San Diego mayoral election, 2012
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The 2012 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Jerry Sanders was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though some candidates do receive funding and support from various political parties. The non-partisan primary was held Tuesday, June 5, 2012. As no candidate received a majority of primary votes to be declared elected outright,[1] the top two finishers, San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Congressman Bob Filner, advanced to the November general election.[2] Filner was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the November election.
The top two candidates received official support from their respective parties in the primaries and the general election, DeMaio was endorsed by the California Republican Party and Filner was endorsed by the California Democratic Party.
Contents
Candidates
Declared
- Carl DeMaio, member of the San Diego City Council[3] (Voter registration: Republican)
- Bonnie Dumanis, District Attorney of San Diego County[4] (Voter registration: Republican)
- Bob Filner, U. S. Representative[5] (Voter registration: Democratic)
- Nathan Fletcher, state Assemblyman[6] (Voter registration: Independent)
- Tobiah Pettus, businessman[7] (Voter registration: Republican)
Declined
- Kevin Faulconer, member of the San Diego City Council[8] (Voter registration: Republican)
- Steve Francis, businessman and unsuccessful mayoral candidate in 2005 and 2008[9] (Voter registration: Republican)
- Christine Kehoe, state Senator[10] (Voter registration: Democratic)
Campaign
The mayoral race received national attention in March 2012 when New York Times columnist David Brooks penned a column praising the moderate Nathan Fletcher and decrying the San Diego GOP's decision to back "orthodox conservative" Carl DeMaio over Fletcher for the post.[11] Brooks was criticized by Reason's Matt Welch, who pointed out that DeMaio is openly gay and described DeMaio as having libertarian leanings.[12] A few weeks after the local Republican party endorsed DeMaio, Fletcher announced he was leaving the Republican party and becoming an independent.[13]
In the primary election held June 5, DeMaio placed first with 31.42% of the vote, followed by Filner with 30.47%.[2] Trailing were Fletcher with 24.11% and Dumanis with 13.29%. As the top two vote-getters, DeMaio and Filner advanced to the November ballot.[2]
Primary election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Carl DeMaio |
Bonnie Dumanis |
Bob Filner |
Nathan Fletcher |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | May 28–30, 2012 | 542 | ± 4.3% | 31% | 11% | 28% | 23% | 3% | 4% |
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | May 11–13, 2012 | 525 | ± 4.4% | 31% | 13% | 21% | 21% | 6% | 8% |
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | April 9–12, 2012 | 532 | ± 4.3% | 28% | 13% | 20% | 26% | 4% | 10% |
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | January 30–February 3, 2012 | 511 | ± 4.4% | 25% | 14% | 24% | 13% | 11% | 13% |
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | September 23–27, 2011 | 588 | ± 4.1% | 25% | 16% | 25% | 10% | 9% | 16% |
Results
| San Diego Mayoral Primary election, 2012[14][15] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Carl DeMaio | 73,508 | 31.42 | |
| Democratic | Bob Filner | 73,216 | 30.47 | |
| Republican | Nathan Fletcher | 57,939 | 24.11 | |
| Republican | Bonnie Dumanis | 31,926 | 13.29 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tobiah Pettus[16] | 1,709 | 0.71 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in Candidates | 752 | 0.32 | |
| Total votes | 241,050 | 100 | ||
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Carl DeMaio |
Bob Filner |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharos Research | October 19–21, 2012 | 708 | ± 3.7% | 38.3% | 46.8% | 15.1% |
| SurveyUSA/10 News | October 12–14, 2012 | 601 | n/a | 40% | 47% | 13% |
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | September 21–24, 2012 | 581 | ± 4.1% | 38% | 50% | 12% |
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | August 20–23, 2012 | 553 | ± 4.3% | 41% | 47% | 12% |
| SurveyUSA/KGTV-TV | June 6–11, 2012 | 537 | ± 4.3% | 43% | 46% | 11% |
Results
| San Diego Mayoral General election, 2012[15] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Bob Filner | 245,092 | 52.49 | |
| Republican | Carl DeMaio | 221,870 | 47.51 | |
| Total votes | 466,962 | 100 | ||
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 San Diego mayor's race: Filner, DeMaio headed for Nov. runoff. Los Angeles Times. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
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- ↑ Brooks, David. A Moderate Conservative Dilemma. The New York Times. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ Welch, Matt. David Brooks and the Liberal Media Lament That a Gay-Baiting GOP "Moderate" Mayoral Candidate in California Can't Beat an "orthodox conservative." Who Is, uh, Gay. And Libertarian.. Reason.com. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "Nathan Fletcher Announces He’s Leaving The Republican Party", KPBS, March 28, 2012
- ↑ http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/voters/results/transform.htm?paramVal1=city_diego.xsl
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External links
- General election candidates
- Primary candidates
