Former Supervisor David Campos appears headed for a slam-dunk win Wednesday night to be chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee.

Campos is a progressive, “the progressives have the votes, and there is unlikely to be any challenge,” said Tom Hsieh Jr., a member of the outgunned moderate wing of the committee.

Campos was brought to the U.S. from Guatemala by his parents, who had no legal documentation to enter the country. He went on to get his bachelor’s degree from Stanford and a law degree from Harvard, then passed the Bar.

“The idea of having someone like me leading the Democratic Party sends a clear message who we are as a city,” Campos said.

It’s not the state Assembly seat that Campos had once hoped to occupy. But the party chair slot would give him a political platform and keep his name in the news while he ponders a future bid for elective office — most likely city attorney.

Meanwhile, Campos said he has no plans to give up his day job as a $240,000-year deputy county executive in Santa Clara County.

As for current party chair Cindy Wu, another progressive, who is stepping down just a year into her four-year-term? Word from fellow board members is that she found the post too time-consuming.

“I felt like my public service was done, and I wanted to have others have leadership opportunities,” she said.

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