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The outcomes of some hotly contested races remain in doubt, but election day has come and gone — and our political future looks to be as turbulent as the recent past. Nationally, we’ll have a more conservative U.S. Senate — the Republicans are on track to hold more than their current 51 of the 100 seats — and a House of Representatives where the Democrats have regained the majority with seats to spare. This means Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco could again be House speaker and be even more of a thorn in the side of President Trump. No Republican running for statewide office appears likely to log more than 45 percent of the vote. Prop. Prop. C, which would boost two business taxes to double the funding for homeless service, took 60 percent of the vote. •Beans a’plenty: The days when Blue Bottle was that cool little find on Linden Alley are long gone. Purchased last year by Nestlé, Blue Bottle announced Tuesday it will open an outpost next year in South Korea — adding to 56 in the U.S. and 10 in Japan. Hayakawa, who in 1976 was elected by Californians to the U.S. Senate.

Image SAN FRANCISCO — Over the last decade, this has become the tech industry’s hometown. Tech leaders were featured in a video for their preferred candidate, Ed Lee, who went on to win and was re-elected in 2015. Tech got political, fast. Mr. Benioff, a native of San Francisco and the most prominent tech executive in the city, was a financial backer of Mr. Lee. “This is the hottest election San Francisco has ever had for mayor,” he said. “I’ve just been super busy,” Mr. Altman wrote in an email, adding that he had “no idea” why others had been so quiet. Hunter Walk, formerly with Google’s YouTube and now a venture capitalist, appeared in the 2011 video supporting Mr. Lee. Breed, the mayoral candidate who seems to have the most backing from tech. Breed, a president of the board of supervisors who became interim mayor after Mr. Lee’s death, as the next mayor. Mr. Conway emphasized that he is still backing Ms.