By TR Robertson
It’s a year away for the General Election of 2022, November 8th, but candidates are beginning the filing/application process around California for both local, state and national elections. To get you to begin to think about these important elections, we will take a look at who is up for election in each of the North County 78 Corridor cities of Carlsbad, Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Escondido and who, at the present time, has filed to run for these various local, state and national political offices. Candidates still have many months to file nomination papers, but it is certainly never too early to begin the campaigning process to “get your name out there” and to take positions on various issues as they relate to the North County cities and what the future holds for all of us. You will be surprised at the number of candidates that have begun this process. Also understand that many of these candidates may drop out along the way before the final voting day.
As election day approaches, The North County Daily Star will offer video interviews, a month or so before the election, of each of these candidates who participate, where they will be asked a series of questions, dealing with specific issues either in North County or specifically in each individual city. All of the candidates will be offered the chance to participate in this interview process.
For some of the national elections, June 7, 2022, will be an important day as this is the Primary election date to decide who will campaign against incumbents from various districts. Before taking a look at the local North County Cities Mayor and City Council races and State Senate and Assembly races, we will take a look at the two races for Congress in the two districts in North County, District 49 and District 50, and the contest for U.S. Senator to fill out the term of former Senator Kamala Harris. A reminder, the filing deadlines for many of these national, state and local positions will end in 2022. Additional candidates will appear and some names now listed will drop out.
Congressperson Races in North County
Congressperson for District 49 – currently Mike Levin – D.
Current Republican candidates – Anne Elizabeth, Brian Maryott and Christopher Rodriguez
Congressperson for District 50 – currently Darrell Issa – R
Current Democratic candidates – Timothy Bilash, Mari Barosay, Stephen Houlahan, Joseph Rocha
U.S. Senate Race
Current U.S. Senators for California are Alex Padilla – D and Dianne Feinstein – D. The June 7, 2022, primary will be to select the Senate seat held by Alex Padilla who was selected to fill the seat held by Kamala Harris – D, when she was elected U.S. Vice President. Senator Padilla will run to stay in his current position. The following is a list of the current candidates also vieing to fill out the remaining time in this Senate seat.
Candidates currently on ballot for June 2022 Primary Election – (not in alphabetical order) – Douglas Howard Pierce – D, Ernest Taylor – D, Fepbrina Keivoulqe Autiameineire – I, Max Khenson – D, Sarah Sunliew – R, Alex Padilla _ D, Mary Glory Thach – I, Erik Urbina – R, Ellerton Whitney – L, B. John-Michael Williams – I, Cordie Williams – D, Jerome Horton – D, Robert Lucero – D, Akinyemi Agbede – D, Brian Ainsworth – R, Danny Fabricord – R, James P. Bradley – R, Elizabeth Heng – R, Lily Zhou – R, Mark Meuser – R, James Henry Conn _ G, Yvonne Girard – R, Paul Gutierrez – R, Obaidul Huq Pirjada – D, Denara Ingram – D
State Assemblyperson races for Districts 75 and 76 in North County
Assemblyperson for District 75 – currently Marie Waldron – R
Currently no candidates from the Democratic Party are challenging for this position
Assemblyperson for District 76 – currently Tasha Boerner-Horvath – D
Current Republican candidate – Melanie Burkholder – R
State Senator races for North County Districts
State Senator for District 36 – currently Patricia Bates – R – Senator Bates is term limited
Current Candidates – Mark Ankeorn – D, Priya Bhat-Patel – D, Catherine Blakespear – D, Lise Bartlett – R, Bill Brough – R, Matt Gunderson – R.
Current Mayors and City Council Members for the 78 Corridor Cities
Before looking at the candidates for the Mayoral and Council races in the North County cities, these are the current Mayor and Council Members for these cities.
Carlsbad – Mayor Matt Hall – Council Members – Dist. 1 – Peder Norby, Dist. 2 – Keith Blackburn (Mayor Pro Tem.), Dist. 3 – Priya Bhat-Patel, Dist. 4 – Teresa Acosta
Escondido – Mayor Paul McNamara – Council Members – Dist. 1 – Consuelo Martinez, Dist. 2 – Tina Inscoe, Dist. 3 – Joe Garcia, Dist. 4 – Michael Morasco (Deputy Mayor)
Oceanside – Mayor Ester C. Sanchez – Council Members – Dist. 1 – Kori Jensen, dist. 2 – Christopher Rodriguez, Dist. 3 – Ryan Keim (Deputy Mayor), Dist. 4 – Peter Weiss
San Marcos – Mayor Rebecca Jones – Council Members – Dist. 1 – Maria Nunez, Dist. 2 Randy Walton, Dist. 3 – Sharon Jenkins (Deputy Mayor), Dist. 4 – Ed Musgrove
Vista – Mayor Judy Ritter – Council Members – Dist. 1 – Corinna Contreras, Dist. 2 – Joe Green (Deputy Mayor), Dist. 3 – Katie Melendez, Dist. 4 – John Franklin
Current Candidates for 2022 Mayor and City Council Election for North County Cities
Carlsbad – Mayor – Keith Blackburn & Corinne Schumacher
City Council – District 1 – Tracy Carmichael, Monica Merrill, Wesley Oksanen
District 3 – Priya Bhat-Patel & Ray Pearson
Escondido – Mayor – Paul McNamara & Dane White
City Council – District 1 – Consuelo Martinez
District 2 – Tina Inscoe
Oceanside – City Council – District 1 – Andrew Andrioff, Kori Jensen, Eric Joyce, David Turgeon
District 2 – Fernando Garcia & Christopher Rodriguez
San Marcos – Mayor – Rebecca Jones & Randy Walton
City Council – District 2 – Jay Petrek
District 4 – Ed Musgrove
Vista – Mayor – John Franklin & Cipriano Vargas
City Council – District 4 – Vicente Hinojosa III, Armen Kurdian and Daniel O’Donnell
