David Alvarez (California)

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David Alvarez
Democratic Party
California State Assembly District 80
Tenure
2022 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
3
Predecessor: Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D)
Prior offices:
San Diego City Council District 8
Years in office: 2010 - 2018
Successor: Vivian Moreno (Nonpartisan)
Compensation
Base salary
$132,703/year
Per diem
$236/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Personal
Birthplace
San Diego, CA
Profession
Business owner
Contact
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David Alvarez (Democratic Party) is a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 80. He assumed office on June 15, 2022. His current term ends on December 7, 2026.

Alvarez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the California State Assembly to represent District 80. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

David Alvarez was born in San Diego, California. Alvarez's career experience includes owning Causa Consulting. He has volunteered with the boards of the Kim Center for Gender Equity, Camarada, the San Diego Coffee Training Institute, and Circulate San Diego.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Alvarez was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Alvarez was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 80

Incumbent David Alvarez defeated Michael W. Williams in the general election for California State Assembly District 80 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (D)
 
61.0
 
113,768
Image of Michael W. Williams
Michael W. Williams (R) Candidate Connection
 
39.0
 
72,836

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 186,604
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 80

Incumbent David Alvarez and Michael W. Williams advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 80 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (D)
 
59.3
 
41,070
✔
Image of Michael W. Williams
Michael W. Williams (R) Candidate Connection
 
40.7
 
28,220

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,290
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Alvarez received the following endorsements.

2022

Regular

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 80

Incumbent David Alvarez defeated Georgette Gómez (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for California State Assembly District 80 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (D)
 
69.3
 
67,309
Image of Georgette Gómez
Georgette Gómez (D) (Unofficially withdrew)
 
30.7
 
29,869

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 97,178
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 80

Georgette Gómez and incumbent David Alvarez defeated John Garcia and Lincoln Pickard in the primary for California State Assembly District 80 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Georgette Gómez
Georgette Gómez (D)
 
36.4
 
25,308
✔
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (D)
 
31.0
 
21,548
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John Garcia (R)
 
20.3
 
14,162
Image of Lincoln Pickard
Lincoln Pickard (R)
 
12.3
 
8,578

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,596
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Campaign finance

Special

See also: California state legislative special elections, 2022

General election

Special general election for California State Assembly District 80

David Alvarez defeated Georgette Gómez in the special general election for California State Assembly District 80 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (D)
 
54.3
 
26,482
Image of Georgette Gómez
Georgette Gómez (D)
 
45.7
 
22,297

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 48,779
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 80

Georgette Gómez and David Alvarez defeated Lincoln Pickard in the special primary for California State Assembly District 80 on April 5, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Georgette Gómez
Georgette Gómez (D)
 
38.2
 
15,300
✔
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (D)
 
37.8
 
15,132
Image of Lincoln Pickard
Lincoln Pickard (R)
 
24.0
 
9,625

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 40,057
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2018)

General election

General election for San Diego Community College District District E

Sean Elo-Rivera defeated David Alvarez in the general election for San Diego Community College District District E on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sean Elo-Rivera
Sean Elo-Rivera (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
50.6
 
140,895
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (Nonpartisan)
 
49.4
 
137,638

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 278,533
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for San Diego Community College District District E

David Alvarez and Sean Elo-Rivera defeated Rafael Perez and Allan Candelore in the primary for San Diego Community College District District E on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Alvarez
David Alvarez (Nonpartisan)
 
46.9
 
10,692
✔
Image of Sean Elo-Rivera
Sean Elo-Rivera (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
21.3
 
4,857
Image of Rafael Perez
Rafael Perez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
21.2
 
4,834
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Allan Candelore (Nonpartisan)
 
10.5
 
2,391

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 22,774
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2014

City council

See also: San Diego, California city council elections, 2014

The city of San Diego, California held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 6, 2014. Because one candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election for District 2, its general election was called off. Incumbent David Alvarez defeated Lincoln Pickard.[3][4]

San Diego City Council District 8 Primary Election, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Alvarez Incumbent 76.4% 6,720
Lincoln Pickard 23.6% 2,072
Total Votes 8,792
Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results

Mayor

See also: San Diego mayoral election, 2014

As the top two candidates, Alvarez and Faulconer advanced to the general election.[5] Alvarez was defeated by Kevin Faulconer in the runoff election on February 11, 2014.[6]

Although all municipal elections in San Diego are conducted on a nonpartisan basis, Alvarez was endorsed in his bid for mayor by the San Diego County Democratic Party.[7]

Mayor of San Diego, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Faulconer 52.9% 153,491
David Alvarez 47.1% 136,701
Total Votes 290,192
Source: San Diego County
Mayor of San Diego, 2013
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Faulconer 42.2% 101,953
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Alvarez 27.2% 65,740
Nathan Fletcher 24.1% 58,355
Michael Aguirre 4.5% 10,783
Lincoln Pickard 0.5% 1,144
Bruce Coons 0.4% 1,012
Simon Moghadam 0.3% 748
Hud Collins 0.3% 647
Michael Kemmer 0.3% 612
Harry Dirks 0.2% 434
Tobiah Pettus 0.1% 344
Total Votes 237,975
Source: San Diego County

2010

Runoff election

Alvarez and Felipe Hueso, being the top two candidates in the primary election, advanced to the runoff election scheduled for November 2, 2010.[8] Alvarez defeated Felipe Hueso in the November 2, 2010 runoff election to win his first term as San Diego District 8 Councilmember.[9]

District 8 Councilmember, San Diego City Council, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Alvarez 57.7% 13,014
     Nonpartisan Felipe Hueso 42.3% 9,540
Total Votes 22,554
Source: City of San Diego
District 8 Councilmember, San Diego City Council Nonpartisan Primary, 2013
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Alvarez 25.3% 3,343
Green check mark transparent.pngFelipe Hueso 19.6% 2,581
B.D. Howard 17.3% 2,277
Nick Inzunza 16.9% 2,234
James Wright 11% 1,445
Adrian Vazquez 5.6% 735
Lincoln Pickard 4.4% 574
Total Votes 13,189

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Regular

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Special

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Campaign finance summary

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David Alvarez campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024California State Assembly District 80Won general$1,175,465 $1,632,677
2022California State Assembly District 80Won general$977,427 $737,668
Grand total$2,152,892 $2,370,345
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ David Alvarez for State Assembly, "About David," accessed July 1, 2022
    2. ↑ California State Assembly Democratic Caucus, "David Alvarez Biography," accessed July 1, 2022
    3. ↑ City of San Diego, "Candidates for June 3, 2014," accessed June 20, 2014
    4. ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Official primary election results," accessed June 20, 2014
    5. ↑ City of San Diego, "November 19, 2013 Election Results," accessed December 18, 2013
    6. ↑ U-T San Diego, "Faulconer wins mayor's race," February 11, 2014
    7. ↑ The Los Angeles Times, "San Diego mayoral runoff to pit Kevin Faulconer against David Alvarez," November 20, 2013
    8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named election
    9. ↑ City of San Diego, "Election History - Council District 8," accessed December 19, 2013

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    Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D)     		California State Assembly District 80
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    Preceded by
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