General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 · Local and district races
Source: Ballotpedia, San Diego County, California, elections, 2026 (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 16, 2026) · VoteOrElse, Nov 3, 2026 California contest list (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 16, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at California voter status lookup (Secretary of State).
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| County offices | |
| San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector | Larry Cohen vs. Shirley Nakawatase |
| Sweetwater Community Planning Group At-large Vote for 7 | Craig S. Allen, Daniel A. Burow, Luis Rafael De La Rosa, Daniel Diaz, Carri Jo Fernandez, Susan M. Heavilin, Donna Hodge, Lori Noe, Archie Orozco, Stephen Stonehouse, John Taylor, Harriet Taylor |
| San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 4 | Kristine Alessio vs. Monica Montgomery Steppe Source for this race: VoteOrElse (secondary; not on Ballotpedia's county page) |
| San Diego County Board of Supervisors, District 5 | Kyle Krahel vs. Rebecca Jones Source for this race: VoteOrElse (secondary; not on Ballotpedia's county page) |
| Schools, colleges & special districts | |
| Deer Springs Fire Protection District Board At-large Vote for 3 | Carl Atwood, Lynne Caples, James E. Gordon, Steve Kerrin, David Leatherberry |
| Lakeside Community Services District Board At-large Vote for 7 | Richard Abraham, Sheryl Kimberly Brown, Ashley Carnevale, Sandra Deakins, Kristen Everhart, Mark Geisel, Dylan Nigh, Ryan Preddy, Oleksandra Reva, Steve Robak, Roderick Streeper |
| North County Fire Protection District Board Division 2 | Cole Marting vs. Chris Shaw |
| North County Fire Protection District Board Division 3 | Robert Atkins vs. Christine Ibbotson vs. Kenneth E. Munson |
| Padre Dam Municipal Water District Board Division 1 | Brian Fordyce vs. Bill Woods |
| Ramona Community Services District Board At-large Vote for 7 | William S. Adelson, Sophia Browning, Scott Doig, Lisa Garcia, Kristi Mansolf, Robin Joy Maxson, Dawn Perfect, Tim Roberts, Lauren Elyse Welty |
| Ramona Municipal Water District Board Division 2 | Jim Hickle vs. John Stevenson |
| Rincon Del Diablo Municipal Water District Board Division 3 | Kenneth Hoving vs. Abel Martinez |
| San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District Board Division 7 | Malcolm Gettmann vs. Edward Woodruff |
| Tri-City Healthcare District Board Zone 2 | Jerome M. Kern vs. Kayla Lauriano vs. Marilyn Piek |
| Valley Center Fire Protection District Board Division 3 | Lin Werkheiser vs. John Yeager |
| Vista Irrigation District Board Division 2 (Special) | Roland Allen vs. Elida Garcia vs. Richard L. Vasquez |
| Alpine Union School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Darlene Cossio, Glenn Dickie, Al Guerra, Angela May, Eric Wray |
| Bonsall Union School District school board Trustee Area B | Michael Gaddis vs. Emily Wilke |
| Cajon Valley Union School District school board Area 1 | Patti Alvarez vs. Anthony Carnevale vs. Michael Keenan |
| Cajon Valley Union School District school board Area 2 | Dana Covell vs. Jolyana Jirjees |
| Cajon Valley Union School District school board Area 3 | Marbriza Alcala vs. Jo Alegria vs. Michael William Bucy vs. Emily Schworm |
| Carlsbad Unified School District school board Area 1 | Amber Martinez vs. Michele Tsutagawa Ward |
| Carlsbad Unified School District school board Area 4 | Tracey Perrault vs. Gretchen Vurbeff |
