Fiona Ma won a run-off to be sole Asian Pacific American supervisor on San Francisco's Board. In District 4, the Sunset, nine candidates had originally been vying for Supervisor Leland Yee's seat, which he vacated when elected to the State Assembly. Yee had been the only APA on the Board since 2001. Though it was expected that Ma would receive the Chinese American support in the district, guaranteeing her victory against opponent Ron Dudum, she says she was never overconfident. Ma won the race by 11 percentage points. (Source: May Chow and Neela Banerjee, AsianWeek, Dec. 13-19, 2002)