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2022 San Diego elections

Election dates
Filing deadline: March 10, 2022
Primary election: June 7, 2022
General election: November 8, 2022
Election stats
Offices up: City council
Total seats up: 4

Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city of San Diego, California, is holding general elections for city council on November 8, 2022. A primary is scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 10, 2022.

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 Candidates and results
* 2.1 City council
* 2.1.1 Primary election
* 2.1.2 General election
* 3 Additional elections on the ballot
* 3.1 What's at stake?
* 3.1.1 Report a story for this election
* 3.1.2 Candidate survey
* 3.2 About the city
* 3.2.1 City government
* 3.2.2 Demographics
* 3.3 See also
* 3.4 External links
* 3.5 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

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# Candidates and results[edit]

## City council[edit]

### Primary election

#### San Diego City Council primary election

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office | Candidates
District 2 |

Jennifer Campbell (i)
Joel Day
Mandy Havlik
Linda Lukacs
Lori Saldaña
Danny Smiechowski

District 4 |

Monica Montgomery Steppe (i)
Gloria Evangelista
Tylisa Suseberry

District 6 |

Jane Glasson
Tommy Hough
Kent Lee

District 8 |

Vivian Moreno (i)
Antonio Martinez

### General election

#### San Diego City Council general election

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
* The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
* Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.

Office | Candidates
District 2 |

District 4 |

District 6 |

District 8 |

# Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

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##### April 5, 2022

* California state legislative special elections, 2022

##### June 7, 2022

* United States Senate election in California, 2022
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* Mayoral election in Chula Vista, California (2022)
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##### November 8, 2022

* United States Senate election in California, 2022
* United States Senate special election in California, 2022
* California's 48th Congressional District election, 2022
* California's 49th Congressional District election, 2022
* California's 50th Congressional District election, 2022
* California's 51st Congressional District election, 2022
* California's 52nd Congressional District election, 2022
* California Attorney General election, 2022
* California Controller election, 2022
* California gubernatorial election, 2022
* California Insurance Commissioner election, 2022
* California lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
* California Secretary of State election, 2022
* California Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2022
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## What's at stake?[edit]

### Report a story for this election[edit]

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## About the city[edit]

See also: San Diego, California

San Diego is the ninth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California, after Los Angeles. San Diego is the county seat of San Diego County. Its administrative limit covers a land area of 372.1 square miles (963.7 km2). The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California.

According to Forbes magazine, San Diego was the fifth-wealthiest city in the United States in 2005, and the ninth-safest city on the top 10 list of safest cities in the U.S. in 2010.[1][2]

### City government[edit]

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of San Diego uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[3]

### Demographics[edit]

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic data for San Diego, California (2015)

| San Diego| California
Total population:| 1,359,791| 38,993,940
Land area (square miles):| 325| 155,779
Race and ethnicity[4]
White:| 64.1%| 61.8%
Black/African American:| 6.5%| 5.9%
Asian:| 16.7%| 13.7%
Native American:| 0.5%| 0.7%
Pacific Islander:| 0.4%| 0.4%
Two or more:| 4.8%| 4.5%
Hispanic/Latino:| 30.1%| 38.4%
Education
High school graduation rate:| 87.3%| 81.8%
College graduation rate:| 43%| 31.4%
Income
Median household income:| $66,116| $61,818
Persons below poverty level:| 15.4%| 18.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)

## See also[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Forbes, "Richest Cities In The U.S.," October 28, 2005
2. ↑ Forbes, "America's Safest Cities," October 11, 2010
3. ↑ San Diego City Charter, Art. XV 250-295, accessed October 29, 2014
4. ↑ Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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