The 2010 San Diego City Council election occurred on November 2, 2010. The primary election was held on June 8, 2010. Four of the eight seats of the San Diego City Council were contested. This was the last election to use eight council districts. Two incumbents ran for reelection in their council district.
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 2010 election
The 2010 election was the last to use the eight district boundaries created by the 2000 Redistricting Commission. Seats in districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 were up for election.
Results
District 2
District 2 consisted of the communities of Bankers Hill/Park West, Downtown San Diego, La Jolla/Mount Soledad, Little Italy, Midway/North Bay, Mission Beach, Mission Hills, Ocean Beach, Old Town, Pacific Beach, and Point Loma. Incumbent council member Kevin Faulconer was reelected with a majority of the votes in the June primary.
District 4
District 4 consisted of the communities of Alta Vista, Broadway Heights, Chollas View, Emerald Hills, Encanto, Jamacha, Lincoln Park, Lomita Village, Mount Hope, Mountain View, North Bay Terrace, Oak Park, O'Farrell, Paradise Hills, Ridgeview, Skyline Hills, South Bay Terrace, Valencia Park, and Webster. Incumbent council member Tony Young was reelected with a majority of the vote in June primary.
| San Diego City Council District 4 primary election, 2010[2] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
Tony Young |
10,275 |
72.00 |
|
Republican |
Bruce Williams |
3,947 |
27.66 |
| Total votes |
14,270 |
100 |
District 6
District 6 consisted of the communities of Bay Ho, Bay Park, Clairemont Mesa, Fashion Valley, Kearny Mesa, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, North Clairemont, and Serra Mesa. Incumbent council member Donna Frye was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. Lorie Zapf was elected after advancing to the November general election and receiving a majority of the votes.
| San Diego City Council District 6 general election, 2010[3] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Lorie Zapf |
22,869 |
52.35 |
|
Democratic |
Howard Wayne |
20,692 |
47.36 |
| Total votes |
43,687 |
100 |
District 8
District 8 consisted of the southern communities of San Diego and those along the Mexico–United States border, including the communities of Barrio Logan, Egger Highlands, Grant Hill, Golden Hill, Logan Heights, Memorial, Nestor, Ocean View Hills, Otay Mesa West, Otay Mesa East, San Ysidro, Sherman Heights, Southcrest, Stockton, and Tijuana River Valley. Incumbent council member Ben Hueso was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. David Alvarez was elected after advancing to the November general election and receiving a majority of the votes.
| San Diego City Council District 8 general election, 2010[4] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
David Alvarez |
13,014 |
57.33 |
|
Democratic |
Felipe Hueso |
9,540 |
42.03 |
| Total votes |
22,700 |
100 |
Aftermath
The new city council was sworn in December 2010. Tony Young was unanimously elected as council president and Kevin Faulconer was elected as council president pro tem by their fellow council members.[5]
District 4 special election
On November 17, 2012, Council President Tony Young announced that he would resign from the City Council early to become CEO of the San Diego-Imperial Counties chapter of the American Red Cross. His resignation on January 1, 2013 triggered a special election for the balance of his term, which ends in 2014.[6] Nine candidates qualified for the special primary election, scheduled for March 26, 2013.[7] Myrtle Cole, who had been endorsed by the local Democratic Party and the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, received the most votes in the primary. She advanced to the May 21, 2013 general election to face runner-up Dwayne Crenshaw, Executive Director of San Diego LGBT Pride.[8] Cole was elected to the City Council with a majority of the votes in the runoff.[9]
| San Diego City Council District 4 special general election, 2013[2] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
Myrtle Cole |
6,612 |
54.1 |
|
Democratic |
Dwayne Crenshaw |
5,603 |
45.9 |
| Total votes |
12,215 |
100 |
District 2 appointment
On March 3, 2014, Kevin Faulconer resigned from the City Council to assume the office of Mayor of San Diego, having won the special election to replace Bob Filner.[11] This created a vacancy in District 2. Because the vacancy occurred with less than a year left in Faulconer's term, the vacancy was filled by a City Council appointment per the City Charter.[12] On April 7, 2014, the San Diego City Council voted 5-3 on a second ballot to appoint Ed Harris, head of the city's lifeguard's union, to serve the balance of Faulconer's term.[13] Per the City Charter, Harris was ineligible to run for reelection in 2014.
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