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Juan Carlos Mercado
Juan Carlos Mercado (also known as Charlie) ran for election for San Diego County Sheriff in California. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2022)
General election
General election for San Diego County Sheriff
Kelly Martinez defeated John Hemmerling in the general election for San Diego County Sheriff on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kelly Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 58.6 | 525,111 | |
| John Hemmerling (Nonpartisan) | 41.4 | 371,104 | ||
| Total votes: 896,215 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego County Sheriff
The following candidates ran in the primary for San Diego County Sheriff on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kelly Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 37.5 | 229,193 | |
| ✔ | John Hemmerling (Nonpartisan) | 20.4 | 124,591 | |
| Dave Myers (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 116,072 | ||
| Jonathan Peck (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 43,857 | ||
 | Juan Carlos Mercado (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 41,937 | |
| John Gunderson (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 41,800 | ||
| Charles Battle (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 13,752 | ||
| Total votes: 611,202 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 51
Incumbent Juan Vargas defeated Juan Hidalgo in the general election for U.S. House California District 51 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Juan Vargas (D) | 71.2 | 109,527 |
 | Juan Hidalgo (R) | 28.8 | 44,301 | |
| Total votes: 153,828 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 51
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 51 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Juan Vargas (D) | 64.0 | 50,132 |
| ✔ | | Juan Hidalgo (R) | 15.3 | 11,979 |
| John Renison Jr. (R) | 14.0 | 10,972 | ||
| Juan Carlos Mercado (Independent) | 3.1 | 2,452 | |
 | Kevin Mitchell (Independent) | 1.9 | 1,473 | |
 | Louis Fuentes (R) | 1.7 | 1,310 | |
| Total votes: 78,318 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Juan Carlos Mercado did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
Mercado stated the following about his political philosophy in a biographical submission to Ballotpedia:[1]
| “ | The goals are many. We will carry out a political revolution. The deportation of US Soldiers, US Veterans, and their families, must end now. We need to stop the funding of politicians by corporate donors. No more wars until we appropriate the funding and resources to take care of the employment, medical, environmental, and educational needs of our nation.[2] | ” |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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