2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election

2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election
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Candidate Kevin Faulconer David Alvarez
Party Republican Democratic
Vote 153,491 136,701
Percentage 52.9% 47.1%
Results by city council district
Faulconer:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Alvarez:      60–70%      70–80%
Mayor before election

Todd Gloria (acting)
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Kevin Faulconer
Republican

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The 2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election was a special election to elect the mayor of San Diego. The election was made necessary by the resignation of Bob Filner on August 30, 2013.[1] The winner stood to serve out the balance of Filner's term, which ended in 2016.[2]

The election was nonpartisan, in accordance with the California Constitution,[3] and candidates appeared on the ballot with no party affiliation, although most chose to state a political party affiliation.[4] A primary election was held on November 19, 2013. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff election was held between the top two vote-getters on February 11, 2014.[5] In the runoff, Kevin Faulconer defeated David Alvarez.

Filner's resignation

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In July 2013, Filner was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. Despite continuing pressure to resign, he remained in office until he and the city reached a mediated agreement in August 2013, under which he agreed to resign and the city of San Diego agreed to help pay his legal fees.[6] According to the city charter, Todd Gloria, the president of the San Diego City Council, served as interim mayor until a new mayor was sworn into office.[7]

Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Special election

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In the special election held November 19, 2013, Kevin Faulconer received 43.6 percent of the vote and David Alvarez received 25.6 percent. The two of them advanced to a runoff election on February 11, 2014. Nathan Fletcher narrowly missed the runoff with 24.3 percent of the vote, just as he had when he previously run in the 2012 mayoral election. Mike Aguirre placed a distant fourth with 4.4 percent. The other eight candidates each received less than 1 percent of the vote each.[15]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Mike
Aguirre 		David
Alvarez 		Kevin
Faulconer 		Nathan
Fletcher 		Other Undecided
SurveyUSA[16] November 11–14, 2013 510 ±4.4% 7% 22% 40% 24% 4% 3%
SurveyUSA[17] October 28–31, 2013 550 ±4.3% 7% 17% 41% 28% 3% 4%
SurveyUSA[18] October 7–10, 2013 513 ±4.4% 8% 20% 28% 32% 4% 8%
SurveyUSA[19] September 19–23, 2013 527 ±4.4% 9% 17% 22% 30% 6%[a] 15%
  1. ^ Bruce Coons 2%, Other 4%

Results

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Although local elections are officially non-partisan per the California constitution, major candidates typically publicly align themselves with political parties. Therefore, political preference of candidates is indicated in the table below where it is known.

2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election[12][20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Faulconer 101,953 42.1%
Democratic David Alvarez 65,740 27.1%
Democratic Nathan Fletcher 58,355 24.1%
Democratic Mike Aguirre 10,783 4.5%
Republican Lincoln Pickard 1,144 0.5%
Democratic Bruce Coons 1,012 0.4%
Nonpartisan Sina "Simon" Moghadam 748 0.3%
Nonpartisan Hud Collins 647 0.3%
Nonpartisan Michael Kemmer 612 0.3%
Nonpartisan Harry Dirks 434 0.2%
Nonpartisan Tobiah Pettus 344 0.1%
Nonpartisan Farrah Pirahanchi (write-in) 5 0.0%
Total votes 242,828 100%

Special run-off election

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On February 11, 2014, Kevin Faulconer received 52.9 percent majority in the run-off vote and was elected mayor of San Diego.[12]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Kevin
Faulconer 		David
Alvarez 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[21] February 3–6, 2014 639 ± 4% 47% 46% 7%
SurveyUSA[22] January 20–23, 2014 646 ± 3.9% 49% 44% 7%
Public Policy Polling[23] January 13–14, 2014 526 ± 4.3% 45% 46% 9%
SurveyUSA[24] January 4–9, 2014 800 ± 4.3% 53% 37% 10%
SurveyUSA[25] December 2–5, 2013 515 ± 4.4% 47% 46% 7%
SurveyUSA[16] November 11–14, 2013 510 ± 4.4% 51% 38% 11%
SurveyUSA[17] October 28–31, 2013 550 ± 4.3% 52% 36% 12%
SurveyUSA[18] October 7–10, 2013 513 ± 4.4% 44% 35% 21%
SurveyUSA[19] September 19–23, 2013 527 ± 4.4% 38% 35% 26%
Hypothetical polling

