County · Statewide General Election
San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 10
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
On the ballot
- Jessica Pessecow
- Ellsworth Jennison Jr.
- Mike Trouble Lin
- Dionjay Brookter
- Deandra Bryant
- Pearci "PJ" Bastiany III
- Shawn M. Richard
- J.R. Eppler
- Theo Ellington
- Jamo Muhammad
This person holds your district's seat on San Francisco's 11-member Board of Supervisors: city-county laws, the budget, and land use.
Ten candidates are on the ranked-choice ballot for an open seat — incumbent Shamann Walton is not on the ballot (per the city's candidate list) — in the district covering the Bayview, Hunters Point, Potrero Hill, Dogpatch and Visitacion Valley. Three candidacies dominate the documented field: Theo Ellington, Dionjay Brookter, and J.R. Eppler (per the Examiner). Several others have made their cases at neighborhood forums (per the Davis Vanguard); two have no documented campaign at all.
The winner holds one of 11 seats on the Board of Supervisors, the city-county's legislature: it writes ordinances, approves the budget the mayor proposes, and decides the land-use questions that determine what gets built where. A four-year term, with a two-term limit.
The field splits three ways: funded, covered campaigns (Ellington, Brookter, Eppler); candidacies visible at forums or through registered committees (Richard, Bastiany, Pessecow, Lin, Bryant); and ballot lines with no documented campaign behind them. Ranked-choice voting lets you rank as many as you have a view on — a long field does not force a single guess.
Theo Ellington
Bayview-raised, the executive director of the Ruth Williams Bayview Opera House and policy director at a law-and-policy firm, with earlier roles as the Golden State Warriors' public-affairs director and the Salvation Army's homelessness director. He has served on four city commissions, led the plaintiff group in a Hunters Point toxic-waste lawsuit, and ran for this seat in 2018 (per the Examiner).
Strengths
Bayview roots plus city-commission service, corporate and nonprofit leadership, and the field's largest reported fundraising (per the Examiner).
Trade-offs
He ran for this seat in 2018 and finished third (per the Examiner); his current role is policy director at a private law-and-policy firm.
Keep in mind
His shipyard-lawsuit leadership produced a $6.3 million settlement (per the Examiner) — direct experience with the district's defining environmental issue.
Dionjay Brookter
Former CEO of Young Community Developers, the Bayview–Hunters Point workforce and housing nonprofit, and before that executive director of the SFPUC's Southeast Community Facility Commission. He left the YCD post in April to campaign full-time, and lives in Candlestick Point (per the Examiner).
Strengths
Years running Bayview-serving institutions — a workforce nonprofit and a public-utility community facility (per the Examiner).
Trade-offs
His record is nonprofit and agency management rather than elected office or citywide policy work.
Keep in mind
His is an institutional-delivery case — judge it on what those organizations delivered for the southeast under his leadership.
J.R. Eppler
An attorney with his own Potrero Hill firm, a former Board of Appeals commissioner and Building Inspection commissioner, and the fourteen-year president of the Potrero Boosters Neighborhood Association (per the Examiner).
Strengths
Land-use fluency from the Board of Appeals and Building Inspection Commission, plus fourteen years leading a neighborhood association (per the Examiner).
Trade-offs
A profile rooted in Potrero Hill civic life, with less documented presence across the district's other neighborhoods.
Keep in mind
Commission service is quasi-judicial — appeals and inspections — which is adjacent to, not the same as, legislating.
Shawn M. Richard
Founder and CEO of Brothers Against Guns, with what forum coverage describes as decades of violence-prevention work in the district (per the Davis Vanguard). A campaign committee is registered (per the Ethics Commission's index).
Strengths
Decades of violence-prevention work in the district through Brothers Against Guns (per the Davis Vanguard's forum coverage).
Trade-offs
As of the Examiner's June filings review he had reported no campaign finance; a committee has since been registered.
Keep in mind
His case is street-level credibility — community standing offered in place of a governmental or fundraising track record.
Pearci "PJ" Bastiany III
A forum candidate who has advocated structural reforms spanning housing to economic development (per the Davis Vanguard's report on the July community forum). The Examiner's June filings review listed no reported campaign finance for him.
Strengths
A reform-focused case made in person at the district's community forums (per the Davis Vanguard).
Trade-offs
No reported campaign finance as of the June review (per the Examiner), and little press coverage beyond forum reports.
Keep in mind
Forum performance is the evidence available — attend one, or watch for the official voter guide's candidate statement.
