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Terra Lawson-Remer
2021 - Present
2029
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Terra Lawson-Remer is a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 3. She assumed office on January 4, 2021. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Lawson-Remer ran for re-election to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to represent District 3 in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Lawson-Remer was born in San Diego, California. She graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree. She went on to obtain her J.D. and Ph.D. from New York University. Lawson-Remer's professional experience includes working as a small businesswoman.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2024)
General election
General election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3
Incumbent Terra Lawson-Remer defeated Kevin Faulconer in the general election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Terra Lawson-Remer (Nonpartisan) | 57.0 | 178,781 |
 | Kevin Faulconer (Nonpartisan) | 43.0 | 134,991 | |
| Total votes: 313,772 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Terra Lawson-Remer and Kevin Faulconer advanced from the primary for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3.
Endorsements
Lawson-Remer received the following endorsements.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2020)
General election
General election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3
Terra Lawson-Remer defeated incumbent Kristin Gaspar in the general election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Terra Lawson-Remer (Nonpartisan) | 58.1 | 176,594 |
 | Kristin Gaspar (Nonpartisan) | 41.9 | 127,259 | |
| Total votes: 303,853 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3
Incumbent Kristin Gaspar and Terra Lawson-Remer defeated Olga Diaz in the primary for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristin Gaspar (Nonpartisan) | 42.8 | 72,598 |
| ✔ | | Terra Lawson-Remer (Nonpartisan) | 31.2 | 52,899 |
| Olga Diaz (Nonpartisan) | 26.0 | 44,063 | ||
| Total votes: 169,560 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Lawson-Remer's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Terra Lawson-Remer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Terra Lawson-Remer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lawson-Remer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Terra has a lifelong track record of bringing people together to solve problems, and will defend San Diego County from Trump Administration attacks on our civil rights, public health, and quality of life.
After graduating from Yale, Terra earned a full scholarship to law and graduate school, receiving her PhD and law degree from NYU. Terra is also an avid surfer and a certified emergency medical responder, and in her free time she takes kids on backpacking trips to teach teamwork, personal resilience, and respect for nature.- AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS AND RECOVERY
- PROTECT OUR BEACHES AND COASTLINE FROM POLLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT. ADOPT A GOLD STANDARD CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
- ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS
• Adopting a Community Choice Aggregation Program, to achieve 90% clean energy by 2030;
• Ending the off-shoring of carbon offsets - when developers are required to reduce GHG emissions to net zero with habitat restoration or other projects, that needs to happen here in our community, where we can all benefit and where the offsets can be enforced in perpetuity, not in the Congo or Sri Lanka;
• Converting our fleet of county vehicles, including sheriff squad cars, fire trucks, and other emergency vehicles, to electric or hybrid;
• Retrofitting all county buildings to run on solar power, and to meet the highest LEED energy efficiency standards;
• Ending the conversion of chaparral and other carbon sinks by stopping urban sprawl;
• Extending mass transit throughout the County, and building more protected lanes for buses, bikes, and scooters, so we cut the number of cars on the roads in half by 2035;
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
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 27, 2020
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