Mayor of San Francisco
On January 10, 2011, Chiu served as acting Mayor of San Francisco after Gavin Newsom was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of California, prior to the swearing in of Edwin M. Lee.
On February 28, 2011, Chiu announced his candidacy for Mayor of San Francisco at an 11am rally at San Francisco City Hall.
Ultimately, Chiu placed 3rd behind incumbent Mayor Edwin M. Lee with a total of 17,921 1st place votes. Despite the 4th place finish, Chiu and 3rd place candidate Dennis Herrera names both appeared individually on more ballots overall than John Avalos, who carried the 2nd most 1st place votes.
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