Jessica Pessecow
A forum candidate who approaches policy through public health and administrative reform (per the Davis Vanguard's report on the July community forum). The Examiner's June filings review listed no reported campaign finance for her.
Strengths
A public-health and administrative-reform lens argued in person at district forums (per the Davis Vanguard).
Trade-offs
No reported campaign finance as of the June review (per the Examiner), and little press coverage beyond forum reports.
Keep in mind
Forum performance is the evidence available — attend one, or watch for the official voter guide's candidate statement.
Mike Trouble Lin
A forum candidate emphasizing technology, innovation, and modernizing public systems (per the Davis Vanguard's report on the July community forum). The Examiner's June filings review listed no reported campaign finance for him.
Strengths
A technology-and-modernization case made in person at district forums (per the Davis Vanguard).
Trade-offs
No reported campaign finance as of the June review (per the Examiner), and little press coverage beyond forum reports.
Keep in mind
Forum performance is the evidence available — attend one, or watch for the official voter guide's candidate statement.
Deandra Bryant
Qualified for the ballot on June 9 (per the city's candidate list), with a registered committee, "Deandra Bryant for Supervisor 2026" (per the Ethics Commission's index). She was not among the seven candidates at the July community forum (per the Davis Vanguard), and press coverage documents no platform as of late August.
Strengths
None documented from official sources or press coverage beyond a registered committee.
Trade-offs
With no documented platform or coverage, there is little for a voter to evaluate beyond the ballot line itself.
Keep in mind
Sparse coverage is itself information; if this campaign becomes publicly visible, the weekly source refresh will pick it up.
Ellsworth Jennison Jr.
Qualified for the ballot on June 9 (per the city's candidate list). He was not among the seven candidates at the July community forum (per the Davis Vanguard), no committee appears in the Ethics Commission's November index, and press coverage documents no platform as of late August.
Strengths
None documented from official sources or press coverage.
Trade-offs
With no documented campaign, there is nothing for a voter to evaluate beyond the ballot line itself.
Keep in mind
Sparse coverage is itself information; if this campaign becomes publicly visible, the weekly source refresh will pick it up.
Jamo Muhammad
Qualified for the ballot on June 9 (per the city's candidate list). He was not among the seven candidates at the July community forum (per the Davis Vanguard), no committee appears in the Ethics Commission's November index, and press coverage documents no platform as of late August.
Strengths
None documented from official sources or press coverage.
Trade-offs
With no documented campaign, there is nothing for a voter to evaluate beyond the ballot line itself.
Keep in mind
Sparse coverage is itself information; if this campaign becomes publicly visible, the weekly source refresh will pick it up.
Financial info
- Small donors
- Public matching funds
Dionjay Brookter
$69,112 raised
- Small donors$3,662100%
J.R. Eppler
$150,509 raised
- Small donors$3,0433%
- Public matching funds$100,47097%
Theo Ellington
$472,302 raised
- Small donors$6,4302%
- Public matching funds$255,00098%
1Deandra Bryant has a registered committee but no financial disclosure summarized on the Ethics Commission's dashboard yet.
2Pearci "PJ" Bastiany III has a registered committee but no financial disclosure summarized on the Ethics Commission's dashboard yet.
3Shawn M. Richard has a registered committee but no financial disclosure summarized on the Ethics Commission's dashboard yet.
4Jessica Pessecow has no campaign committee on file with the SF Ethics Commission for this race.
5Ellsworth Jennison Jr. has no campaign committee on file with the SF Ethics Commission for this race.
6Mike Trouble Lin has no campaign committee on file with the SF Ethics Commission for this race.
7Jamo Muhammad has no campaign committee on file with the SF Ethics Commission for this race.
8Public matching funds are city money earned through small-donor support; totals here combine reported contributions with approved public funds. Figures are each committee's latest FPPC filings as summarized by the SF Ethics Commission's campaign-finance dashboard and the city's public-financing dataset, retrieved 2026-08-21.
Source review: Very strong (93/100) · 5 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.
- sf.gov (opens in a new tab)SF Department of Elections — Candidates, November 3, 2026 General Election
- sfexaminer.com (opens in a new tab)San Francisco Examiner — SF's big southeast at stake in District 10 supervisor race (June 24, 2026)
- davisvanguard.org (opens in a new tab)Davis Vanguard — District 10 candidates forum report (July 1, 2026)
- campaign.sfethics.org (opens in a new tab)SF Ethics Commission — Candidate committees, November 3, 2026 election
- campaign.sfethics.org (opens in a new tab)SF Ethics Commission — campaign-finance dashboard and public-financing dataset
Last updated August 21, 2026.