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David Alvarez (California)
2022 - Present
2026
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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
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2023-2024
Alvarez was assigned to the following committees:
- Aging and Long-Term Care Committee
- Budget Committee
- Business and Professions Committee
- Emergency Management Committee
- Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Legislative Audit Committee, Chair
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | David Alvarez (D) | 61.0 | 113,768 |
 | Michael W. Williams (R)  | 39.0 | 72,836 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | David Alvarez (D) | 59.3 | 41,070 |
| ✔ | | Michael W. Williams (R) | 40.7 | 28,220 |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | David Alvarez (D) | 69.3 | 67,309 |
 | Georgette Gómez (D) (Unofficially withdrew) | 30.7 | 29,869 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Georgette Gómez (D) | 36.4 | 25,308 |
| ✔ | | David Alvarez (D) | 31.0 | 21,548 |
| John Garcia (R) | 20.3 | 14,162 | ||
 | Lincoln Pickard (R) | 12.3 | 8,578 | |
| Total votes: 69,596 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Sanchez (R)
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 | ||
| ✔ | | David Alvarez (D) | 54.3 | 26,482 |
| Georgette Gómez (D) | 45.7 | 22,297 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Georgette Gómez (D) | 38.2 | 15,300 |
| ✔ | | David Alvarez (D) | 37.8 | 15,132 |
| Lincoln Pickard (R) | 24.0 | 9,625 | |
| Total votes: 40,057 | |||
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Campaign finance
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Sean Elo-Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 50.6 | 140,895 |
| David Alvarez (Nonpartisan) | 49.4 | 137,638 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | David Alvarez (Nonpartisan) | 46.9 | 10,692 |
| ✔ | | Sean Elo-Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 4,857 |
 | Rafael Perez (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 4,834 | |
| Allan Candelore (Nonpartisan) | 10.5 | 2,391 | ||
| Total votes: 22,774 | |||
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2014
City council
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 | |
 David 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 | |
| Kevin 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 | |
| Kevin Faulconer |
42.2% | 101,953 | |
| David 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 | David 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 |
|
David Alvarez |
25.3% | 3,343 |
| Felipe 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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2024
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In 2024, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3 to August 31. A special session in the Assembly was from August 31, 2024 to October 14, 2024 and another special session started on December 2, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the California State Legislature was in session from January 1 to September 14.
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2022
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In 2022, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3 to August 31.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate California State Assembly District 80 |
Officeholder California State Assembly District 80 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ David Alvarez for State Assembly, "About David," accessed July 1, 2022
- ↑ California State Assembly Democratic Caucus, "David Alvarez Biography," accessed July 1, 2022
- ↑ City of San Diego, "Candidates for June 3, 2014," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Official primary election results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ City of San Diego, "November 19, 2013 Election Results," accessed December 18, 2013
- ↑ U-T San Diego, "Faulconer wins mayor's race," February 11, 2014
- ↑ The Los Angeles Times, "San Diego mayoral runoff to pit Kevin Faulconer against David Alvarez," November 20, 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedelection - ↑ City of San Diego, "Election History - Council District 8," accessed December 19, 2013
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D) |
California State Assembly District 80 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
San Diego City Council District 8 2010-2018 |
Succeeded by Vivian Moreno |
