3 new supes looking likely; count continues

While there are still 118,000 ballots left to count, the new San Francisco Board of Supervisors is taking shape.

By Thursday, five candidates held a clear lead over their opponents: incumbent Supervisor Catherine Stefani in District Two, Gordon Mar in District Four, Matt Haney in District Six, incumbent Supervisor Rafael Mandelman in District Eight and Shamann Walton in District 10.

The results are based on Thursday’s tally under San Francisco’s rankedchoice system, which allows voters to designate their second and third choices. The department had counted 242,704 ballots by Thursday.

Stefani held the lead Thursday with 53 percent of the vote to BART Director Nick Josefowitz’s 47 percent. There were 1,383 votes separating them.

In District Four, longtime labor activist Mar led Jessica Ho, who conceded Thursday. Mar captured 56 percent of the vote to her 44 percent. They were separated by 1,720 votes.

Haney, a school board member, trounced his opponent, Christine Johnson, a former planning commissioner, in District Six. Haney received 63 percent of the vote, compared to Johnson’s 37 percent. Nearly 4,000 votes stood between them.

Mandelman won handily in District Eight, with 92 percent of the vote.

In District 10, Walton, former school board president, held 63 percent of the vote over Tony Kelly’s 37 percent. There were 3,223 votes separating them.

The Department of Elections is unsure when it will finish counting all the ballots. But by law, it must complete the count by Dec. 6, which is 30 days after the election.

Trisha Thadani is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: tthadani@ sfchronicle.com Twitter: @TrishaThadani