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Brown has 2-1 early lead in San Francisco mayor raceDecember 15, 1999 SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Early runoff-election results show incumbent San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown with more than a 2-1 lead against rival Tom Ammiano, the San Francisco Department of Elections said late Tuesday. Both men are Democrats. With nearly 60,000 absentee ballots counted, Brown had 41,504 votes, compared to Ammiano's 18,250. Election officials said Brown, former California Assembly speaker, was doing extremely well in the more affluent neighborhoods, including Pacific Heights and the Marina District. If he wins, he will be the city's first mayor in 16 years to be re-elected. He won 39 percent of the vote in the November 2 general election. Ammiano, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, entered the mayor's race as a write-in candidate only 20 days before the election. If elected, Ammiano would be the city's first openly gay mayor and one dedicated to liberal causes. Officials estimate there was an election turnout Tuesday of nearly 200,000 voters. Polls closed at 8 p.m. (11 p.m. EST).
San Francisco Bureau Chief Greg Lefevre contributed to this
report.
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