[UPDATE: And Janet Reilly just conceded. Read her entire statement after the jump.]
Interesting candidate Mark Farrell has pulled off his upset in District 2. That means that he’ll become a San Francisco Supervisor come January 2011.
Read all about it, below.
Big Mark Farrell (in Giants Orange) y familia at Room 48 in City Hall all the way back in August 2009:
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“As of this evening, all the votes have been counted in District 2 by the San Francisco Department of Elections and we have won the District 2 Supervisor election. With tonight’s victory, we now turn our immediate attention to preparing for office in January. Our transition team is in place, and I will be meeting with District 2 Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier tomorrow to kick-start the transition process. I will also finalize the hiring of my City Hall staff within the next week.
I would like to acknowledge and thank all of my opponents – Kat Anderson, Abraham Simmons, Barbara Berwick, Janet Reilly, and Vilma Guinto Peoro – for a very exciting and challenging campaign. They are dedicated and valued public servants who are each committed to the people and neighborhoods of District 2, and I look forward to working with all of them in the future.
While the past few weeks have been challenging as the vote count continued after Election Day, I fully recognize the need for a transparent and democratic electoral process – as such, I want to thank the leadership and staff of San Francisco’s Department of Elections for their dedication and diligence in completing this difficult task.
I would also like to personally thank all of those individuals that supported my campaign, beginning with Sheriff Michael Hennessey and in particular Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier and Supervisor Sean Elsbernd. Thank you as well to the organizations which supported my campaign along the way, including the Small Property Owners of San Francisco, Plan C, UA Local 38, BOMA, the District 2 Democratic Club, IBEW Local 1245, the San Francisco Coalition for Responsible Growth and Rescue MUNI.
Thank you to my incredible staff, including Chris Lee, Margaux Kelly, David Latterman and Mark Randolph, and in particular the hundreds of volunteers who poured their time and energy into this campaign – we would not have succeeded without your enthusiasm, and I will be eternally grateful.
Most importantly, thank you to my amazing family – from my wife Liz and our children, to my parents, in-laws and brothers and sisters – we started this journey last year together as a family, and your unconditional support truly carried this campaign across the goal line.
While it was a long campaign and ultimately a close election, I am both honored and excited to represent the residents of District 2, and look forward to working to return common sense, fiscal discipline and neighborhood leadership back to City Hall.”
And here’s what Janet has to say tonight, after the jump.
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I just can’t stand the way these politicians use their family as a prop!
Judging by his support, Farrell sounds horrendous — as bad or worse than Michela.
If these people had any integrity, they would run as the Republicans they are! (But they can not run and win as Republicans in SF).
So Janet is “proud” of the “positive message” in the way her husband went through his Rolodex placing angry calls to people who dared to even meet with Mark Farrell, threatening dire consequences if they endorsed anyone other than his wife? And she wonders why the voters of District 2 are tired of such electioneering …
Poor Clint – your wife suffered because of your reputation…while Farrell is the best choice – perhaps Clint Reilly should now apologize to the countless women he has tormented and the hundreds of people he has alienated by his words and actions. See ya Clint, go back to real estate and if Janet is smart she will find someone else.
Wow, I can’t believe the ugly things people say sometimes. Politics is a very competetive game and can bring out the worst in people’s nature. I’m really saddened to read these kinds of comments. Personal attacks, name calling it really makes me sick.