Roger Allan Hedgecock is an American politician and conservative talk radio host,who served as 30th mayor of San Diego between May 1983 and December 1985. His show is syndicated by Radio America.
The 1996 Republican National Convention convened at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego,California,from August 12 to August 15,1996. The convention nominated Senator Bob Dole from Kansas,for president and former Representative and secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp,from suburban Buffalo,New York,for vice president.
The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego,California,that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time,The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015.
Alexander Gus Spanos was an American billionaire real estate developer,founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies,and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).
Maureen Frances O'Connor is an American politician who served as the 31st mayor of San Diego from 1986 to 1992. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the youngest person ever to be elected to the San Diego City Council and the first woman to serve as mayor of San Diego.
Lynn Alice Schenk is an American politician and lawyer from California. A Democrat,she served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995.
Jules Michael Aguirre,more commonly known as Michael Jules Aguirre,was the City Attorney for the City of San Diego,California,from 2004 to 2008.
There were several proposals to build a new stadium for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL),replacing San Diego Stadium as the franchise's home venue.
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.
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.
Dean Alexander Spanos is the chairman and owner of the National Football League (NFL)'s San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers franchise. He is the son of Alex Spanos,who purchased majority interest in the team in 1984. Dean Spanos took over daily operations from his father in 1994,becoming president and CEO,until he passed operations to his own sons in 2015. Dean took over full ownership after his father's death in 2018.
The 2000 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 7,2000 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Susan Golding was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
Chris Cate is an American elected official in San Diego,California. He served as a member of the San Diego City Council representing City Council District 6 from 2014 to 2022. He is a Republican;although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law.
The 1996 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday,March 26,1996,to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Susan Golding stood for reelection.
The 1992 San Diego mayoral election was held on November 3,1992 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Maureen O'Connor chose not to run for reelection.
Mara Woodworth Elliott is an American elected official in San Diego,California who serves as the San Diego City Attorney. Elliott is the first woman,and first Latina,to serve as City Attorney in San Diego's history.
Over the 20-year absence of the National Football League from Los Angeles many proposals were made for stadiums that would attract an NFL team to the Los Angeles Area. The trend began in 1995 when a stadium planned to be built in Hollywood Park was rejected by Los Angeles Raiders owner Al Davis in favor of relocating back to Oakland,California due to a stipulation that he would have had to share the stadium with a future second team.
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.
Terra Eve Lawson-Remer is an American educator and politician serving Vice Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she has represented District 3 since 2021.
Richard T. Silberman is an American businessman and political figure. He was a major investor in the Jack in the Box fast food chain and helped fund its expansion. He then served as an aide and campaign fundraiser for California governor Jerry Brown. In 1990 he pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder purported drug profits.
