Tag: Chuck Lowery

Here are the races we’re checking first when we see the updated vote counts: San Diego Community College District: Sean Elo just went ahead of San Diego City Councilman David Alvarez in the latest vote count. Tuesday’s election results revived those predictions. A challenger knocked off a San Diego City Council incumbent for the first time in 27 years, winning in a landslide and giving Democrats a super-majority. Steve Erie, a retired UC San Diego political science professor, said he first heard predictions that San Diego’s changing demographics would result in Democratic electoral wins during the beginning of the Clinton administration. And at the city in 2016, and the county this year, voters approved measures forcing all elections to be decided in November, giving Democrats another lift. Republican Councilman Chris Cate won re-election by 13 points over Tommy Hough in District 6, where Democrats hold an 8- point registration advantage. “And it’s going to change how we do politics in San Diego.” The organized labor groups most active in city politics – the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, the San Diego Building and Construction Trades, and the Working Families Council – all endorsed Cole. But the very first thing I thought about their plan was: “Well, they must have SDSU on board if they were even coming to us. City Council newcomers Jen Campbell, Monica Montgomery and Vivian Moreno could have a different take on a Convention Center expansion – or a special election – than sitting Council members. Often, an elected leader remains relevant well up until the point that their successor is elected.