| Carlsbad Unified School District school board Area 5 | Joel Gutierrez vs. Chris Waidelich |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education Area 1 | Jorge Balvaneda vs. Debra McLaren vs. Jessica Tolston |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education Area 3 | Katina Gonzalez-Rondeau vs. Norma Lozoya Toothman vs. Leticia Segura |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education Area 5 | Delia Dominguez Cervantes vs. Tom Glover vs. Janette Gomez vs. Jaqueline Gonzalez vs. Devone L. Jones vs. Michael Perez |
| Coronado Unified School District Board of Education At-large Vote for 3 | Peggy Duncan, Alexia Palacios-Peters, Malachy Sandie, Kaye Schneider |
| Dehesa School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Paul Healy, Christopher Pham, Cynthia White, Dustin White |
| Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees At-large Vote for 3 | Stephen Cochrane, Katherine Fitzpatrick, Alan Kholos, Doug Rafner |
| Encinitas Union School District, At-large Vote for 3 | Michelle Clark, Jillian Cocayne, Marika Dixon, Chris Hargrave, Jorge Sanchez, Bill Shen |
| Escondido Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Nina Haines vs. Bob Weller |
| Escondido Union High School District school board Trustee Area 2 | Rafaela Cervantes vs. Joe Hinrichs vs. Mark Lucas |
| Escondido Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5 | Georgine Tomasi vs. David Vincent |
| Fallbrook Union Elementary School District school board Trustee Area 4 | Anabel L. Canseco vs. Maria G. Moran |
| Fallbrook Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Stacey Max Nijst vs. Tauna Rodarte |
| Fallbrook Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3 | Tracy Daniel vs. Karen Weisberger |
| Grossmont Union High School District Board of Trustees Area 3 | Jenee Littrell vs. Gary Woods |
| Grossmont Union High School District Board of Trustees Area 4 | Charissa McCullough vs. Jimmy Merino vs. Steve Mull |
| Grossmont Union High School District Board of Trustees Area 5 | James Kelly vs. Pete Mergens |
| La Mesa-Spring Valley School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Sarah Reed vs. Rebecca Tweedle |
| La Mesa-Spring Valley School District school board Trustee Area 2 | Jennifer Littig vs. Rebecca McRae vs. Myriam S. Moody |
| La Mesa-Spring Valley School District school board Trustee Area 3 | Brianna E. Coston vs. Sarah Feeley |
| National Elementary School District school board Trustee Area B | Joanna Coronado vs. Alma Sarmiento |
| National Elementary School District school board Trustee Area C | Barbara Ann Avalos vs. Arturo Solis |
| National Elementary School District school board Trustee Area E | Maria Miranda vs. Delise Vann vs. Randy Vargas |
| Oceanside Unified School District school board Area 1 | Jerry Garcia Avila vs. Nancy Licona |
| Oceanside Unified School District school board Area 3 | Joey Pearson vs. Nicole Watson |
| Oceanside Unified School District school board Area 4 | Raquel Riojas Alvarez vs. Jason Bethurum |
| Poway Unified Board of Education Trustee Area B | Brett Davis vs. Kym Sosnowski |
| Poway Unified Board of Education Trustee Area C | Jason Bennett vs. Heather Plotzke |
| Poway Unified Board of Education Trustee Area D | Daniela Darling vs. Michelle O'Connor-Ratcliff vs. Jennifer Dahlquist Ramirez |
| Ramona City Unified School District, Area 1 | Maya Phillips vs. Shelzea Zamora |
| Ramona City Unified School District, Area 2 | William S. Adelson vs. Theresa Ketchem-Grace vs. Dan Summers |
| Ramona City Unified School District, Area 5 | Jeri Billick vs. Jared Birrenkott vs. Rodger Dohm |
| Rancho Santa Fe School District, At-large Vote for 2 | Jared Khan, Jee Manghani, Bow Ruggeri, Paul K. Seitz |
| San Dieguito Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Amy Flicker vs. David Miyashiro |
