Ramos reflects on D11

Pub date November 5, 2008
SectionPolitics Blog

By Alex Jacobs

Julio Ramos calmly sat back in his election HQ late Tuesday night after hearing about the numbers. Ramos held 15% of the vote and was 240 votes behind Myrna Lim, the closest competition. The race for District 11 supervisor will now be decided through ranked-choice voting, based on voters’ second and third choices. John Avalos was leading with 29% to 24% for second place Ahsha Safai.
“Avalos ran a really good campaign,” said Ramos, who shares some of Avalos’s progressive politics.
With the theme of change constantly reiterrated this election, a push for change in the Excelsior has yet to take place. There are several capable candidates and Ramos remains hopeful.