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Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2025)

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2024
2025 San Diego County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: January 28, 2025
Primary election: April 8, 2025
General election: July 1, 2025
Election stats
Offices up: County board of supervisors
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U.S. municipal elections, 2025

San Diego County, California, held a special primary election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 1 on April 8, 2025. A special general election was scheduled for July 1, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was January 28, 2025.

Elections

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Candidates and results

General election

Special general election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 1

Paloma Aguirre defeated John McCann in the special general election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 1 on July 1, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Paloma Aguirre (Nonpartisan)
 
53.9
 
42,026
Image of John McCann
John McCann (Nonpartisan)
 
46.1
 
35,943

Total votes: 77,969
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 1

The following candidates ran in the special primary for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 1 on April 8, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John McCann
John McCann (Nonpartisan)
 
42.4
 
28,087
Paloma Aguirre (Nonpartisan)
 
32.3
 
21,424
Vivian Moreno (Nonpartisan)
 
13.5
 
8,934
Carolina Chavez (Nonpartisan)
 
7.7
 
5,128
Image of Louis Fuentes
Louis Fuentes (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
1.6
 
1,053
Elizabeth Efird (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
1.5
 
1,027
Image of Lincoln Pickard
Lincoln Pickard (Nonpartisan)
 
0.9
 
619

Total votes: 66,272
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About the county

See also: San Diego County, California

The county government of San Diego County is located in San Diego, California. The county was first established in 1850. It covers a total of 4,206 square miles in southern California. [1]As of 2020, its population was 3,298,634.

County government

See also: Government of San Diego County, California

San Diego County is overseen by a five-member board of supervisors. Each supervisor is elected by district to a four-year term. Residents also elect a county assessor/recorder/clerk, district attorney, county treasurer/tax collector, and county sheriff.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for San Diego County, California
San Diego County California
Population 3,298,634 39,538,223
Land area (sq mi) 4,210 155,857
Race and ethnicity**
White 66.6% 56.1%
Black/African American 4.9% 5.7%
Asian 12% 14.8%
Native American 0.7% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.4%
Other (single race) 6.7% 14.3%
Multiple 8.6% 7.9%
Hispanic/Latino 33.9% 39.1%
Education
High school graduation rate 88% 83.9%
College graduation rate 39.5% 34.7%
Income
Median household income $82,426 $78,672
Persons below poverty level 10.9% 12.6%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

San Diego County, California California Municipal government Other local coverage
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