| San Dieguito Union High School District school board Trustee Area 3 | Summer Boger vs. Helen Doyle |
| San Dieguito Union High School District school board Trustee Area 5 | Ginny Merrifield vs. Justin Moodie |
| San Marcos Unified School District school board Area E | Christine Baker vs. Derrick Davis |
| Santee School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Misty Kendall vs. Frank Peterson vs. Cindy Petretta |
| Santee School District school board Trustee Area 5 | Steven L. Dobesh vs. Matthew C. McKell vs. Uday Sinha |
| San Ysidro School District school board At-large Vote for 3 | Martin Arias, Jose Manuel Dircio, Olga Espinoza, Irene Lopez, Lidya Morales, Miguel Ochoa, Yvette Olea, Roxane Palestino, Brandon J. Plascencia, Zenaida Rosario, Monica Yrineo |
| South Bay Union School District (San Diego County), Area 1 | Kelly Leiker vs. Erika Lowery |
| Sweetwater Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 | Maria Betancourt-Castañeda vs. Fermin Jimenez |
| Vallecitos School District school board District 4 | Michael Darnley vs. Cheri Wheeler |
| Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District Board of Trustees Area 4 | Michael Caputto vs. Lisa Nordstrom |
| Vista Unified School District school board Area 3 | Martha Alvarado vs. Jon Moffat |
| Canebrake County Water District Board At-large Vote for 3 | Andie Collins, Ellyn Hae, Daryl Holmes, F. C. McKenney |
| Coachella Valley Water District Board Division 1 | John Aguilar vs. Lewis Da Silva vs. Sunshine Herrera |
| Coachella Valley Water District Board Division 4 (Special) | Pete Chryss vs. Alejandro Sanchez |
| Fallbrook Public Utility District Board Division 2 | Kenneth W. Endter vs. Gerry Hoffman |
| Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Area 5 | Rosangela Cribbs vs. Mary Gwin |
| Grossmont Healthcare District Board of Directors Division 2 | Randy Lenac vs. Jennifer Morrissey |
| Grossmont Healthcare District Board of Directors Division 4 | Claudia Rempel vs. Maggie T. Watkins |
| Helix Water District Board Division 2 | Andrea Beth Damsky vs. Lawrence Powers |
| Helix Water District Board Division 4 | Mounah Abdel-Samad vs. Liliana Soriano Garista vs. Kathleen Hedberg |
| Otay Water District Governing Board Division 3 | Gary Croucher vs. Hector Gastelum |
| Palomar Community College Trustee Area 1 | Judy Patacsil vs. Anthony Wiley vs. Frank Xu |
| Palomar Community College Trustee Area 5 | Cory Anderson vs. Jennifer Jeffries vs. Michelle C. Moore |
| Palomar Health District Board of Directors Division 3 | Laurie Edwards-Tate vs. Sarah Telahun |
| Palomar Health District Board of Directors Division 5 | Amanda Christensen vs. John Clark |
| Palomar Health District Board of Directors Division 7 | Ian Butler vs. Linda Carol Greer |
| Rainbow Municipal Water District Board Division 3 | Greg Irvine vs. Pam Moss |
| San Diego Community College District District A | Jonny Brown vs. Maria Nieto Senour |
| San Diego Community College District District C | Samantha Ely vs. Craig Milgrim |
| San Diego County Board of Education District 3 | Cory Brown vs. Alicia Muñoz |
| San Diego County Board of Education District 5 | Bianca Ragonesi-Lasche vs. Rick Shea |
| Southwestern Community College District Trustee Area 1 | Robert Moreno vs. Mary Salas |
| Southwestern Community College District Trustee Area 4 | Trevor Andersen vs. Aimee Cuellar-Martinez vs. Selena Ellis-Vizcarra vs. Corina Soto |
| City & town offices | |
| Carlsbad City Council District 1 | Melanie Burkholder vs. Nate Larson |
| Carlsbad City Council District 3 | Priya Bhat-Patel vs. Wayland T. Lim |
| Carlsbad City Treasurer | Thomas E. Krouse vs. Christian Peacox |
| Mayor of Carlsbad | Bill Arsenault vs. Stephen Banister vs. Keith Blackburn vs. Eric Nixon |
