San Diego City Council election, 2012
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5 of 9 seats on the San Diego City Council |
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1The 2012 San Diego City Council election occurred on November 6, 2012. The primary election was held on June 5, 2012. This was the first San Diego City Council election to use nine council districts. Five of the nine seats were contested. Two incumbents ran for reelection in their same district and one ran for election in the newly created ninth 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.
The 2012 election was the first to use the new districts created by the 2010 Redistricting Commission. Seats in districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 were up for election.
Carl DeMaio did not run for re-election when his term expired in 2012; he was replaced by Mark Kersey, who ran unopposed for the District 5 seat. Scott Sherman was narrowly elected in June to the District 7 seat, which had no incumbent. Todd Gloria (District 3) and Marti Emerald (District 9) won re-election by getting more than 50% in the June primary. Sherri Lightner (District 1) was forced into a November runoff which she won, 55% to 45%.
During the 2012 election cycle the local Republican Party made a strong bid to take over the majority on the (officially nonpartisan) city council. They ran a coordinated slate of three candidates, of whom Mark Kersey and Scott Sherman were elected to seats with no incumbent, but Ray Ellis lost to incumbent Sherri Lightner, so that the council maintained a partisan balance of five Democrats and four Republicans.
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