This page includes every Democratic candidate that the County Party knows to be running in San Diego County this year. To view the candidates within any of the levels of elective office below, click on the (+) symbol to expand that section. If you're a candidate who would like to be added to this list, please fill out the form at sddems.link/declare.  ​

Key:  ✓  = endorsed, ✓ = rated qualified, * = incumbent. Names in blue are linked to a campaign website. Candidates without a checkmark have not received the Party's recommendation (as of now). Offices with no names listed do not have a known Democrat in the race. 
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The district numbers listed here reflect the newly drawn maps that are taking effect for this year's elections. You can click here for maps of the current and 2022 districts for comparison.

Federal offices

U.S. Senate
✓ Alex Padilla*
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​U.S. House of Representatives 
District 48: ✓ Stephen Houlahan
District 49: ✓ Mike Levin*
District 50: ✓ Scott Peters*
District 51: ✓ Sara Jacobs*
District 52: ✓ Juan Vargas*

state OFFICES

Statewide
Governor: ✓ Gavin Newsom*
Lieutenant Governor: ✓ Eleni Kounalakis*
Secretary of State: ✓ Shirley Weber*
Controller: ✓ Malia Cohen*
Treasurer: ✓ Fiona Ma*
Attorney General: ✓ Rob Bonta*
Insurance Commissioner: ✓ Ricardo Lara*
Superintendent of Public Instruction: ✓ Tony Thurmond* 

Board of Equalization
District 4: ✓ Mike Schaefer*

​State Senate
District 18: ✓ Steve Padilla
District 32: Brian Nash
District 38: ✓ Catherine Blakespear
District 40: ✓ Joseph Rocha

State Assembly
District 74: ✓ Chris Duncan
District 76: ✓ Brian Maienschein*
District 77: ✓ Tasha Boerner Horvath*
District 78: ✓ Chris Ward*
District 79: ✓ Akilah Weber*
District 80: ✓ Georgette Gómez​

JUDICIAL offices

Seat 35: ✓ Rebecca Kanter
Seat 36: ✓ Peter Singer

COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARDS​

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Board
Area 1: ✓ Desiree Klaar
Area 2: ✓ Debbie Justeson* 
Area 5: ✓ Brad Monroe* 

Mira Costa Community College Board
Area 1: ✓ Anna Pedroza*
Area 2: Rick Cassar*
Area 6: Raye Clendening*
Area 7: ✓ William Fischer*

Palomar Community College Board
Area 1: ✓ Judy Patacsil
Area 4: ✓ Kartik Raju*
Area 5: 

San Diego Community College Board
District A: ✓ Marìa Nieto Senour*
District C: ✓ Craig Milgrim*
District E: ✓ Geysil Arroyo*
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Southwestern Community College Board
Seat 1: Robert Moreno, ✓ Gonzalo Quintero
Seat 4: ✓ Humberto Gurmilan, Mae Case,  Corina Soto
​Seat 5: ✓ Don Dumas*

county offices

Board of Supervisors
District 4: ✓ Nathan Fletcher*
District 5: ✓ ​Tiffany Boyd-Hodgson

Board of Education
District 3: ✓ Alicia Muñoz*
District 5: ✓ Rick Shea*

County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk
✓ ​Barbara Bry

Sheriff
✓ Kelly Martinez

Treasurer-Tax Collector
​✓ Greg Hodosevich

city offices

Carlsbad
Mayor: Michael Curtin
​City  Council District 1: ✓  Sam Ward 
​City Council District 3: ✓ Priya Bhat Patel
City Clerk: 
City Treasurer: ✓  Lance Schulte

Chula Vista
Mayor: ✓ Ammar Campa-Najjar
​City  Council District 1: ✓ Carolina Chavez
​City Council District 2: ✓ Jose Preciado
City Attorney: ✓ Simon Silva

Coronado
​City Council: 

Del Mar
​City Council (2 seats):  ✓ Terry Gaasterland*, ✓  Dwight Worden*

El Cajon
Mayor: ✓ Arnold Levine
​City Council District 1: 
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Encinitas
Mayor: ✓ Tony Kranz, Jeff Morris
City Council District 3: ✓ Joy Lyndes*
City Council District 4: ✓ Pamela Redela

