{"id":280421,"date":"2020-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/gloria-lacava-lead-mayor-council-races-in-primary-election\/"},"modified":"2020-03-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T08:00:00","slug":"gloria-lacava-lead-mayor-council-races-in-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/gloria-lacava-lead-mayor-council-races-in-primary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloria, LaCava lead mayor-council races in primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego voters in a rapidly shifting political landscape chose Todd Gloria as their mayoral frontrunner and picked La Jolla’s Joe LaCava to lead the Council District 1 race in the March 3 primary election. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Voters also narrowly turned thumbs down on Proposition C, a proposed tourist hotel tax to expand the downtown convention center and pay for road repairs and homeless services. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Candidate fields in all races were paired to the two top vote-getters, who will go head-to-head in the Nov. 3 general election.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A blue “drift,” clearly in evidence the past couple years, continued as voters cast their preferences in five City Council District races on the nine-member council. The outcome will likely maintain the present council Democrat majority. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Even the Board of Supervisors, a Republican bastion for years, will likely see at least one — and perhaps two —more Democrats joining the five-member board that currently has Nathan Fletcher as its lone Democrat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With 100% of precincts in, but a lot of mail-in ballots yet to be tallied, which is likely to take some time, here are some of the voting results from the March 3 primary:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alcalde: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Todd Gloria — 78,964 (40.23%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Sherman — 49,403 (25.17%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Barbara Bry — 46,340 (23.61%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tasha Williamson —11,248 (5.73%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gita Appelbaum Singh — 5,844 (2.98%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rich Riel — 4,474 (2.28%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Council District 1:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe laCava 5,912 (25.54%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Aaron Brennan 3,679 (15.90%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Abogado de la ciudad:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mara W. Elliott 113,108 (66.31%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cory Briggs 41,986 (24.62%)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Prop. 13 authorizing $15 billion bond for school facility repairs:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

No: 56.84%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yes: 43.16%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Prop. C (two-thirds needed for passage) for convention center expansion, infrastructure improvements and homeless services:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes: 63.55%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No: 36.45%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Registar of Voters said the March 3 Presidential Primary Election was more complicated than past elections because of:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n