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Gita Appelbaum Singh
Gita Appelbaum Singh (formerly Gita Appelbaum) ran for election for Mayor of San Diego in California. Appelbaum lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election in San Diego, California (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of San Diego
Todd Gloria defeated Barbara Bry in the general election for Mayor of San Diego on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Todd Gloria (Nonpartisan) | 56.0 | 346,662 |
 | Barbara Bry (Nonpartisan)  | 44.0 | 272,887 | |
| Total votes: 619,549 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of San Diego
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of San Diego on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd Gloria (Nonpartisan) | 41.5 | 147,654 |
| ✔ | | Barbara Bry (Nonpartisan) | 22.9 | 81,541 |
 | Scott Sherman (Nonpartisan) | 22.6 | 80,352 | |
| Tasha Williamson (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 25,629 | ||
 | Gita Appelbaum Singh (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 12,716 | |
| Rich Riel (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 8,099 | ||
| Total votes: 355,991 | |||
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2016
The mayor's chair and five of the nine seats on the San Diego City Council were up for election on June 7, 2016.
While the June election was called a primary, it was functionally a general election. The only races where no candidate won a majority (50 percent plus one) of the votes cast in the primary advanced to the election on November 8, 2016. The November election was called a general election, but it was functionally a runoff election. Incumbent Kevin Faulconer defeated Lori Saldaña, Ed Harris, and Gita Appelbaum (write-in candidate) in the primary election for Mayor of San Diego.
| Mayor of San Diego, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kevin Faulconer Incumbent |
58.20% | 108,653 |
| Lori Saldaña | 22.46% | 41,934 |
| Ed Harris | 19.34% | 36,117 |
| Gita Appelbaum (write-in candidate) | 0.00% | 0 |
| Total Votes (100% reporting) | 186,704 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential Primary Election, Tuesday, June 7, 2016," June 8, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gita Appelbaum Singh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
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