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San Francisco County, CA June 3, 2014 Election
United States Representative; District 12 Voter Information

A runoff will be held on 11/4/2014 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes. The runoff will be held even if one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election.

Results as of Jul 1 4:10pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (522/522)

Runoff Election 11/4/2014

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Nancy Pelosi 79,816 votes 73.6%

John Dennis 12,922 votes 11.9%
  • Party: Republican
  • Occupation: Independent Businessman
Barry Hermanson Click here for more information about this candidate 6,156 votes 5.7%
  • Party: Green
  • Occupation: Equity Investor
  • Organizer, Single Payer Now (Medicare for All)
  • Former Small Business Owner
  • Past President of the Merchants of Upper Market and Castro
  • Proponent of SF's 2003 Minimum Wage Initiative
  • Former Co-Chair of the CA Green Party Coordinating Committee
  • Former Co-chair of the SF Living Wage Coalition
  • barry@barryhermanson.org
Priorities:
  • Global Living Wages
  • Improved Medicare for All
  • Interest-free Student Loans
David Peterson 3,774 votes 3.5% Frank Lara Click here for more information about this candidate 2,107 votes 1.9%
  • Party: Peace and Freedom
  • Occupation: Public School Teacher
  • Class of 2008 · City and Regional Planning · Architecture · San Luis Obispo, California
  • Work as a teacher at the Buena Vista Horace Mann K-to * School.
  • lara4congress@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Free and universal quality healthcare without insurance companies!
  • Full rights for immigrants; amnesty for all!
  • Free and quality education from preschool to university!
Michael Steger Click here for more information about this candidate 1,514 votes 1.4%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Political Organizer
  • Organized for Cheney's impeachment since 2002
  • Organized for Glass-Steagall since 2007
  • Organized for Obama's impeachment since 2009
  • Organized for NAWAPA since 2010
  • steger.for.congress@gmail.com
Priorities:
  • Impeach Obama - Stop the threat of nuclear world war
  • Restore Glass-Steagall - Expose Wall St.'s bankruptcy and shut down their racket
  • Return to the policies of JFK - this means nuclear power, water development projects like NAWAPA, and fusion energy with expanded space exploration
Anthony John "Desmond" Thorsson Click here for more information about this candidate 1,270 votes 1.2%
  • Party: No Party Preference
  • Occupation: University Instructor
  • Broadcast Host and Correspondent
  • Public Safety Interoperability Systems Specialist
  • Small Business Owner
  • desmond@thorsson2014.org
Priorities:
  • Real Campaign Finance Reform. Return the influence in politics to the voters, not the big funders.
  • Finish reforming Health Care to finally control costs through breaking the 50 monopolies or creating a single-payer/private provider plan
  • Restoring our economy through re-shoring jobs and abolishing incentives for foreign production. No U.S. tax deductions for building foreign factories
Jim Welles 879 votes 0.8%
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