2018 Chula Vista mayoral election
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The 2018 Chula Vista mayoral election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the mayor of Chula Vista, California. It saw the reelection of Mary Salas, who had won the 2014 mayoral election.
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.
The primary was held on June 5.[1]
A general election was held between the two candidates who received the greatest number of votes in the primary.[2][3]
Campaign[edit]
Salas' pledge for a second term as mayor was that she would work to bring a four-year university to Chula Vista, complete the multi-billion dollar Bayfront development, address infrastructure concerns, and hire more police officers and firefighters.[4][5]
Hector Gastelum, a Republican serving as a member of the Otay Water District and working as a realtor with the firm Big Block Realty, campaigned as a conservative opposed to "big government" and "political correctness", and an enemy of the organization Planned Parenthood.[4][6] Gastelum also campaigned against the city's status as a sanctuary city.[2] Anti-muslim tweets by Gastelum from 2017, which he refused to apologize for, attracted attention.[3] The tweet in question read, "Let's pressure our legislature to create a list of so-called #MuslimBan to prevent #SubHuman #Scum from #USA to #MAGA".[7] Of those challenging Salas, Gastelum had the strongest name recognition, largely due to the controversy that this 2017 tweet had generated.[5]
Candidates eliminated in the primary were Chula Vista Parks Supervisor Daniel Schreck and educator Arthur Kend.[3][6] Schreck, who had worked in Chula Vista's government for twenty-five years and was currently the Chula Vista Parks Superisor, was the only challenger with municipal government experience.[5] He positioned himself as a government insider but a political outsider.[5] Arthur Kendo's, who had taught at San Diego Jobs Corps for the previous eight years, was the youngest candidate, at age 36, and the only one without government experience.[5] Kende campaigned as a candidate who wanted cut through bureaucratic "red tape".[5]
Salas' opponents all criticized the economic problems of the city.[5] Chula Vista generated the second-lowest per capita tax revenues in San Diego County due to population growth having occurred faster than revenue growth.[5] Consequentially, city services had not kept in pace with demand.[5] The city also had growing pension costs.[5]
Salas entered the primary having vastly out-fundraised her opponents.[5]
In the general election, Salas bore the endorsement of the San Diego County Democratic Party,[8] as well as the endorsement of San Diego Democrats for Equality.[9]
Results[edit]
| Primary and general election results[1][1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary election | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Salas | 24,572 | 62.48% | |
| Nonpartisan | Hector Gastelum | 6,676 | 16.98% | |
| Nonpartisan | Daniel Schreck | 4,408 | 11.21% | |
| Nonpartisan | Arthur Kende | 3,547 | 9.02% | |
| Total votes | 39,203 | 100% | ||
| General election | ||||
| Nonpartisan | Mary Salas | 54,062 | 71.86% | |
| Nonpartisan | Hector Gastelum | 21,175 | 28.14% | |
| Total votes | 75,237 | 100% | ||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "ELECTION DAY Results 1911-2018". Office of the City Clerk of Chula Vista. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zaragoza, Barbara (13 March 2018). "Anti-immigrant tweeter won't change | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. San Diego Reader. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Chula Vista mayoral candidate called anti-Muslim". KGTV. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Solis, Gustavo (22 October 2019). "Chula Vista mayoral hopefuls prepare for November". nydailynews.com. New York Daily News. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "Chula Vista mayor: Economic growth is at the center of the campaign". San Diego Union-Tribune. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Chula Vista mayor headed to runoff with Republican challenger". fox5sandiego.com. KSWB-TV. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ Moreno, Robert (15 January 2018). "Censure stays in place, Gastelum won't change". www.thestarnews.com. The Start News. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ "Democratic Candidates 2018". San Diego County Democratic Party. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ↑ "2018 Endorsements – San Diego Democrats for Equality | Since 1975". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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