by Mark Aspillera

An empty Civic Center Plaza, while abandoned political signs ask for votes for canditate Ralph Nader, who only got 1 percent of the vote. (photo by Marvin J. Ramirez)

Nov. 4, 2008’s historic election night was marked with slightly more conventional results on the state and local level, but not without its own upsets.

In San Francisco County, Superior Court Judge Seat 12 was won by Gerardo Sandoval, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Sandoval defeated current Superior Court Judge Thomas Mellon with 54.84 percent of the vote.

Of the seven races for seats on the county Board of Supervisors, only three were decided as as of Nov. 5, 2008. Districts 5 and 7 were carried with comfortable majorities ...