Latino Candidate Falls Short of Making History in San Diego

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco

We were keeping a close eye on this race. San Diego City Councilman David Alvarez launched a historic campaign for Mayor of his city and a victory would change the political landscape of Southern California for many years to come.

His opponent was a well financed colleague on the Council, Kevin Falukener. The result was 55% to 45% of the vote – and Faulkener will be the next Mayor of San Diego. But it shouldn’t be the end of the story.

Because while Alvarez didn’t win the majority of the vote, he did ignite the energy and imagination of the San Diego Latino community. That in itself will have repercussions in the future.

KPBS has a good piece on the election night activities:

Faulconer Wins Big; Alvarez Concedes San Diego Mayor’s Race Via Twitter

Kevin Faulconer was elected by a wide margin over fellow Councilman David Alvarez in the race to replace disgraced former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner.

The veteran Republican councilman soundly defeated his Democratic opponent 55 to 45 percent (with 86 percent of the vote counted.)

Faulconer said he spoke with Alvarez after both men had addressed their supporters and said on Twitter that he looked forward to working with his mayoral opponent, who returns to City Council.

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