Wannong “Tiffany” Deng, an Asian Art Commissioner who was one of the five shortlisted candidates for District 4, is no longer on the list because “she’s not the right candidate,” according to the mayor’s office.

It’s unclear whether the update has anything to do with several requests Mission Local sent earlier Monday to Deng and the mayor’s office on Deng’s scant voting record. 

Deng first voted in San Francisco this month on the statewide redistricting ballot. She registered as a Republican until June 2022, according to the San Francisco Department of Elections. 

The mayor’s office refrained from explaining whether Deng dropped out voluntarily, and instead referred to San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s comments on Friday where he reassured the community members that “we have a very thorough vetting process now.”

The voting records show Deng failed to vote in the November 2024 presidential election when citywide voters decided to close the Upper Great Highway, nor did she vote in the September 2025 election when District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio was recalled. 

An appointee of former mayor London Breed and an acquaintance of Lurie as early as February 2024, Deng also failed to cast a ballot in the 2024 mayoral election.

The voting records are easily available, but it seems the mayor’s office may not have checked them.

At 12:00 p.m., Mission Local emailed the mayor’s office for comments and more information on the vetting process.

At 12:02 p.m., Mission Local called Deng for comments. Deng, who was driving during the 48-second call, abruptly hung up after Mission Local described the records. Deng did not comment on the voting and registration records, nor clarify whether she was still a candidate.

At 12:23 p.m., the mayor’s office called Mission Local, saying that the list had been reduced to four people as Deng was no longer a candidate. 

Deng registered as a Republican until 2022, then she registered briefly as a non-partisan voter. In 2025 she registered as a Democrat, according to registration records. 

Of District 4’s voters, 10.3 percent are registered as Republicans, slightly higher than the citywide level of 7.7 percent, according to the latest data from the Department of Elections. 

The shortlisted candidates are expected to participate tonight in a town hall by the Outer Sunset Merchants Association. When Mission Local called Bill Barnickle, president of the association at 2 p.m., he was still expecting to see five candidates at the event.

After a debacle of appointing a supervisor only to have her resign in a week, the mayor’s office said it was taking greater care in the process. The five-page questionnaire failed to include any questions on the candidate’s voting record. 

Deng was one of five shortlisted candidates who have had at least one interview with the mayor and his staff. 

The other four names left on the list are Natalie Gee, supervisor Shamann Walton’s chief of staff who has already filed the paper to run for the position in June; Ike Kwon, a former chief operating officer at the California Academy of Sciences; Alan Wong, former resident of City College of San Francisco’s board or trustees and former legislative aide for a District 4 supervisor; and Albert Chow, a hardware store owner and outspoken supporter of the recall of Engardio. 

The candidates have had at least one interview with the mayor’s office, and are doing another interview with members of the mayor’s staff today to talk about their community ties, housing, and conversations they’ve had with people over the weekend, including who they talked to. 

Lurie said on Friday that he was confident in the new selection process. “We have gone through many rounds of interviews, background checks, and now the public actually knows some of the candidates,” he said.

The mayor’s office will not release the name of the new supervisor this week.