Escondido
Mayor: ✓ Paul McNamara*
City Council District 1: ✓ Consuelo Martinez*
City Council District 2: ✓ Jeff Griffith

Imperial Beach
Mayor: ✓ Paloma Aguirre
​City  Council District 1: ✓ Jennifer Crumley
​City Council District 3: ✓ Anna Webb

La Mesa
Mayor: ✓ Mark Arapostathis*
City Council: ✓ Mejgan Afshan, ✓ Patricia Dillard, Kathleen Brand
Treasurer:  ✓ Matt Strabone

Lemon Grove
City Council: ✓ Jennifer Mendoza*, ✓ Alysson Snow

National City
Mayor: ✓ Jose Rodriguez, Alejandra Sotelo-Solis*
City Council District 1: ✓ Luz Molina
City Council District 3: ✓ Ditas Yamane

Oceanside
​City Council District 1: ✓ ​Eric Joyce
City Council District 2:  ✓ Daniel Dominguez
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Poway
Mayor: ✓ Delta Esparza, Emeka Ibekwe, Bhavana Kansal
City Council District 1: ✓ Hiram Soto
City Council District 3: ✓ Kevin Juza

San Diego​
City  Council District 2: ✓ Jennifer Campbell*
​City Council District 4: ✓ Monica Montgomery Steppe*
City Council District 6: ✓ Kent Lee
City Council District 8: ✓ Vivian Moreno*

Santee
City Council District 1: 
City Council District 2: 

San Marcos
Mayor: ✓ Randy Walton
City Council District 2: ✓ Jay Petrek

Solana Beach
City Council District 2: ✓ Kristi Becker*, Kristin Brinner
City Council District 4: ✓ ​Jill MacDonald

​​Vista
Mayor: ✓ ​Cipriano Vargas
City Council District 1: ✓ Corinna Contreras*
City Council District 4: ✓ Dan O'Donnell

school boards

 ​Alpine Union School Board (3 seats)

Bonsall Unified School Board
Area A:
Area B: ✓  Richard Bruck
Area D: ✓  Mark Jones

Borrego Springs Unified School Board
Full Term (2 seats):
Short Term (1 seat):

Cajon Valley Union School Board
Area 1:
Area 2:
Area 3:

Cardiff School Board (3 seats)
Shad Thielman*

Carlsbad Unified School Board
Area 1: ✓ Michele Ward
Area 4: ✓ Jennifer Fornal
Area 5: ✓ Kathy Rallings*

Chula Vista Elementary School Board
Seat 1: ✓ Francisco Tamayo*
Seat 3: ✓ Leslie Bunker*
Seat 5: ✓ Cesar Fernandez*

Coronado Unified School Board 
Full Term (3 seats):
Short Term (1 seat): 

Dehesa School Board (3 seats)

Del Mar Union School Board (3 seats)
 ✓ Douglas Rafner*, Katherine Fitzpatrick*
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Encinitas Union School Board (3 seats)
✓ Emily Andrade*, ✓ Marla Strich*, ✓ Raquel Pfeifer
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Escondido Union High School Board
Area 1: Mickey E. Jackson
Area 2: 
Area 5: Kathryn Mc Carthy

Escondido Union School Board
Area 2: ​✓ Elizabeth Shulok
Area 4: ✓ Georgine Tomasi*
Area 5: 

Fallbrook Union Elementary School Board 
Area 1: ✓ Caron Lieber*
Area 4: ✓ Susan Liebes*
Area 5: ✓ JoAnn Lopez*

Fallbrook Union High School Board
Area 1: ✓ Jim Dooley
Area 2:
Area 3: ✓ Karen Weisberger, Jennifer Sexton

Grossmont Union High School Board
Area 3: ✓ Jo Hart Lloyd
Area 4: ✓Jeanie Tyler
Area 5: ✓Nancy Jennings

