Supervisor Sean Elsbernd beat out 12 other candidates on Election Day to secure his seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, according to preliminary results from the department of elections.

Elsbernd – an attorney, former mayor’s liaison to the board and legislative aid to former supervisor Tony Hall – said his priorities will continue to be increasing home ownership, fiscal responsibility at City Hall and addressing quality of life issues in District 7, which includes the Inner Sunset, West Portal and SF State.

Elsbernd has been quoted as saying he was, “thrown into the deep end of the pool,” when Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed the 28-year-old to the Board of Supervisors on August 5. Then supervisor Tony Hall resigned to head the Treasure Island Development Authority, paving the way for Elsbernd's appointment.

“The vote was a ratification of the appointment,” Elsbernd said. “It reinforces what I said the day of my appointment: My job is to serve the constituents of District 7.”

An electronic glitch held up the tabulation of the ranked-choice voting system for two days. As of November 12, Elsbernd had received 13,625 votes over Christine Linnenbach's 10,307.

The supervisor wants to be “active and responsive” to the students at SF State. He is planning monthly visits to the campus with Associated Students Inc. President David Abella, working with the political science department on offering internships at his office and has offered to write a monthly column for the [X]press.

SF State political science professor Corey Cook said there is a need to deepen the relationship between City Hall and the campus, and the supervisor seems interested in improving that working relationship.

“He does his own work, so it’s pretty cool that a day or two after the election he says, ‘hey, it looks like I won, so what do you want me to do?’” Cook said.

“I don't know if it's visiting a class or sitting in the quad, but I have every intention of being available to the students of SF State,” Elsbernd said.