With Aguirre

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mike
Aguirre 		David
Alvarez 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[16] November 11–14, 2013 510 ± 4.4% 29% 46% 25%
SurveyUSA[17] October 28–31, 2013 550 ± 4.3% 31% 43% 26%
SurveyUSA[18] October 7–10, 2013 513 ± 4.4% 23% 46% 31%
SurveyUSA[19] September 19–23, 2013 527 ± 4.4% 32% 40% 28%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mike
Aguirre 		Kevin
Faulconer 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[16] November 11–14, 2013 510 ± 4.4% 28% 55% 16%
SurveyUSA[17] October 28–31, 2013 550 ± 4.3% 25% 59% 16%
SurveyUSA[18] October 7–10, 2013 513 ± 4.4% 27% 53% 20%
SurveyUSA[19] September 19–23, 2013 527 ± 4.4% 35% 42% 23%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mike
Aguirre 		Nathan
Fletcher 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[16] November 11–14, 2013 510 ± 4.4% 30% 46% 24%
SurveyUSA[17] October 28–31, 2013 550 ± 4.3% 27% 54% 19%
SurveyUSA[18] October 7–10, 2013 513 ± 4.4% 25% 54% 20%
SurveyUSA[19] September 19–23, 201 527 ± 4.4% 23% 53% 24%

With DeMaio

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Carl
DeMaio 		Nathan
Fletcher 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[26] July 16–18, 2013 564 ± 4.2% 41% 42% 16%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Carl
DeMaio 		Donna
Frye 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[26] July 16–18, 2013 564 ± 4.2% 51% 33% 16%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Carl
DeMaio 		Todd
Gloria 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[26] July 16–18, 2013 564 ± 4.2% 50% 29% 21%

With Fletcher

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		David
Alvarez 		Nathan
Fletcher 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[16] November 11–14, 2013 510 ± 4.4% 38% 42% 20%
SurveyUSA[17] October 28–31, 2013 550 ± 4.3% 31% 51% 18%
SurveyUSA[18] October 7–10, 2013 513 ± 4.4% 29% 49% 22%
SurveyUSA[19] September 19–23, 2013 527 ± 4.4% 24% 52% 24%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Kevin
Faulconer 		Nathan
Fletcher 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[16] November 11–14, 2013 510 ± 4.4% 47% 38% 14%
SurveyUSA[17] October 28–31, 2013 550 ± 4.3% 46% 41% 12%
SurveyUSA[18] October 7–10, 2013 513 ± 4.4% 36% 46% 17%
SurveyUSA[19] September 19–23, 2013 527 ± 4.4% 30% 44% 26%
SurveyUSA[26] July 16–18, 2013 564 ± 4.2% 24% 50% 26%

With Frye

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Kevin
Faulconer 		Donna
Frye 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[26] July 16–18, 2013 564 ± 4.2% 40% 37% 23%

With Gloria

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Kevin
Faulconer 		Todd
Gloria 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[26] July 16–18, 2013 564 ± 4.2% 36% 30% 34%

With Goldsmith

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Nathan
Fletcher 		Jan
Goldsmith 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[26] July 16–18, 2013 564 ± 4.2% 47% 28% 25%

Results

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2013–14 San Diego mayoral special election runoff[27][12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Faulconer 153,491 52.9%
Democratic David Alvarez 136,701 47.1%
Total votes 290,192 100%

References

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  3. ^ "California Constitution Art. 2 Sec. 6". State of California. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  4. ^ Warren, Michael (February 12, 2014). "Republican Kevin Faulconer Wins Mayoral Race in San Diego". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Puttnam, Neal (December 19, 2013). "Council sets Feb. 11 for special mayoral election. Re-elects Gloria as Council president". LGBT Weekly. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
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  11. ^ "Carl DeMaio won't run for mayor of San Diego". The Washington Post. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Election History – Mayor of San Diego" (PDF). City of San Diego. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Former Councilman Carl DeMaio, Supervisor Ron Roberts will not run for San Diego mayor". ABC 10 News. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
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  19. ^ a b c d e f g SurveyUSA
  20. ^ "Democracy 2013: Results". ABC 10 News. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  21. ^ SurveyUSA
  22. ^ SurveyUSA
  23. ^ Public Policy Polling
  24. ^ SurveyUSA
  25. ^ SurveyUSA
  26. ^ a b c d e f g SurveyUSA
  27. ^ "Kevin Faulconer Elected New Mayor in San Diego". NBC 7 San Diego. February 11, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
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