{"id":493967,"date":"2026-10-12T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493967\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:12:10","slug":"sf-democrats-move-to-endorse-gary-mccoy-for-district-8-supervisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493967\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Democrats Move to Endorse Gary McCoy for District 8 Supervisor"},"content":{"rendered":"

McCoy clinched the endorsement in a 20-0 vote after the party formally rescinded its support of Manny Yekutiel.\n<\/p>\n

Oct 12, 2026<\/p>\n

Updated 3:06 pm PT<\/p>\n

Jose Velasquez<\/p>\n

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Gary McCoy sits at the Castro Country Club in San Francisco on May 4, 2022, where he would have coffee before work for many years. McCoy received the endorsement from the San Francisco Democratic Party for District 8 Supervisor. Chair Nancy Tung faced calls for her resignation after the decision to endorse Manny Yekutiel amid several major sexual assault allegations.\u00a0(Beth LaBerge\/KQED)<\/p>\n

The San Francisco<\/a> Democratic Party is officially rescinding its endorsement of Manny Yekutiel for District 8 Supervisor, throwing its support instead behind Gary McCoy.<\/p>\n

Yekutiel, a small business owner and political organizer, was considered the frontrunner in the election for District 8, which is currently represented by Rafael Mandelmann. But after several men accused Yekutiel of sexual assault, he dropped out <\/a>of the race. In July, community organizer Brad Chapin initially accused Yekutiel<\/a> of groping him, and two people came forward with similar allegations earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Democratic Party held a virtual emergency meeting on Sunday, where it voted 29-0 to officially rescind its endorsement of Yekutiel.<\/p>\n

\"\"San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie walks with Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and Manny Yekutiel during a trash pick-up in the Mission District on Jan. 5, 2025, during a weekend of service before his inauguration.\u00a0(Beth LaBerge\/KQED)<\/p>\n

In August, the local party faced backlash for voting to endorse<\/a> Yekutiel \u2014 on the same day that it also announced the investigation into Chapin\u2019s allegations had concluded. An ombudsperson who reviewed the complaint against Yekutiel said that no judgment could be made about whether the alleged incident occurred.<\/p>\n

But many of Yekutiel\u2019s supporters, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, pulled their endorsements when the additional allegations surfaced earlier this month, <\/a>which prompted calls from members of the Democratic Party for Chair Nancy Tung to resign immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After nearly two hours of public comment, Tung addressed those calling for her resignation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people do not want me to represent them as a Democrat in the leadership on the \u2018D Triple C,\u2019 I\u2019m sure that I\u2019ll be voted out,\u201d Tung said, \u201cBut for now, I\u2019m committed to remaining chair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tung said she will continue to improve the organization\u2019s policy on addressing sexual assault allegations and work with survivors.<\/p>\n

McCoy, a former aide to Nancy Pelosi, Scott Wiener and London Breed, saw a 20-0 vote on Sunday evening for his endorsement. He told KQED he\u2019s honored to receive the endorsement of the city\u2019s Democratic Party and that \u201cIt\u2019s also my hope that this marks the start of increased accountability for the party.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCoy will face off against Michael Nguyen and Darshini Patel in the upcoming Nov. 3 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McCoy clinched the endorsement in a 20-0 vote after the party formally rescinded its support of Manny Yekutiel.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-493967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}