I’ve been there,” said Dan Newman, a consultant who ran an outside independent-expenditure group backing Lurie. He added, “So the candidates will speak when they’re ready, but the math has spoken. The math says this is over.” Joe Arellano ...

Daniel Lurie took an initial lead Tuesday night in the San Francisco mayoral race, which by Wednesday morning became a two-candidate contest between the Levi’s heir and incumbent Mayor London Breed.

Lurie, a philanthropist and Levi Strauss heir, was ahead of incumbent Mayor London Breed as initial votes in the ranked choice mayoral race came Tuesday night.