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Marco Verdugo
2024 - Present
2026
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Marco Verdugo is the Chula Vista City Attorney in California. He assumed office on April 9, 2024. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Verdugo ran in a special election for Chula Vista City Attorney in California. He won in the special general runoff election on March 5, 2024.
Verdugo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Marco Verdugo earned a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University. His career experience includes working as an attorney at law.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Chula Vista, California (2023-2024)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Chula Vista City Attorney
Marco Verdugo defeated Bart Miesfeld in the special general runoff election for Chula Vista City Attorney on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marco Verdugo (Nonpartisan)  | 58.5 | 22,862 |
 | Bart Miesfeld (Nonpartisan) | 41.5 | 16,213 | |
| Total votes: 39,075 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Chula Vista City Attorney
Marco Verdugo and Bart Miesfeld advanced to a runoff. They defeated Dan Smith Diaz in the special general election for Chula Vista City Attorney on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marco Verdugo (Nonpartisan) | 39.0 | 9,733 |
| ✔ | | Bart Miesfeld (Nonpartisan) | 37.8 | 9,430 |
 | Dan Smith Diaz (Nonpartisan) | 23.2 | 5,783 | |
| Total votes: 24,946 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Verdugo in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marco Verdugo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Verdugo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- ONLY LIFELONG CHULA VISTA RESIDENT Chula Vista's elected leaders should actually be from Chula Vista. I am the only candidate that has lived in Chula Vista before the election. I'm a proud Chula Vista native looking to give back to my hometown!
- BIPARTISAN SUPPORT I have bipartisan support from elected officials, business leaders, city attorneys, prosecutors, civic leaders, and first responders!
- COMPREHENSIVE ANTICORRUPTION PLAN I am the only candidate with a comprehensive anticorruption plan for Chula Vista. Suspend indicted officials; Close campaign finance loopholes; and Empower an Independent Auditor
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 7, 2024
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