks to voters over the weekend, Breed claimed San Franciscans felt “safer than ever” while acknowledging there was more work to be done.

In the weeks before the election, Lurie, former interim Mayor Mark Farrell and Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safai went to the polls.

Lurie emerged as the strongest threat to Breed, accusing him of contributing to a corrupt system that was grossly mismanaged and did little to benefit residents.

“City Hall insiders have failed to serve the people of San Francisco, and we will deliver on that promise of true public service, not for personal gain, but to serve the people again,” he said. Washington Comptroller. “We will get the behavioral health crisis on our streets under control. We will get people off the streets and get them help. More mental health, drug treatment beds. “We’re sending a message to the country: You don’t come to San Francisco to sell drugs, do drugs, or sleep on our streets.”

Despite his message, Lurie was accused by his rivals of trying to buy the race.

In addition to contributing $8 million to Lurie’s own campaign, his mother, Mimi Haas, also supported his candidacy with an independent committee contribution of $1 million. His brother Ari Lurie also donated $150,000 to the same committee. Daniel Lurie’s wealthy tech friends also opened their wallets and forked out hundreds of thousands of dollars for him.

On a per capita basis, he is surpassed by only two candidates in modern mayoral history: Rick Caruso, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Los Angeles, and Michael Bloomberg, who served three terms as mayor of New York City. Both are self-made billionaires who tout to voters their ability to run their businesses and the massive organizations they have built.

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Lurie’s only significant work experience has been in philanthropy.

Lurie’s win makes him the first person since 1911 to be elected mayor of the city without any government credentials.