Member, Board of Supervisors, District 8
San Francisco County, California
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
This seat represents District 8, not the whole district above. We can’t match an address to an area this small, so this race may not be on your ballot.
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 67 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 830,235 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 830,235) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.82, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Setting your property tax rate
- Funding county roads, health programs, and elections
- Setting land use and building rules outside city limits
Affects: Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Darshini Patel is a first-generation American and Noe Valley resident. Her campaign biography describes prior work at the Obama White House, on presidential campaigns, and at DoorDash.
Nonpartisan · declared
Owner of Manny's, a Mission District cafe and civic event space, and a former SFMTA board member and Small Business Commissioner. Priorities: building 10,000 homes in the district over eight years and safer streets.
Records: Public Infrastructure 1 for
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Political director for Nancy Pelosi and former vice president of policy at HealthRIGHT 360, who has led both the Alice B. Toklas and Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Clubs. Priorities: more housing, safer streets and transit funding, and protecting health care.
Nonpartisan · declared
Patent attorney working in artificial intelligence and software and a member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee who founded QTAPI Week. Priorities: making the city affordable for nurses, teachers and working families, and reforming city contracting.
Source: campaign.sfethics.org