Interim Mayor Ed Lee’s edge is now down to 13 points as almost all of the first place votes are counted.
With 93.94 precints tallied, Lee had 43,366 votes or 31.66 percent to Avalos’ 25,235 votes, 18.42 percent of the voteb.
In subsequent updates, only Avalos has surged closer to Lee.
Dennis Herrera is third with 15,329 votes, or 11.19 percent.
David Chiu is fourth with 12,178, or 9 percent.
Once all the first choice votes are tallied, the second and third choices will be counted. That’s when the Ranked Choice Voting fun really begins.