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The 2024 San Diego City Council election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The primary election was held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Five of the nine council seats were up for election, with all five incumbents winning re-election. A special election was also held at the time of the primary to fill the District 4 seat vacated by Monica Montgomery Steppe, who had resigned following her election to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in 2023.
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Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system is used for the elections, starting with primaries in March followed by runoff elections in November between the top-two candidates in each race.
Seats in San Diego City Council districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 were up for election. Incumbents Joe LaCava, Stephen Whitburn, Marni von Wilpert, Raul Campillo, and Sean Elo-Rivera ran for re-election. LaCava, von Wilpert and Campillo won re-election unopposed in the March primary,[1] while Whitburn and Elo-Rivera defeated fellow Democratic challengers in the November general election.[2]
Top election issues included homelessness,[1][3][4] infrastructure deficits,[5] and housing affordability,[6] part of a broader housing crisis statewide.
District 1 consists of the communities of Carmel Valley, Del Mar Heights, Del Mar Mesa, Pacific Highlands Ranch, La Jolla, Torrey Hills, Torrey Pines, University City, and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus.
Incumbent Joe LaCava ran unopposed for re-election and won the election outright in the primary on March 5, 2024.[7]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Joe LaCava (incumbent) | 24,283 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 24,283 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 3 consists of the communities of Balboa Park, Bankers Hill/Park West, Downtown, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Little Italy, Middleton, Mission Hills, North Park, South Park, and University Heights.[1]
Incumbent Stephen Whitburn and Coleen Cusack, both Democrats, defeated two other candidates and advanced from the primary on March 5, 2024.[9] Whitburn went on to defeat Cusack in the general election.[10][2]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Stephen Whitburn (incumbent) | 17,033 | 52.4 | |
| Democratic | Coleen Cusack | 6,811 | 20.9 | |
| Democratic | Kate Callen | 5,417 | 16.7 | |
| Republican | Ellis T. California Jones III | 3,254 | 10.0 | |
| Total votes | 32,515 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Stephen Whitburn | 37,374 | 58.1 | |
| Democratic | Coleen Cusack | 26,923 | 41.9 | |
| Total votes | 64,297 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4 consists of the communities of Alta Vista, Broadway Heights, Chollas View, Emerald Hills, Encanto, Greater Skyline Hills, Jamacha, Lincoln Park, Lomita Village, Mountain View, North Bay Terrace, Oak Park, O'Farrell, Paradise Hills, Ridgeview, South Bay Terrace, Valencia Park, and Webster.
Monica Montgomery Steppe, who had represented district 4 since 2018, won election to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in a special election on November 7, 2023.[16] She resigned from her seat on the city council on December 5, 2023. During the vacancy, her Chief of Staff, Henry Foster III, acted as the de facto manager of the District 4 office.
Foster won the special election on March 5, 2024, to serve the remainder of the term until 2026. His election resulted in the restoration of a 9-0 Democratic supermajority on the city council.[17]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Henry Foster III | 8,840 | 53.83 | |
| Democratic | Chida Warren-Darby | 4,481 | 27.29 | |
| Democratic | Tylisa D. Suseberry | 3,100 | 18.88 | |
| Total votes | 16,421 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 5 consists of the communities 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 Marni von Wilpert ran unopposed for re-election and won the election outright in the primary on March 5, 2024.
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Marni von Wilpert (incumbent) | 28,231 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 28,231 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 7 consists of the communities of Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, Grantville, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, San Carlos, Serra Mesa, and Tierrasanta.
Incumbent Raul Campillo ran unopposed for re-election and won the election outright in the primary on March 5, 2024.
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Raul Campillo (incumbent) | 23,196 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 23,196 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 9 consists of the communities of Kensington, Normal Heights, and East San Diego, as well as the main campus of San Diego State University.
Incumbent Sean Elo-Rivera and Terry Hoskins, both Democrats, advanced from the primary on March 5, 2024, to the general election. Elo-Rivera went on to defeat Hoskins in the general election.[2]
| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sean Elo-Rivera (incumbent) | 10,042 | 51.9 | |
| Democratic | Terry Hoskins | 5,816 | 30.1 | |
| Independent | Fernando Garcia | 3,491 | 18.0 | |
| Total votes | 19,349 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Sean Elo-Rivera | 26,765 | 60.9 | |
| Democratic | Terry Hoskins | 17,213 | 39.1 | |
| Total votes | 43,978 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
The city council will select a council president in December 2024, following the swearing in of the elected city council members. The current council president is Sean Elo-Rivera of District 9, who has served since 2021.
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