Danny Sauter

Danny Sauter
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2025
Preceded by	Aaron Peskin
Personal details
Born	1987/1988 (age 37–38) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Education	Miami University (BA)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李爾德
Simplified Chinese	李尔德
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Ěrdé Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lei5 ji5 dak1

Daniel J. Sauter (born 1987/1988) is an American politician serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 3 since January 8, 2025. District 3 includes the neighborhoods of North Beach, Chinatown, Telegraph Hill, North Waterfront, Financial District, Nob Hill, Union Square, Maiden Lane, Polk Gulch, and part of Russian Hill.

Early life and education

Sauter was born in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, having majored in marketing and minored in entrepreneurship and Chinese.

Political career

In 2016, Sauter volunteered for the campaign of Scott Wiener for the California State Senate.

Sauter ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2020, but placed second behind incumbent supervisor Aaron Peskin.

In 2024 Sauter ran for the same seat again, as Peskin was term-limited. Sauter won the election.

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