Connie Chan has been elected District 1 Supervisor in San Francisco. On Sunday evening, runner-up Marjan Philhour conceded the tight race where the lead ping-ponged back and forth between the two candidates. Of the six Supervisor contests in the November 3 election, the race between Chan and Philhour was the closest.
“We are thrilled to share our victory in the District 1 Supervisor race! Thank you to our dedicated volunteers and working families throughout the Richmond District. Let’s celebrate this hard won fight. This victory belongs to you — to all of us,” Chan tweeted on Sunday.
According to Chan’s website, she was born in Hong Kong and then moved to San Francisco at the age of 13 with her mother and younger brother. After graduating from Galileo High School, Chan earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis and then went to work giving back to the community that had done so much for her family.
Chan started out as a volunteer interpreter, working with pro bono attorneys for SF Bar Association’s Volunteer Legal Outreach, while serving as a community organizer for SF SAFE and Community Youth Center.
In 2006, she was recruited to be an aide to Supervisor Sophie Maxwell and later served as an aide to then-District Attorney Kamala Harris, followed by Supervisor Aaron Peskin in 2016. Over the past fifteen years, Chan also served at San Francisco Recreation & Parks and City College of San Francisco.
Her partner, Ed, is a SFFD firefighter and their seven-year-old son is a student at Lafayette Elementary School.
Congratulations to Ms. Chan and her team. We look forward to her leadership in the Richmond District.
Sarah B.
We in District 1 are the luckiest people in San Francisco to have Connie as our supervisor. Wow we dodged a bullet …Thanks Connie