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=2026 San Diego City Council election=

The 2026 San Diego City Council election will be held on November 3, 2026. The primary election will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 2026. Four of the nine seats of the San Diego City Council are up for election.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with a primary in June followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates in each district.

Campaign
The even-numbered districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 are up for election in 2026.

Incumbents Jennifer Campbell (District 2) and Viviano Moreno (District 8) were ineligible for re-election due to term limits, while Henry Foster III (District 4) and Kent Lee (District 6) are eligible for re-election but have not yet announced any plans for re-election.

District 2
District 2 consists of the communities of Bay Ho/Bay Park/Morena, Midway/North Bay, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, and Point Loma.

Democratic incumbent Jennifer Campbell is ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits. Several individuals have expressed interest in running or have declared their candidacy.

District 4
District 4 consisted of the communities of Alta Vista, Broadway Heights, Chollas View, Emerald Hills, Encanto, Greater Skyline Hills, Jamacha, Lincoln Park, Lomita Village, North Bay Terrace, Oak Park, O'Farrell, Paradise Hills, Redwood Village, Rolando Park, South Bay Terrace, Valencia Park, and Webster.

Democratic incumbent Monica Montgomery Steppe and Gloria Evangelista, a Republican dietician, advanced from the primary on June 7, 2022. Montgomery Steppe went on to defeat Evangelista 68.8% to 31.2% in the general election.

District 6
District 6 consisted of the communities of Clairemont Mesa, Kearny Mesa, Mira Mesa, Mission Valley, North Clairemont, and Rancho Peñasquitos.

Incumbent Chris Cate was ineligible for re-election due to term limits. Kent Lee and Tommy Hough, both Demcorats, advanced from the primary on June 7, 2022. Lee went on to defeat Hough 60.5% to 39.5%.

District 8
District 8 consisted of the southern communities of San Diego and those along the Mexico–United States border, including the communities of Barrio Logan, Egger Highlands, Grant Hill, Logan Heights, Memorial, Nestor, Ocean View Hills, Otay Mesa West, Otay Mesa East, San Ysidro, Sherman Heights, Stockton, and Tijuana River Valley.

Incumbent Vivian Moreno and Antonio Martinez, both Democrats, advanced from the primary on June 7, 2022. Moreno went on to defeat Martinez 63.3% to 36.7%.

Council president
On December 10, 2022, the new council was sworn in. The council voted to re-appoint Sean Elo-Rivera as council president, who had served in that role since 2021.

Background
Seats in San Diego City Council districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are up for election. Incumbents Joe LaCava, Stephen Whitburn, Marni von Wilpert, Raul Campillo, and Sean Elo-Rivera were ineligible for re-election due to term limits.

District 1
District 1 consists of the communities of Carmel Valley, Del Mar Heights, Del Mar Mesa, Pacific Highlands Ranch, La Jolla, Torrey Hills, Torrey Pines, University City, and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus.

Incumbent Joe LaCava is ineligible for re-election due to term limits.

District 3
District 3 consists of the communities of Balboa Park/Park West, Bankers Hill, Downtown, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Little Italy, Middleton, Mission Hills, North Park, South Park, and University Heights.

Incumbent Stephen Whitburn is ineligible for re-election due to term limits.

District 5
District 5 consists of the communities of Black Mountain Ranch, Carmel Mountain Ranch, Miramar, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Encantada, Rancho Peñasquitos, Sabre Springs, San Pasqual Valley, Scripps Ranch, and Torrey Highlands.

Incumbent Marni von Wilpert is ineligible for re-election due to term limits.

District 7
District 7 consists of the communities of Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, Grantville, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, San Carlos, Serra Mesa, and Tierrasanta.

Incumbent Raul Campillo is ineligible for re-election due to term limits.

District 9
District 9 consists of the communities of the communities of Kensington, Normal Heights, and East San Diego, as well as the main campus of San Diego State University.

Incumbent Sean Elo-Rivera is ineligible for re-election due to term limits.

Council president
The city council will select a council president in December 2028, following the swearing in of the elected city council members.

2024
=Raul Campillo=

Raul Armando Campillo (born October 4, 1987) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the San Diego City Council, representing District 7 in San Diego, California. A member of the Democratic Party, He took office December 10, 2020. He is a Democrat, although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per state law.

District 7 spans roughly 158,600 residents in the neighborhoods of Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, San Carlos, Serra Mesa, Tierrasanta, and Lake Murray.

Early Life and Career
Campillo was born in San Diego and grew up in El Cajon, California. He graduated from University of San Diego High School. In 2009, Campillo earned his Bachelor's degree in Government from Harvard University, using his summers and extracurriculars to intern and volunteer with then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s primary campaign for president in New Hampshire, and then-Senator Barack Obama’s general election campaign. After graduation, Campillo joined Teach for America, teaching 5th grade at Gwendolyn Woolley Elementary School in the Clark County School District in the Las Vegas area. While teaching, Campillo was simultaneously enrolled in the Master's degree program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, earning the degree at night.

After completing his two-year tenure with Teach for America, Campillo returned to Cambridge to attend Harvard Law School, where he earned his law degree. Campillo joined the international law firm O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles that fall. Campillo temporarily left the firm to join the 2016 Hillary for America campaign in the Brooklyn, New York headquarters, working in the operations department during the Primary and General Elections.

