This page includes every Democratic candidate that the County Party knows to be running in San Diego County in the 2026 Primary Election cycle. Candidates running in the 2026 General Election cycle can be found here. 
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To view the candidates within any of the levels of elective office below, click on the (+) symbol to expand that section.

​Key:  ✓  = endorsed, ✓ = rated qualified, * = incumbent. Names in blue are linked to a campaign website. Candidates without a checkmark have not received the Party's endorsement (as of now). Offices with no names listed do not have a known Democrat in the race. 

Federal offices

U.S Congress
Congressional districts are determined by the new districts set to take effect in January 2026. 
District 48:  Ammar Campa-Najjar, Abel Chavez, Stephen Clemons, Corinna Contreras, Marielle Decker, Marc Iannarino, Ferguson Porter, Brandon Riker, Jerlilia Ryans, Mike Schaefer, Marni Von Wilpert
District 49: ✓ Mike Levin*
District 50: ✓ Scott Peters*, Tim Arnous, Sparky Mitra
District 51: ✓Sara Jacobs*
​District 52: ✓Juan Vargas*

state OFFICES

​Governor
Xavier Becerra, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Tony Thurmond, Antonio Villaraigosa, Betty Yee
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Lieutenant Governor
Josh Fryday, Janelle Kellman, Fiona Ma, Oliver Ma, Tim Myers, Michael Tubbs
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Secretary of State
✓ Shirley Weber*

Controller
✓ Malia Cohen*

Treasurer
Anna Caballero, Eleni Kounalakis, Tony Vazquez

Attorney General
​✓ Rob Bonta*

Insurance Commissioner
Ben Allen, Steven Bradford, Jane Kim, Patrick Wolff

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Richard Barrera, Josh Newman, Anthony Rendon, Nichelle Henderson, Andra Hoffman, Al Muratsuchi

Board of Equalization
District 4: Martin Arias, Cody Petterson, Tom Umberg
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State Senate
District 18: ✓Steve Padilla*
District 38: ✓ Catherine Blakespear*
District 40: ✓ Mara Elliott
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State Assembly
District 74: ✓ Sergio Farias
District 75: ✓ Gerald Boursiquot
District 76: ✓ Darshana Patel*
District 77: ✓ Tasha Boerner*
District 78: ✓ Chris Ward*
District 79:✓ LaShae Sharp-Collins*
District 80: ✓ David Alvarez*

County offices

Board of Supervisors
District 4: ✓ Monica Montgomery Steppe*
​District 5:  ✓ Kyle Krahel 
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Board of Education
District 3: ✓Alicia Muñoz*
District 5: ✓ Rick Shea*
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County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk

Treasurer, Tax Collector
​​✓ Larry Cohen*

city offices

Chula Vista
Mayor: Francisco Tamayo
City Council, District 1:  ✓ Carolina Chavez*, Joy Emmanuel
City Council, District 2: ✓Jose Preciado*
City Attorney: ✓ Marco Verdugo* 

San Diego
City Council, District 2: ✓Nicole Crosby, Josh Coyne, Mandy Havlik, Jacob J. Mitchell
City Council, District 4:  ✓ Henry Foster*, Martha Abraham, Mathew Gordon
City Council, District 6:  ✓ Kent Lee*
​City Council, District 8:   ✓ Antonio Martinez, ✓ Venus Molina, ✓ Rafael Perez, ✓ Gerardo Ramirez 

COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARDS

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Board
Area 1: ✓ Cindy Page*
Area 2:  ✓ Debbie Justeson* 
Area 5: ✓ Mary Gwin

San Diego Community College Board
District A: ✓ Marìa Nieto Senour*
District C:  ✓ Craig Milgrim*
District E: ✓ Geysil Arroyo*

School Boards

San Diego Unified School Board
District B:  ✓ ​Shana Hazan*, Ahlam Almuhtaseb
District C:  ✓ Hayden Gore, Maryam Abdullah,  James Carter

Judicial Districts

Seat 31: ✓ Jodi Cleesattle
Seat 32: ​✓ Tia Ramirez