With just a couple of weeks to go until San Franciscans elect their
next mayor, Quintin Mecke, the 34-year-old program director of the
Safety Network, has emerged as Gavin Newsom's top challenger.
Since
declaring his candidacy, the fresh-faced Mecke has been endorsed by
almost every significant progressive entity in the city, including
supervisors Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi, BART board member and
Livable City director Tom Radulovich, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic
Club, the San Francisco Tenants Union, and the Guardian.
"Of
all the mayoral candidates, Quintin has the longest record of working
in the community and on important issues facing the city," said Daly,
who was the first to publicly endorse the Pennsylvania native, shortly
after Mecke declared his candidacy in August.