The 2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election held on March 3, 2020. While the

San Diego County Board of Supervisors The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is the legislative branch of the county government of San Diego County, California. Though officially nonpartisan, three Democrats and two Republicans currently comprise the Board of Supervisors, with ...

is officially a nonpartisan institution, Republicans controlled four out of the five supervisory seats, while a

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held one. However, the election resulted in a Democratic majority for the first time in decades after

Nora Vargas Nora E. Vargas (born 1970/1971) is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors from District 1 since 2021. She is the first immigrant and first Latina elected to the body. Early life and education Var ...

and Terra Lawson-Remer respectively won supervisorial elections in the first and third districts.

Background

Even though

county supervisor A board of supervisors is a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in the U.S. states of Arizona, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as 16 counties in New York. There are equivalent agenc ...

elections are officially nonpartisan in California, Republicans held a 4–1 majority in the

heading into the 2020 election, with the one being a lone

Results

In the general election, Democrats

and Terra Lawson-Remer respectively won supervisory seats in the first and third districts, assuring a Democratic majority in the next term and for the first time in a generation.

First district

First round

Runoff

Second district

General election

Runoff

Third district

General election

Runoff

Post-election

On January 5, 2021, the Board of Supervisors elected Nathan Fletcher as the new chair, succeeding Greg Cox.

References

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2020s in San Diego