{"id":3012,"date":"2011-08-17T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T04:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2011-08-17T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T06:03:07","slug":"avalos-onek-mirkarimi-win-democratic-party-first-place-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/3012\/avalos-onek-mirkarimi-win-democratic-party-first-place-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalos, Onek, Mirkarimi Win Democratic Party <br>First Place Endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/dccc_endorsements_meeting_20110817\/_dsf5233_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee convened its eagerly anticipated November election endorsements meeting held this evening at the State Building. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>August 17, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Progressives will be hailing victory tonight following the\u00a0San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee&#8217;s (DCCC) first-place endorsements of Supervisor John Avalos, attorney and former Police Commissioner David Onek and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi in their respective ranked-choice races for mayor, district attorney and sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Alameda County Prosecutor Sharmin Bock each garnered the DCCC&#8217;s second-place endorsement in their respective races for mayor and district attorney.\u00a0 No other candidates were endorsed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->San Francisco DCCC endorsements are considered significant in a city dominated by registered Democratic Party voters.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the following images to see how each of the DCCC members voted:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/dccc_endorsements_meeting_20110817\/1000%20across\/dccc_endorsement_mayor.jpg\" rel=\"fancybox-gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/dccc_endorsements_meeting_20110817\/dccc_endorsement_mayor_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Endorsements for mayor by DCCC member. (Click on image to enlarge).<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/dccc_endorsements_meeting_20110817\/1000%20across\/dccc_endorsement_da.jpg\" rel=\"fancybox-gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/dccc_endorsements_meeting_20110817\/dccc_endorsement_da_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Endorsements for district attorney by DCCC member. (Click on image to enlarge).<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/dccc_endorsements_meeting_20110817\/1000%20across\/dccc_endorsement_sheriff.jpg\" rel=\"fancybox-gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/dccc_endorsements_meeting_20110817\/dccc_endorsement_sheriff_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Endorsements for sheriff by DCCC member. (Click on image to enlarge).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Alameda Prosecutor Sharmin Bock each garnered the DCCC&#8217;s second-place endorsement in their respective races for mayor and district attorney.  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