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, Brandon Riker, Jerlilia Ryans, Mike Schaeffer, Marni Von Wilpert
District 49: Mike Levin*
District 50: Tim Arnous, Sparky Mitra, Scott Peters*
District 51: Sara Jacobs*
​District 52: Juan Vargas*

state OFFICES

​Governor
Xavier Becerra, Ian Calderon, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, 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, Suzanne Till
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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 Munoz*
District 5: Rick Shea*, Tammy Alam
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County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk

Treasurer, Tax Collector
​​✓ Larry Cohen*

city offices

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

San Diego
City Council, District 2: Josh Coyne, Nicole Crosby, Mandy Havlik, Jacob J. Mitchell, Mark Potocki, Paul Suppa, Eric Tims
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:  
Area 2:  ✓ Debbie Justeson* 
Area 5:  Brad Monroe*

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: Maryam Abdullah,  James Carter, Hayden Gore

Judicial Districts

Seat 31: Jodi Cleesattle
Seat 32: Tia Ramirez
Seat 34: Laura Hauf