Daniel Lurie secured a decisive victory in the San Francisco mayoral race, denying incumbent London Breed a second full term. Results: As of Wednesday night, Lurie amassed 99,235 votes (26.7%) compared to Breed's 90,

Local filings showed Daniel Lurie spent millions of dollars of his own money to help fund his mayoral run against fellow Democrat and incumbent mayor London Breed.

Daniel Lurie’s ties to Levi Strauss and his fortune follow a long thread of local and family history. J. unspools this very Jewish story.

San Francisco’s mayor is the latest casualty of the 2024 anti-incumbent election cycle, losing her seat to a political novice after just one term. Democrat London Breed had been a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors since 2012 when she became the first Black woman to lead the city in 2018.

Levi Strauss heir and philanthropist Daniel Lurie says he will make streets safer, help small businesses and squash the open-air drug markets that have tarnished San Francisco’s image in recent years.

Like Goldman – a former Manhattan federal prosecutor – Lurie was elected without any prior experience holding public office. The two men are related through Lurie’s stepfather, Peter Haas, and Goldman’s grandmother, Rhoda Haas Goldman, who were siblings.

Mayor London Breed acknowledged on Thursday that Daniel Lurie, a first-time candidate, would succeed her in office.

Levi's heir and nonprofit executive Daniel Lurie soundly beat incumbent Mayor London Breed to become San Francisco's next mayor. His victory is part of a broader centrist shift for this famously liberal city.

He spent more on his campaign staff and political consultants, more on television advertising and more on polling in his quest to achieve a relatively uncommon feat in American politics — being elected mayor of a big city without any previous experience in government or business.