Ellen Lee Zhou runs again for San Francisco Mayor to challenge London Breed

（SAN FRANCISCO) Ellen Lee Zhou ran again for the third time for San Francisco Mayor by kicking off her campaign at a fundraising event in San Francisco Chinatown on April 7.

The fundraiser for Zhou was held at the Peninsula Seafood Restaurant in Chinatown on April 7 with several dozen supporters attending including California Republican Party Vice Chair Peter Kuo. Kuo also played violin in the event to show his support for Zhou's candidacy.

The fundraiser was also Zhou's 55th birthday party. Zhou shared her immigrant story at the event that she was born in China and came to the United States at the age of 16 with her parents and her younger brother. Zhou has been a resident of San Francisco ever since.

Zhou received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in social work from the San Francisco State University. Her professional experience includes working as a behavioral health clinician for the San Francisco Department of Public Health and as a family social worker.

As of April 7, a total of 50 candidates submitted papers to the Department of Elections that they have had intentions to run for San Francisco Mayor in the upcoming November election. Zhou is one of the 50 candidates to challenge sitting Mayor London Breed.

But Zhou has been the only one among the 50 candidates that she ran for two times respectively in 2018 and 2019 for mayor and is currently running to unseat Breed for the third time.

Zhou is also the only Republican Party candidate among all 50 mayoral candidates, Zhou said.

By looking back at the previous election results, Zhou received 24,667 votes (13.9%) in the 2019 mayoral race as the second top candidate behind winner Breed who received 125,200 votes (70.7%).

In the 2018 mayoral race, Zhou received 9,521 votes (3.8%) and ranked 5th behind Breed, Mark Leno, Jane Kim, Angela Alioto. She received the most votes in the 2018 mayoral race among the candidates who had never held any elected positions.

During the mayoral campaign in 2019, Zhou, whose campaign paid for a billboard which depicted a woman, was called "racist" against the African American community. Zhou received over 24,000 votes in the 2019 race.

Zhou, who is a Christian, believed her agenda would lead San Francisco to a right direction. She supports no illegal drugs, opposes open borders and sanctuary cities for criminals.

"One of my goals as the Mayor of San Francisco is to find investors to build affordable housing for our teachers and school staff faster, to keep teachers for our SFUSD students and families in San Francisco," Zhou also said.