Despite some twists and turns, the main dynamic of the County supervisor has not changed from the start: the real race was between the Democrats Paloma Aguirre and Vivian Moreno to face the Republican John McCann in an almost July runoff.
On election day, the first round, during this special election was Tuesday, although the voters started to vote by mail weeks ago and, more recently, in the voting centers set up throughout the district 1 of South Bay.
Aguirre, the mayor of Imperial Beach, ends with a burst in the middle of national attention focused on cross -border wastewater spills – his first issue – and his request that the county does not approve a complete budget for the coming exercise until the vacant supervision headquarters.
Moreno, a member of the Municipal Council of San Diego, also advances on Tuesday on hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money of both his own campaign and his independent committees. But it had to face a few hiccups recently compared to a doubtful independent campaign mailer and its opposition prior to the legislation of the state which would block a discharge in the district.
Aguirre has had a lot of money not to be competitive, but, with a large part of the progressive democratic and labor infrastructure in the region behind it, to win the race. There was a large division of labor, however, with unions and unions of unions going strongly for Moreno – and putting difficult attacks against Aguirre.
In total, seven candidates arise, with the member of the Council of Chula Vista, Carolina Chavez, another Democrat, considered among the highest profile candidates. Chavez joined the call to delay the budget.
All of them could win the headquarters by earning more than 50% of the votes next week, but it is unlikely. Internal campaign polls show that McCann, the only major republican in the race, going on runoff, perhaps at the top of the primary.
From there, the chances quickly turn against him, assuming that cracks within the democratic community are calm, even if the bruised feelings do not do so entirely, in the strongly democratic district. With so much play, it would be a surprise if the internal quarrels contribute to a democratic defeat.
The headquarters opened its doors after the supervisor at the time, Nora Vargas, a democrat, announced in December that it would not serve the second term it won in a landslide the previous month. This left a partisan division of the Comté, two Democrats and two Republicans to the Council of the Comté, and two Republicans.
It was only in recent years that Democrats have taken control of the majority after decades of republican control.
McCann is a well -known figure in the region, and although partisan demography is an important factor, its best chance of winning is in this type of special election with low yield. In addition, in runoff, he will try to direct the conversation in his local file and his non -partisan problems.
The imperial beach of Aguirre represents only a tiny part of the supervision district. However, in recent years, its aggressive plea for a solution to wastewater spills and lobbying so that money in pay, has raised its profile through the county, especially in the South Bay, beyond the borders of the city.
However, many others have been involved in the fight against toxic flows for years, in particular the delegation of the San Diego Congress. However, Aguirre’s efforts have received considerable attention in the local media, and this was supported by a campaign shipment highlighting his work on the issue, among others.
Not long ago, the administrator of the environmental protection agency Lee Zeldin, recently appointed by President Donald Trump, said the problem and castigated Mexico for social networks. This week, he said that he would soon visit the border here to take a look at himself.
Aguirre jumped on the news twice with barely veiled suggestions that his lobbying and his letters in Zeldin drew the attention of the EPA chief. Whether it is the case, local Republican officials, including McCann, would have contributed to these last developments concerning Zeldin.
A union supporting Moreno, the local section of the International Union of Workers of North America (LIUNA), spent a lot of money on Aguirre sender, arguing that the wastewater problem has worsened under its watch. However, the positive and negative points are balanced, everything gave Aguirre a clear combat identity to repair the mess.
More recently, Aguirre cited a thrust of the supervisor Joel Anderson, a Republican from the County of East, so that the board of directors adopts a budget under the normal calendar, which would be before a new supervisor takes up its functions this summer. Aguirre and Chavez said it means that South Bay residents would have no representatives to the board of directors during budgetary deliberations.
Friday, the supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe proposed a budgetary process of the county in two stages, calling for the approval of a provisional spending game by the end of June and a final vote in October. A liberation from his office said that this would give the board of directors more time to “take into account the uncertainties surrounding the changing federal policies”, as well as the fifth supervisor to take office before the budget was officially adopted.
It is more difficult to say how or if Moreno is defined in the eyes of voters. But it is often considered adapted to business and ardent which also adopts fundamental progressive opinions. Sometimes she has shown a desire to go against the grain of other Democrats at the Town Hall.
Moreno is considered relentless in the holding of voters, first as a member of the council staff, then as a member, and this paid dividends during the winning elections. For years, it has been connected to a large South Bay network on the land often identified with the member of the Assembly David Alvarez, the former boss of Moreno at the town hall.
She certainly had the support to get her message across. However, part of this took place on the side. The Municipal Employees Association, a city workers’ union, financed an independent Mailer of the Moreno campaign which praised its efforts to help residents after the floods in January 2024. Later, certain victims of the floods in the room complained, claiming that they had not given their consent so that their photo was used and does not support Moreno.
More than $ 2 million have been spent on attack announcements, energy documents and occasional missteps in this race. But there is no indication that this has changed the basic dynamics of the breed.
What they said
Jonah Goldberg (@jonahdispatch), editor -in -chief of the distribution. “Liberation of what?”
Steven Greenhut (@stevengreenhut), columnist. “Your retirement savings.”
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