SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco is still tabulating results from Tuesday’s election, but so far political newcomer Daniel Lurie is holding his lead in the mayoral election. 

The counting is not over yet, but things are looking good for Lurie at this point. After 14 rounds of counting, philanthropist and Levi’s heir Lurie is holding a lead with more than 56% of the ranked choice votes.

San Francisco State University political science Professor Jason McDaniel said Lurie has benefited from voters who want change. 

“This was an election that’s an anti-incumbent, change election, said McDaniel. “People in this city and around the world really, are upset and are taking it out on our elected leaders. The incumbents and candidates in parties are losing everywhere.”

McDaniel said Lurie also benefited from a strong, well run and well-funded campaign. 

“I always tell people, money doesn’t buy elections, but he ran a very good campaign,” said McDaniel. “He spent more, raised more than all the other candidates combined. He ran a very sustained campaign over the last year.”

Current Mayor London Breed trails at this point with more than 43% of the ranked choice vote, with more votes to be counted.

McDaniel said while many say conditions in the city are improving, Mayor Breed may pay a price with voters who think back to the last few years and post-pandemic conditions. “Her core support in the city didn’t collapse, she managed to hold together, but she wasn’t able to get beyond that,” said McDaniel. 

“Once there were enough voters who were convinced the city was headed in the wrong direction, and again we’ve seen that around the world, that voters feel that way, enough of them blamed her and supported someone else.”

San Franciscans who voted for Lurie said they’re hopeful. “On my ballot yesterday I noticed it was ranked choice voting and there were 10 different candidates and I think nine different slots,” said Wendy Hernandez. “I did vote for Lurie at the top.”

Voters say if he goes on to win he would have to earn the confidence of those who didn’t put him at the top of their ballot. “Oh that’s sad news,” said Tutone Lyles Naranjo.” I wouldn’t want to vote for a billionaire.”

“He was my third choice.” said Mark Philpott of Lurie. “I heard him and the others speak at a debate led by the Harvey Milk Club and I went with Aaron Peskin. He’s old San Francisco. He has 20 years experience, I think.”

Our political analyst said while the incumbent mayor may pay a price for post-pandemic conditions, that doesn’t necessarily extend to incumbent supervisors.

Three incumbent supervisors are facing challengers in the city. In one of those races, to lead the Richmond District, the challenger Marjan Philhour leads the incumbent Connie Chan by just 35 votes at this point, with more results expected in that race and others tomorrow.

The San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers find themselves in very similar situations heading into Week 10. Both teams have four wins, are currently in second-place in their divisions, and have suffered tough losses to their divisional foes in first. They’ve also both suffered a myriad of injuries to their star skill position players and both teams have taken losses at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs.

There is one key difference between these teams though. The 49ers are coming off a bye, while the Buccaneers just played on Monday Night Football. The 49ers should be well-rested, while the Bucs might be more banged up than usual, getting one fewer day to recover.

With both teams missing key players, like Christian McCaffrey and Brandon Aiyuk on the 49ers’ side as well as Mike Evans and Chris Godwin on the Bucs’ side, you’d think both teams would be struggling on offense. However, both teams rank top-ten in points per play.

Here are our experts’ predictions for this Week 10 showdown.

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• Spread: 49ers (-5.5)
• Moneyline: 49ers (-250); Buccaneers (+200)
• Over/under: 50.5

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Lorenzo Reyes: 49ers 28, Buccaneers 20

The Buccaneers play up to elite competition, with the top strength of victory (.647) — or the combined winning percentage of teams Tampa has defeated. The Bucs, in fact, are the only team above .600 in that stat. But the 49ers are coming off a bye week, and one they needed to heal up. Frankly, I can see this going both ways and would likely look elsewhere for a safer play, but given the extra rest — and the fact that Tampa has a slightly shorter week after playing Monday night — I’ll cautiously back the Niners.

Tyler Dragon: 49ers 25, Bucs 21

Will Christian McCaffrey make his season debut this week? San Francisco is coming off a Week 9 bye. While the Bucs are playing on a short week. The 49ers know they need to start performing better if they want to reclaim top status in the NFC West. San Francisco should win this game whether McCaffrey plays or not.

Richard Morin: 49ers 28, Buccaneers 27

San Francisco desperately needs to get going, but it won’t be an easy task on the road in Tampa Bay. I think the 49ers pull out the win, but the 5.5-point spread is a bit much for me.

Jordan Mendoza: 49ers 23, Buccaneers 16

Could Christian McCaffrey actually play? He’ll make an immediate difference and get San Francisco back to being solidified contenders.