Lee Patrick Brown is an American politician,criminologist and businessman;in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston,Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.
Mira Mesa is a community and neighborhood in San Diego,California. The city-recognized Mira Mesa Community Plan Area is roughly bounded by Interstate 15 on the east,Interstate 805 on the west,the Los Peñasquitos Canyon on the north and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on the south. Most of the community plan area is referred to as Mira Mesa;the community plan area also includes the neighborhoods of Sorrento Valley and Sorrento Mesa.
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.
Robert John Duffy is a former American law enforcement officer and politician who served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 65th Mayor of Rochester,New York from 2006 to 2010.
San Diego Miramar College is a public community college in San Diego,California. It is part of San Diego Community College District and the California Community Colleges system. The college is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).
Nathan Blaine Fletcher is an American politician who most recently served on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors for the 4th District since 2019,serving as chair from 2021 to 2023. On March 26,2023,he announced he would seek treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism. On March 29,2023,news broke of a lawsuit by an employee of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System alleging that Fletcher had sexually assaulted her and that she was then fired after resisting his advances,and that evening,he announced his resignation from the board of supervisors,effective at the end of his medical leave.
Nicole Murray-Ramirez is an LGBT activist and frequent San Diego city committee appointee known as "Empress Nicole the Great,Queen Mother of the Americas" within the Imperial Court System of which she is the titular leader.
Mary Casillas Salas is an American politician who served as the 40th mayor of Chula Vista,California from 2014 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as a member of the Chula Vista City Council from 2012 to 2014 and as a member of the California State Assembly from 2006 to 2010,representing the 79th Assembly District. She was an unsuccessful candidate for California's 40th senatorial district in 2010,losing narrowly to fellow Democrat Juan Vargas.
Scott Harvey Peters is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from California's 50th congressional district since 2023,previously representing the 52nd congressional district from 2013 to 2023. His district includes both coastal and central portions of San Diego,as well as the suburbs of Poway and Coronado.
Stephen C. Padilla is an American politician,public policy,advocacy and communications consultant serving in the California State Senate since 2022. From 1994 to 2002,he served two terms on the city council of Chula Vista,California. He served as Mayor of Chula Vista from 2002 to 2006 and as a member of the California Coastal Commission from 2005 to 2007,and again since 2017. He served as a member of the Board of Port Commissioners of the Unified Port of San Diego,as Board Secretary and Vice Chairman-Elect from 2009 to 2011. In 2016,he was again elected to the Chula Vista City Council.
George M. Israel,III is the current president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and is a former mayor of Macon,Georgia (1979–1987),the sixth largest city in the state. He is also on the board of directors of YKK Group. In 2005,Georgia Trend,a prominent state business and political magazine,named Israel as one of its top 20 leaders of the past 20 years.
Todd Rex Gloria is an American politician serving as the 37th mayor of San Diego since 2020. As mayor,he is the chief executive officer of the city of San Diego. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Kevin Lee Faulconer is an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Diego,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.
Veronica Froman-Blue, better known by her maiden name Veronica "Ronne" Froman,is an American retired naval officer. She was the first woman to serve as commander of the United States Navy Region Southwest,a position known as the "Navy Mayor of San Diego". She retired from the Navy in 2001 with the rank of rear admiral,after a 31-year career.
The 2014 California gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of California,concurrently with elections for the rest of California's executive branch,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.
The 2008 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday,June 3,2008,to elect the mayor of San Diego. Incumbent mayor Jerry Sanders ran for a second term as mayor against field of four other candidates.
The 2005 San Diego mayoral special election was a special election held on Tuesday,November 8,2005,to elect the mayor for San Diego. The special election was necessary due to the resignation of former Mayor Dick Murphy.
Municipal elections were held in San Diego in 2012 for mayor,city attorney,five seats to the San Diego City Council,and propositions. The primary election was held on June 5,2012,and the general election was held on November 6,2012. This was the first city council election to use nine council districts. Two city council incumbents ran for reelection in their same district and one ran for election in the newly created ninth district.
The 2018 California lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the lieutenant governor of California. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits and ran for governor of California instead. Democrats Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez faced each other in the general election,as no Republican finished in the top two positions of the nonpartisan blanket primary that was held on June 5,2018.
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.
