2012 San Diego mayoral election explained

Election Name:2012 San Diego mayoral election
Flag Image:Flag of San Diego, California.svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 San Diego mayoral election
Previous Year:2008
Next Election:2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election
Next Year:2013–14 (special)
Image1:File:Bob Filner mayoral portrait.jpg
Nominee1:Bob Filner
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:245,092
Percentage1:52.5%
Nominee2:Carl DeMaio
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:221,870
Percentage2:47.5%
Map Size:180px
Mayor
Before Election:Jerry Sanders
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Bob Filner
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2012 San Diego mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Jerry Sanders was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though some candidates do receive funding and support from various political parties. The non-partisan primary was held Tuesday, June 5, 2012. As no candidate received a majority of primary votes to be declared elected outright,[1] the top two finishers, San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Congressman Bob Filner, advanced to the November general election. Filner was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the November election.

The top two candidates received official support from their respective parties in the primaries and the general election; DeMaio was endorsed by the California Republican Party and Filner was endorsed by the California Democratic Party.

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Campaign

The mayoral race received national attention in March 2012 when The New York Times columnist David Brooks penned a column praising the moderate Nathan Fletcher and decrying the San Diego GOP's decision to back "orthodox conservative" Carl DeMaio over Fletcher for the post.[10] Brooks was criticized by Reasons Matt Welch, who pointed out that DeMaio is openly gay and described him as having libertarian leanings.[11] A few weeks after the local Republican party endorsed DeMaio, Fletcher announced he was leaving the Republican party and becoming an independent.[12]

In the primary election held June 5, DeMaio placed first with 31.4 percent of the vote, followed by Filner with 30.5 percent.[13] Trailing were Fletcher with 24.1 percent and Dumanis with 13.3 percent. As the top two vote-getters, DeMaio and Filner advanced to the November ballot. Filner was then elected mayor with 52.5 percent of the votes in the November election.

Primary election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carl
DeMaio		Bonnie
Dumanis		Bob
Filner		Nathan
Fletcher		OtherUndecided
align=center SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center May 28–30, 2012align=center 542align=center ± 4.3% align=center31%11% align=center28%23%3%4%
align=center SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center May 11–13, 2012align=center 525align=center ± 4.4% align=center31%13% align=center21% align=center21%6%8%
align=center SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center April 9–12, 2012align=center 532align=center ± 4.3% align=center28%13%20% align=center26%4%10%
align=center SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center January 30–February 3, 2012align=center 511align=center ± 4.4% align=center25%14% align=center24%13%11%13%
align=center SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center September 23–27, 2011align=center 588align=center ± 4.1% align=center25%16% align=center25%10%9%16%

Results

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		class=small Sample
size		Margin of
error		Carl
DeMaio		Bob
Filner		Undecided
Pharos Researchalign=center October 19–21, 2012align=center 708align=center ± 3.7%align=center 38.3% align=center46.8%align=center 15.1%
SurveyUSA/10 Newsalign=center October 12–14, 2012align=center 601align=center n/aalign=center 40% align=center47%align=center 13%
SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center September 21–24, 2012align=center 581align=center ± 4.1%align=center 38% align=center50%align=center 12%
SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center August 20–23, 2012align=center 553align=center ± 4.3%align=center 41% align=center47%align=center 12%
SurveyUSA/KGTV-TValign=center June 6–11, 2012align=center 537align=center ± 4.3%align=center 43% align=center46%align=center 11%

Results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: How to Run for Office. April 13, 2012. The City of San Diego-Office of the City Clerk.
  2. Web site: DeMaio kicks off campaign for San Diego mayor. June 5, 2011. April 13, 2012. U-T San Diego. Craig. Gustafson.
  3. Web site: San Diego mayor's race begins to take shape. March 10, 2011. April 13, 2012. U-T San Diego. Christopher. Cadelago.
  4. Web site: Rep. Filner joins race for San Diego mayor. https://archive.today/20120724123328/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9NOBDC80.htm. dead. July 24, 2012. June 9, 2011. April 13, 2012. Bloomberg Businessweek. Associated Press.
  5. Web site: Assemblyman Fletcher Enters San Diego Mayoral Race. June 6, 2011. April 13, 2012. KGTV-TV.
  6. Web site: Eight Candidates Drop from Mayor's Race. March 21, 2012. April 13, 2012. La Jolla Patch.
  7. Web site: Mayor's Race: Faulconer Out, Endorses Dumanis. June 7, 2011. April 13, 2012. Voice of San Diego. Liam. Dillon. https://web.archive.org/web/20110902082311/http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/government/thehall/article_ef76163a-913a-11e0-91a0-001cc4c03286.html. September 2, 2011. dead.
  8. Web site: Francis endorses DeMaio. March 21, 2012. April 13, 2012. U-T San Diego. Jen Lebron. Kuhney.
  9. Web site: No Mayor Kehoe: State senator decides not to run. June 28, 2011. April 13, 2012. U-T San Diego. Michael. Gardner.
  10. Brooks, David. A Moderate Conservative Dilemma. The New York Times. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  11. Welch, Matt. David Brooks and the Liberal Media Lament That a Gay-Baiting GOP "Moderate" Mayoral Candidate in California Can't Beat an "orthodox conservative." Who Is, uh, Gay. And Libertarian.. Reason.com. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  12. http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/mar/28/nathan-fletcher-announces-hes-leaving-republican-p/ "Nathan Fletcher Announces He’s Leaving The Republican Party"
  13. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/filner-demaio-head-for-november-runoff-for-san-diego-mayor.html San Diego mayor's race: Filner, DeMaio headed for Nov. runoff

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