| Mayor of Chula Vista | John McCann vs. Francisco Tamayo |
| Chula Vista City Council District 1 | Carolina Chavez vs. Gregory Martinez |
| Chula Vista City Council District 2 | Angelica Martinez vs. Jose Preciado |
| Coronado City Council At-large Vote for 2 | Andrew Gade, Ricky Hoyt, Rebecca King, Kelly Purvis |
| Del Mar City Council At-large Vote for 2 | Terry Gaasterland, Jas Grewal, Meghan O. Spieker, Jeff Sturgis |
| El Cajon City Council District 1 | Osama Bayati vs. Patrick Grillot vs. Chuck Kaye |
| Mayor of El Cajon | Alexander Kraft vs. Bill Wells |
| Encinitas City Council District 3 | Arielle Golden vs. Ed Sprague |
| Encinitas City Council District 4 | Brad Lefkowits vs. Marco San Antonio |
| Mayor of Encinitas (Special) | Bruce Ehlers vs. Rimga Viskanta |
| Escondido City Council District 1 | Tanner Horsley vs. Vanessa Valenzuela |
| Escondido City Council District 2 | Anthony Dimartino vs. Joe Garcia |
| Mayor of Escondido | Elias Velazquez vs. Dane M. White |
| Imperial Beach City Council District 1 | Steve Berry vs. Jose A. Lopez Eguino |
| Imperial Beach City Council District 3 | O'Mar Diallo vs. Mariko Nakawatase |
| Mayor of Imperial Beach | Karl Bradley vs. Matthew Leyba-Gonzalez vs. Mitchell McKay |
| La Mesa City Treasurer | Bill Exeter vs. Emmett Stewart |
| Mayor of La Mesa | Laura Lothian vs. Patricia Normandy-Dillard vs. Quinn M. Reese vs. Jim Stieringer |
| Lemon Grove City Council At-large Term ends 2028 (Special) | Jennifer Mendoza vs. Yasmin Mendoza |
| Lemon Grove City Council At-large Term ends 2030 Vote for 2 | Krystle Johnson, Minola Clark Manson, Joe Smith, Seth Smith |
| Mayor of National City | Ruble Mitchel Beauchamp vs. Marcus Bush vs. Jacobb Castrejon vs. Jose Rodriguez |
| National City City Council District 1 | Cindy Lopez vs. Luz Molina |
| National City City Council District 3 | Jerry Cano vs. Edward Nieto vs. Ditas Yamane |
| Oceanside City Council District 1 | Michael Cline vs. Eric Joyce |
| Oceanside City Council District 2 | Perry Alvarez vs. Emily Gonzales vs. Ricky James vs. Oscarin Ortega vs. Richard Robinson |
| Mayor of Poway | Jenny Maeda vs. Dellena Olps vs. Steve Vaus |
| Poway City Council District 3 | Peter De Hoff vs. Bob Walder |
| San Diego City Council District 2 | Richard Bailey vs. Nicole Crosby |
| San Diego City Council District 4 | Martha Abraham vs. Henry Foster III |
| San Diego City Council District 6 | Kent Lee vs. Mark Powell |
| San Diego City Council District 8 | Antonio Martinez vs. Gerardo Ramirez |
| Mayor of San Marcos | Sharon Jenkins vs. Mike Sannella |
| San Marcos City Council District 1 | Thomas Gabriele vs. Maria Nunez |
| San Marcos City Council District 2 | Justin Matsushita vs. Lindsey Smith |
| Santee City Council District 1 | Rob McNelis vs. Matthew G. Rascon |
| Santee City Council District 2 | Ronn Hall vs. Eddie Vandiver |
| Valley Center Community Planning Group At-large Vote for 7 | Lisa H. Adams, Vlad Anthony Ciupitu, Susan Fajardo, James Garritson, Steve Hutchison, Mordi Iheme, Matt J. Matthews, Andrew Noll, Lavonne R. Norwood |
| Mayor of Vista | Joe Green vs. Kenneth Zuniga |
| Vista City Council District 1 | Yolanda Kenniston Alvarez vs. Corinna Contreras vs. Frank Nunez |
| Vista City Council District 4 | Josh Davis vs. Dan O'Donnell |
Also on every San Diego County ballot: Governor, the other statewide offices, U.S. House and legislative districts, and the statewide propositions.
California local races are nonpartisan, so no party labels are printed. Most county offices were decided outright in the June 2 primary; only runoffs and November-only contests appear here.
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