Jamul-Dulzura Union School Board
Area 1:
Area 3:
Area 5:

Julian Union School Board
Full Term (3 seats): ✓ Elaine Bicanic*
Short Term (1 seat): 

Julian Union High School Board (3 seats)

La Mesa Spring Valley School Board
​Area 1: ✓ Caitlin Tiffany
Area 2: ✓ Rebecca McRae*
​Area 3: ✓ Brianna Coston

Lakeside Union School Board
Full Term (3 seats):  ✓ Holly Ferrante*, ✓ Aaron Gordon
Short Term (1 seat): ✓ Don Whisman*

Lemon Grove School Board (3 seats)
✓ Javier Ayala*, ✓ Dorinda Miller*, Greg Shibley* 
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Mountain Empire Unified School Board
Area 1:
Area 3:
Area 4:
Area 5:

National School District Board (3 seats)
✓ Maria Betancourt Castañeda*, ✓ Kim Eblamo Garrido, Alma Sarmiento*, Barbara A Avalos

Oceanside Unified School Board
Area 1:  ✓ Nancy Licona
Area 3: ✓ Stacy Begin*
Area 4: ✓ Raquel Alvarez*, Tigran Ghukasyan

Poway Unified School Board
Area B: ✓ Frida Brunzell
Area C: ✓ Heather Plotzke
Area D: ✓ Michelle O'Connor Ratcliff*

Ramona Unified School Board
Area 1:
Area 2:
Area 5:

Rancho Santa Fe School Board (2 seats)

San Diego Unified School Board
District B:  ✓ Shana Hazan, Godwin Higa
District C: ✓ Cody Petterson

San Dieguito Union High School Board
Area 1: ✓ Rimga Viskanta
Area 3: ✓ Jane Lea Smith
Area 5: ✓ Julie Bronstein*

San Marcos Unified School Board
Area C: ✓ ​Andres Ramos Martin
Area E: ✓ Stacy Carlson*

San Pasqual Union School Board
Area 1 (short term):  
Area 2:
Area 3:
Area 4:  Christy Gourley

San Ysidro School Board (3 seats)
✓ Irene Lopez*, ✓ Rudy Lopez*, ✓ Zenaida Rosario, Manuel R. Lopez Jr, Michael Sisneros

Santee School Board
Seat 1: 
Seat 3: 
Seat 5: ✓ Joseph Dolin

Solana Beach School Board
Area 1: ✓ Debra Schade*
Area 3: ✓ Vicki King*
Area 4: ✓ Gaylin Allbaugh*, Charles Ringer

South Bay Union School Board
Area 1: ✓ Kelly Leiker, Miguel Del Villar
Area 2: ✓ Jose Lopez Eguino
Area 4: Melanie Ellsworth*
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Spencer Valley School Board (2 seats)

Sweetwater Union High School Board
Area 1: ✓ Arturo Solis*
Area 3: ✓ Elva Lopez-Zepeda, Marquetta Brown
Area 5: ✓ Marti Emerald

Vallecitos School Board
Area 1:
Area 3: ✓ Martin Kurland*
Area 4:
Area 5:

Valley Center-Pauma Unified School Board
Area 2:
Area 3: Wendy Heredia*
Area 4:
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​Vista Unified School Board
Area 2:  ✓ Rena Marrocco
Area 3: ✓ Martha Alvarado*

Warner Unified School Board (2 seats)
​✓ Todd Hipper

SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Alpine Fire Protection District (3 seats)

Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District
Division 1: ✓ James Marugg*
Division 2:

Borrego Springs Fire District (3 seats)

Borrego Water District (3 seats)
✓ Kathy Dice*, ✓ Dave Duncan*

Deer Springs Fire Protection District (3 seats)

Descanso Community Planning District (3 seats)
✓ William Bauer*, ✓ Gary Lee Sanner

Descanso Community Water (3 seats)

Fairbanks Ranch Community Services District
Full Term (3 seats): 
Short Term (1 seat): Daniel La Bouve*

