Politics & Government
San Diego County Primary Election Real-Time Results 2020
San Diego Patch's roundup of Tuesday's election results from across San Diego County in the primary election for March 3, 2020.
SAN DIEGO, CA — Turnout was expected to be strong Tuesday, as San Diego County voters made their choice in the presidential primary election, decided on the largest proposed bond issue in state history, and voted on local measures.
Major Elections
The most-watched races that were on all ballots in California were those for the presidential primary and Proposition 13, the only statewide measure.
In San Diego County, voters also weighed in on local measures and races for city councils, the Board of Supervisors, State Senate, State Assembly and U.S. Congress.
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Congress
In the 49th Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Mike Levin faced Republican Brian Maryott.
In the 50th Congressional District, nine viable candidates were on the ballot. The candidates included Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, Republicans Carl DeMaio, Darrell Issa, Brian Jones and Nathan "Nate" Wilkins, and Peace and Freedom Party candidate José Cortés. Helen L. Horvath, Henry Alan Ota and Lucinda Kwh Jahn were all listed as no party preference on the ballot.
In the 51st Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Juan Vargas faced Republican Juan Hidalgo Jr.
In the 52nd Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Scott Peters faced Democrat Nancy Casady, Republican Jim DeBello and Ryan Cunningham, who ran without a party preference.
In the 53rd Congressional District, more than a dozen candidates were on the ballot. The Democrat candidates were Georgette Gomez, Janessa Goldbeck, Sara Jacobs, Jose Caballero, John Brooks, Joseph Fountain, Eric Roger Kutner, Annette Meza Suzette Santori and Joaquín Vázquez. The Republican candidates were Michael Patrick Oristian and Chris Stoddard. Fernando Garcia ran without a party preference.
State Senate
In the 39th district, incumbent Democrat Toni Atkins ran unopposed.
State Assembly
In the 71st Assembly District, incumbent Republican Randy Voepel faced Democrat Elizabeth Lavertu.
In the 75th Assembly District, incumbent Republican Marie Waldron faced Democrats Karen "Kate" Schwartz and Roger Garcia.
In the 76th Assembly District, incumbent Democrat Tasha Boerner Horvath faced Republican Melanie Burkholder.
In the 77th Assembly District, incumbent Democrat Brian Maienschein faced Republican June Yang Cutter.
In the 78th Assembly District, Democrats Sarah Davis, Micah Perlin and Chris Ward competed for the seat.
In the 79th Assembly District, incumbent Democrat Shirley Weber faced Republicans Carmelita "C.L." Larrabaster and John Moore.
In the 80th Assembly District, incumbent Democrat Lorena Gonzalez faced Republicans Lincoln Pickard and John Vogel.
Board of Supervisors
In District 1, four Democrats competed for outgoing Supervisor Greg Cox's seat. The candidates were Rafael Castellanos, Ben Hueso, Sophia Rodriguez and Nora Vargas.
In District 2, Republicans Joel Anderson and Steve Vaus and Democrat Kenya Taylor competed for outgoing Supervisor Dianne Jacob's seat.
In District 3, incumbent Republican Kristin Gaspar faced Democrats Olga Diaz and Terra Lawson-Remer.
City Councils
Elections were held for the Carlsbad City Council, Chula Vista City Council, San Diego City Council and San Diego Mayor.
San Diego Mayor
A total of 28 candidates competed for five open council seats: eight for District 1, seven for District 9, five for District 3, four for District 5 and four for District 7. There were no incumbents on the ballot.
San Diego City Council
A total of 28 candidates competed for five open seats on the San Diego City Council.
Carlsbad City Council
Three candidates competed for the District 1 seat on the Carlsbad City Council. The special election was added to the primary ballot to fill the vacancy created when former Councilwoman Barbara Hamilton resigned in October.
Chula Vista City Council
Six total candidates competed for the District 3 and District 4 seats on the Chula Vista City Council.
Local Measures
There were 17 local measures in San Diego County, from countywide initiatives to local school district measures. The two countywide initiatives were Measure A and Measure B.
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