Mara Elliott
Mara Elliott was the San Diego City Attorney in California. Elliott assumed office in 2016. Elliott left office on December 10, 2024.
Elliott ran for re-election for San Diego City Attorney in California. Elliott won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in San Diego, California (2020)
General election
General election for San Diego City Attorney
Incumbent Mara Elliott defeated Cory Briggs in the general election for San Diego City Attorney on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mara Elliott (Nonpartisan) | 66.6 | 380,291 |
 | Cory Briggs (Nonpartisan)  | 33.4 | 190,893 | |
| Total votes: 571,184 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego City Attorney
Incumbent Mara Elliott and Cory Briggs defeated Pete Mesich in the primary for San Diego City Attorney on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mara Elliott (Nonpartisan) | 67.9 | 208,767 |
| ✔ | | Cory Briggs (Nonpartisan) | 23.3 | 71,672 |
| Pete Mesich (Nonpartisan) | 8.8 | 27,223 | ||
| Total votes: 307,662 | |||
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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. Mara Elliott defeated Robert Hickey in the general election for San Diego City Attorney.
| San Diego City Attorney, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mara Elliott |
56.64% | 144,082 |
| Robert Hickey | 43.36% | 110,286 |
| Total Votes | 254,368 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
Robert Hickey and Mara Elliott advanced from the primary election for San Diego City Attorney.
| San Diego City Attorney, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Robert Hickey |
28.98% | 81,513 |
| Mara Elliott |
24.18% | 68,020 |
| Rafael Castellanos | 19.31% | 54,319 |
| Gil Cabrera | 16.73% | 47,072 |
| Bryan Pease | 10.67% | 30,011 |
| Total Votes | 280,935 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election Results," accessed August, 17, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mara Elliott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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