Fallbrook Community Planning Group (7 seats)
✓ Michele McCaffery*, ✓ Mark Mervich*, ✓ Tauna Rodarte, ✓ Scott Spencer, ✓ Peter Wilson

Fallbrook Regional Health District
Zone 1: ✓ Jennifer Jeffries*
Zone 3: ✓ Margie Mosavi
Zone 5: ✓ Howard Salmon*

Grossmont Healthcare District
Zone 2:
Zone 4: ✓ Gloria Chadwick*

Helix Water District
Division 2: ✓ Andrea Beth Damsky
Division 4: 

Jacumba Community Services District (3 seats)
✓ Sarah Misquez, ✓ Katrina Westley

Jamul-Dulzura Community Planning District (7 seats)
✓ Kevin James May

Julian Community Planning District (5 seats)
✓ Alvin Rikansrud

Lakeside Community Planning District (7 seats)
✓ Teresa Leader-Anderson, ✓ Jonathan Silva 
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Lakeside Fire Protection District:
Division 1:
Division 2: 
Division 5: Timothy Robles*

Lakeside Water District:
Division 2:
Division 3:

Leucadia Wastewater
Division 1: Christopher Roesink*
Division 2:
Division 4: 

Lower Sweetwater Fire Protection District (2 seats)

North County Fire Protection District
District 1 (short term): ✓ Ross Pike*
District 2: ✓ Chris Shaw
District 3: 
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Olivenhain Municipal Water District
Division 1:
Division 4: James Keyes
Division 5: ✓ Neal Myers*

Otay Water District
Division 1: 
Division 3:

Padre Dam Municipal Water District
Division 1: 
Division 3: ✓ Jose A Orosco
Division 5:

Palomar Healthcare District
Division 1: 
Division 3:
Division 5: Hans Christian Sison
Division 7: Linda Greer*

Pauma Valley Community Services (3 seats)
Michael Martello*

Potrero Community Planning Group (4 seats)
Jan Hedlun*

Rainbow Community Planning Group (5 seats)
✓ Douglas Gastelum*, ✓ Martin Kurland*, ✓ Lynne Malinowski*, ✓ Frederick Rasp*, ✓ Michele D Sheehan*

Ramona Community Planing Group (7 seats)
✓ Scott Ensign*, ✓ Lynn Hopewell*, ✓ Kristi Mansolf*

Ramona Municipal Water District
Division 2: ✓ Mike Dudas
Division 3: 
Division 4: 

Rancho Santa Fe Community Services District (3 seats)
Bill Hinchy*

Rincon Del Diablo Water District
Division 1: ✓ Dan Sundquist
Division 3: ✓ Paul Faucher
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San Luis Rey Municipal Water District
Division 1:
Division 3: 
Division 5:

San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District
Division 3: Harry F. Muns*
Division 4 (short term):
Division 5: 
Division 7: Edward Woodruff*

Santa Fe Irrigation District
Division 1:
Division 3: Sandra Johnson*
Division 4:
Division 5:

​South Bay Irrigation District
Division 1: ✓ Steve Castaneda*
Division 4: ✓ Hector M. Martinez*

Spring Valley Community Planning Group (7 seats)
✓ Chris Pearson*, ✓ J. Scott Shaffer*, ✓ Victoria Abrenica*

Sweetwater Community Planning Group (8 seats)
✓ Shane Parmely*, Mike Clowers*, Harriet G. Taylor*, John H. Taylor*, Anthony Tieber*

Tri-City Healthcare District
Zone 2:
Zone 4: George Coulter*
Zone 5: ✓  Marvin Mizell*
Zone 6: ✓ Tracy Younger*

Valle De Oro Community Planning Group (7 seats)
✓ Kenya Taylor*, ✓ Daniel W. Conway*, ✓ Michelle Kister*, ✓ John Steiger*

Vallecitos Water District
Division 2: ✓ Paul Mendoza
Division 3: Craig Elitharp*, Nestor Mendez

Valley Center Community Planning Group (7 seats)
​Roya Sabeti* 

Vista Fire Protection District (2 seats)

Vista Irrigation District
Division 1:
Division 3: