Special Election for vacant Vargas supe seat; How the field is shaping up

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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted quickly and unanimously to hold a special election for the District 1 seat recently left vacant by Nora Vargas.

From the County News Center

Board of Supervisors Formally Call District One Special Election

By Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office
Jan. 14, 2025 | 1:12 PM

The Board of Supervisors made it official Tuesday and called an April 8 special primary election for the First Supervisorial District. Voters in District 1 will fill a supervisorial seat that became vacant when the former supervisor ended her tenure on Jan. 6.

Over 376,000 voters living in District 1 will receive a ballot in the mail the week of March 10 for the election. The official ballot packet will also include an “I Voted” sticker, voting instructions and other important election information.

The person elected will fill District 1’s vacant seat for the remainder of the current term ending in January 2029. If no candidate receives a majority vote at the April 8 election, the top two vote-getters will move on to the special general election held on July 1, 2025. Only those who live in the district can vote in the election.

District 1 spans from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the Otay and San Miguel mountains in the east, and from Barrio Logan in the north to the U.S./Mexico international border on the south. The First Supervisorial District includes the cities of Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, National City and some communities within the City of San Diego, such as Barrio Logan, Chollas View, East Village, Golden Hill and more. Additionally, District 1 includes the unincorporated areas of Bonita, East Otay Mesa, Lincoln Acres, Sunnyside and Spring Valley/La Presa.

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The County’s unsurprising news update now out of the way, and with everyone pretty much knowing it would be a special election, not an appointment, the field was shaping up throughout the holidays.

The candidates include Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre, Chula Vista Mayor John McCann, Chula Vista Councilmember Carolina Chavez, and San Diego City Councilmember Vivian Moreno. McCann is the lone Republican on that list.

Longtime local radio and TV news producer Tommy Sablan also posted this to Facebook (December 29)…

“I have a friend named Kristin that just called me and said Tommy you need to seriously consider moving back to Chula Vista asap and file to run for the district 1 County Supervisor seat. She said nobody loves Chula Vista and the Southbay more than you and she said I’m a regular dude and not a politician and my hearts in the right place. If I did that, do you think people in Chula Vista would vote for me? I did win in a landslide in 9th grade for ASB President.”

We’ll reach out to Sablan for an update on his plans.

Two days ago the SDUT’s Michael Smolens weighed in on how the field is looking and what may follow…

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Read it all here, as long as you have a subscription.

Settle in. This will be fun!

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