Jen Campbell will face off with incumbent Lorie Zapf next November for the District 2 City Council seat. Zapf ended up with about 8400 votes or 44.6% of the primary vote and Campbell had just over 4000 votes for 21.3%.
Bryan Pease was a close third with less than 3500 votes for 18.4% of the vote. Jordan Beane, the third Democratic challenger, had nearly 1700 votes for 9%. The minor candidates all together totaled a little over 6%.
What does all this mean? Besides OB and Point Loma being dominated by voters in Clairemont, the base for both Zapf and Campbell, it overall looks at the possibility of a very close race in November between Zapf and Campbell. Tallying up all the votes for the 3 main Democrats (Campbell, Pease, Beane), we have 48% with Zapf at potentially 47%.
These are unofficial results. There are still several thousand ballots left to be counted–many mailed as late as yesterday.
Okay; we’ll stay vigilant for the final numbers.
I’d love to know how OB voted in comparison to previous years, whether the turnout was higher/lower than usual? I spoke with poll workers who said it was steady–no greater than previous years, which is disappointing. But I’m curious to know if any get-out-the vote operations were successful or if we’re stagnant. Zapf was clearly heavily funded (great article in May by the way about her failure to attend meetings!)
Has District 2 ‘always’ included Clairemont, or did the District’s borders change with the redistricting that I think happened several years ago?
Colin – yes, the boundaries changed – and all of a sudden Zapf found herself in D2 – which then allowed her to run for a 3rd term via a loophole in the municipal code.
see this: https://obrag.org/2018/04/despite-term-limits-for-san-diego-city-council-will-district-2-voters-give-republican-lorie-zapf-a-third-term/