2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election
The 2022 San Francisco District Attorney recall election is a special recall election due to be held June 7, 2022.[1][2] The recall, if successful, would remove incumbent District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who was narrowly elected in 2019. If this were to happen, Boudin would be replaced by an interim District Attorney appointed by Mayor London Breed.[3]
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The election was made official on November 9, 2021 when the San Francisco Department of Elections announced it had received 83,484 valid signatures, 32,159 more than required by law.[1]
Background
In the summer of 2021 there were two separate campaigns that sought to gather the necessary signatures. The first was spearheaded by former mayoral candidate Richie Greenberg, a member of the Republican Party, but narrowly fell short of the 51,325 signatures needed.[4] The second and ultimately successful campaign was led by Mary Jung and Andrea Shorter, both lifelong Democrats, Jung being the former Chairwoman of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.[5][6]
Boudin has repeatedly denounced the recall attempt as a Republican-led effort.[7][8][9]
References
- Shaban, Bigad; Campos • •, Robert. "SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin Officially Forced Into Recall Election Next June". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- "San Francisco Department of Elections Certifies Petition to Recall the District Attorney | Department of Elections". sfelections.sfgov.org. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- "The dangerous joke of the Chesa Boudin recall". The San Francisco Examiner. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- "Original Recall Chesa Boudin Effort Fails To Get Enough Signatures". SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- "Political Notebook: Gay black political group forms". The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- Commentary, Mike Ege. "SF Democratic Party Weakened by Opportunists". thebaycitybeacon.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- "San Francisco certifies Chesa Boudin's recall election for June 2022". The San Francisco Examiner. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- Thadani, Trisha; Sumida, Nami (2021-11-09). "Recall effort against San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin attracts more than twice as much money as his supporters". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- "Progressive San Francisco District Attorney To Face Recall Vote". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.