San Diego City Council election, 2016

The 2016 San Diego City Council election will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The primary election was held on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Five of the nine seats will be contested. Two incumbents ran for reelection.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with a primary in June followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates if no candidate received a majority of the votes in the first round.

Campaign

Council Districts used for the 2016 election

Seats in districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 were up for election. Sherri Lightner (District 1) and Todd Gloria (District 3) were ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits. Incumbent Marti Emerald (District 9) chose not to seek reelection.[1]

Republicans hoped to overturn the Democratic Party's 5–4 majority by flipping District 1 from Democratic to Republican.[2]

Results

District 1

District 1 consists of the communities of Carmel Valley, Del Mar Mesa, Del Mar Heights, La Jolla, Pacific Highlands Ranch, Torrey Hills, Torrey Pines, and University City. Incumbent Sherri Lightner was ineligible to run due to term limits. Republican Ray Ellis and Democrats Barbara Bry and Joe LaCava were expected to run to replace Lightner.[2] In January 2016, LaCava announced that he had decided not to run.[3] In March 2016, Bruce Lightner, husband to the incumbent Sherri Lightner, and Kyle Heiskala, a policy advisor on Sherri Lightner's City Council staff, pulled papers to run for the District 1 seat.[4]

Since no candidate received a majority of the votes in the June primary, Bry and Ellis were slated to advance to the November runoff election.[5] However, on August 12, 2016 Ellis announced that he would be withdrawing from the election.[6] Despite effectively conceding the race, Ellis's name still appeared on November ballot.[7] Bry was then elected to the City Council in November.

San Diego City Council District 1 primary election, 2016[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Bry 18,559 48%
Republican Ray Ellis 12,982 34%
Republican Bruce D. Lightner 3,711 10%
Nonpartisan Kyle Heiskala 2,344 6%
Nonpartisan Louis A. Rodolico 707 2%
Total votes 38,303 100%
San Diego City Council District 1 general election, 2016[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Bry ' 65%
Republican Ray Ellis 35%
Total votes ' 100%

District 3

District 3 consists of the communities of Balboa Park, Bankers Hill/Park West, Downtown San Diego, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Little Italy, Mission Hills, Normal Heights, North Park, Old Town, South Park, and University Heights. Incumbent Todd Gloria was ineligible to run due to term limits. Chris Ward was elected in the June primary with a majority of the vote.[8]

San Diego City Council District 3 primary election, 2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Ward 24,512 59%
Democratic Anthony Bernal 11,492 27%
Nonpartisan Scott Sanborn 5,800 14%
Total votes 41,804 100%

District 5

District 5 consists of the neighborhoods of Black Mountain Ranch, Carmel Mountain Ranch, Miramar, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Encantada, Rancho Peñasquitos, Sabre Springs, San Pasqual Valley, Scripps Ranch, and Torrey Highlands. Incumbent Mark Kersey was initially expected to run unopposed, but ultimately faced two opponents to his reelection.[2] Kersey was reelected in the June primary with a majority of the vote.[9]

San Diego City Council District 5 primary election, 2016[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Kersey 23,858 71%
Democratic Frank Tsimboukakis 6,784 20%
Democratic Keith Mikas 3,157 9%
Total votes 33,799 100%

District 7

District 7 consists of the neighborhoods of Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, Grantville, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, San Carlos, Serra Mesa, and Tierrasanta. Incumbent Scott Sherman filed to run for reelection.[2] Sherman was reelected in the June primary with a majority of the vote.[10]

San Diego City Council District 7 primary election, 2016[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Sherman 22,040 60%
Democratic Justin DeCesare 8,225 22%
Democratic Jose Caballero 6,339 17%
Total votes 36,604 100%

District 9

District 9 consists of the communities of Alvarado Estates, City Heights, College Area, College View Estates, El Cerrito, Kensington, Mountain View, Mount Hope, Rolando, Southcrest, and Talmadge. Incumbent Marti Emerald chose not to seek reelection.[1] Since no candidate received a majority of the votes in the June primary, a runoff election was held in November 2016 between Ricardo Flores and Georgette Gomez. Gomez was then elected to the City Council in November.[11]

San Diego City Council District 9 primary election, 2016[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ricardo Flores 7,348 34%
Democratic Georgette Gomez 6,567 31%
Democratic Sarah Saez 5,023 23%
Democratic Araceli Martinez 2,589 12%
Total votes 21,527 100%
San Diego City Council District 9 general election, 2016[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Georgette Gomez ' 55%
Democratic Ricardo Flores 45%
Total votes ' 100%

References

  1. 1 2 Bowler, Matthew (April 22, 2015). "Emerald Wants Her Chief Of Staff To Take Over San Diego Council Seat". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Garrick, David. "Key race could swing SD council majority". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Srikrishnan, Maya (January 8, 2016). "Joe LaCava Bows Out of City Council Race". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bowen, Andrew. "Lightner Staffer Moves To Enter District 1 City Council Race". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Election History - Council District 1" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Logan (August 12, 2016). "Ellis concedes council race to Bry". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ Bowen, Andrew; Ruth, Brooke (August 12, 2016). "Ray Ellis Drops Out Of District 1 San Diego City Council Race". KPBS. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Election History - Council District 3" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Election History - Council District 5" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Election History - Council District 7" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 "Election History - Council District 9" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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