LESSON OF OAKLAND: With the left’s support in the 2011 SF mayor’s race, State Senator Leland Yee could avoid being isolated like former state senate colleague Don Perata in his 2010 Oakland ranked choice mayoral loss to Councilwoman Jean Quan. Although Perata was the early 11 percentage point leader among first choice ranked votes, Council members Rebecca Kaplan and Quan played a tag team match by encouraging supporters to vote for each other, and not Perata. Kaplan’s ranked ballots helped Quan edge Perata by nearly two points to become the first Asian Pacific American elected mayor of a major metropolitan city.
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