Municipal elections in San Diego, California (2014)
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The city of San Diego, California, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council in 2014. A runoff election for mayor took place on February 11, 2014. Kevin Faulconer was the winner.[1]
In city council, four seats were up for election. A primary election for these seats took place on June 3, 2014. Lorie Zapf, Myrtle Cole, and David Alvarez received a majority of the votes in Districts 2, 4, and 8, respectively. Thus, they did not have to run in the general election on November 4, 2014. Chris Cate won a contested race in District 6 on November 4, 2014.[2]
Districts 4 and 8 both featured incumbents. These were Myrtle Cole and David Alvarez, respectively. As a result of redistricting, Districts 2 and 6 were both open seats. Former District 6 incumbent Lorie Zapf won the District 2 seat, which was formerly held by Mayor Kevin Faulconer.
Mayor
Candidate list
- November 19, 2013, Primary election candidates:
February 11, 2014, Runoff election candidates:
Election results
| Mayor of San Diego Runoff Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Kevin Faulconer |
52.9% | 153,491 | |
| David Alvarez | 47.1% | 136,701 | |
| Total Votes | 290,192 | ||
| Source: San Diego County | |||
| Mayor of San Diego Primary Election, 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Kevin Faulconer |
42.2% | 101,953 | |
| David Alvarez |
27.2% | 65,740 | |
| Nathan Fletcher | 24.1% | 58,355 | |
| Michael Aguirre | 4.5% | 10,783 | |
| Lincoln Pickard | 0.5% | 1,144 | |
| Bruce Coons | 0.4% | 1,012 | |
| Simon Moghadam | 0.3% | 748 | |
| Hud Collins | 0.3% | 647 | |
| Michael Kemmer | 0.3% | 612 | |
| Harry Dirks | 0.2% | 434 | |
| Tobiah Pettus | 0.1% | 344 | |
| Total Votes | 237,975 | ||
| Source: San Diego County | |||
City council
Candidate list
District 2
- June 3 Primary election candidates:
- Sarah Boot
- Jim Morrison
- Mark Schwartz
- Lorie Zapf
- District 6 incumbent Zapf was first elected to the council in 2010.
District 4
- June 3 Primary election candidates:
- Myrtle Cole
- Blanca Lopez Brown
- Tony Villafranca
- Bruce Williams
- Myrtle Cole
District 6
Note: District 6 incumbent Lorie Zapf ran for District 2 as a result of redistricting.
- June 3 Primary election candidates:
November 4 General election candidates:
Polling
| 2014 San Diego City Council, District 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Chris Cate | Carol Kim | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Survey USA (September 14-17, 2014) | 42% | 31% | 27% | +/-4.4 | 700 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
District 8
- June 3 Primary election candidates:
- David Alvarez
- Lincoln Pickard
- David Alvarez
Election results
General
| San Diego City Council District 2 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Chris Cate |
53.3% | 17,102 | |
| Carol Kim | 46.7% | 14,984 | |
| Total Votes | 32,086 | ||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official general election results | |||
Primary
| San Diego City Council District 2 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Lorie Zapf |
53% | 13,600 | |
| Sarah Boot | 38.5% | 9,864 | |
| Mark Schwartz | 5% | 1,272 | |
| Jim Morrison | 3.6% | 915 | |
| Total Votes | 25,651 | ||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results | |||
| San Diego City Council District 4 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Myrtle Cole Incumbent |
57% | 6,921 | |
| Bruce Williams | 19.6% | 2,378 | |
| Blanca Lopez Brown | 15.1% | 1,832 | |
| Tony Villafranca | 8.3% | 1,011 | |
| Total Votes | 12,142 | ||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results | |||
| San Diego City Council District 6 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Chris Cate |
47.2% | 10,270 | |
| Carol Kim |
31.6% | 6,880 | |
| Mitz Lee | 12.5% | 2,717 | |
| Jane L. Glasson | 4.6% | 1,012 | |
| De Le | 4.1% | 895 | |
| Total Votes | 21,774 | ||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results | |||
| San Diego City Council District 8 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| David Alvarez Incumbent |
76.4% | 6,720 | |
| Lincoln Pickard | 23.6% | 2,072 | |
| Total Votes | 8,792 | ||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results | |||
Issues
District 6
Following Kevin Faulconer's victory on February 11, 2014, the race for the District 6 seat of the San Diego City Council became a high-stakes affair. The reason for this had a lot to do with the trajectory of the San Diego city government's political make-up. Even though elected officials in San Diego are officially nonpartisan, the mayor and most city council members are closely affiliated with political parties and ideologies.[3]
Directly prior to the general election for District 6 on November 4, 2014, the partisan divide was as follows: Mayor Faulconer and three council members were affiliated with the Republican Party, while six other council members were closely affiliated with the Democratic Party.[4] This is significant because the San Diego city charter requires six votes to override a mayoral veto.[5] With the District 6 race, this arrangement hung in the balance.
Democratically-affiliated council members had only held their six-to-three majority since March 2014, when Faulconer vacated the District 2 position to assume the office of mayor. Afterwards, Ed Harris, a Democratically-affiliated council member, was appointed to hold the District 2 seat. In January 2015, this seat will belong to former District 6 representative and Republican, Lorie Zapf, who won it in the June 3 primary election (Zapf switched to District 2 because of redistricting). However, when Zapf ran for District 2, this left a vacancy in District 6.[4] Five candidates registered to run for the seat. In the June 3 primary election, Chris Cate, a Republican, and Carol Kim, a Democrat, both received a majority of the votes. Consequently, they moved on to the general election on November 4, 2014. In the general election, Cate defeated Kim, thereby reducing the majority held by Democratically-affiliated council members and eliminating their ability to block Faulconer’s agenda.[6]
District 6, which can be seen on the map to the right, includes the neighborhoods of Mira Mesa, Kearny Mesa and parts of Clairemont and Rancho Peñasquitos. Based on research conducted by Ballotpedia staff, the district has historically leaned to the left until fairly recently with the election of Zapf in 2010.[7]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- United States Conference of Mayors - Elections in 2014
- Politico - The battle for San Diego, February 5, 2014
- City of San Diego - Candidates for June 3, 2014
- San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results
- San Diego County - Official mayoral election results
- San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official general election results
Footnotes
- ↑ U-T San Diego, "Faulconer wins mayor's race," February 11, 2014
- ↑ The City of San Diego, "June 3, 2014 Primary Election," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ L.A. Times, "San Diego mayoral runoff to pit Kevin Faulconer against David Alvarez," November 20, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 KPBS news, "Zapf Wins; Cate, Kim Headed To Runoff In City Council Races," June 3, 2014
- ↑ ‘’San Diego City Charter’’, Art. XV Sec. 285, accessed November 10, 2014
- ↑ U-T San Diego, "Peters-DeMaio could change council race," September 8, 2014
- ↑ This statement is based on research conducted by Ballotpedia staff. District 6's voting history from 1932 to the present can be viewed here.
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