San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria will be facing a run off in the November election against Larry Turner based on the results of the Tuesday election so far. Gloria had a nearly 30-point lead over his closest challenger. The incumbent mayor had 52.5% of the early results, followed by 23.4% from San Diego police officer Larry Turner and 13.8% from Geneviéve Jones-Wright, an attorney/professor/nonprofit executive.
Former San Diego Padre and L-A Dodger baseball player Steve Garvey, a Republican, is set to run against Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat, in November in the race for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by the late Dianne Feinstein. In the early returns Schiff, D-Burbank, took a lead with 35.4% of the vote, followed closely by Garvey at 31.0%. Rep. Katie Porter, D- Irvine, was a distant third at 14.8%, while Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, was placing fourth at 6.8%. If Garvey were to pull off an upset in November, it would become the first time since 1988 that California elects a Republican to the U.S. Senate.
In the San Diego City Council races, Henry Foster III held a wide lead over Chida Warren-Darby and Tylisa Suseberry in early returns Tuesday night in a special election to represent San Diego Council District 4. The race could tip the balance of power at City Hall. Warren-Darby is an aide to Mayor Todd Gloria, and Foster is closely allied with council members who want to shrink Gloria’s legislative power. City Council incumbents Stephen Whitburn and Sean Elo-Rivera appeared headed for the runoff election in November.
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