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In the wake of an $11 million mayor's race, San Diego's Ethics Commission considers a host of proposals to rein in well-heeled independent committees. Read More »
Mayoral race
Three keys to Kevin Faulconer’s victory
Councilman Kevin Faulconer retook San Diego's mayoralty for the local Republican Party by dominating in high-turnout precincts, aggressively courting mail ballot voters and overperforming on Election Day. Read More »
2014 San Diego Mayoral Runoff Results
See how your neighborhood voted with this interactive map of results from San Diego’s Feb. 11, 2014 mayoral runoff. Read More »
Early voting patterns favor Faulconer in mayor’s race
An inewsource analysis of patterns in early voting shows that precincts that favored Kevin Faulconer in the primary are returning their ballots at higher rates than those that favored David Alvarez. Read More »
Faulconer’s Tax Returns Show Income Nearly Doubled In 2012
Tax returns released by City Councilman Kevin Faulconer’s mayoral campaign show Faulconer and his wife Katherine Stuart Faulconer nearly doubled their income between 2011 and 2012. Read More »
Their candidate under attack, labor responds with barrage of negative ads in mayor’s race
Though staying positive early in the campaign, David Alvarez's allies in organized labor have in recent weeks gone on the offensive against Kevin Faulconer in the final stretch of an increasingly negative mayor's race. Read More »
San Diego Mayoral Candidates’ Personal Finances
Mayoral candidates David Alvarez and Kevin Faulconer have very different financial situations. We dug deep into their financial backgrounds to find the details. Read More »
Alvarez leads SD mayor money race with cash on hand
The final set of comprehensive campaign finance reports in the San Diego mayor's race shows David Alvarez and his allies with a lead over Kevin Faulconer in available funds. Read More »
How to uncover a scandal from your couch
A how-to guide for unraveling San Diego's current scandal. Read More »
PACs funnel big money to mayoral hopefuls from mystery donors
Deep-pocketed political action committees have poured more than $1.6 million dollars into San Diego’s mayoral election but disclosure of their donors has been limited. Read More »