Dan Smiechowski
Dan Smiechowski (also known as The Million Mile Man) ran for election for Mayor of San Diego in California. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Smiechowski completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dan Smiechowski was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He earned a bachelor's degree from SDSU in 1979 and an associate degree from Sorbonne University in 1985. His career experience includes working as a teacher, as a tutor, in real estate, and as a contributing writer. He served as an elected member of the Clairemont Planning Commission and Clairemont Towne Council.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in San Diego, California (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of San Diego
Incumbent Todd Gloria defeated Larry Turner in the general election for Mayor of San Diego on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Todd Gloria (Nonpartisan) | 55.3 | 317,015 |
 | Larry Turner (Nonpartisan)  | 44.7 | 255,782 | |
| Total votes: 572,797 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of San Diego
Incumbent Todd Gloria and Larry Turner defeated Geneviéve L. Jones-Wright, Jane L. Glasson, and Dan Smiechowski in the primary for Mayor of San Diego on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd Gloria (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 132,055 |
| ✔ | | Larry Turner (Nonpartisan) | 23.1 | 60,931 |
 | Geneviéve L. Jones-Wright (Nonpartisan) | 16.0 | 42,196 | |
| Jane L. Glasson (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 18,990 | ||
 | Dan Smiechowski (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 9,973 | |
| Total votes: 264,145 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Smiechowski in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in San Diego, California (2022)
General election
General election for San Diego City Council District 2
Incumbent Jennifer Campbell defeated Linda Lukacs in the general election for San Diego City Council District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jennifer Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 56.5 | 28,379 |
 | Linda Lukacs (Nonpartisan) | 43.5 | 21,854 | |
| Total votes: 50,233 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego City Council District 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for San Diego City Council District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 10,832 |
| ✔ | | Linda Lukacs (Nonpartisan) | 25.4 | 9,211 |
| Lori Saldaña (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 6,603 | ||
| Joel Day (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 5,130 | ||
| Mandy Havlik (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 3,027 | ||
| Dan Smiechowski (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 1,532 | |
| Total votes: 36,335 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for San Diego City Council District 2
Jennifer Campbell defeated incumbent Lorie Zapf in the general election for San Diego City Council District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 58.0 | 32,439 |
 | Lorie Zapf (Nonpartisan) | 42.0 | 23,516 | |
| Total votes: 55,955 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego City Council District 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for San Diego City Council District 2 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorie Zapf (Nonpartisan) | 42.8 | 13,786 |
| ✔ | | Jennifer Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 21.4 | 6,871 |
| Bryan Pease (Nonpartisan) | 19.8 | 6,375 | ||
| Jordan Beane (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 3,190 | ||
| Dan Smiechowski (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 847 | |
 | Kevin Melton (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 737 | |
| Randy Hahn (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 367 | ||
| Total votes: 32,173 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dan Smiechowski completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smiechowski's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- The Cost Of Housing In San Diego And The Homeless Problem.
For the last fifty years the Mayors working with the developers have been saying the way to solve the homeless problem is to build more housing. The price of housing doubles every ten years, no matter how many houses are built and the homeless population continues to grow. The solution to both problems is to stop the sale of City owned land and lease it like the Port District. There is a direct correlation between the price of real estate and the amount of homeless.
25% of all real estate sells is the cost of land. Remove the cost of land by leasing it and you will reduce the sales price of real estate by 25%. Reduce the price of real estate and you will reduce the homeless.
- Reducing The Cost Of Government: Four years ago San Diego as required by law reported expenses for running our government, Today City expenses have increased by one billion dollars. The pension fund is 30% of our budget. Personnel costs are the reason we have pot holes in our streets. The San Diego pension fund is out of control. The solution for the pension program is to institute a hiring freeze on all positions that have an annual salary of $150K or more, and put all newly hired employees for any City of San Diego job on Social security.
- My vision for the future of San Diego is to develop Horton Plaza as a “fifteen minute city.” The idea of a “fifteen minute city” is all functions of a city should be accessible to the residents within 15 minutes of where they live. Building a high rise on Horton Plaza that is a “fifteen minute city” with each level devoted to different city needs allows a resident to access everything they need, jobs, retail, business, government and more without ever leaving the project. Parking would be retained for those shopping in the lower levels. The trolley and bus lines would obviate the need for residents to have cars on site.
For the last fifty years the Mayors working with the developers have been saying the way to solve the homeless problem is to build more housing.
The price of housing doubles every ten years, no matter how many houses are built and the homeless population continues to grow.
The solution to both problems is to stop the sale of City owned land and lease it like the Port District.
My mother lived in France during WWII. She married an American soldier and left her family and country for love. I know love because of her. I know that I am held to a higher standard because of her.
It took courage to leave France and come to America. In all the time I knew her she was fearless in her desire for social justice and equality.
It is because of him that I believe that my involvement in this election is necessary. It is not enough to complain about how corrupt our city government is, you must espouse solutions.
I conduct my life as an example to others by being morally, physically and spiritually disciplined to be at peace with myself. I am passionate about what I believe to be the morally, physically and spiritually disciplined, but I respect anyone who disagrees with my values.
Being a leader is not talking about values, it is living them.
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2022
Dan Smiechowski did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 6, 2024
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