Scott Sherman (politician)

Scott Sherman
Member of San Diego City Council representing the Seventh District
Assumed office
December 2012
Preceded by Marti Emerald
Personal details
Political party Republican
Profession insurance
Website City Council District 7 website

Scott Sherman is a member of the San Diego City Council, representing District 7 in San Diego, California. He took office December 3, 2012. He is eligible for re-election in 2016. He is a Republican, although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per state law.

District 7 includes the communities of Allied Gardens, Birdland, Del Cerro, Grantville, Lake Murray, Linda Vista, MCAS Miramar, Mission Valley, San Carlos, Serra Mesa and Tierrasanta.[1]

Personal information

Sherman grew up in a military family. He has lived in San Diego since he was 5 months old. He attended Patrick Henry High School and Grossmont Community College. He is an insurance agent, with a focus on maritime insurance, and is an avid boater and fisherman.[2] He and his wife, the former Norma Mouett, live in the Allied Gardens neighborhood near where he grew up.[3]

City Council

Sherman ran for the District 7 council seat in the 2012 election after District 7 incumbent Marti Emerald decided to run in the newly created District 9 seat. Sherman was recruited to run by then-councilmember Carl DeMaio.[4] He had not previously been active in politics.[5]

In the June 2012 primary he earned 50.09% of the vote,[6] edging out three competitors to win the seat outright and avoid a November runoff.[1] He took office December 3, 2012.

Sherman was part of a coordinated three-person slate supported by the local Republican Party in an attempt to gain a Republican majority on the nine-member council.[7] Sherman and fellow Republican Mark Kersey won their seats, but the third candidate, Ray Ellis, lost to incumbent Sherri Lightner, so that the council retained a 5-4 Democratic majority.

On the City Council Sherman is Vice Chair of the Natural Resources and Culture Committee and serves on the Audit Committee and the Infrastructure Committee.[8]

He is running for re-election in 2016 and is expected to face multiple Democratic challengers.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sherman Wins Outright In Council District 7". KPBS News. June 6, 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Scott Sherman". BD Outdoors. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "About Scott Sherman". Campaign website. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Carless, Will (April 17, 2012). "Not 'DeMaio's Guy': A Reader’s Guide to Scott Sherman". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Who is Scott Sherman? (Part I)". San Diego Politico. May 1, 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Presidential Primary Election, June 5, 2012" (PDF). Registrar of Voters. County of San Diego. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Gustafson, Craig (November 19, 2011). "Related: News» Republicans seek majority on San Diego council". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "City Council Committee Meetings". City of San Diego. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  9. ↑ Garrick, David (January 6, 2015). "Key race could swing SD council majority". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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