Public financing a major player in mayor's race

San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting received about $301 in taxpayer money for every first-place vote he got in the city's first mayoral contest with public financing.

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman spent about $39 per vote when she paid a record $160 million - the vast majority of it her own money - in her failed bid for governor in 2010.    More Read