Levin, other incumbents lead early in congressional races

SAN DIEGO — Residents throughout San Diego County forged their votes for illustration in Congress Tuesday, and early returns confirmed acquainted faces constructing leads within the major contest.

That included Rep. Mike Levin within the forty ninth Congressional District, broadly thought-about a possible battleground with a subject of established Republican challengers. Within the early going, Levin had captured greater than 50% of the vote, way over any opponent. Many ballots remained to be counted, however a well-recognized foe seemed poised to take second place.

The highest two vote-getters in every race will transfer on to a run-off within the November basic election.

Take note: Re-districting has shaken up California’s political boundaries, probably altering your member of Congress.

New boundaries within the forty ninth Congressional District eliminated a portion containing elements of town of San Diego and added the Orange County metropolis Laguna Niguel. The coastal North County district runs from Del Mar to Orange County’s Dana Level and contains Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad and Camp Pendleton.

That shift in boundaries led political observers to spotlight the district as a attainable battleground, and drew a sturdy subject.

A Democrat, Levin is an environmental legal professional first elected to congress in 2018. He serves on the Home Pure Sources and Veterans’ Affairs committees. He defines his tenure and priorities, partly, by his work on combatting local weather change and supporting navy households.

The Republican former mayor of San Juan Capistrano, Maryott has run and misplaced in opposition to Levin earlier than. Primarily based on the early returns, the pair appeared headed for a rematch in November.

Maryott describes himself as a conservative businessman and continuously emphasizes his standing as an authorized monetary planner, saying Congress wants extra “common sense illustration.”

The forty eighth Congressional District map now covers a big portion of East County in San Diego, extending from the U.S.-Mexico border into Temecula. Native communities embrace Poway, Santee, Lakeside, Alpine, Ramona and a part of Escondido. Non-partisan analysts charge the brand new forty eighth a “strong Republican” district.

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is a well-recognized face in each the San Diego area and in Washington, the place he serves on the highly effective Home Judiciary and International Affairs committees. Issa has lengthy made border safety and immigration central points in his campaigns, and he’s a outstanding critic of the Biden administration.

He took a commanding lead within the early going, and the Related Press referred to as his advance to the overall lower than an hour after polls closed.

Whereas many ballots remained to be counted, in early returns he appeared set for a matchup with Democrat Stephen Houlahan.

Houlahan, a nurse, emphasizes COVID-19 and public well being points in his marketing campaign literature, calling for better entry to inexpensive well being care. That features increasing Medicare to cowl extra folks and likewise proposing a brand new program, “Medikid,” for uninsured kids.

He additionally advocated for laws that protects shoppers from “price-gouging” in turbulent instances and to “make the tax system fairer” by focusing on companies for greater charges.

The new fiftieth Congressional District encompasses coastal and central neighborhoods within the metropolis of San Diego, plus Coronado, San Marcos and a portion of Escondido in North County. Non-partisan analysts charge the fiftieth a “strong Democratic” district.

Peters, a Democrat, has represented elements of San Diego County in Congress since 2013. Peters serves on the Home Power and Commerce and Price range committees.

Peters says he has a confirmed monitor report of serving to San Diego develop its financial system, together with securing main federal funding for scientific analysis and for native navy services. He helps increasing to some type of common well being care and taking extra steps to deal with local weather change.

He took a commanding lead early and the Related Press referred to as his advance to the November basic election.

Whereas many ballots remained to be counted, early returns confirmed he appeared set for a run-off with Republican Corey Gustafson, a enterprise proprietor and educator. His marketing campaign web site lists his foundational beliefs as “particular person liberty, alternative, restricted authorities and American Exceptionalism.”

The 51st Congressional District map covers the guts of city San Diego, from the School Space to Regular Heights and Kensington, Linda Vista and Clairemont, Mira Mesa, Scripps Ranch and extra. It’s broadly thought-about a strong blue district.

Jacobs, a Democrat, was elected in 2020 and serves on the Home International Affairs and Armed Companies committees. She’s San Diego’s youngest member of Congress.

Jacobs has touted her position in briefly increasing the kid tax credit score and co-authoring elements of the Construct Again Higher COVID-19 restoration plan. Jacobs has additionally referred to as for a transition to a “clear power financial system” and advocates for an entire overhaul of the U.S. immigration system, together with a pathway to citizenship for “Dreamers.”

She took a commanding lead early and the Related Press promptly referred to as her advance to the November basic election.

Whereas many ballots remained to be counted, in early returns, she seemed set to face off with Republican Stan Caplan.

Caplan is a small enterprise proprietor. He highlights his private expertise as a longtime San Diego resident and a single mum or dad who can converse for “widespread sense options” as a substitute of “political nonsense.” He lists decreasing fuel costs and general power prices as a high precedence, saying the U.S. ought to produce extra of its personal oil and pure fuel.

The 52nd Congressional District map encompasses San Diego County’s South Bay, with Chula Vista and Nationwide Metropolis together with Imperial Seashore and the border communities of San Ysidro and Otay Mesa. Non-partisan analysts charge the 52nd a “strong Democratic” district.

Vargas, a former San Diego Metropolis council member, serves on the Home Monetary Companies and International Affairs committees.

Vargas lists tackling local weather change amongst his high priorities, saying he helps the Inexperienced New Deal framework. He additionally highlights his assist for U.S. navy veterans, requires complete immigration reform and anti-discrimination legal guidelines that defend folks’s sexual orientation and gender identification.

Vargas took a commanding lead within the early going.

Republican Tyler Geffeney, a minister and enterprise proprietor, and fellow Democrat Joaquín Vázquez, a repeat challenger of Vargas, had been competing for second place with many votes left to be counted.