2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election

2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
3 of the 5 seats on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 1 4 Seats after 3 2 Seat change 2 2
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Republican hold      No election
Chair before election Greg Cox Republican Elected Chair Nathan Fletcher Democratic

The 2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election held on March 3, 2020. While the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is officially a nonpartisan institution, Republicans controlled four out of the five supervisory seats, while a Democrat held one. However, the election resulted in a Democratic majority for the first time in decades after Nora Vargas and Terra Lawson-Remer respectively won supervisorial elections in the first and third districts.

Background

Even though county supervisor elections are officially nonpartisan in California, Republicans held a 4–1 majority in the San Diego County Board of Supervisors heading into the 2020 election, with the one being a lone Democrat.

Results

In the general election, Democrats Nora Vargas and Terra Lawson-Remer respectively won supervisory seats in the first and third districts, assuring a Democratic majority in the next term and for the first time in a generation.

First district

First round

2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election for the first district

Candidate		Votes	%
Ben Hueso		32,263	29.29
Nora Vargas		20,767	18.86
Rafa Castellanos		17,934	16.28
Sophia Rodriguez		16,634	15.10
Alex Galicia		13,232	12.01
Henry Belisle		4,035	3.66
Camilo Marquez		2,679	2.43
Tony Villafranca		2,591	2.35
Total votes		110,135	100.00

Runoff

First district runoff results by precinct

  Vargas

•   50-55%
•   55-60%
•   60-65%
•   65-70%
•   70-75%
•   >75%

  Hueso

•   50-55%
•   55-60%
•   60-65%
•   65-70%
•   70-75%
•   >75%

  Tie

  No data

2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors runoff election for the first district

Candidate		Votes	%
Nora Vargas		131,783	56.58
Ben Hueso		101,133	43.42
Total votes		232,916	100.00

Second district

General election

2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election for the second district

Candidate		Votes	%
Joel Anderson		59,803	35.46
Steve Vaus		52,357	31.04
Kenya Taylor		45,037	26.70
Brian Sesko		11,465	6.80
Total votes		168,662	100.00

Runoff

Second district runoff results by precinct

  Anderson

•   50-55%
•   55-60%
•   60-65%
•   65-70%
•   70-75%
•   >75%

  Vaus

•   50-55%
•   55-60%
•   60-65%
•   65-70%
•   70-75%
•   >75%

  Tie

  No data

2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors runoff election for the second district

Candidate		Votes	%
Joel Anderson		145,103	50.05
Steve Vaus		144,821	49.95
Total votes		289,924	100.00

Third district

General election

2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors general election for the third district

Candidate		Votes	%
Kristin Diane Gaspar (incumbent)		72,598	42.82
Terra Lawson-Remer		52,899	31.20
Olga Diaz		44,063	25.99
Total votes		169,560	100.00

Runoff

Third district runoff results by precinct

  Lawson-Remer

•   50-55%
•   55-60%
•   60-65%
•   65-70%
•   70-75%
•   >75%

  Gaspar

•   50-55%
•   55-60%
•   60-65%
•   65-70%
•   70-75%
•   >75%

  Tie

  No data

2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors general election for the third district

Candidate		Votes	%
Terra Lawson-Remer		176,594	58.12
Kristin Diane Gaspar (incumbent)		127,259	41.88
Total votes		303,853	100.00

Post-election

On January 5, 2021, the Board of Supervisors elected Nathan Fletcher as the new chair, succeeding Greg Cox.