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Daniel Lurie, the nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir, who ran one of the most expensive races in city history, will succeed London Breed as the next mayor of San Francisco. I

entered this race not as a politician, but as a dad who couldn't explain to my kids what they were seeing on our streets. In our house, when you love something as much as we love San Francisco, you fight for it. Lori

ran as the only major candidate without experience in government. Today, we talk with KQED reporter Sidney Johnson about Lori's win and why his message won voters over. Your

voices and your call for accountable leadership, service and change have been heard.

Stay with us.

So Lurie won by about 56 percent of votes after ranked choice tallies. Sydney Johnson is a reporter for KQED. And that's compared to Breed, who had 43 percent of votes by the end of the tally. You know, votes are still being counted. So this wasn't like the total of all the cumulative votes put together. But, you know, a lot of political scientists that I spoke to and people who are watching this race did say that, you know, just the math of it was going to be really difficult for her to pull through at that point and get a lead.