Campillo returned to O'Melveny & Myers after the campaign and moved home to San Diego to join the San Diego City Attorney’s office as a prosecutor in June 2018. There, he prosecuted drunk driving and some violent crimes, as well as facilitating nonviolent defendants into drug diversion programs. Additionally, he worked in San Diego’s flagship Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) Unit, where he secured GVROs to take the firearms out of the hands of people who posed a danger to themselves and their communities. In August 2022, Campillo married Nadia Farjood, a fellow San Diego-raised attorney whom he met during his time at O'Melveny. Campillo and Farjood live in the Del Cerro neighborhood of San Diego.

San Diego City Council
Campillo ran for the District 7 Council seat in the 2020 election after incumbent Scott Sherman could not seek re-election due to term limits.

During his tenure, Campillo has focused on issues related to mental health care, child care, parental leave, public safety, and economic development in arts and culture. Campillo's first policy initiative was to develop a municipal Office of Child and Youth Success, which was included in the City of San Diego's Fiscal Year 2022 budget. Campillo also co-authored with fellow Councilmember Stephen Whitburn a successful ballot initiative that would allow the City of San Diego to utilize Project Labor Agreements on municipal construction projects. == Committee Assignments ==
 * Chair, Economic Development & Intergovernmental Relations Committee
 * Member, Public Safety Committee
 * Member, Rules Committee
 * Member, Community & Neighborhood Services Committee
 * Member, San Diego River Conservancy Board of Directors
 * Chair, Mission Trails Regional Park Task Force
 * Alternate Member, San Diego Association of Governments
 * Alternate Member, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System

Electoral History
Campillo was successful in his first campaign for public office, coming in first place in the four-way March 2020 blanket primary with 35% of the vote, advancing to the General Election against restauranteur, Republican Noli Zosa. Campillo defeated Zosa in the November 2020 General Election with 55% of the vote.

Early life and education
Campillo was born in San Diego, California, and grew up in El Cajon. He graduated from University of San Diego High School before attending Harvard University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in government. After graduation, Campillo joined Teach for America, relocating to Nevada to teach elementary school in Clark County, Nevada. During his teaching career, he attended night school, eventually recieveing his Masters in Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Electoral history
=Henry Foster III=

Henry Foster III is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego City Council since 2024, representing district 4. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Chief of Staff to his predecessor, Monica Montgomery Steppe, until her election to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in 2023.

Foster represents the San Diego neighborhoods of Alta Vista, Broadway Heights, Chollas View, Emerald Hills, Encanto, Greater Skyline Hills, Jamacha, Lincoln Park, Lomita Village, Mountain View, Oak Park, O'Farrell, Paradise Hills, Ridgeview, Bay Terraces, Valencia Park, and Webster.

Early life and education
Foster was raised in Valencia Park, San Diego. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School, after which he attended Hampton University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Career
After college, Foster worked in the construction industry for over two decades. He later worked for the city of San Diego in various roles as the Opportunity Contracting Program Manager. He was involved in leading and creating various programs and ordinances for the city, including small business enterprise and Title VI non-discrimination programs. During that time, he also served as the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Liaison Officer (DBELO) for the city. In December 2018, Foster joined the office of then-San Diego city councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe as her chief of staff. As chief of staff, he was involved with the implementation of Measure B, which created an independent Commission on Police Practices to oversee the policing practices of the city.

After Councilmember Montgomery Steppe won a special election to the San Diego Board of Supervisors in November 2023, she resigned her seat on the city council, leaving a vacancy. Foster, serving as her Chief of Staff at the time, announced his candidacy shortly thereafter for her vacated seat.

2024
Monica Montgomery Steppe, who had served on the San Diego City Council representing District 4 since 2018, won election to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in a special election on November 7, 2023. She resigned from her seat on the city council on December 5, 2023.

Foster won the special election on March 5, 2024, to serve the remainder of the term until 2026. His election resulted in the restoration of a 9-0 Democratic supermajority on the city council.

Personal life
Foster lives in Valencia Park, San Diego, with his partner and their two children.

Early Life and Education
John McCann was born in Chula Vista, California. He was raised by a single mother, and graduated from Bonita Vista High School. He later attended San Diego State University, where he obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Economics.

Military Service
McCann joined the U.S. Navy as an enlisted member and was later commissioned as a Naval Officer. He was stationed in Mosul, Iraq during the War in Iraq, and currently serves as a Commander in the U.S. Navy.

Political career
McCann was first elected to the Chula Vista City Council in 2002, where he served until 2010. In 2014, he rejoined the City Council and served until 2022, when he was elected Mayor of Chula Vista in a close contest against Democratic candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar. (ref) (ref) (ref)

McCann's tenure as Mayor has been focused on improving public safety programs, including increasing the number of police officers, implementing greater police transparency measures, and improving police response with a GPS dispatch system. He has also been involved with initiatives aimed at decreasing traffic congestion, reducing tolls, refinancing city projects, and improving neighborhoods. A small business owner himself, McCann has lobbied for streamlining permitting processes for small businesses and for various other economic development projects, including the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan and the Millenia Master Plan Project.

Personal life
McCann and his wife, Mylissa, live in Chula Vista, where they are involved in raising their children and grandchild. (ref) They are the owners of two pet dogs. His community involvement earned him recognition as the San Diego County Local Elected Official of the Year in 2008. (ref)

Reference websites:
 * https://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/mayor-and-council/mayor
 * https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/11/11/republicans-won-big-races-in-small-cities-and-that-could-change-regional-transportation-and-development-plans/
 * https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/mccanns-lead-widens-over-campa-najjar-in-race-for-chula-vista-mayor/3094481/
 * https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/your-voice-your-vote/campa-najjar-mccann-face-off-in-chula-vista-mayoral-race-110822
 * https://ballotpedia.org/John_McCann_(California)