The mayor of the City of San Diego is the official head and chief executive officer of the U.S. city of San Diego,California. The mayor has the duty to enforce and execute the laws enacted by the San Diego City Council,the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms.
Michael J. Zucchet is an American Democratic politician,a former member of the San Diego City Council,and a former Deputy Mayor of San Diego. In 2005,he briefly served as the Acting Mayor of San Diego.
Lori R. Saldaña is an American politician from San Diego,California. She is a former member of the California State Assembly from the 76th Assembly district. She served from 2004 to 2010,when term limits prevented her from seeking re-election. She served as a Democrat.
Mary Casillas Salas is an American politician from Chula Vista,California. She is a former California Assembly member who represented the 79th Assembly District from 2006 to 2010. She ran for the California State Senate in 2010 but lost. In 2012 she was elected to the Chula Vista City Council,a position she previously held from 1996 to 2004. She was elected Mayor of the city of Chula Vista in 2014.
Todd Rex Gloria is an American politician serving as the 37th and current mayor of San Diego since 2020. As mayor,he is the chief executive officer in the city of San Diego. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
William Fulton is an American author,urban planner,and politician. He served as mayor of Ventura,California,from 2009 to 2011,and later as the Planning Director for the City of San Diego. From 2014 to 2022,he was the head of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University in Houston,Texas. He is considered an advocate of the "Smart Growth" movement in urban planning. In 2009,he was named to Planetizen's list of "Top 100 Urban Thinkers". He is the founder and publisher of the California Planning &Development Report.
Kevin Lee Faulconer is an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Diego,California from 2014 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Faulconer served as the member of the San Diego City Council for the 2nd district from 2006 to 2014.
Lorie Zapf is an American politician in San Diego,California. She served as a San Diego City Council member representing City Council District 2. She was first elected to office in November 2010 serving District 6,but switched districts in 2014 due to redistricting. In 2018 Zapf lost a bid for reelection,becoming one of the first incumbent council members to lose a reelection campaign since 1992. She is a Republican,although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law.
David Alvarez is an American politician who is a member of the California State Assembly from the 80th district,which includes Chula Vista,National City,and parts of southern San Diego. A member of the Democratic Party,Alvarez previously served as a member of the San Diego City Council from the 8th district from 2010 to 2018 and was the Democratic nominee in the 2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election.
Mark Kersey is an American politician who was a member of the San Diego City Council for District 5 from 2012 to 2020. He was elected in June 2012 and re-elected in June 2016. Kersey was council president pro tem in 2016 and 2017. Initially a registered Republican,Kersey left the party in 2019 and became an independent.
Municipal elections were held in San Diego in 2010 for city council and propositions. The primary election was held on June 8,2010,and the general election was held on November 2,2010. Four of the eight seats of the San Diego City Council were contested. This was the last election to use eight council districts. Two incumbents ran for reelection in their council district.
The 2006 San Diego City Council election occurred on November 7,2006. The primary election was held on June 6,2006. Four of the eight seats of the San Diego City Council were contested. All four incumbent council members stood for reelection.
The 2002 San Diego City Council election occurred on November 5,2002. The primary election was held on March 5,2002. Four of the eight seats of the San Diego City Council were contested. Two incumbent council members stood for reelection after having previously been elected to partial terms.
The 2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election was a special election to elect the Mayor of San Diego. The election was made necessary by the resignation of Bob Filner on August 30,2013. The winner stood to serve out the balance of Filner's term,which ended in 2016.
Municipal elections were held in San Diego in 2014 for city council and propositions. The primary election was held on June 3,2014,and the general election was held on November 4,2014. Four of the nine seats of the San Diego City Council were contested. Two city council incumbents ran for re-election in their same district and one ran for election in a new district due to redistricting.
The 2016 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Municipal elections were held in San Diego in 2016 for mayor,city attorney,city council,and ballot measures. The primary election was held on Tuesday,June 7,2016,and the general election was held on Tuesday,November 8,2016. Five of the nine council seats were contested. Two city council incumbents ran for reelection.
The 2016 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday,June 7,2016,to elect the Mayor of San Diego. Incumbent Kevin Faulconer ran for a second term as mayor against former San Diego City Council member Ed Harris and former California State Assembly member Lori Saldaña.
The 2018 San Diego City Council election occurred on November 6,2018. The primary election was held June 5,2018. Four of the nine seats of the San Diego City Council were contested.
The 2020 San Diego mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Mayor of San Diego. Incumbent Kevin Faulconer was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
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